Three Manifestations of Flowing Clouds

"H-how is that possible? The Cloudflow Finger was blocked!" The others felt little at seeing the strike stopped, but the expressions of those from the Four Great Families changed.

As members of the Southern Cloud Kingdom's four foremost families, they each had similar secret arts in their lineages. The truly powerful ones had to be cultivated before reaching the Spirit Practitioner Realm. No one in the Southern Cloud Kingdom had ever heard of someone learning such an art after breaking through to that realm. And arts with such demanding requirements wielded terrifying power.

The Cloudflow Finger had reached the Greater Accomplishment Stage, and Fang Biya was the one using it. Even a weaker expert in the Spirit Practitioner Realm might not have blocked it completely. And even if they did, they would surely pay a price.

Yet Huo Hai had neutralized it with nothing but his Hidden Weapon Technique. If they had not seen him gasping for breath, they would have gone mad. His art had to be something that could rival their lineages' finest secret techniques.

The members of the great families had no interest in it. They knew these special arts were not something just anyone could learn. Without enough talent and a close enough affinity, cultivation was out of the question.

But the members of the first-rate families below the Four Great Families did not know that. All they knew was that this Hidden Weapon Technique could rival the Cloudflow Finger, and their own families had nothing like it. As they saw the power of Huo Hai's strike, some of their gazes began to change. The shock in their eyes gradually gave way to greed.

At the center of the square, Fang Biya harbored no such thoughts. That exchange had swept away every trace of impatience in