As a visitor from the Myriad Abyss Island, a prodigy of the Xiahou Clan, and accompanied by elite retainers such as Elder Peng and Elder Mo, Xiahou Jing had never truly held the cultivators of the human domain in any particular regard.
Even Jiang Chen, in Xiahou Jing's eyes, was nothing more than a lucky human brat.
In the end, Xiahou Jing simply looked down on Jiang Chen.
But right now, under the gaze of Jiang Chen's Evil Golden Eye, Xiahou Jing's divine sense actually trembled and surged with disturbance.
Cold sweat poured down Xiahou Jing's entire body.
Especially when locked onto from afar by the Holy Dragon Bow — Xiahou Jing even felt every hair on his body stand on end. In this very moment, an utterly inconceivable thought surfaced in his mind: that this Jiang Chen actually possessed the potential to threaten his life!
True, this possibility only arose because the eight brothers of the Giant Stone Clan had him surrounded. Even so, it was absolutely ridiculous.
As far as Xiahou Jing knew, Jiang Chen was merely an Emperor realm powerhouse — the gap between them should have been immeasurable.
Xiahou Jing even felt that if Jiang Chen were on the Myriad Abyss Island, he wouldn't even qualify to carry his shoes.
But right now, this stubborn conviction of his finally wavered.
"I have to run — I absolutely have to run!"
In that instant, such an absurd thought actually took root in Xiahou Jing's mind.
Just then, Jiang Chen issued his command: "Da Shi, what are you standing around for? Kill him!"
If it had been anyone else from the Myriad Abyss Island, Jiang Chen might have considered taking a prisoner, unwilling to push things to the absolute extreme, leaving at least a sliver of room.
But his opponent happened to be the Xiahou Clan — an existence with whom coexistence was impossible.
There was absolutely no need to show mercy to the Xiahou Clan. Kill one whenever the chance arose!
The eight brothers of the Giant Stone Clan activated in unison, unleashing a terrifying Giant Stone aura field — like a fortress constructed of boulders, utterly impregnable.
Xiahou Jing deployed one Divine Ability after another, desperately trying to carve open a breach, but he simply could not succeed.
"How is this possible?" Xiahou Jing knew of the Giant Stone Clan's prowess, but only in actual combat did he realize just how fearsome they truly were.
Individually, each of the eight brothers might not have been Xiahou Jing's equal — perhaps not even a match for Elder Mo or Elder Peng.
But when the brothers fought together, the situation became an entirely different matter.
Xiahou Jing gripped a long spear, merging himself with the weapon into one, conjuring countless spear projections and vast spiraling currents of energy, attempting to shatter the formidable Giant Stone aura field.
But this aura field was something the eight brothers of the Giant Stone Clan had forged together — eight as one, and one as eight, forming an organic whole.
Once this unified field was established, breaking it would require power and Divine Abilities at least twice the combined strength of all eight brothers.
Not twice the strength of any one of them — twice their collective might.
"Severing Currents — Break!"
Xiahou Jing's spear onslaught raged fiercely, battering the Giant Stone aura field again and again. His consecutive thrusts carried overwhelming momentum, yet he still could not breach the encirclement of this boulder fortress.
"Shattered Star Moon — Detonate!"
When one technique failed, Xiahou Jing immediately shifted to another, pressing the attack.
Still no good!
The Giant Stone aura field was far more powerful than he had imagined. No matter how Xiahou Jing varied his techniques, nothing worked.
Jiang Chen stood on high ground, the Holy Dragon Bow brimming with predatory eagerness, the Evil Golden Eye's power steadily intensifying as he kept Xiahou Jing pinned in his sights.
Jiang Chen was waiting — waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the perfect moment to loose an arrow that would end Xiahou Jing for good.
The brothers of the Giant Stone Clan kept swinging their heavy weapons, raining blow after blow down on Xiahou Jing. By all rights, their combined offensive power was staggering. With all of them besieging him together, it should have been nearly impossible for Xiahou Jing to emerge unscathed.
Yet Xiahou Jing had clearly activated some kind of divine talisman, instantly elevating his defenses by several ranks.
Despite sustaining hit after hit from the eight brothers, whenever those massive weapons struck his body, a strange force would gently deflect them, sliding all the attacking power away.
"This Xiahou Jing truly lives up to his reputation as a prodigy of the Xiahou Clan. The treasures he carries are absolutely beyond what ordinary people could hope to match."
Since Jiang Chen first entered the world of cultivation, he had faced countless opponents. Even the once-dominant Emperor Dan Qi, compared to this Xiahou Jing, was child's play.
Xiahou Jing's strength was absolutely the most formidable among all the enemies Jiang Chen had ever encountered.
Jiang Chen had witnessed the combat power of the Giant Stone Clan's eight brothers. When they dealt with Elder Mo and Elder Peng, the brothers hadn't even fought at full strength.
Under those circumstances, they had still sequentially destroyed both Elder Peng and Elder Mo.
Yet now, with all eight brothers fighting together, they still could not bring Xiahou Jing down. Though Xiahou Jing was clearly struggling, he was still far from the point of collapse.
The combined battle aura of the Giant Stone Clan's eight brothers was absolutely terrifying. Every single strike carried the sweeping grandeur of shifting constellations — overwhelmingly powerful.
And yet, despite all of this, Xiahou Jing, though strained, still managed to protect himself from any mortal wound.
"Xiahou Jing's raw strength may not be far beyond Elder Peng's or Elder Mo's, but the treasures and trump cards he's deploying absolutely elevate his combat power well beyond those two clan elders."
Jiang Chen had now gained a preliminary understanding of Xiahou Jing's true strength.