Heaven Class Dou Technique: Ghost Possession, Suppress Them All!
At the very front of the clones blocking their path stood a little girl with purple hair in twin tails.
But even if she was only a little girl, she was still a Dou Wang expert, and Yun Ling and the others would not treat her as a junior.
"I advise you not to meddle in this matter. Otherwise, today..."
"Are you part donkey? You sure spout a lot of crap. Take my fist first!" Zi Yan cut Yun Ling off and hurled a punch at him.
Seeing this, Yun Ling did not dare be careless. Earth-attribute Dou Qi gathered in his hand, forming a stone saber twenty feet long, which he raised and swung at Zi Yan.
As a magical beast, Zi Yan had an incomparably tough body. Her punch struck Yun Ling's stone saber squarely and smashed it to pieces in a single blow.
The blow even sent Yun Ling flying backward.
A human was already at a disadvantage when fighting a magical beast of the same realm, to say nothing of the fact that Zi Yan was an emperor among magical beasts.
Meanwhile, the battle on the other side was also drawing to a close. Sun Qi knocked Gu He out of the sky with a swing of his staff.
The Golden Cudgel instantly became the Sea-Calming Divine Needle again, and he brought it crashing down on Gu He below.
Rumble!!
Four enormous pillars in the Misty Cloud Sect's plaza shattered from the impact. The strike kicked up a massive cloud of dust that engulfed the entire plaza.
"Xiao Qi, it looks like you picked up quite a few good things while traveling the continent. That staff is no ordinary thing, is it?"
At Yao Chen's question, Sun Qi chuckled. "This staff fell from the sky and happened to land right on me."
Though that sounded utterly false, Yao Chen said nothing more. Hadn't this disciple of his also fallen from the sky back then, nearly landing on him?
The tremendous commotion in the Misty Cloud Sect's plaza stunned everyone present.
Looking at Gu He, whose fate was unknown, even Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian could not help feeling a chill.
After a strike like that, even if he wasn't dead, he was gravely injured. It was too brutal!
Sun Qi raised his staff and pointed it at Nalan Yanran. "You're Nalan Yanran, aren't you? I'll give you two choices: dig a hole and plant yourself in the ground, or I'll pound you into it!"
"Just like him!"
When the dust cleared, a giant crater had appeared in the center of the Misty Cloud Sect's plaza. At its center lay Gu He, long since unconscious and buried beneath a pile of rubble.
"Damn, he really planted him in the ground like a seedling!"
Seeing Gu He's miserable state, everyone drew a sharp breath.
With Sun Qi's staff pointed at her, Nalan Yanran now understood how Xiao Yan had felt when their engagement was broken off.
No, she still had her sect behind her, and her grandfather too!
Seeing his granddaughter threatened, Nalan Jie immediately stepped forward.
"Sir, this old man failed to teach her properly. If you bear a grievance, I can personally take my granddaughter to the Xiao Clan to apologize and offer compensation!"
Looking at the imposing old man standing in front of Nalan Yanran, Sun Qi showed not a trace of unnecessary emotion in his eyes.
Yun Ling, however, placed great importance on the Misty Cloud Sect's dignity. Upon hearing those words, he immediately withdrew, leaving the other three elders to deal with Zi Yan.
"Brat! How dare you insult my Misty Cloud Sect! If you walk down from the Misty Cloud Sect safe and sound today, I'll take your surname from now on!"
Looking at the somewhat frenzied Yun Ling, Yao Chen spoke up.
"Disciple, let your master handle this. In the end, I was the one this all started with."
"Besides, I haven't fought in many years. This is a good chance to stretch my muscles."
Hearing that his master wanted to act, Sun Qi handed over control of his body without a moment's hesitation.
Sun Qi didn't care about any of that. As long as he properly cultivated everyone in the Misty Cloud Sect, he would receive a reward.
As for how they were cultivated, that was none of anyone's business.
The instant Yao Chen possessed him, Sun Qi's Qi began to soar wildly.
The terrifying power even shattered the void, leaving several spatial rifts behind Sun Qi.
Yun Ling, who had just been about to charge forward and attack Sun Qi, was suppressed by a single glance from Yao Chen!
"Th-this Qi!"
Jia Xingtian's hands were trembling. It was for no other reason than that the power Sun Qi displayed belonged to the very realm he had sought so desperately for so many years.
Dou Zong!
"A... a Dou Zong expert!"
"What's going on? Wasn't he just a Dou Wang? How did he become a Dou Zong expert in the blink of an eye?!"
"The Misty Cloud Sect has kicked an iron plate this time. Who would have thought that Xiao Yan had a sect with a Dou Zong expert holding the fort behind him?!"
"Good thing Gu He went to sleep early. Otherwise, after what he just did, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have kept his life."
Feeling the terrifying physical strength of his own disciple, Yao Chen finally experienced firsthand for the first time what terrifying physical strength meant.
Without thinking further, he turned his gaze to the people of the Misty Cloud Sect. "Everyone, my disciple only asked you to plant and cultivate yourselves. Why is none of you willing?"
"In that case, let this old man help you. No need to thank me."
With that, terrifying pressure swept over the entire Misty Cloud Sect. Everyone present within its bounds was suppressed to the ground by that terrifying pressure, buried three inches deep.
Fortunately, Teng Shan and the others had reacted quickly, withdrawing from the Misty Cloud Sect's bounds as soon as Yao Chen possessed Sun Qi, and were thus spared.
Fa Ma and Jia Xingtian, however, had been confident in their own strength and had not withdrawn. Instead, they were caught in it.
Flying was forbidden above Misty Cloud.
Sun Qi stood on the void at the summit of Misty Cloud, looking down at everyone.
"He's standing on the void. It really is that realm!"
Jia Xingtian struggled to hold his ground under Yao Chen's Dou Zong pressure, his eyes shining brightly.
Fortunately, Yao Chen paid no attention to those outside the Misty Cloud Sect, allowing the spectators to remain standing on the ground.
By contrast, every member of the Misty Cloud Sect present was buried three inches deep.
"Disciple, I've finished planting and cultivating them for you. I'll leave the rest to you."
With Yao Chen taking action, everything naturally fell into place.
A hundred li from the imperial capital, Yun Yun had received word that the sect was under attack and was now flying toward the Misty Cloud Sect faster than she ever had in her life.
She simply couldn't understand how, just after she had left the sect, it had been attacked from behind.
For Yun Ling to personally issue a call for help, their opponent had to be at least a Dou Emperor expert. Yet Yun Yun had no idea when she might have offended an expert of that caliber!
As she flew into the imperial capital's bounds, a terrifying Qi erupted from Misty Cloud Mountain.
Feeling that formidable pressure, Yun Yun's heart tightened.
She could no longer spare a thought for anything else and swiftly flew toward the sect.
At that moment, inside the Misty Cloud Sect, Yao Chen withdrew from Sun Qi's body.
"I didn't expect your physical strength to be so formidable. It seems you're already capable of standing on your own from now on."
Yao Chen was deeply gratified and very glad that he had enlightened Sun Qi back then.
Although the pressure was gone, no one in the Misty Cloud Sect dared get up.
"When... will the sect master return...?"
"Forget it. Even if she comes back, it'll be useless..."