Xiong Ba's thick protective barrier had not been pierced even by the sharpened Peerless Sword wielded by the future Bu Jingyun. Only the Fengyun Combined Attack had managed to defeat him.
Yet before Xu Fu, a light palm strike shattered it outright. Xiong Ba staggered back, vomiting blood, while beads of blood seemed to seep from his pores under the immense pressure.
This sudden turn of events made the entire scene fall silent.
Quite a few people recognized Xiong Ba when he appeared. He was the current overlord of the martial world.
Yet this imposing martial world overlord had been injured by a single blow from that mysterious old man!
It was simply unbelievable!
The Fujiwara Family Head also trembled all over.
Aside from the other man's overwhelming strength, he had sensed an extraordinarily terrifying aura of a strange beast when the man attacked—noble and elegant.
"Could it be that he has already captured the Phoenix?"
The Fujiwara Ancestor possessed the core ability to fuse the essences of various strange beasts into himself, so the Fujiwara Family Head was highly sensitive to the auras of such creatures.
That might well be the reason for the other man's immense strength!
No wonder they had never been able to find any intelligence or information on the Phoenix.
To crush Xiong Ba with a single strike—even he found such terrifying strength deeply daunting.
He was not much stronger than the current Xiong Ba himself!
Meanwhile, after watching Xu Fu retreat with Bu Jingyun, Xu Yue's eyes showed a trace of contemplation.
Xu Fu seemed extremely afraid of Ying Zheng. Who knew what exactly he had done?
Judging by that terrified expression, the avatar before them was likely far more than an ordinary projection.
Perhaps some existence from the upper realm had been killed