Before the words had faded, Zhou Zheng, the cavalry commander at the head of the formation, lashed out with his riding whip. A golden lash, solid as a physical object and wreathed in the fierce winds of the Heavenly Dao, whipped toward the two women. Before it even landed, the explosive crack of air shattering left everyone's eardrums aching.
Le Shuanglan neither dodged nor retreated. She swept her Demon Sword horizontally, and black-and-white Sword Qi collided with the golden lash. A violent blast of air erupted, sending all the surrounding rubble flying.
"You actually blocked a lash from me?" Zhou Zheng sounded somewhat surprised, then said coldly, "It seems that useless Yun Jin was right. You unruly rebels really do have a few unorthodox tricks."
"Still better than you sanctimonious lot, stealing other people's things under the banner of the Heavenly Dao."
Before Le Shuanglan finished speaking, she vanished from where she stood. The next second, she appeared before Zhou Zheng's horse and thrust her Demon Sword straight at his heart. Demonic Qi mingled with divine light along the blade, breaking straight through the Heavenly Dao barrier around him.
Zhou Zheng hurriedly reined his horse back and drew the long saber at his waist to block the sword. The deafening clash of metal numbed the web of his hand, and the tremendous force pushed him back several dozen feet.
He was appalled. Could these two God Ancestors, formed through fusion midway through their cultivation, really possess such powerful combat strength?
On the other side, Zu Gongchu had already leaped into the cavalry formation. Her pair of Divine Pattern Gauntlets smashed down, shattering two knights' Heavenly Dao barriers outright. As her punches landed, both riders and horses were crushed into pulp.
Over a thousand knights immediately turned their lightning spears, sending