Arriving just in time (1 / 2)

With a strike of his palm, boundless Dou Qi from heaven and earth condensed into a giant hand in the sky, which slammed toward the distant hill with the speed of a thunderclap that left no time to cover one's ears.

A palm strike from a Nine-Star Dou Sheng possessed enough power to destroy heaven and earth.

The hill where Iron Protector had hidden was reduced to rubble by that single strike.

An enormous palm print was stamped into the ground, with violent energy coursing through the air around it.

By the time Iron Protector sensed the danger, it was already too late. He perished beneath that palm.

Below, every disciple of the Misty Cloud Sect stood dumbstruck after witnessing Gu Yuan's attack firsthand.

Even Yun Yun knitted her delicate brows tightly.

So powerful. Just a casual strike had enough power to destroy heaven and earth.

What kind of expert was he?

How had their Misty Cloud Sect offended someone like this?

Yun Yun knew that his attack had been more than an attempt to kill that Soul Clan protector. He had also struck the mountain to frighten the tiger, warning them that he could destroy the Misty Cloud Sect with a single hand.

Judging by Gu Yuan's attitude since arriving at the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun knew this matter would not end peacefully unless they gave him a satisfactory answer today.

So Yun Yun turned to Nalan Yanran.

He had come specifically for her. Who knew what she had done to provoke the wrath of heaven and men, offending such a powerful expert?

And where on earth was Chen Yang? He always dropped the ball at the crucial moment.

Because Nalan Yanran's cultivation was too low, she did not truly understand how terrifying Gu Yuan's palm strike had been.

She simply compared Gu Yuan to her master's husband and felt that her master's husband was probably still stronger.

After all, her master's husband could summon wind and rain with a wave of his hand.

When he came back, he would definitely smash this man's head in. Then let's see if he dared act so arrogant!

The more Nalan Yanran thought about it, the more excited she became.

It was as though she could already see her master's husband returning and giving Gu Yuan a savage beating.

After annihilating the Soul Hall Protector, Gu Yuan gazed down at the Misty Cloud Sect and sank into contemplation.

Why was there a Soul Hall Protector here at the Misty Cloud Sect?

Could the Misty Cloud Sect have some connection to the Soul Hall that he knew nothing about?

Considering that the Misty Cloud Sect was the largest power in the Jia Ma Empire, and that the Xiao Clan, once one of the Ancient Eight Clans, was also in the Jia Ma Empire, it was not hard to conclude that the Soul Hall had contacted the Misty Cloud Sect to use its influence to find the Xiao Clan and seize the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade Fragment in their possession.

At that thought, Gu Yuan stared down at the Misty Cloud Sect, viciousness flashing in his eyes.

First, they had wronged his precious daughter, his snug little cotton-padded jacket. Now, they were most likely serving as the Soul Hall's blade in its search for the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade Fragment in the Jia Ma Empire. With new grievances piled onto old hatred, Gu Yuan instantly decided to wipe out the Misty Cloud Sect.

Gu Yuan acted on that thought.

Drawing on his cultivation as a Nine-Star Dou Sheng, he gathered spatial power into a mighty Spatial Imprisonment that enveloped the Misty Cloud Sect.

The vast Misty Cloud Sect instantly became a cage that no one could enter or leave.

Realizing Gu Yuan's intentions, Yun Yun's expression abruptly changed. She hurried forward to reason with him in her capacity as the Misty Cloud Sect's ninth sect master.

Yun Yun formed wings of Dou Qi and flew into the air to confront Gu Yuan.

Before she could speak, however, a giant hand formed from Dou Qi slapped toward her, forcing her back to the ground.

As a mighty Nine-Star Dou Sheng, how could Gu Yuan tolerate a feeble ant prancing around before him?

Gu Yuan stood suspended in the air, looking down upon everyone in the Misty Cloud Sect, and snorted coldly. "My daughter is the pearl in my palm. If I held her in my mouth, I would fear she might melt; if I cradled her in my hands, I would fear she might break.

"Yet you dared to wrong her, and willingly degraded yourselves into the Soul Hall's blade.

"In that case, there is no need for the Misty Cloud Sect to continue existing."

With that, Gu Yuan released an immense amount of Dou Qi, forming an enormous Dou Qi palm print in the sky.

As Gu Yuan pressed his palm downward, the Dou Qi palm print slowly descended.

She absolutely could not let that palm fall. Otherwise, the entire Misty Cloud Sect would be razed to the ground, and it would cease to exist.

Yun Yun decisively drew her treasured sword and charged out, leading the way.

One woman, one sword, rose to meet that slowly descending giant hand.

"Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill!"

With a clear cry, Yun Yun wielded her longsword, the Dou Qi within her surging into the blade like a tide.

A sharp sword radiance enveloped the treasured sword. Becoming one with her blade, she shot straight into the sky.

The instant Yun Yun rose into the air, four azure tornadoes formed on the ground beneath her feet, accompanying her strike toward the slowly descending giant hand.

Yet a Five-Star Dou Emperor and a Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor were separated by five entire major realms. Yun Yun's actions were like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

Even after exhausting all her Dou Qi, she failed to shake the Dou Qi palm print Gu Yuan had casually formed in the slightest.

Instead, the recoil from the Dou Qi palm print sent her plummeting straight out of the sky.

"Sect Master!"

"Yun'er!"

Seeing Yun Yun in danger, Gu He knew his chance to play the hero and save the beauty had arrived.

He formed wings of Dou Qi and shot out of the crowd to catch Yun Yun.

In the sky, Gu Yuan watched Yun Yun's antics with a face full of mockery and disdain.

She truly had no sense of her own limits.

Had she even considered her cultivation compared to his? Did she really think she was some prodigy who could fight above her realm?

Besides, who hadn't once been a prodigy?!

Gu Yuan clenched his hand. The area covered by the Dou Qi palm print shrank, and its descent accelerated severalfold, instantly catching up to the falling Yun Yun.

Boom! Suddenly, a shock wave rippled outward, violent energy sweeping in every direction.

The oncoming blast forced Gu Yuan back a step.

He stared down in astonishment, utterly unable to comprehend what had happened.

How was this possible? Someone had actually neutralized the palm print he had formed from Dou Qi.

Gu Yuan was stunned.

In all the world, only a Dou Sheng Expert could neutralize a palm print formed from a Nine-Star Dou Sheng's Dou Qi.

Gu Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared intently below.

Was it a Dou Sheng from the Soul Clan?

Considering the Soul Hall Protector who had appeared earlier, it was not difficult for Gu Yuan to reach that conclusion.

Gu Yuan released his spiritual power, seeking to lock onto the newcomer.

To his surprise, however, he discovered that the other party's spiritual power actually surpassed his own.

How was that possible?!

His soul was in the heaven realm. Above that, there was only the emperor realm!

An emperor realm soul!

"Hiss!" At the mere thought that the other party might possess the legendary strength of an emperor realm soul, Gu Yuan could not help drawing in a deep, sharp breath.

The dust below gradually dispersed, slowly revealing Chen Yang's figure. He held Yun Yun across his arms, his gaze no longer calm.

So close. It had been so close. If he had returned even a moment later, he would have gone from a married man to a widower.

At that thought, Chen Yang raised his head toward Gu Yuan, who stood arrogantly in the air.

As Chen Yang looked up at Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan was also looking at Chen Yang.

His astonishment swelled into towering waves of shock.

N-nine-Star Dou Sheng. A Nine-Star Dou Sheng, just like him.

How was this possible? How could this young fellow he had never seen before be a Nine-Star Dou Sheng? Surely this had to be fake!