“Get back!”
A Heavenly Thunder Realm expert unleashed a palm strike, hitting a branch that shot before him.
Clang!
A sharp metallic clash resonated.
“So hard!”
This Heavenly Thunder Realm expert was startled. He felt like his palm had struck Yellow-Road Divine Gold, the impact causing intense pain.
Boom!
Another Heavenly Thunder Realm expert summoned an ancient white seal to smash against a branch.
Yet the branch remained unharmed, while the white seal was sent flying backwards by the rebound.
Other Heavenly Thunder Realm experts also acted, defending against the branches attacking them. But these branches were extraordinarily tough. Regardless of whether the experts used cultivation techniques, secret arts, or unleashed magic treasures, they couldn't destroy a single branch!
“How is this possible?!”
The Heavenly Thunder Realm experts were utterly shocked. Given their power, a single strike could easily level a vast forest. Yet now, they couldn't even damage one branch!
Ss-ss…
After being blocked, Hun Lao’s branches withdrew, then shot forward once more. This time, he concentrated his attack on just one Heavenly Thunder Realm expert.
Dozens of jade-green branches lashed out simultaneously like divine chains of order. Brilliant green radiance pierced through space, homing in on the expert.
Boom!
The expert, a powerful Pang Clan Elder, threw a punch. Nine Jiao dragons manifested around his fist and surged forward. For a moment, dragon roars shook the entire area.
“Look! It’s the Pang Clan’s Jiao Dragon Fist!” someone from afar shouted.
Yet the next moment—
Poof, poof, poof…
The dozens of jade-green branches arrived, seemingly harder than divine iron. They impaled the nine Jiao dragons mid-flight, shattering them instantly. The imposing momentum of the Pang Elder's fist was neutralized on the spot.
Swoosh…
The dozens of jade-green branches continued shooting towards the Pang Clan Elder like streaks of lightning.
“How can this tree be so powerful?!” the Elder paled, retreating with all his might.
But the speed of the branches was terrifying. They caught up in an instant. *Shrick!* Two green branches pierced his shoulders, blood spraying.
“Help me!” the Pang Elder screamed in terror.
Whoosh-whoosh…
Four or five other Pang Clan experts charged forth, all attacking together, only just managing to block Hun Lao’s assault.
“That tree is terrifying! With just one move, it injured a Heavenly Thunder Realm expert!”
Countless onlookers gasped in astonishment.
“Victory to the Supreme Elder!” Qingyun Palace's forces erupted into cheers, elated by the sight.
Only now did everyone realize just how formidable this tree truly was.
“Hun Lao, you're amazing!” Ye Yunfei was thrilled, unable to resist sending a mental message.
“Of course,” Hun Lao replied smugly. “Although I'm just a branch that fell from the Chaos World Tree, I'm still part of it. My material is harder than Yellow-Road Divine Gold. Dealing with these fellows is no trouble.”
“Indeed!” Ye Yunfei nodded. Hun Lao, having evolved from a single branch, belonged to the Chaos World Tree and held a portion of its legacy. With a constitution as strong as divine iron, how could he fear mere Heavenly Thunder Realm experts?
“I didn’t expect your strength to be this decent!” The Giant Arm felt immense pressure lift, both pleasantly surprised and astonished.
With Hun Lao joining the fray, the Giant Arm’s burden lightened dramatically.
*Whoosh!*
Hun Lao struck again. Dozens of branches shot forward like jade-green arrows, simultaneously attacking the dozen or so Heavenly Thunder Realm experts.
“Try my fist!” roared the Giant Arm, throwing a supremely domineering punch.
Thud!
A Heavenly Thunder Realm expert was hit square-on, sent flying back with blood spraying.
“Where do you think you're running to, Miao scum!” The Giant Arm recognized the expert was precisely the Miao Clan’s Old Ancestor, and immediately gave chase.
Boom!
The Giant Arm punched again, surging fist force like a tsunami drowning the Miao Clan Ancestor.
“Someone save me!” the Miao Ancestor turned and fled in panic.
Whoosh-whoosh…
Other Heavenly Thunder Realm experts rushed to his rescue.
But with a slight shake of its trunk, Hun Lao unleashed over a hundred green branches, blocking the entire dozen experts.
“Hahaha… No one can save you now!” The Giant Arm laughed heartily, catching up and landing a series of punches.
Bang!
The Miao Ancestor was blasted away again, his body mangled and bloody, white bones starkly visible.
“Die!”
The Giant Arm executed a finger technique. One finger stretched out, lengthening like a divine spear. It pierced straight through the Miao Ancestor's body with a chilling *shrick*, lifting him into the air, dripping blood.
“Save me!” the Miao Ancestor struggled desperately, screaming.
“Kid, kill him or not?” the Giant Arm shouted towards Ye Yunfei.
“Ye Yunfei, spare me! Think about it, you're the Miao Clan’s nephew by relation! Zi Qiong, I'm your Ancestor! Tell your son to spare me! I declare, from this moment on, our Miao Clan welcomes your family back! Zi Qiong, you’ll be our Clan's most esteemed Princess again!” Suspended in the air by the bloody finger, feeling the breath of death, the Ancestor begged incessantly.
“Fei'er…” Zi Qiong looked at Ye Yunfei.
Deep down, she still held a sliver of family feeling for the Miao Clan. But thinking of everything they had done to her family over the past decade, she hesitated. Especially how they had nearly stolen Xiao Fei's Vermilion Bird Divine Meridian to transplant it into their Crown Prince, and even planned to give Xiao Fei away to the Pang Clan's Second Young Master!
“Kill him,” Ye Yunfei said flatly.
“Got it,” the Giant Arm replied.
“No…! Ye Yunfei, good nephew, don't kill me…” The Miao Ancestor was terrified out of his wits.
*Bam!*
With a tremor of its finger, the Giant Arm shook the Miao Clan Ancestor into a bloody mist, destroying both body and soul!
“The Miao Clan's Old Ancestor is dead!”
Someone couldn't help but cry out softly.
In this battle, a Heavenly Thunder Realm expert had finally fallen!
“This Qingyun Palace is too frightening. Even Heavenly Thunder Realm experts can perish here!”
Many began to whisper in awe. Previously, most believed Qingyun Palace would be wiped out with so many Heavenly Thunder Realm experts arriving. But now, few still held that view!
“Disaster! The Ancestor is dead!”
All of the Miao Clan forces cried out in terror, unable to accept this.
“If you miss your Ancestor so much, go and die with him!”
At that moment, Ye Yunfei teleported directly before a Miao Clan Domain Realm expert and threw a punch.
Heaven-Borrowing Nine Burials Fist!
Boom…
The very space roared in concert with Ye Yunfei's fist intent. Energy from the heavens and earth surged from all directions, gathering onto his fist.
Nine punches in succession!
*Bang!*
The final punch held the greatest force, exploding the Miao Clan Domain expert's body into pieces.
“First, kill Ye Yunfei together!”
The dozens of other Heavenly Thunder Realm experts charged at Ye Yunfei simultaneously.
Whoosh!
With a flicker, Ye Yunfei vanished.
“He must be behind us!” a Domain Realm expert bellowed.
All Domain Realm experts turned and charged backward.
But Ye Yunfei wasn't behind them. He had reappeared in his original spot. With a wave of his hand, dozens of pitch-black Spatial Blades shot towards their backs at alarming speed.
“He's behind!” another Domain Realm expert shouted.
The experts spun around again.
The dozens of Spatial Blades were already upon them.
“Argh!” “Ahh!”
Instantly, several Domain Realm experts were sliced in half at the waist by the blades.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei vanished again.
“Damn it! Where did he go now?!”
The remaining Domain experts were getting a headache. Against Ye Yunfei, they felt they had no chance to even attack! His movement art was simply too bizarre!
“Everyone gather together! Don't let Ye Yunfei pick us off one by one!” one expert yelled.
The remaining Domain Realm experts began clustering tightly.
Rumble…
Just then, a colossal beast with sky-shrouding wings, half-fish, half-bird, appeared above their heads. It waved its thousand-meter-long wings like two heavenly swords, slashing down from the sky.
Kunpeng!
As Ye Yunfei’s spatial energy prowess improved, the Kunpeng’s strength had undergone a qualitative leap. Now, erupting forth, it unleashed torrents of spatial energy, causing the space within this entire area to wobble, warp, and grow unstable.
“What's happening? Space is twisting!”
“My body feels like it's twisting too!”
The Domain Realm experts cried out in alarm.
Thud, thud…
The Kunpeng’s wings swept horizontally, sending several experts flying.
“Die!”
Ye Yunfei gestured, sending dozens of Spatial Blades streaking towards the experts.
Having seen the blades' terrifying power, they dared not block them, turning to flee instead.
Whoosh!
Ye Yunfei teleported, appearing before one of the fleeing experts, and punched.
Bang!
The expert screamed, knocked flying backwards.
Thud-thud…
His body collided with three Spatial Blades and was dismembered on the spot.
“Hahaha… Go to hell!”
Meanwhile, the Giant Arm laughed heartily. With Hun Lao’s coordinated assault, it smashed another Heavenly Thunder Realm expert into pieces.
So far, five Heavenly Thunder Realm experts had fallen to their combined might.
Including the Miao Clan Ancestor, a total of twelve Heavenly Thunder Realm experts had come. Only seven now remained.
Within the Qingyun Palace's headquarters area, the immense combat energy still roared and churned, flooding the space.
Countless onlookers felt chilled to the bone. Surveying the scattered corpses and the river of blood, their minds were struck with the ultimate shock.
The Star Nation’s army could be dismissed—they were merely a second-rate force in the Tian Luo Star Sea. But the Miao Clan was a first-rate power there. And the Pang Clan? They were a superpower in that sea.
These three forces jointly attacked a newly-declared faction, yet not only had they failed to gain any upper hand, they had been routed into a broken, scattered army. Even Heavenly Thunder Realm experts had died—five of them!
“How could this happen?!”
The crowd stared dazedly, half wondering if they were dreaming.
“We're withdrawing!”
Suddenly, the remaining seven Pang Clan Heavenly Thunder Realm experts simultaneously pulled back.
They understood: to continue fighting held almost zero chance of victory. Instead, it risked complete annihilation!