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“Boom!”

Helian Yuan struck out with a palm, the robust True Qi mixed with Spiritual Energy causing the air itself to twist, aimed directly at the aggressive figure in grey.

As the Sect Master of the Spirit Taoist Sect, Helian Yuan appeared young, but was actually over a hundred years old. His cultivation was deservedly the strongest in the Spirit Taoist Sect, having condensed the Earth Flower twenty years ago.

“How dare you!”

The man in grey’s breathing became rapid. Mu Yangwen, not content to stand by, shouted in anger. His blue robe billowed as Spiritual Energy converged around him, his right fist smashing out to meet Helian Yuan’s heavy palm strike, revealing himself to be another Earth Flower Realm powerhouse who had also condensed the Earth Flower.

“Boom!”

Fist and palm collided, the two Earth Flower Realm powerhouses delivering a direct blow that seemed to shake the ground itself. As the strong winds howled, several nearby pear trees snapped and broke.

“Take action!”

Qian Rui, Chai Fei, and the other four Innate Martial Artists of the Spirit Taoist Sect saw Helian Yuan taking the lead and followed suit, attacking in unison.

“A mere second-rate sect dares to oppose us!”

The three Innate Martial Artists from the East Star Sect became angry. Proclaiming their identity, they came from a major sect that could almost rank among the top sects in the Central State. The gall of this minor Spirit Taoist Sect to initiate a confrontation infuriated them.

“Boom boom boom!”

Nearly ten Innate Martial Artists fought in a messy fray.

Mu Yangwen and Helian Yuan were evenly matched, both Earth Flower Realm strongholds. Helian Yuan’s palm techniques were exquisite, at times heavy as a mountain, at other times smooth as drifting clouds.

Mu Yangwen, an Earth Flower Realm powerhouse himself, was among the elite of the East Star Sect’s Innate Martial Artists, ranking quite high. His blue robe inflated, Spiritual Energy surged, and his iron fists were capable of splitting mountains and breaking stones.

For the moment, neither could determine a victor.

The other seven Innate Martial Artists fought fiercely. The Spirit Taoist Sect had a numerical advantage with four people, but as Chai Fei was injured and Qian Rui had only just ascended to the Innate Realm, the fight was nevertheless evenly matched, gaining no clear upper hand.

“Over there… is the Sect Master fighting someone? Should we go over and help?”

“We haven’t received a signal yet, let’s wait.”

The massive clash of nearly ten Innate Martial Artists, which had devastated the pear orchard to a mess, could be clearly heard by the Spirit Taoist Sect disciples lying in ambush dozens of miles away. They hesitated, awaiting signals from Helian Yuan before taking any action.

“This Helian Yuan is quite formidable; he won’t be easy to take down! We shouldn’t tangle here close to the Spirit Taoist Sect!”

Mu Yangwen grew impatient after failing to secure a victory for quite some time. Aware that this was enemy territory and loitering too long would put them at a disadvantage in an evenly matched battle.

With a heavy blow powered by True Qi, Mu Yangwen forced Helian Yuan back, issuing a long howl, “Retreat! We will remember today’s events. Let’s see if the Spirit Taoist Sect is bold enough to arm wrestle with us!”

Mu Yangwen and the other three East Star Sect Martial Artists didn’t continue to entangle and began to retreat.

Continuing the fight now was pointless; even if they could achieve victory, their own losses would be severe. Better to pull back now, regroup with the East Star Sect’s experts, and return with a vengeance.

After all, the Spirit Taoist Sect was merely a second-rate sect and couldn’t possibly compare with their East Star Sect. Once the Sect Master and Deputy Sect Master of the East Star Sect were all present, they would see if the Spirit Taoist Sect remained as defiant!

“Don’t let them escape! Signal to block them!”

Helian Yuan shouted urgently, knowing full well that the East Star Sect was much stronger than the Spirit Taoist Sect. The current plan must be to capture one or two of them, which could then serve as leverage in negotiations.

Before coming to the Pear Orchard, Helian Yuan had made arrangements, stationing a sizable number of elite Spirit Taoist Sect disciples ten miles out to ensure Mu Yangwen and others were left behind, no matter the cost!

“You think you can keep us? Just…”

Mu Yangwen sneered. They were all Innate Martial Artists, and if they were set on leaving, keeping them wouldn’t be easy!

“Huh?”

But before he could finish, Mu Yangwen’s expression changed drastically. His heart twitched violently, giving him a premonition of a terrifying life or death threat!

“Whoosh!”

From two miles away, in the dark of the night, a crisp sound of slicing through the air arose. Within the darkness, a streak of rainbow light shot forth, aimed at Mu Yangwen.

“What is this…?”

Mu Yangwen’s pupils contracted as he saw an arrow encapsulated within the rainbow light, released from two miles away and exceeding several times the speed of sound. The sound of the sonic boom hadn’t yet reached them, but the arrow was already piercing through the air.

More terrifying was that the arrow split in mid-flight into three and continuously absorbed the surrounding nature’s spiritual energy, turning the immaterial into solid form.

One arrow transformed into thunder and lightning, with rampant thunderstorms, while another was formed from a hurricane, twisting the air as it swirled, utterly shocking the world and horrifying the public!

Even though Mu Yangwen didn’t know who could launch such a terrifying arrow, his hair stood on end, knowing that if he couldn’t withstand it, he would die!

“Roar! Great Yue God Fist!”

Under the pressure of life and death, Mu Yangwen dared not hold back. Emitting a long roar from his throat, the six Heavenly Pulse phantoms in his body manifested, reaching from the earth to the sky with the Human Flower and Earth Flower at his crown condensing. Vicious nature’s spiritual energy converged and Mu Yangwen thrust forward with his fists.

Boom!

Mu Yangwen’s fists smashed forward, seemingly slow but in fact rapid. The power behind the blow was so immense it was like pushing a massive mountain, creating a Gang Wind that met the three incoming arrows head-on, hoping to withstand them.

However, the moment the three arrows approached, Mu Yangwen felt a moment’s distraction, as if what he was facing was not arrows but divine retribution!

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