The Yuncang Two Fiends had been watching Ling Tianya's every movement closely, but they had not expected him to strike so suddenly. His speed left them completely unable to react.
The second brother, in particular, only came to his senses when Ling Tianya's palm was about to strike his chest.
Terror flooded his face as he snapped out of his daze. Without hesitation, he pressed both palms down before his chest, trying to block Ling Tianya's strike.
His timely reaction allowed his palms to just barely intercept Ling Tianya's palm.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he felt a fierce surge of Palm Force pouring from Ling Tianya's palm. He had kept the strike from landing directly on his chest, but that was all.
"You have some nerve, trying to block me head-on with your paltry strength!" Ling Tianya shouted.
A ruthless glint flashed through his eyes. His aura suddenly swelled, and the Palm Force in his hand instantly surged in power.
"Second Brother, watch out!" The Third Younger Brother hurried to help from the side, but before he could act, he heard his second brother scream.
The hands his second brother had held before his chest were now a mangled, bloody mess, evidently broken by Ling Tianya's Palm Force. Ling Tianya's palm had also landed on his second brother's chest.
The scream lasted only an instant. Ling Tianya suddenly drew together the five fingers of the hand pressed against the second brother, plunged them into his chest, and gave his arm a slight shake.
With a bang, the second brother's body burst apart, sending flesh and blood flying. His entire body had been dismembered, its fragments scattered across the ground, and blood stained the earth for several yards around.
Ling Tianya withdrew his right hand. Not