The Man-Eating Tree Monarch's hundred or so branches all split open, revealing rows of razor-sharp teeth within. They bit down through the void and chomped down on Qingfeng Li's Sky-Breaking Halberd.
Crack, crack, crack, crack…
Hundreds of cracking sounds rang through the air. The sound was crisp, like something being snapped into pieces.
All around them, self-cultivators muttered amongst themselves.
"It must be Qingfeng Li's Sky-Breaking Halberd being chewed up. Listen, the sound is clear as day."
"It's over. I believe Qingfeng Li's greatest strength is his Sky-Breaking Halberd. Without it, he'll certainly die."
"But Qingfeng Li is one of us, a human self-cultivator. How can you take the Man-Eating Tree Monarch's side? If Qingfeng Li dies, we will too!"
The chatter of the surrounding self-cultivators was loud enough to carry to Qingfeng Li's ears. He heard it all clearly.