When Yue Peng threw a punch at Zhang Tie's retreating back, Fang Xinyi and the others beside him all sensed that something was wrong. By the time they tried to stop him, it was already too late.
Amid Bai Suxian's startled cry of "Careful!", Yue Peng's fist imprint blasted through the air and struck Zhang Tie in the back, shredding a patch of his clothing. Yet Zhang Tie did not so much as sway. He turned around, a trace of cold mockery and icy severity on his face...
The next second, Zhang Tie vanished from where he stood. Before Yue Peng could react, Zhang Tie's palm had already smashed viciously across his cheek.
All of Yue Peng's teeth were shattered by that single slap, spraying from his mouth together with a mouthful of blood.
The force in Zhang Tie's hand was tremendous, and his counterattack had been far too fast. The several knights beside Yue Peng had not even seen how Zhang Tie had crossed dozens of meters in an instant to appear at Yue Peng's side, and every one of them was startled. Yue Peng himself had not fully considered what consequences that furious punch might bring. When Zhang Tie appeared beside him, he had not even deployed his protective Battle Qi.
That slap directly stunned the Heaven-Wielding Pavilion knight. Zhang Tie's strength was so great that, when his palm struck Yue Peng's face, Yue Peng was sent flying with both feet leaving the ground.
But he did not fly away. The instant his body rose from the ground, Zhang Tie seized him by the ankle, then swung him up viciously like a hammer, about to smash him into the ground.
Only then did the knights around Yue Peng finally react. Everyone's expression changed. With the strength Zhang Tie