I sucked in a cold breath as I watched space continuously quake, while the energy cloud remained compressed. Han Shanshan immediately said, "Careful! It's a gravity treasure. If it compresses you solid, your body will explode and you'll die!"
"Mm. All of you, move back. I'll deal with him!" I said at once. After Longqiuyou pulled me out of the gravity attack, he struck the middle-aged man with a Return-to-Origin Art while I was speaking!
The middle-aged man seemed to have been prepared for this. With an angry snort, he sent a wave of energy rolling toward Longqiuyou and me. I tugged Longqiuyou aside to evade the attack from the Zhenyuan Banner, but Longqiuyou seemed not to have dodged it at all. A mouthful of blood sprayed violently from his throat!
"What happened?" I looked toward Longqiuyou. His eyes turned cold as he wiped the blood from his mouth and said viciously to the middle-aged man, "I've wanted to test a Heavenly Venerable's Return-to-Origin Art for a long time. Taking a hit today, I can see that it truly is extraordinary—but it isn't as powerful as the legends claim. It can't really rupture a person's meridians with a single strike."
"Hmph! You Dao Alliance traitor! If you weren't relying on the cheap advantage of having awakened the Death Dao, that last strike would have killed you!" the middle-aged man sneered. He then glanced at his senior brother Feng Daochang before turning back to look at me. "It seems Chief Xia has gained the upper hand this time. This Heavenly Venerable did underestimate Chief Xia. But that's fine. Since I've come out, I might as well have a bout with Chief Xia."
"Then I'll see just how formidable a Heavenly Venerable is." I didn't retreat in the slightest. Although he had