The five-colored war halberd pierced the void as if it was going to pulverize the entire sky.

The moment this attack was launched, a giant ax and a chain glittering with golden radiance also appeared in the void.

In a matter of seconds, seven or eight treasures were sent hurtling toward Luo Jiutian.

Luo Jiutian wasn’t unprepared. It seemed like he had been ready for these attacks beforehand.

 He waved the sword he had condensed in his hand, sending forth a wave of sword-light that transformed into many flows of thousands of stars that met the attacks head-on.

 In an instant, those sword-lights collided with the supreme treasures, including the war halberd.

The giant ax was enveloped by a flow of stars, while the chain was impacted by the giant ax and almost all the other supreme treasures were enveloped by the many flowing sword-lights, no longer posing any threat to Luo Jiutian for a moment.

 However, Yuan Venerate Jinta’s war halberd was not an ordinary supreme treasure. It flickered while being bogged down by the sword-light river and managed to shatter it with an extremely incisive, unparalleled power.

 The five-colored war halberd then continued moving with that shattering momentum and came crashing down toward Luo Jiutian.

 Anyone could see that Luo Jiutian would die a horrific death if he could not withstand the crushing blow of the war halberd.

Of course, Luo Jiutian could choose to evade it, but there was little room for him to do so. At most, all he could do was weaken the power of the war halberd.

Luo Jiutian chose to face the war halberd directly. When the power of the war halberd came crashing down on him, he conjured the long sword in his hand and slashed heavily.

This time, he split it in half!

 Two mighty forces collided, sending a surge of energy into the nine skies. A single one of these energies could shatter the sky, while another could sever and obliterate everything.

Shao Fanzhu, who hadn’t lifted a hand all this time, smiled when the two powers clashed. He had already sensed that the time for him to strike had come.

He would spoil everything for Luo Jiutian as long as he made a move now.

However, just as he was about to utilize the Sky-Splitting Stone, he felt a foreboding premonition of a threat.

 This feeling of being threatened had not appeared for no reason, as Shao Fanzhu was extremely sensitive to his intuition.

 He knew that this sense wasn’t baseless. Someone had to be preparing to make a move on him.

The consequences would be dire once that person was allowed to attack him. Shao Fanzhu was no ordinary person, so he understood the kind of impending danger he was going to face when he sensed this threat.

 In this realm, there weren’t many things he considered dangerous or threatening, but all these supreme treasures and their respective owners were quite troublesome to deal with.

 It could be said that Shao Fanzhu was unwilling to make an enemy out of those people.

Who exactly wanted to keep Luo Jiutian alive? Could Luo Jiutian still have a formidable backer he was oblivious to?

A stern-looking Taichu Yuan Venerate standing beside Shao Fanzhu was muttering as well. He thought that this was the perfect time for Shao Fanzhu to utilize the Sky-Splitting Stone. If Shao Fanzhu did so, Luo Jitian would definitely be taken down!

 But why wasn’t Shao Fanzhu making his move?

 Was it because Shao Fanzhu had changed his mind? Or did Shao Fanzhu think that this wasn’t a good opportunity to take action?

 Upon sensing Shao Fanzhu’s uncomfortable expression, the Yuan Venerate decided to withhold what he had been about to say.

 After all, he did not feel too much enmity for Luo Jiutian. Thus, Luo Jiutian would not try to cause him trouble after becoming a Taiyi Yuan Venerate.

On the contrary, it was very likely that he would get himself killed if he said anything wrong in front of Shao Fanzhu.

Hence, it would be the lesser of two evils if he stayed silent in this situation.

The stern-looking Yuan Venerate wasn’t the only one who was anxious about Shao Fanzhu. Yuan Venerate Jinta, who had originally been very confident about his attack, couldn’t help feeling a bit worried after having his attack blocked by Luo Jiutian.

 Naturally, he was aware of the presence of Sho Fanzhu. Hence, he was waiting and hoping that Shao Fanzhu would attack to kill Luo Jiutian directly.

In Yuan Venerate Jinta’s opinion, it was not a bad thing to have someone share the burden of killing Luo Jiutian. However, he had never expected that Shao Fanzhu would not attack while that window of opportunity was running out.

Most of the remaining sword-light had been absorbed into Luo Jiutian’s body. In other words, Luo Jiutian’s advancement had been successful.

 Luo Jiutian might not be able to do anything about Yuan Venerate Jinta even after stabilizing his cultivation base, but it would also be nearly impossible for Yuan Venerate Jinta to kill Luo Jiutian.

After all, a Taiyi Yuan Venerate had many more life-saving techniques than a Taichu Yuan Venerate.

“Shao Fanzhu, you are so soft-hearted!” Yuan Venerate Jinta bellowed in great anger.

 Everyone that stood beside Yuan Venerate Jinta wasn’t very happy either. Although they did not harbor much enmity for Luo Jiutian, all of them obviously hoped that Luo Jiutian would be killed.

Now, Luo Jiutian was alive and kicking.

Mountain Lord Fuyuan nearly cursed out loud. Although he had also expected Yuan Venerate Jinta to kill Luo Jiutian once and for all, he knew that it was not easy.

 In his opinion, Shao Fanzhu was deliberately withholding his attack because he wanted Yuan Venerate Yuan Venerate Jinta to have one more opponent. However, this action was really doing him a disservice, so Mountain Lord Fuyuan had no idea why Shao Fanzhu would do it.

Swoosh!

 All the weapons attacking Luo Jiutian were withdrawn quickly. Obviously, their owners had realized that it was useless to continue fighting and started getting ready to leave. Although Yuan Venerate Jinta’s war halberd had been locked in a battle with Luo Jiutian, Yuan Venerate Jinta did not want to continue this battle either.

As soon as he waved his hand, the five-colored war halberd turned into a trail of colorful lights that shot toward his hand.

 Yuan Venerate Jinta’s decision actually implied that the plan to assassinate Luo Jiutian this time had failed completely.

It could even be said that their encirclement hadn’t harmed Luo Jiutian at all and had instead made Luo Jiutian break off the shackles of the Taichu Yuan Venerate and advance directly to the Taiyi Yuan Venerate level.

 It was not an easy feat to advance from the Taichu Yuan Venerate to the Taiyi Yuan Venerate. Duolu Fantian, who wanted to kill Luo Jiutian, hadn’t just aided Luo Jiutian in becoming a Taiyi Yuan Venerate, but he had even paid for it with his life as a result.

“Is it over?” Shao Fanzhu glanced at the war halberd that flew off and spoke in a slightly more relaxed manner. However, he heaved a sigh of relief, as the foreboding premonition of a threat had vanished completely even though the plot to kill Luo Jiutian had ended in complete failure.

 “Shao Fanzhu, it’s over.” The stern-looking Taichu Yuan Venerate seemed to be pondering hard but still spoke to Shao Fanzhou seriously.

 Shao Fanzhu nodded his head. “It’s all good as long as it is over.”

 The stern-looking Taichu Yuan Venerate’s admiration for Shao Fanzhu increased. Previously, he had still had his doubts about Shao Fanzhu, but he was now confident that everything had been part of Shao Fanzhu’s plan.

 Shao Fanzhu was making Luo Jiutian fall out with the Taixu Sect completely. Although this was a disservice to Shao Fanzhu, Shao Fanzhu must have been thinking way ahead from a strategic perspective that he did not know about.

What he did not know was that Shao Fanzhu, whom he was in awe of, was actually very depressed. It could be said that the plan, which had been on the verge of succeeding, had been completely destroyed by Shao Fanzhu.

 Furthermore, what made him feel extremely perturbed was that the incident had already taken place yet he was still confused and did not even know who had made him feel threatened.

 Although he wanted to find out why, he knew that a crushing blow would await him if he dared to show any form of hostility.

Shao Fanzhu did not believe that he would surely be defeated by the hidden blow, but he wasn’t confident at all. He was facing a death threat and he was aware that he wasn’t sure he would win, so he made the decision to remain silent.

Although his decision wasn’t optimal, Shao Fanzhu believed this was the best choice of action.

“Jinta, take my sword!” As Shao Fanzhu was mulling this over, a thunderous roar echoed in the void. After hearing that angry roar, Luo Jiutian, who had just broken through to the Taiyi Yuan Venerate level, continued to move forward with his sword and dashed toward Yuan Venerate Jinta.

 Yuan Venerate Jinta was already fuming over his failure to kill Luo Jiutian. Upon seeing that Luo Jiutian was actually dashing toward him, he glared coldly, swung his war halberd, and went up to meet Luo Jiutian.

There were no moves exchanged during the clash between them this time. However, it could be considered a pure collision of power.

When the long sword and war halberd collided in the void, both their bodies were flung backward simultaneously.

 However, Yuan Venerate Jinta was thrown over 3,000 miles back, while Luo Jiutian was only pushed back 1,000 miles.

This outcome put an ugly expression on Yuan Venerate Jinta’s face. He hadn’t been overly concerned about Luo Jiutian at first, as Luo Jiutian was only a newly-minted Taiyi Yuan Venerate.

 Yuan Venerate Jinta himself had been a Taiyi Yuan Venerate for tens of thousands of years.

 However, during their exchange, the sky law hidden in Luo Jiutian’s long sword nearly pierced his defense. Besides, if his war halberd hadn’t been a supreme treasure obtained from the Nine-Sky Yuan Portrait, his war halberd would very likely have been split apart by the clash.

 It could be said that he was utterly defeated during this exchange!

“Take another strike!” Luo Jiutian did not give Yuan Venerate Jinta any time to react before he sent out another sword strike the moment he landed.