Seeing that palm strike coming, Jiang Bei had no time to think.
Forcibly suppressing his surging blood and qi, he roared, clenched his left fist, and unleashed an unprecedented azure divine radiance from the dragon patterns across his body. Without holding anything back, he slammed his fist toward that withered palm!
"Bang—!!!"
Fist and palm collided with a muffled boom!
A visible ripple rapidly spread outward from the point of impact!
Wherever it passed, space was annihilated inch by inch!
Jiang Bei's body shook violently once more, and he was sent hurtling backward.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye!
It was so fast that many experts saw only afterimages!
Grimness filled Jiang Bei's face. This person was powerful—powerful beyond reason!
He was countless times stronger than that sullen man and Shen Zhiqin alike. There was simply no way to contend against him!
The next moment, the still-shaken crowd looked toward the shattered void.
They saw an elderly man in tattered gray robes, his body bent with age, slowly step out of the spatial crack.
His hair was sparse and gray-white, his face covered in wrinkles, and his eyes incredibly clouded. Yet at this moment, a sharp gleam flickered deep within them.
He sized up Jiang Bei before him with great interest.
At last, his gaze fell upon the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber in Jiang Bei's hand.
"Good... very good!"
The gray-robed elder suddenly bared a mouthful of yellow teeth and cackled strangely. "The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Saber... its reputation is well deserved! A weapon of an ancient sage indeed possesses unfathomable divine might! To test its edge with my own hands today, This Old Man... has not come in vain! Hahaha!"
When the sullen man saw the gray-robed elder appear and intercept Jiang Bei for him,