Chapter 1772: The Lone Chief

"Hmph, can you escape?"

However, just as everyone held contempt for Ma Nanfeng’s actions, thinking he had dodged in time, the young man in coarse clothes coldly snorted, causing this director of the Emperor Palace to shiver.

Swoosh!

Indeed, in the next moment, Ma Nanfeng saw the Flame Ring that had just swept past his previous location, turn mid-air and, at incredible speed, assault him once again.

"With this speed, you wish to harm me?"

Yet Ma Nanfeng did not lose his demeanor, as he was ultimately a strong person at the Heavenly Realm Peak. Watching the Flame Ring’s speed approaching him, he couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

"Explode!"

Just as Ma Nanfeng was about to dodge again, the Blood-red Flame Ring, which was only inches away, exploded with Yun Xiao’s cold shout.

This caught Ma Nanfeng completely off guard, as countless flaming light points burst forth towards him furiously. Compared to the previous single Flame Ring, these countless blood-red light points left him with no escape.

"Fire Curtain!"

Seeing that no matter which direction he avoided, those blood-red flames would touch him, Ma Nanfeng decisively changed his decision and shouted loudly.

Swish, swish, swish!

In just a moment, before Ma Nanfeng, a Fire Curtain several meters wide appeared, shrouding this director of the Emperor Palace completely on the other side.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Simultaneously, countless blood-red flame points crashed onto the Fire Curtain, emitting peculiar sounds, leaving the crowd in thought.

"Hmph, relying on that kid’s late-stage Heavenly Realm cultivation, those flame powers cannot break Lord Supervisor’s Fire Curtain defense!"

At this moment, the Second Elder of the Emperor Palace stepped forward again, seeming to reclaim the dignity he had lost earlier, causing many people to nod slightly at his words.

This kind of Meridian Techniques battle is about whose Meridian Qi cultivation is stronger. Clearly, Ma Nanfeng’s Heavenly Realm Peak cultivation is higher than Yun Xiao’s late-stage Heavenly Realm cultivation.

Moreover, Ma Nanfeng was engaging in passive defense. In the saying, "using one’s spear against one’s shield," the defensive side generally benefits, and almost everyone thought that the blood-red flame points couldn’t penetrate the Fire Curtain.

However, what these people didn’t see was that as Ma Nanfeng just deployed the Fire Curtain, Yun Xiao’s face showed an unusual cold smile, seemingly disdainful of the Fire Curtain’s astonishing defense.

In fact, just like when Yun Xiao broke the Spirit Fire Ring earlier, within those blood-red flame points was the presence of two Chaos Sub-fire energies.

Combined with the Ancestral Vein Fire transformed by the Blood Moon Jade, even if there was just one level of difference, the bombardment from those blood-red flame points was something Ma Nanfeng’s mere Fire Curtain couldn’t withstand.

Hiss...

Just as Yun Xiao anticipated, after a moment, white smoke rose from the Fire Curtain, causing Ma Nanfeng’s old face to change, feeling as if something was slipping out of his control.

"Damn, what kind of flames are these?"

At this moment, Ma Nanfeng was truly about to lose it. Why was this young unknown man’s Ancestral Vein Fire so bizarre?

It’s one thing that he effortlessly dispelled the Spirit Fire Ring; but then the Fire Curtain, full-strength defense, still proved weak in front of these blood-red flame points, which assimilated it in mere moments.

Moreover, as the blood-red flame points eroded and assimilated the Fire Curtain, their strength was not weakened in the slightest; instead, having absorbed the Fire Curtain energy, they became even stronger.

Sensing that the flame energy absorbed by the opponent became nourishment for those blood-red flame points, Ma Nanfeng was distraught. But at this moment, he couldn’t afford to worry about such things.

Since the Fire Curtain failed to block, Ma Nanfeng was undoubtedly still showered under countless blood-red flame points. If he didn’t have other means, what awaited him was being pierced to death.

Ma Nanfeng knew clearly that since the blood-red flame points could ignore the Fire Curtain defense, it meant his body couldn’t withstand their force either. If he wasn’t careful, he would truly be capsized in the ditch.

"I can only avoid temporarily!"

Seeing the Fire Curtain could only hold for a breath’s time, Ma Nanfeng decisively ascended, rising tens of meters off the ground in a mere moment, leaving only a blurry figure.

One must say that the fire curtain finally bought Ma Nanfeng some time to escape. Being at such a distance, he finally felt much safer.

"Not good!"

However, as Ma Nanfeng looked down and saw those who broke through his fire curtain heading in a certain direction, his heart instantly sank to the bottom.

Because in the direction those blood-red flames were flying, the elders of the Emperor Palace stood, suspended in mid-air. Aside from the Great Elder Shan Changxin, who was lying on the ground with broken limbs, there were exactly nine powerful figures from the Emperor Palace, including the Second Elder.

It seemed that Yun Xiao had anticipated Ma Nanfeng’s actions. After controlling the Ancestral Vein Fire to break through the fire curtain, instead of chasing upwards as before, he altered his hand seals, and innumerable blood-red flame points suddenly doubled in speed.

This immediately put the Emperor Palace cultivators in a dire situation. They originally thought that with Ma Nanfeng’s strength, he would be able to dispel those blood-red flames, but surprisingly, Lord Supervisor had escaped to the high sky alone.

As a result, these Emperor Palace cultivators bore the brunt, taken off guard. Yun Xiao’s sudden acceleration of flame points made it clearly too late for them to dodge.

Poof, poof, poof... poof, poof, poof... poof, poof, poof...

A series of sounds of flames entering bodies echoed, and under such a swift attack, not a single one of the nine powerhouse cultivators from the Emperor Palace could evade. They were all hit by the blood-red flame points, some at the cheek, some on the torso, some on the limbs.

When initially hit by these flame points, the nine Emperor Palace cultivators didn’t feel any pain, but in just a breath, their expressions all drastically changed.

"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"

Screams echoed one after another in the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the nine powerful figures from the Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace turned into human torches. The sky at that moment seemed to transform into an infernal hell of ghostly fire, revealing a scene of earthly misery.

"This... this... this..."

Seeing those powerful Emperor Palace figures wailing painfully in mid-air, the onlooking cultivators below were all horrified, as they had never imagined such a scene.

These elders or stewards of the Emperor Palace used to be so arrogant and domineering in the Drunken Immortal City that hardly anyone dared provoke them. Even those stronger than them would keep their distance upon encountering them.

Now, these once oppressive figures burst into flames, turning into human torches when touched by those blood-red flame points. In the hearts of these onlooking cultivators, there was a faint, hidden pleasure.

Though cultivators of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud feared the Emperor Canglong Palace and dared not offend the Emperor Palace, it didn’t mean they had any fondness for these Emperor Palace figures. On the contrary, many harbored boundless hatred.

For example, Meng Zhidao, who was severely injured by Ma Nanfeng earlier in the Zuichun Hall, or the low-rank cultivators whose family and friends had died at the hands of the Emperor Palace’s powerful figures.

In the past, they could only swallow their anger, but now, suddenly a young Yun Xiao appeared, who with just one move made the powerful figures of the Emperor Palace suffer immensely, even being unable to survive, bringing them great satisfaction.

Yun Xiao naturally felt no goodwill toward these Emperor Palace cultivators. If they had any sense, he would only eliminate the main culprits and spare their lives.

But now, as these people took the initiative to confront him, they brought about their own deaths. He would not spare any of the Emperor Palace members who aided and abetted the tyrants because they supported that married couple from the Canglong Emperor Palace.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sky continuously witnessed human torches falling, turning into ashes under the burning of the Ancestral Vein Fire, ultimately blown away by the gentle breeze, leaving only a faint trace.

This scene appeared somewhat eerie, and the area surrounding the Drunken Immortal City attic fell into a profound silence, until the Second Elder of the Emperor Palace fell to the ground one last time, then burned to ashes, finally turning their gaze back to where that coarse-clothed youth stood.

"This... is really going to cause a big problem!"

Some of the more stable-minded couldn’t help but worry about the coarse-clothed youth, as that was the Emperor Palace, the direct force of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud’s sovereign Canglong Emperor Palace. Offending the Emperor Palace was equivalent to offending the Canglong Emperor Palace.

Throughout the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud, there had never been anyone who offended the Canglong Emperor Palace and still managed to live carefree. Even those who reached the Holy Rank Peak, like the former masters of the Four Great Families, ultimately met a tragic end.

"Yun Xiao, you are cutting off your last path to survival!"

High above the sky, seeing that just by dodging once, all of the powerful figures in the Emperor Palace were almost completely wiped out, Ma Nanfeng was so furious he nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood, and his voice was filled with extreme hatred.

If you add Shan Changxin, who was thrown to the side with broken limbs by Yun Xiao earlier, Ma Nanfeng is now the sole remaining powerful figure in the Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace.

The vast Drunken Immortal City Emperor Palace, seeking trouble with a young boy, ended up in such a state. Ma Nanfeng had never imagined this. He could foresee the consequences of this incident.

If today’s events were reported back to the Canglong Emperor Palace Headquarters, Ma Nanfeng would certainly be held accountable, as he was well aware of the strictness of the Emperor Palace’s rules. At this moment, his hatred for that coarse-clothed youth was deep-seated.