The azure pagoda hurtled toward Returning Mountain, as though it meant to smash this ancient Holy Mountain into level ground.
Just as the azure pagoda struck forward, the mist within Returning Mountain began to gather, and space warped slightly.
"Rumble!"
An invisible force was born. Space caved inward, actually holding up the immensely powerful Azure Hanta Pagoda before generating a rebounding force that sent it flying back.
Returning Mountain was like a giant, swatting away the Azure Hanta Pagoda Lu Qingyuan had unleashed.
Lu Qingyuan caught the Azure Hanta Pagoda and staggered backward dozens of meters before finally dispersing that backlash! He gradually calmed down and thought to himself, There is a seal laid down by Heavenly Emperor Mountain's progenitor within Returning Mountain. If I attack by force, I might awaken some ancient taboo. If that happens, I will likely die a miserable death myself.
He had only attacked Returning Mountain because Ning Xiaochuan had enraged him so thoroughly that he lost his reason.
With his cultivation, killing Ning Xiaochuan should have been as easy as turning over his hand. Yet the truth was that one of his arms had been severed, while Ning Xiaochuan had escaped unscathed.
If word of this got out, he would surely become everyone's laughingstock! "This brat absolutely cannot be allowed to live!" Lu Qingyuan picked up his severed arm, intending to reattach it before entering Returning Mountain to eliminate Ning Xiaochuan.
He was a Heaven-Man, and he carried miraculous healing medicine with him. Reattaching a severed arm was no difficult matter.
However, when he picked up the arm, his expression changed drastically. The arm that had just been cut off had actually withered up. Its blood had apparently been drained by something, and with the slightest touch, it crumbled into powder!
"H-how could this