Everything had changed too quickly. Not only had the Nascent Soul cultivators near him failed to notice anything amiss, even the other Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators had detected no abnormalities.
Within their line of sight and Divine Sense, the red aura around the burly man covered in flesh tumors suddenly began to churn violently.
That was precisely the prelude to his great display of might. These people were all thoroughly familiar with the burly man's cultivation technique.
"That female cultivator is in trouble!"
"Don't kill her! She really is a peerless beauty!"
Some Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators even gave rise to wicked thoughts and immediately sent voice transmissions to the burly man. Even if they could not have the first taste, sharing a little would still be enough to send their souls soaring.
But in the next moment, a scene that none of them had expected—or rather, an eerie scene—appeared.
Just as the red aura around the burly man's body roiled, the blue-armored female cultivator extended a slender jade finger and rapidly pointed forward.
The black iron staff that had been locked against the crescent handguard blade let out a mournful cry and immediately flew backward from the burly man's hand.
In an instant, it had flown an unknown distance away, while that strange crescent handguard blade slashed straight onto the burly man's neck.
What horrified everyone even more was that, the instant the crescent handguard blade struck his neck, it changed from a diagonal slash into a perfectly vertical chop.
"Rip!"
A crisp sound, like a swift blade cutting through tangled hemp, rang out. The protective barrier around the burly man's body was like paper mache.
At the touch of the crescent handguard blade, it instantly turned into a burst of red light and scattered.
The burly man's body,