If those struck him, the consequences would be unthinkable!
At that critical moment, Cui Jiuyang showed some quick thinking.
Seeing the sharp spearheads almost upon him, he had a flash of inspiration and suddenly remembered his late-night conversation with He Xiangu, when she had given him a Protective Jade Pendant before they parted.
At the time, he had thought the pendant was no particularly advanced magical artifact and paid it little attention, casually tucking it into his robes. He had never imagined it would become his lifeline now.
With a thought, he reached out to the pendant inside his robes!
"Hum!"
The pendant abruptly burst with gentle yet powerful Spiritual Power, activating itself in an instant!
A huge, translucent Cabbage Leaf appeared out of thin air before him, glistening green as though freshly picked from a vegetable garden, shielding his entire body behind it.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"
Four sharp, piercing metallic clashes rang out in succession!
The four magical spears, infused with enough Spiritual Power to shatter stone monuments, stabbed viciously into the Cabbage Leaf, yet failed to leave even a pale mark. Instead, the tremendous force rebounding from the leaf set them humming!
The enormous impact shoved Cui Jiuyang several yards backward.
Riding that momentum, Cui Jiuyang nimbly flipped in midair and planted his feet firmly on the Cabbage Leaf, floating on the water as though aboard a little emerald boat.
He raised his head toward the fishing boat that had brought him here, his gaze icy. "Had Chen Fengzhu been plotting against me ever since Chen Family Village? No, if that were true, they could simply have attacked me from both sides with that stupid bird out at sea. Why bother hauling me aboard before striking?"
"So... these Chen Family Village fishermen aboard the boat are impostors?"