257: Yunshan appeared and sent the enemy flying with a single palm strike.

"Yanran!"

Yun Leng let out a cry of alarm. With a flicker of his body, he hurriedly flew forward and caught Nalan Yanran as she fell from the sky.

Looking at his granddaughter in his arms—her face as pale as paper and her aura withered to the extreme—Yun Leng's heart bled.

He abruptly looked up, his eyes bloodshot, staring fixedly at the black-robed youth who remained as calm as a light breeze.

"Little beast! You... you actually dared to strike such a heavy blow!"

Yun Leng's voice was filled with endless resentment and killing intent.

"I'll kill you!"

He roared, and the aura of a Peak Dou Wang within him erupted without reservation!

He suddenly struck out with a palm. A massive energy handprint, condensed from majestic Dou Qi, whistled through the air with the sound of breaking wind, ruthlessly blasting toward Xiao Yan!

This palm was struck in fury, without the slightest bit of restraint!

He wanted to tear this little beast, who dared to heavily injure his granddaughter, into ten thousand pieces!

However, facing this furious strike from a Peak Dou Wang...

Xiao Yan's reaction was still just as indifferent.

He was even too lazy to use his finger again.

He simply lifted his eyelids slightly and glanced at the whistling energy handprint.

Then, he opened his mouth and gently blew a breath of air.

"Huu—"

An invisible gust of wind blew out from his mouth.

The energy handprint, struck with the full power of a Peak Dou Wang and powerful enough to split mountains and crack rocks, the moment it touched this gust of wind...

It was just like a punctured balloon.

With a "poof," it directly dissipated into the air.

Not even a single ripple was left behind.

"..."

Yun Leng's body froze on the spot.

The ferocity and anger on his face instantly solidified, replaced by endless shock and fear.

What... what did he just see?

He... blew a breath of air?

His own full-power strike as a Peak Dou Wang was just... blown away by the opponent?

What... what kind of monster is this f*cking guy?!

He's not a Dou Wang!

He's definitely not a Dou Wang!

Even a Dou Huang couldn't possibly achieve such a feat!

Dou Zong!

He's at least a Dou Zong!

A Dou Zong less than twenty years old?!

Yun Leng felt like his brain was completely insufficient. A bone-chilling cold rushed from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!

He only now understood that when Xiao Yan said "come at me together" earlier, it wasn't arrogance at all.

It was... stating a fact.

In the opponent's eyes, this group of people was truly no different from a flock of chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered.

"I..."

Yun Leng's lips were trembling. He wanted to beg for mercy, wanted to say something.

However, Xiao Yan had already run out of patience.

"Noisy fly."

He indifferently spat out those two words.

Then, he flicked his finger.

An invisible finger wind instantly crossed the distance of space and accurately flicked against Yun Leng's forehead.

"Pfft!"

Yun Leng didn't even have time to let out a scream. His entire person was as if he had been hit head-on by an invisible giant hammer!

His body, like a cannonball, flew backward!

Boom!

A massive sound!

Yun Leng's body slammed heavily into a giant boulder on the back mountain, causing that boulder, weighing tens of thousands of catties, to shatter into pieces!

He struggled to stand up, but another mouthful of blood sprayed out. His entire body went completely limp, his life or death unknown.

"Hiss—"

The remaining few Yunlan Sect Disciples, seeing this scene, all gasped in terror. Their legs went soft, and they slumped onto the ground.

Their faces were filled with endless fear!

The Grand Elder!

That was the Grand Elder of the Yunlan Sect, Yun Leng!

A Peak Dou Wang powerhouse!

Just like that, he was... flicked away by the opponent's finger?

Is... is this still human?!

Looking at the black-robed youth walking toward them step by step, they felt as if they were seeing a demon god walking out of Hell!

"No... don't kill me... don't kill me..."

One Disciple was scared out of his wits, scrambling and crawling in an attempt to escape.

However, right at that moment.

An incredibly terrifying pressure suddenly descended from the sky!

It enveloped the entire back mountain!

Under this pressure, even Xiao Yan felt his body sink slightly.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Yan's brow finally furrowed for the first time.

He looked up toward the sky.

He saw a white figure that had, at some unknown point, quietly floated into mid-air.

It was an old man wearing a white cloud robe, with hair and beard completely white and an ancient-looking face.

He just stood there quietly, and an aura as deep as an abyss and as steady as a mountain, a Grandmaster's bearing, naturally arose.

The space around him was slightly distorted because of his powerful aura.

"Peak... Dou Zong?"

Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.

He could feel that this old man's strength was more than a hundred times stronger than the Yun Leng from just now!

He was impressively a Peak Dou Zong who had already touched the threshold of a Dou Zun!

In the entire Jia Ma Empire, those with such strength, besides that mysterious guardian, there was only one person.

The previous Sect Master of the Yunlan Sect.

Yun Shan!

"Grandmaster!"

"It's the Grandmaster!"

The few Yunlan Sect Disciples slumped on the ground, seeing this old man, felt as if they had seen a savior. Each and every one of them was so excited that tears filled their eyes!

"Grandmaster! Help! That devil wants to kill us!"

They scrambled and crawled, bowing down in the direction of Yun Shan.

Yun Shan's gaze slowly swept across the scene below.

When he saw the heavily injured and unconscious Nalan Yanran, and the life-or-death-unknown Yun Leng, his brow furrowed imperceptibly.

Finally, his gaze landed on the only one still standing, the calm-faced black-robed youth.

"You are Xiao Yan?"

Yun Shan's voice was very flat, showing no hint of joy or anger.

But that invisible pressure was like a mountain range, pressing down on Xiao Yan in layer after layer!

He wanted to give this kid, who didn't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth, a show of strength!

However, to his surprise...

Facing this pressure that would make even an ordinary Dou Huang change color, the youth before him still maintained that calm and indifferent appearance.

His body stood straight, like a long spear piercing through the blue sky!

That mountain-like pressure falling on him was like a gentle breeze brushing past his face, not causing him to waver in the slightest!

"Oh?"

A hint of genuine surprise finally appeared in Yun Shan's eyes.

"A bit interesting."

"No wonder you dare to be so arrogant; it turns out you have some ability."

"But..."

Yun Shan's gaze instantly became sharp!

"Injuring my Yunlan Sect Disciples and insulting my Yunlan Sect's reputation!"

"Today, even if you have an expert guiding you from behind, this old man cannot let you stay!"

Before his voice had even faded, he had already moved!

His right hand reached out, fingers spread wide. A green giant hand, ten times larger and a hundred times more solid than the energy handprint Yun Leng had struck earlier, instantly formed in the air!

That giant hand was covered in profound patterns, emitting terrifying energy fluctuations that made one's heart tremble!

"Cloud Mist Sun-Covering Palm!"

With a low shout from Yun Shan, that green giant hand, carrying the power to blot out the sky and cover the sun, ruthlessly slapped down toward Xiao Yan!

This palm blocked all of Xiao Yan's paths of retreat!

This palm contained the endless fury of a Peak Dou Zong!

Yun Shan had absolute confidence that with this palm strike, the youth before him would surely be turned into dust!

However, facing this world-destroying palm strike...

A disdainful cold smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face.

"Peak Dou Zong? Is that so impressive?"

He shook his head.

Then, under Yun Shan's shocked gaze...

He made an action identical to his.

Similarly, his right hand reached out, fingers spread wide!

Buzz—!

A golden giant palm, even larger and more solid than Yun Shan's green giant hand, instantly formed in the air!

That golden giant palm was entirely composed of the purest 'Longevity True Essence,' filled with supreme majesty!

Wrapped around it were strands of profound immortal Dao runes, emitting a terrifying aura capable of suppressing eternity and destroying the universe!

"You should also try receiving a palm from me."

Xiao Yan's voice was indifferent and cold.

Then, against that green giant hand descending from the sky...

He met it with a palm strike!