Sensing what felt like a vast yet simple world bearing down on him, he released the attack in his hands without a second thought. In the next instant, he tore through space and retreated at full speed.
He did not want to retreat again, but he had no choice. Gu Hui's bizarre palm strike had made him feel threatened!
A thousand years ago, he had made his name across the continent, contending with the prodigies of every clan. Even Xiao Xuan, who had shone as brilliantly as the sun back then, had been driven down a dead-end path by his secret machinations and ultimately fallen at his hands!
That battle had truly established the Hun Clan as the foremost power on the continent, giving him the time to slowly lay his plans for becoming a Dou Emperor.
Yet now, an utter nobody had made him feel the same way Xiao Xuan once had. That attack might not severely injure him, but if it could leave him looking even a little bedraggled, the prestige he had built over a thousand years might well be lost here.
Gu Yuan's gaze pierced the space trembling under their clash, and he saw Hun Tiandi retreating again and again. A chill involuntarily rose in his heart.
Gu Hui's strength had already exceeded his earlier assessment. If he could drive Hun Tiandi back, he could drive Gu Yuan back too!
He had known and fought Hun Tiandi for a thousand years. How could he not know just how powerful the man was?
A thousand years ago, Hun Tiandi had been able to contend even with Xiao Xuan, who had dared to blaze a trail before all others, mustering his entire clan's strength to challenge heaven and earth. Afterward, Hun Tiandi had swept through their generation with