Pressing the Ascension King (1/3)

"Clownish performance—your life ends here!" Lian Guanghai was the first to strike. The Mystic Yin Body was of grave importance; he absolutely could not let Zhou Heng leak this secret. Otherwise, he would have to silence every outsider present!

But that might draw suppression from Immortal Severance City, and the risk was enormous...

Zhou Heng threw back his head and laughed. His right fist solidified, its daylight hidden from view, and the golden fist blasted forth with mighty grandeur.

Bang!

Lian Guanghai was actually blasted back head-on, crashing stiffly into a wall. Sand and stones flew everywhere as his entire body was buried completely in the ground, vanishing from sight.

This... the entire venue fell silent.

What was going on?

Lian Guanghai was an Ascension King. Everyone knew that. Zhou Heng was a Sunflare King. Everyone knew that too.

But precisely because everyone knew these two facts, they were now utterly dumbfounded!

A Sunflare King had punched an Ascension King back? An Ascension King had been punched back by a Sunflare King? No matter how one put it or thought about it, it made no sense whatsoever!

Had Lian Guanghai's strength declined? What a joke!

Had Zhou Heng's strength suddenly soared? An even bigger joke. Only three days had passed—no matter how much he improved, how far could he possibly have gone?

An act?

Yue Yuanying narrowed his eyes. He seemed to understand something!

Lian Guanghai and Zhou Heng were joining hands to put on an act, deliberately making Zhou Heng seem unfathomable in order to scare him off! If they dragged things out for a few more days, the Lian Family's Ascension Emperor would certainly arrive. Then they could suppress him.

Yes, that had to be it!

How detestable of the Lian Family. To protect Zhou Heng, they had