Chapter 206: One Palm

Chapter 207: A Palm

Vast and powerful Genesis Qi, like a thunderstorm, fiercely swept out from Zhao Pan's body. The entire world seemed to tremble slightly under his surging Genesis Qi.

The countless chosen ones present couldn't help but change their expressions. The wrath of a Divine Dwelling stage expert was not something they could withstand.

The Genesis Qi pressure directly targeted Zhou Yuan, making his experience the most profound. In that instant, he felt as if he were deep in the ocean, with terrifying pressure surging from all directions, threatening to crush him.

All the bones in his body were creaking.

Inside Zhou Yuan's Qi Dwelling, the Primordial Chaos Mystic Python Qi felt the pressure and let out a hiss. It suddenly burst forth from his body, transforming into a giant Genesis Qi python that shielded Zhou Yuan, resisting the terrible pressure.

"Zhao Pan, what are you doing!"

However, Zhou Yuan did not endure the oppression for long before Mu Wuji's furious voice suddenly rang out.

Another equally powerful and vast surge of Genesis Qi erupted from Mu Wuji's body, directly confronting Zhao Pan's Genesis Qi pressure.

As the two Divine Dwelling stage experts clashed, the Genesis Qi of the entire world immediately seemed to show faint signs of boiling.

"Hmph, this brat is vicious and ruthless," Zhao Pan said coldly. "He killed the physical body of a chosen one favored by my Sacred Palace. If he isn't punished, won't people look down on my Sacred Palace!"

"Mu Wuji, I advise you to hand over this child. Otherwise, when I report to the Palace Master, my Sacred Palace might formally intervene, demanding your Profound Sky Sect hand over the person!" Zhao Pan's tone was strong and his voice sinister.

Since the fall of the Profound Sky Patriarch of the Profound Sky Sect years ago, the Profound Sky Sect's strength had declined. Meanwhile, the Sacred Palace rose to prominence, faintly showing signs of becoming the leading sect in Cangxuan Heaven. Therefore, in recent years, the Sacred Palace's actions had become increasingly overbearing and tyrannical.

Hearing this, Mu Wuji laughed in extreme anger, saying, "Zhao Pan, what do you amount to? Do you really think my Profound Sky Sect is afraid of your Sacred Palace?!"

"Wu Huang's outcome was simply due to his inferior skill. Yet you're still here making a fuss. Aren't you afraid of becoming a laughingstock if this gets out?"

The other four envoys also frowned slightly, clearly finding Zhao Pan's actions unreasonable.

Zhao Pan's eyes turned cold. "It seems you don't intend to hand him over," he said. "In that case, I'll do it myself!"

A vast Genesis Qi roared out, surprisingly forming a hundred-zhang-long Genesis Qi hand that instantly grabbed towards Zhou Yuan's direction.

Mu Wuji let out a cold snort, and immediately, cyan Genesis Qi spewed from his nostrils like massive Genesis Qi chains. They coiled directly around the Genesis Qi hand, binding it and preventing it from descending.

"Green Smoke Dragon Binding Art!"

At the same time, Mu Wuji shook the smoking pipe in his hand, and a wisp of green smoke ascended. In the next instant, it seemed to pierce through space, directly permeating from the space around Zhao Pan and coiling around his body.

The green smoke appeared thin and fragile, but when it coiled around something, even space showed signs of distortion, as if even a giant dragon, once entangled, would be unable to break free.

"Poof!"

However, just as the green smoke bound Zhao Pan's body, his body suddenly twisted, and then, with a "poof," it transformed into a shadow and slowly dissipated.

"Hmph, I already knew about your Mu Wuji's Dragon Binding Art. How could I be unprepared?!" As his figure vanished, Zhao Pan's cold snort rang out.

"Shadow Split Art?" The other four envoys' eyes narrowed as they saw this scene.

This was a rather advanced Genesis Art in the Sacred Palace; they didn't expect Zhao Pan to have mastered it.

In the sky, cracks suddenly appeared on the giant hand previously formed by Zhao Pan's Genesis Qi. Zhao Pan's true form revealed itself, his gaze chillingly fixed on Zhou Yuan, who was not far away.

"Let's see who can save you today!"

Zhao Pan suddenly transformed into a streak of light and shot out.

Watching Zhao Pan directly break through the air, Zhou Yuan's expression also changed slightly, his eyes filled with coldness. He hadn't expected Zhao Pan to be so shameless, using the esteemed status of a Divine Dwelling stage expert to deal with a junior who had just entered the Alpha Origin stage.

"Sky Covering Hand!"

Zhao Pan extended his palm, vast Genesis Qi gathered in its center, and he suddenly slammed it down.

Instantly, the palm seemed to suddenly expand in Zhou Yuan's eyes, even covering the sky, as if blocking all of Zhou Yuan's escape routes.

Yao Yao, beside Zhou Yuan, had an extremely cold expression on her pretty face. Her chest gently rose and fell, clearly in genuine rage, and a faint glow even appeared on her smooth forehead.

However, at this moment, Zhou Yuan suddenly grasped Yao Yao's cool, jade-like hand.

He looked at Yao Yao's cold eyes, shook his head slightly, then stretched out an arm and wrapped it around her slender waist. His body suddenly retreated rapidly, and at the same time, the Sacred Rune in his eyes began to rotate.

"Hmph, once the Sky Covering Hand is unleashed, heaven and earth are sealed," Zhao Pan sneered. "How will you escape my grasp?" His gaze at Zhou Yuan was filled with a cat-and-mouse mockery.

Zhou Yuan did not answer. Knowing the might of a Divine Dwelling stage expert, he had no intention of clashing head-on. The ancient Sacred Rune in his eyes rotated, and the sealed world in his vision seemed to become much blurrier.

Some flaws began to appear.

Zhou Yuan executed the Dragon Step and rapidly retreated.

Zhou Yuan retreated diagonally for dozens of steps.

When his last step landed, the sealed world suddenly dispersed, and the sky-obscuring giant hand before him also vanished.

At this moment, Zhao Pan's palm strike had also fully landed.

The expression on his face suddenly froze as he looked at Zhou Yuan with some disbelief, clearly not expecting his seemingly inevitable move earlier to have been evaded by Zhou Yuan.

"Oh?" The other envoys also exclaimed in surprise. They were well aware that Zhao Pan's palm strike was likely unavoidable by anyone below the Divine Dwelling stage, yet Zhou Yuan had skillfully avoided it.

The countless chosen ones across heaven and earth also burst into an uproar, looking at Zhou Yuan in shock.

No one had expected that he could actually survive an attack from a Divine Dwelling stage expert!

Mu Wuji's figure flashed over, blocking in front of Zhou Yuan. However, his gaze at Zhou Yuan was also filled with surprise, as he clearly didn't understand how Zhou Yuan had managed to evade Zhao Pan's palm strike.

Hearing the widespread uproar, Zhao Pan's complexion alternated between pale and green, finally turning flushed red, and murderous intent surged in his eyes.

"You scoundrel, how dare you toy with me!" Zhao Pan roared. "Today, I definitely won't spare you!"

Zhao Pan finally roared out loud, enraged to the extreme. He had already lost face by attacking Zhou Yuan with his Divine Dwelling stage strength, and now his attack had yielded no results. If this got out, it would likely become a lifelong stain on his reputation.

Boom! Boom!

Mu Wuji looked at the enraged Zhao Pan, his expression turning stern. Genesis Qi surged around him. It seemed that today, he could only first have a direct fight with Zhao Pan.

However, just as Zhao Pan roared in rage and Genesis Qi frantically converged, this entire world suddenly seemed to tremble slightly.

Countless gazes shot over, only to see that from the still-not-fully-closed Sacred Remains Realm, a mighty stream of light suddenly swept out. It transformed into a giant hand, immediately carrying terrifying power, overwhelmingly enveloping Zhao Pan.

At the same time, a deep voice echoed throughout heaven and earth.

"When the Ancestor fell that year, did he not say that the mongrels of the Sacred Palace must not approach the Ancestor's resting place?" a voice boomed. "You little mongrel, where did you get such audacity?!"

As this voice rang out, many chosen ones were still bewildered, but Mu Wuji and the other envoys' expressions suddenly changed.

Zhao Pan, who had been roaring in fury, abruptly stopped. He seemed to freeze for an instant, then immediately remembered something, his face instantly turning deathly pale, and an unspeakable terror surging in his eyes.

"The Profound... Profound Sky Patriarch?!"

Zhao Pan exclaimed in horror.

The next instant, he turned around without hesitation and rapidly retreated, like a stray dog.

He knew what a terrifying existence he had provoked. Even though that being had already fallen, an obsession still remained at the place of his demise.

But even if it was just an obsession, for him, it was still incredibly terrifying.

Boom!

However, the giant hand in the sky slammed down with a palm strike that completely ignored space, appearing directly behind Zhao Pan.

The sky trembled, and the giant hand descended. Then everyone saw Zhao Pan's figure fall like a cannonball. With thudding sounds, one mountain peak after another collapsed.

Rocks shattered, and Zhao Pan was directly buried.

Countless chosen ones were dumbfounded. No one had expected that Zhao Pan, who was incredibly mighty just moments ago, was now instantly beaten into an unknown state of life or death.