However, at the very instant Phoenix Body Xiao Hua neared the axe, fist-sized lightning suddenly rolled out from the void beside the rock where the axe lay. Immediately after, enormous bamboo joints stretched out from the void and grabbed down at the axe! They were actually a moment faster than Phoenix Body Xiao Hua!
"Thunder-Eroding Bamboo?? Wh-what is going on?" Xiao Hua was slightly startled. "When did it get here? Wasn't this fellow still beneath this Xiao together with the Soaring Sky Vine?"
But at this point, there was no meaning in pondering the reason any further. Phoenix Body Xiao Hua swept a phoenix claw, and a phantom shot forward like lightning, seeking to seize the axe before Thunder-Eroding Bamboo could.
"Crack, crack, crack..." As Thunder-Eroding Bamboo's joints descended, hundreds more bamboo joints grew out, blocking every other direction. The phantom of Phoenix Body Xiao Hua's claw was smashed to pieces by Thunder-Eroding Bamboo!
"Damn it, if this Xiao returned to Cangxian Continent and said I had been defeated by a spirit tree, wouldn't people laugh their teeth out!?" Xiao Hua was truly furious and anxious. He had released all his major incarnations; the fat meat was already at his mouth, yet it was snatched away by a spirit tree! He nearly flew into a rage.
There was no suspense. Thunder-Eroding Bamboo's joints wrapped around the axe!
However, at that very moment, another unexpected change arose. The bamboo joints wrapped around the axe suddenly gave off crisp "crack, crack, crack" sounds. The joints shattered into several pieces, and the rhythm of destruction even spread along Thunder-Eroding Bamboo's body, extending for dozens of zhang!
"Huh?" Seeing this, Xiao Hua was startled, then immediately overjoyed. If he had not been struggling with all his strength against the black ape beast, he would