Free Web NovelChapter 240: Chapter 227: Yuwen Huaji
BANG!
Shen Lang’s palm, which had formed a rapidly spinning vortex of Thunder Power, slammed heavily onto the light barrier surrounding Xu Daolin.
It unleashed a terrifying power, like a volcanic eruption!
As the Powerful Qi swept wildly outwards, the crowd’s gazes suddenly froze...
Because that astonishing palm strike had only managed to dent Xu Daolin’s golden light barrier, failing to even break through the defense created by the Talisman!
And besides the defensive barrier from the Talisman, Xu Daolin was also wearing Profound Armor. If Shen Lang couldn’t even break through this first layer...
Just as a flicker of pity subconsciously rose in the crowd, a sudden change occurred in the next instant!
The thunder vortex clearly hadn’t broken through Xu Daolin’s defenses, nor had it triggered a counter-attack from the Profound Artifact.
Yet, a flush suddenly surged across the charging Xu Daolin’s face, and in the next moment, he violently spat out a mouthful of crimson blood!
Instead of using the ferocious force to charge forward, his body came to an abrupt halt and began to spin wildly on the ground!
Like a spinning top!
"What’s going on?"
The people in the surrounding stands were utterly bewildered.
"How is this possible!"
But the six Xuanwu Realm powerhouses on the Martial Arts Arena were simply dumbfounded. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Their Cultivation Realms were far, far superior to everyone else in the stands, so they naturally saw the profound trick behind it—Shen Lang’s palm strike had passed through the Talisman’s defensive barrier and the Profound Armor’s defense, directly striking Xu Daolin’s body!
"This... is simply unbelievable!"
Even Liu Changhai, the strongest among these experts who had reached the Seventh Heaven of Xuanwu Realm, couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
If Shen Lang had previously used his Sword Intent to penetrate the Profound Armor’s defense and make Xu Daolin cough up blood, that would have been understandable.
But that last palm strike clearly didn’t release any Sword Intent. It was just pure, incomparably ferocious Thunder Power, wasn’t it?
How could it possibly strike Xu Daolin’s internal organs without breaking through the Talisman’s defensive barrier or triggering the Profound Armor’s defense?
And no one present had ever heard of the "Five Emperors Dragon Fist" that Shen Lang had mentioned. What grade of Fist Technique was this?
"One last fist! Now, die!"
As the crowd reeled in shock, Shen Lang roared and unleashed the Five Emperors Dragon Fist once again.
The might in his palm was several times more ferocious than before!
If this palm landed, ten Xu Daolins would undoubtedly die!
"Audacious junior! How dare you try to kill my disciple! I’ll grind your bones to dust and scatter your soul!" Yuwen Huaji’s voice exploded from within the City Lord’s Mansion, like a clap of furious thunder.
A colossal, blood-red Palm Seal materialized and descended from the sky, blotting out the sun and enveloping the entire battle stage as it slammed down toward Shen Lang!
A powerful pressure and momentum swept across the entire arena.
For a moment, the sky darkened, sand and stones flew, and the sun and moon seemed to lose their light...
Yuwen Huaji could finally hold back no longer, intervening at the last moment before Shen Lang could kill Xu Daolin.
As the palm descended, the entire Martial Arts Arena was thrown into chaos. Enveloped by the immense pressure, the disciples from the various families who were shaken to the point of vomiting blood began to scream shrilly!
If even the people in the stands outside the stage were affected like this, what about Shen Lang at the center of it all?
If Shen Lang continued his attack on Xu Daolin under Yuwen Huaji’s descending palm, he would surely be pulverized in the next instant!
The problem was, even if he stopped attacking Xu Daolin, it seemed he had no chance of escaping the giant palm’s attack...
The giant palm was so large it covered the entire battle stage.
And under its oppressive force, Shen Lang could hardly move an inch!
In the stands, Yi Hongchen’s eyes were practically splitting with fury as he shrieked, "Master Bai, quick, save him!"
As if Bai Wuji and the others needed to be told; they had already flown down from the stands.
But the problem was, Yuwen Huaji was intent on killing. Why would he give them a chance?
Even the two Xuanwu Realm powerhouses from the Imperial Dragon Sect who were already hovering above the stage were sent flying by the force of the palm strike!
Besides saving himself, no one could possibly rescue Shen Lang in such a short amount of time...
PFFT!
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Shen Lang was forced onto one knee with a THUD by the immense pressure.
Beneath his knee, the floorboards cracked and sank deeply!
The giant Palm Seal hadn’t even landed yet, but Shen Lang already felt as if Mount Tai was crashing down on him!
"Hahaha, you old dog! Bullying a junior... how shameless!"
Shen Lang laughed in fury, but his eyes remained frighteningly calm.
He didn’t try to counter the descending Palm Seal. Instead, he suddenly smashed a fist into the ground!
BANG!
Using the rebounding force, as rubble flew everywhere, Shen Lang abruptly pushed off with his right foot...
BOOM!
Amidst the sound of an explosion in the air, Shen Lang actually managed to dash a meter forward under the immense pressure and step onto Xu Daolin’s body!
’Hmph, just as I thought!’
Shen Lang sneered inwardly again and again.
Because after he rushed to Xu Daolin’s side, the pressure on him instantly lessened. He was still within the area covered by the giant palm, but the feeling of Mount Tai crashing down on him was gone!
The next moment, Shen Lang lifted his right foot and stomped down viciously, a single stomp causing Xu Daolin to spray blood wildly!
A pair of black wings instantly unfurled behind him, and he suddenly shot up into the sky, spinning rapidly like a small tornado, passing right through the giant Palm Seal!
Even in such a crisis, he had still seen through Yuwen Huaji’s flaw.
This time, without even using his Silver Eyes of Truth, Shen Lang had completely seen through Yuwen Huaji’s intentions!
’Yuwen Huaji would never kill Xu Daolin with the same palm strike just to get to me. That’s his biggest weakness!’
A palm has five fingers, and between any two fingers is a gap.
Yuwen Huaji’s furious palm strike looked incomparably mighty, even heavily injuring people in the stands who were just grazed by the Palm Wind, yet Xu Daolin, who was lying on the stage, was completely unharmed.
Because Xu Daolin was right in the gap between the "fingers," and his position was coincidentally just a few steps from the edge of the battle stage!
Yuwen Huaji had, intentionally or not, let him avoid the palm strike!
When faced with such an overwhelming, mountain-like pressure, who would have the time or mental energy to consider anything else?
Only an anomaly like Shen Lang could see through Yuwen Huaji’s intentions again at such a critical moment and escape from the palm of his hand!
...
Although Shen Lang’s stomp was fierce, it wasn’t enough to kill Xu Daolin, who was protected by a Profound Artifact.
But with Yuwen Huaji having appeared, trying to kill Xu Daolin now was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
If he had actually killed Xu Daolin, he would have had no chance to escape!
As Shen Lang shot skyward through the gap between the "fingers," he made a gesture with his right hand, and the Celestial Water Blade on the ground zipped into his grasp.
The second before he darted into the distance, Shen Lang seemed to casually swing his blade behind him!
The Celestial Water Blade erupted with a heaven-shattering radiance, condensed with ferocious Thunder Power and fused with astonishing Sword Intent, as it slashed down at Xu Daolin as if to split heaven and earth!
Even at a time like this, at the risk of being annihilated by Yuwen Huaji, he still refused to back down!
’I must kill that scoundrel Xu Daolin!’
However, perhaps Xu Daolin was truly not fated to die. As Yuwen Huaji’s giant Palm Seal slammed into the battle stage with a deafening blast, Xu Daolin’s body was shifted slightly by the Powerful Qi!
Shen Lang’s strike was instantly knocked slightly off course, and it hacked into Xu Daolin’s left shoulder!
"AHHH!"
A blood-curdling scream followed as Xu Daolin’s left arm was severed at the shoulder.
The next moment, the wings on Shen Lang’s back flapped forcefully, and he flew out of the Martial Arts Arena like a phantom, speeding toward the South City Shuangta Temple!
"You little bastard, I will slaughter you!"
Yuwen Huaji roared with uncontrollable fury as he flew out from the City Lord’s Mansion, his old face twisted like a demon’s, a sight that would chill anyone to the bone.
At this point, thanks to the two Xuanwu Realm powerhouses above the stage, the ferocious Powerful Qi generated by the Palm Seal on the stage was no longer spreading, and the crowd in the surrounding stands had stabilized.
The three Xuanwu Realm powerhouses from the Imperial Dragon Sect and the three from Evil Wind Valley all moved at once, hovering side-by-side in the air, faintly blocking the direction of Shen Lang’s escape.
"Senior Brother Yuwen, what you’ve done seems rather inappropriate."
Fan Shitian, one of the Xuanwu Realm powerhouses at the edge of the stands, said with an ugly expression.
He was extremely displeased, having just been sent flying and covered in dust by Yuwen Huaji’s palm strike.
’Although there’s a huge gap in our Cultivation, we are still fellow Sect brothers, after all.’
’He attacks whenever he wants without a word of warning. Who the hell does he think he is?!’
’And to do it right in front of us, breaking the rules to intervene for his disciple, bullying a junior... it’s a complete show of disrespect!’
Beside him, Liu Changhai said coldly, "Xu Daolin may be your disciple, but rules are rules. The rules were set by the Imperial Dragon Sect, and even members of the Imperial Dragon Sect cannot break them casually. Senior Brother Yuwen, you need to give us an explanation, or the Sect’s reputation will suffer!"
The people from Evil Wind Valley remained silent, but each of them looked as if they were facing a great enemy, cold sweat dripping down their faces.
The three of them only had a Xuanwu Realm Fifth Heaven Cultivation. Although the three from the Imperial Dragon Sect were at the Sixth and Seventh Heavens of Xuanwu Realm, even if they joined forces, they probably couldn’t stop Yuwen Huaji, who was at the Half-Step King Martial Realm.
Besides, Yuwen Huaji and those three were all from the Imperial Dragon Sect. It was questionable whether they would actually make a move against him for Shen Lang’s sake.
Relying on just the three of them was truly...
’Shen Lang is a real troublemaker! He dares to do anything! He clearly knew that Yuwen Huaji wouldn’t let it go if he killed Xu Daolin, yet he still dared to strike right under his nose! And even when Yuwen Huaji appeared, he still didn’t let Xu Daolin off. He’s ruthless, alright!’
A bitter taste filled the mouths of Bai Wuji and his two companions.
Below, at the edge of the stands, a trembling Yi Hongchen and the others released Evil Wind Valley’s signal. A brilliant, firework-like light instantly flashed in the sky above the City Lord’s Mansion.
Yuwen Huaji hovered in the air and snarled, "Liu Changhai, Lin Feiyi, Fan Shitian, are you trying to block my path? Just the few of you think you can stop me? If you don’t move, don’t blame me for disregarding our bond as fellow sect members!"
