Xiao Shixi tried to dodge. The Spiritual Power of his Nascent Soul peak cultivation circulated madly, and his protective treasure activated on its own. Layer upon layer of spiritual light flared up in an instant!
But it was already too late.
A slender, fair hand seemed to pass through the barriers of space and time, gently landing on his shoulder without warning.
Every hair on Xiao Shixi's body stood on end. The protective spiritual light around him shattered soundlessly like soap bubbles the instant that hand touched him!
The protective spiritual light he had been so proud of was utterly vulnerable. Beneath that seemingly casual press of the palm, his physical body let out faint creaks as though his bones could no longer bear the strain!
Then—
Another fist lightly pressed toward his chest.
To his senses, that fist seemed to carry the weight of the entire world, as though it contained the force of a collapsing star!
It was a power of the physical body, pure to the utmost extreme, beyond the comprehension of the Nascent Soul realm...?!
"You turned the Heavenly Star Alliance into this." Su Bai's voice rang beside his ear. "Truly... a crime deserving death."
The instant his words fell—
The fist struck his chest.
There was no earth-shaking explosion.
Only an almost inaudible, muffled puff, like the internal structure of something had completely collapsed.
Xiao Shixi stiffly lowered his head.
He saw that his Houtian Spirit Treasure, which could withstand a full-force strike from a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, silently crumbled into dust like a weathered sand sculpture the instant the fist touched it.
Then came his chest, ribs, and internal organs—tempered by Spiritual Power for a thousand years, as tough as those of a Body Cultivator of the same rank...
Everything began to