Chapter 1463 - Silence!
Killing someone right in front of the palace lord was sheer audacity. This all happened within the Nine Dragon Palace's own territory, a place ordinary people could never enter, which meant the attacker had to be someone from within the Nine Dragon Palace.
Huang stood some distance away, and by the time he moved, it was already too late. The palace lord had also begun to form seals with both hands, but he still fell a fraction of a step behind, because the attacker had already reached the Heaven Gaze Realm.
The arrow had already flown halfway across the hall, and another instant would be enough for it to pierce through Chang Wu's neck, blasting apart his skull together with his soul sea and primordial spirit. At that point, searching Chang Wu's soul would be completely meaningless.
The situation had reached a critical point, and Chang Wu had seemingly anticipated it long ago. He had already closed his eyes as he waited for death.
"Devour!" Just as the arrow was about to punch through Chang Wu's throat, the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron suddenly appeared and swallowed it whole.
That arrow embodied the laws of the Heaven Gaze Realm, and Liu Wuxie knew he was taking a gamble. If he failed to suppress it, the surging power inside might tear the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron apart from within.
Even so, Liu Wuxie didn't truly panic, because Gong Gong had already awakened. Although Gong Gong had yet to step into the Heaven Gaze Realm, controlling those laws shouldn't be difficult for him. As for the Universal Gourd, Liu Wuxie had left it with Bi Gongyu in the Heavenly Dao Society, so at this moment, he could only rely on the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.
The instant the arrow landed inside the cauldron, a deafening rumble erupted, and the entire cauldron began to tremble violently.
"This is bad!" Liu Wuxie cursed inwardly. He had still underestimated the arrow's power as it streaked like a comet toward the cauldron's crystalline inner wall.
At the most critical moment, however, Gong Gong finally made his move and manifested the Witch Wheel Blade, slashing toward the arrow. When the arrow exploded, the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron refined a strand of Heaven Gaze Realm law, and Gong Gong absorbed a portion of that power for himself.
At the same time, the palace lord struck, sealing off the surrounding space as he dashed toward the source of the attack. Yet he was still ultimately a step too slow, and the attacker had already escaped.
"Huang, sound the Myriad Bell!" the palace lord said, his expression so dark that murderous intent roared out from him.