Returning Shadow

Chen Xiao's palm strike landed solidly and dead center on the lean man's chest.

Before the black short sword that ignored the Blue Heaven Cosmos Robe's defenses could touch Chen Xiao's body, it and its master were sent flying together.

Pfft!

But in the next instant, the lean man's body gave a crisp crack and scattered apart in midair.

It turned into streaks of purple-black minced flesh.

He was dead.

A being whose strength stood absolutely at the peak of Luo Tian High Immortals, several times more formidable than even the Sword Dao Master Jian Wusheng, had been killed by Chen Xiao with a seemingly casual palm.

Even his soul and Fruit Status had turned into nothingness. At this point, even the Longevity Lamp someone had lit for him before was powerless to do anything.

After Chen Xiao unleashed that palm strike, the purple Fruit Status halo around his body—the light representing the power of his Fruit Status—vanished completely.

That one strike had exhausted all the power of the Luo Tian Fruit Status Talisman Puppet.

"Whew... One hand of the first-generation Azure Heaven Venerable is far too terrifying."

Chen Xiao could not help feeling lingering fear. Had the Luo Tian Fruit Status Talisman Puppet's power not protected him just now, that palm alone might have whipped him into a dried corpse.

"No wonder the first-generation Azure Heaven Venerable said this hand could save my life at a critical moment... It can only save a life, not be used proactively against enemies."

Even with Chen Xiao using a Fruit Status talisman, that one palm had nearly injured his origin. Once unleashed, it left him without the strength to use it a second time. Thus, this thing could only be used to preserve his life.

"Second brother..."

Seeing the lean man turned