Crushing a Soul Hall Protector to Death (1 / 2)

"I wasn't following you. To be precise, I was protecting you," Chen Yang corrected Yun Yun with a perfectly serious expression.

Yun Yun: "...!"

I don't need your protection. I can protect myself just fine!

She was already one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire. Even across the entire Northwest Region, she stood among the foremost experts. Why would she need Chen Yang to protect her?

Besides, this was right on the Misty Cloud Sect's doorstep. Anyone who dared attack her here must have thought they had lived too long.

Yun Yun rolled her eyes at Chen Yang.

Go on. Keep making things up.

I'll just watch quietly without calling you out.

Chen Yang had no intention of explaining. With one arm around her supple, serpentine waist, he casually tore open a Spatial Rift, then turned and carried her into it.

Whoosh! Their figures vanished together into the Spatial Rift.

The Spatial Rift slowly closed, until it disappeared without a trace.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

Not long after Yun Yun and Chen Yang left, an inconspicuous patch of space began to twitch.

The next moment, a dark figure appeared there.

The figure was wrapped entirely in black robes, his voice hoarse and his aura so evil it turned the stomach.

His darting green eyes fixed on the little hill below that had been flattened, gradually growing solemn.

"What a terrifying sword strike."

"Just what kind of fortuitous encounter could have made her improve so much all at once?"

Protector Wu had not originally set his sights on Yun Yun. He had been on his way to the Misty Cloud Sect to discuss a partnership with Yun Shan, hoping to enlist his help in finding the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.

Unexpectedly, he encountered Yun Yun hurrying out of the Misty Cloud Sect, and her beauty and bearing immediately caught his eye.

His feet had carried him after her in secret almost involuntarily, and he had witnessed her breathtaking display just now.

Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill was the Misty Cloud Sect's signature Dou Technique. Created by its founding sect master, Yun Lan Potian, it was a High-grade Profound Tier Dou Technique whose power rivaled an Earth Tier Dou Technique.

Yet the destructive power of the sword strike Yun Yun had just unleashed went far beyond High Xuan Tier or Early Earth Tier. It likely held its own even against High Earth Tier techniques.

Protector Wu was intensely curious about what had happened to Yun Yun and wanted to capture her for interrogation.

In the next instant, however, Protector Wu's expression changed drastically. His aura surged sharply, his nerves stretched taut as though facing a formidable enemy, and he warily guarded against something.

"Who's there?!"

Protector Wu barked coldly, unleashing the full aura of a Five-Star Dou Zong. Vast Dou Qi blotted out the sky and sun, forcing aside the air wherever it passed with a rushing hiss.

The next moment, Protector Wu sensed something and abruptly raised his head to look toward the heavens.

High above stood two figures of peerless bearing, a man and a woman. The man's aura was unfathomable, like an abyss.

At that moment, the man gazed down indifferently. In his eyes, Protector Wu was nothing more than a feeble ant.

His right arm rested naturally around the woman's waist, holding her securely in his embrace.

Protector Wu recognized the woman. She was Yun Yun, who had just left with Chen Yang.

Wait, hadn't she and Chen Yang just left together?

How had they appeared here now and caught me red-handed?

I was already so careful about concealing my aura. I even used the Soul Clan's Soul Garment to hide it.

So how could I possibly have been discovered?!

For this man to detect him and appear above his head without him noticing, his strength had to far surpass Protector Wu's own.

In the space of a few breaths, several ideas for escape flashed through Protector Wu's mind.

Whoosh!

Protector Wu instantly transformed into four clouds of black mist, shooting off toward the east, south, west, and north.

Protector Wu wanted to flee, but how could Chen Yang possibly let him leave?

Not to mention, Chen Yang had already set his sights on Protector Wu before this.

"Trying to leave? Did you ask my permission?"

Chen Yang reached out with his hand, selecting one of the clouds of black mist and grabbing toward it.

A great hand formed from supreme spatial power reached across the void, forcing the desperately fleeing Protector Wu to a halt and sealing the space around him.

With a casual gesture, Chen Yang could toy with him in the palm of his hand. Protector Wu realized all too clearly that an insurmountable gulf separated them.

Chen Yang's terrifying pressure was something Protector Wu had once had the privilege of feeling from their Clan Chief when he was very, very young.

The man before him was no weaker than their Clan Chief. He could even stand shoulder to shoulder with the Soul Clan's Clan Chief.

As for living experts who could rival their Soul Clan's Clan Chief, Protector Wu knew only Gu Yuan, the Gu Clan's Clan Chief, the missing Clan Chief of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Xiao Xuan, who had already fallen a thousand years ago.

Chen Yang was human, so he could not be the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Clan Chief.

Although Protector Wu had never met Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan never left the Gu Clan, so it could not be him either.

As for Xiao Xuan, he was the least likely possibility of all. After all, he had been dead for over a thousand years.

Could he be the Clan Chief of one of the other Ancient Eight Clans?

That was impossible too. Apart from the Gu Clan and the Soul Clan, the other six of the Ancient Eight Clans had long since declined. With the strength of their current bloodlines, they could not possibly produce an expert capable of matching the Soul Clan's Clan Chief.

Protector Wu guessed at Chen Yang's identity as best he could.

Yet even after turning every possibility over in his mind, he could not find a single person who matched the Chen Yang before him.

This Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Chen Yang, seemed to have materialized out of thin air.

That terrified Protector Wu.

The Gu Clan and the Soul Clan each possessed a Nine-Star Dou Sheng. A balance had been established, and it was unbreakable.

The sudden appearance of another Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Chen Yang, would shatter that balance.

If Chen Yang joined forces with the Gu Clan against the Soul Clan, their clan would be in grave danger.

Their Clan Chief's grand plan spanning ten thousand years would become nothing more than a dream.

No. I have to survive. Whatever it takes, I must send this news back to the clan and tell the Clan Chief that such a mysterious expert has appeared on the continent.

Upon realizing this, Protector Wu's face turned as pale as paper. Profound fear filled his heart, yet a strange resolve appeared in his eyes.

"Who exactly are you?"

"I belong to the Soul Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans. Killing me will do you no good whatsoever!" Endless terror welled up within Protector Wu as he tried to use his identity as a member of the Soul Clan to intimidate Chen Yang and make him wary.

"Husband, what is this Soul Clan of the Ancient Eight Clans? Why was he following me?!" Yun Yun had already grown accustomed to being held by Chen Yang. Seeing that Protector Wu had secretly followed her and claimed to belong to the Soul Clan of the Ancient Eight Clans, she could not help feeling puzzled.

She grew curious about these so-called Ancient Eight Clans.

There was also Protector Wu's aura, which was inherently repulsive.

It was exceedingly evil, far more so than that of anyone she had ever met.

"The Ancient Eight Clans are powerful clans that live in seclusion. The Soul Clan is the strongest among them.

"Besides being a member of the Soul Clan of the Ancient Eight Clans, Protector Wu is also a Soul Hall Protector," Chen Yang explained calmly to Yun Yun.

At the words "Soul Hall," Yun Yun's delicate brows instinctively furrowed. A deeper disgust appeared in her eyes, along with boundless killing intent.

She was unfamiliar with the Soul Clan of the Ancient Eight Clans, but she was certainly familiar with the Soul Hall.

The Soul Hall was infamous throughout the Dou Qi Continent, the very embodiment of an evil faction.

Yet she had to admit that, despite its vile reputation, the Soul Hall was the strongest among the Dou Qi Continent's many factions.

The factions of the Dou Qi Continent had a ranking: One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects, Three Valleys, and Four Pavilions.

One of them was the Soul Hall.

After learning Protector Wu's identity, Yun Yun looked at Chen Yang, wanting to know how he would deal with Protector Wu next.

Protector Wu was a Soul Hall Protector and a member of the Soul Clan, backed by the Soul Hall, the continent's foremost faction. Its members employed methods so evil and vicious that they made one's hair stand on end, and ordinary people did not dare provoke them lightly.

Noticing Yun Yun's gaze, Chen Yang smiled faintly.

To Yun Yun, Chen Yang's smile was like being bathed in a spring breeze, bringing her sunshine and a sense of safety.

To Protector Wu, however, it brought an endless, dreadful chill.

Chen Yang looked at Protector Wu and spoke the most ruthless words in the calmest tone.

"You don't need to know who I am, Protector Wu. A dead man has no need to know so much."

With that, Chen Yang's gaze turned savage, and with supreme spatial power, he crushed Protector Wu to pieces from afar.