As Guo Huiyu and Gu Nantian fled, they looked back and saw this scene. Both their hearts skipped a beat, and they secretly cried that things were bad. The Emotion-Extinguishing Palm force could not even break through Xiang Yang's protective true qi—the gap was simply too vast.
After Guo Huixue landed, she staggered back another two steps. A thread of red seeped from the corner of her lips, and her brows, so rarely, knit together. Only then did she seem like a person rather than an icy, emotionless monster.
Without giving Guo Huixue another chance, Xiang Yang used the Catching Wind and Shadow of Wind God's Leg to arrive before Guo Huiyu and Gu Nantian in an instant. He struck out with his palm. True qi surged wildly, spiritual energy trembled, and a layer of cloud vapor spread from his palm, covering an area thirty meters across.
Clouds shrouded the mist, and one could see no farther than an inch before one's eyes. An alarming force lurked within the clouds. Guo Huiyu and Gu Nantian both fell into an illusion, as though they had seen the scenes they feared most.
Gu Nantian's cultivation was deep, and his spirit was quite formidable as well. He struggled for an instant, but in the end he could not break free. Soon, he sank into the illusion, utterly defenseless.
Guo Huixue grew anxious. Her palm wind surged and struck the clouds and mist, while she let out a clear, soaring cry like the crisp song of an oriole, hoping to scatter the spiritual force Xiang Yang had released into the clouds. Yet it was completely useless.
Xiang Yang had lived for a year at Cloud Mist Villa in the Heavenly Illusion Secret Realm. He had seen the sights of Flying Immortal Valley east of