The battle for the exotic beast reached a fever pitch.
Previously, only one member of each of the Five Great Immortal Sects' teams had made a tentative move. Now, they finally stopped holding back and joined the fray in full force.
Under the Great Moon hanging overhead, manifested by Shi Miaozhen, the ordinary contestants could not hold out for long and had to retreat from the moonlight essence's range with injuries. Meanwhile, the other three contestants from the Azurefall Profound Gate appeared clad in a layer of armor-like silver light and attacked the exotic beast.
Not only did the moonlight essence do them no harm, it protected them instead.
Far away among the clouds, four Sword Cultivators also revealed themselves, transforming into streaks of sword light and charging into the fray in an instant.
Their leader was tall, with prominent bones and a face whose contours seemed carved by a blade and chisel. With his dark skin and expressionless face, he looked like a sculpted stone statue.
He was none other than Famous Sword Middle School's top student, Dongfang Jianqi!
He held a broad-bladed greatsword as wide as a door, its blade covered in Great Dao engravings. It was clearly an ancient sword.
Dongfang Jianqi's Dharma Form was a glimmer of golden light. When manifested, it seemed to be nothing more than a golden thread clinging to his blade, but with a swing of the greatsword bearing that thread, his sword qi became several times sharper.
This light was a legendary wisp of immortal goods called "Night-Slaying Dawnlight."
According to legend, mighty figures of Ancient Times refined the first trace of solar essence that appeared at dawn. Only after gathering thirty-six years' worth of solar essence could they condense a wisp of Night-Slaying Dawnlight, which could be attached to weapons