"It's not too late even now!" Xiao Hua sneered. With a shake, the As-You-Wish Staff stretched to two zhang in length and roared toward Jiang Tianheng. At the same time, dozens of thumb-sized bolts of lightning sprang forth, howling as they pounced on Jiang Tianheng.
"Clang..." Seeing this, Jiang Tianheng opened his mouth and spat out a breath of azure true Qi. The flying sword in his palm abruptly swelled in size. Jiang Tianheng gripped it with both hands, opened his mouth again, and chanted, "With my will, I command dragons and floodwyrms; with my body, I burn the world; with my thoughts, I stir heaven and earth; with my heart, I cleave heavenly thunder!"
Following Jiang Tianheng's sword intent, countless streams of Vast Righteous Qi transformed into clouds around him. Streams of Vast Righteous Qi split out from his flying sword, while pillars formed from Vast Righteous Qi also rose up, piercing straight through heaven and earth. Not only did they bore through the dark clouds and strike toward Xiao Hua, they also blocked off Xiao Hua's route of pursuit. Moreover, the flying sword transformed into a swath of green wood that could even blot out lightning, cleaving the descending heavenly thunder in two before everyone's eyes!
"Hehe, a wood-element flying sword is truly rare. You really do have some tricks!" While everyone else was horrified, Xiao Hua paid it no mind. He gave a cold laugh and urged his auspicious cloud toward Jiang Tianheng.
However, while Xiao Hua was still some distance away from Jiang Tianheng, another jaw-dropping scene occurred. After Jiang Tianheng cleaved apart the lightning, not only did he fail to press his advantage, he instead transformed himself into a sword. A flash of azure light streaked away into the distance in flight!
"Since you've come,