The one who had suddenly appeared and stepped in front of Shen Tianyao was Yuan Dongtian, the Seven Heroes Assembly's Divine Sky Hundred Refinements.
After receiving word from Ji Wukong, he had rushed to Qingyang Prefecture without stopping, heading straight for the Six Fan Sect Headquarters.
Of course, he had no idea that Shen Tianyao and the others had come to the Six Fan Sect Headquarters to demand someone's release. He had only wanted to use the Six Fan Sect's intelligence network to look for Shen Tianyao and the others, but he hadn't expected to come upon this scene.
Facing Su Xin's Innate Formless Sword Qi, endless thunder burst from Yuan Dongtian's hands. Like a thunder god descending, he reached out and grabbed the invisible sword qi, trying to tear it apart.
But the instant his hands touched the sword qi, his expression changed. Even with his strength, facing such pure sword qi made his heart pound with alarm.
Thunder boomed and sword qi scattered. Yuan Dongtian himself was forced back a step, and he looked at Su Xin with deep wariness.
He had ranked sixteenth on the previous Human Ranking. He might not have been as strong as Su Xin was now, but that had been ten years ago. Yuan Dongtian hadn't spent all that time without making any progress. Yet after just one exchange, he was the one who had suffered the slight disadvantage.
Yuan Dongtian pushed Shen Tianyao back, then cupped his hands toward Su Xin. "Brother Su, attacking a woman isn't a very good habit."
Su Xin shook his head. "Sorry, I don't distinguish between men and women. If she dares to point her sword at me, she's my enemy."
Yuan Dongtian glanced at Shen Tianyao and the others, then at Lian Yuehai, who was barely