Zhong Huan clawed at the heavy sword thrusting toward him. His protective Gang Qi grated and shuddered against the spiritual energy wrapped around the blade, stirring up wisps of afterimages...
Lü Bufan closed in, planted one foot on the hilt of Heavy Sword Wuming, and punched at Zhong Huan's forehead!
His eyes bloodshot, Zhong Huan chuckled. "Fool!"
He actually let the punch strike his head... Did a somewhat peculiar Third Realm Martial Warrior really think he could break through the defenses of a Great Martial Artist half a step from the Sixth Realm?
Inside Lü Bufan, the combined power of Gang Qi and spiritual energy, long unused, suddenly erupted! A faint but incomparably pure strand of Martial Warrior Gang Qi actually invaded and assimilated Zhong Huan's thick, powerful protective Gang Qi in an instant...
A needlelike thread of spiritual energy pierced straight into Zhong Huan's forehead!
Zhong Huan froze, then shook his head and roared...
Then he drove his whole body forward with his elbow raised. Lü Bufan flew away like a kicked sack of rags, spraying blood.
Had he not drawn his limbs in beforehand to block most of the force, Lü Bufan suspected that Zhong Huan's body check would have shattered all his internal organs!
He tumbled more than a dozen zhang away before struggling to raise his head and look at Zhong Huan, who stood trembling all over.
"Uncle Zhong... snap out of it..."
Commandant Pan and his daughter had already taken cover to one side. They exchanged a look at the sight, and the young Martial Warrior Pan Mei darted straight toward Zhong Huan!
The wounded Feng Hu roared from a distance, "You dare hurt my master? I'll kill you all!"
Lü Bufan lay prone, blood streaming from the corners of his mouth...
He saw the