Qing Chen lifted the Blood Abyss God-Slaying Halberd with one hand. The nine coiling dragon blood marks along its shaft opened their eyes one by one, their rich bloodlight making the smile on his face look all the more sinister.
"You loyally and valiantly defended your charge, fighting the Bloodslaughter Alliance's assassins to the death. Truly, you are paragons of Great Jin's imperial clan."
"No need to thank your Commander-in-Chief for spreading your fame."
Before his words had faded, Qing Chen stepped forward.
The central straight blade of the Blood Abyss God-Slaying Halberd pierced through space, instantly appearing three feet before the chest of the imperial clansman serving as an Attendant of the Imperial Clan Court.
The man let out a strange cry and deployed several defensive magic treasures and talismans in succession. A golden bell, a jade shield, a tortoise shell, and a coiling-dragon precious garment layered themselves before him.
But just as those magic treasures rose, the surrounding magnetic poles reversed at once.
The golden bell veered left, the jade shield abruptly sank, and the tortoise shell collided with the coiling-dragon precious garment under the pull of primordial magnetism, greatly diminishing their power.
The Blood Abyss God-Slaying Halberd drove straight through!
Squelch! The four-edged straight blade pierced his chest.
The Attendant of the Imperial Clan Court's eyes flew wide as the crescent blades on either side suddenly spread open inside his body.
Dense blood path rules blasted into every limb and bone, tearing his physical body, sea of qi, and pseudo-nascent soul into several pieces at once.
"Join forces!"
"He won't spare us!"
"Fight our way out! Now!"
The Divine Strategy Guard Commander finally abandoned all hope of being spared. His precious saber swept from its sheath, sending a two-hundred-zhang golden saber light slashing toward the nearest Lawless