The battle at First Copper Mountain erupted without warning.
Most of the contestants watching from afar had barely seen what made the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle rise before sword light came from the west, the Great Moon pressed down overhead, and Heavenly Manifestation appeared.
The strongest fighters of the Five Great Immortal Sects struck without hesitation, raising this melee to the highest level the Secret Realm could accommodate right from the start and utterly dashing the ordinary teams' hopes of joining in.
The aftershocks at the center of the battlefield alone could easily kill dozens of ordinary late Astral Realm cultivators like Qi Dian.
But the other teams had not given up entirely. They remained hidden around First Copper Mountain, watching and waiting for an opportunity.
The exotic beast would not be killed so easily. Once the melee broke out, who could say there would be no chance to swoop in and steal the prize?
Countless people harboring such schemes lay in ambush in the shadows of the rolling mountains.
Only the strongest had the right to fight in the sky, like Shi Miaozhen, who was now running wild. She swung that mountain-sized Moon Disc again, but this time, she did not rush to smash it into the exotic beast.
She gathered her strength in midair, holding her attack in reserve.
Wu Jiguang's Dharma Form was bringing a fist down from the sky, and Shi Miaozhen was not sure whether he intended to attack her or the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle.
If he dared strike her, she would retaliate immediately.
Fortunately, Wu Jiguang still had his wits about him. His fist, wreathed in the blazing light of golden armor, drove straight toward the exotic beast.
By now, the Heavenly Feather Black-Gold Eagle was enraged after taking two heavy blows in