This punch serves as a reminder to guard against arrogance and impetuosity!

"Boom!"

A figure, like a phantom, appeared in front of Cao Ying without warning.

Merely by standing there, the power that had locked down the space shattered like fragile glass, disappearing into nothingness.

Shen Wen didn't even turn to look at Cao Ying, only asking softly, "Are you alright?"

Cao Ying stared blankly at the tall, straight back before her, the fiery red Dou Qi Wings reflecting on her face.

Her previously taut nerves instantly relaxed.

She softly hummed in affirmation.

Her originally pale cheeks regained some color.

Her beautiful eyes, however, were fixed on Shen Wen's right arm, which was covered in strange Dragon Scales, filling her heart with curiosity.

How could her husband, after only a short period of secluded cultivation, seem so inhuman?

She could sense that those Dragon Scales were not merely an evolution of Dou Qi, but were tangible, physical existences.

Shen Wen raised his head, his gaze calmly falling upon the astonished Xie Bi Yan.

His entire right arm was now completely covered in Purplish-Blue Dragon Scales, the fine scales shimmering with a metallic luster.

A wild, domineering aura spread out, and terrifying Silver Electric Arcs coiled around the Dragon Scales.

There was no roar, no buildup of momentum.

Shen Wen simply and directly threw a punch.

'Azure Dragon Sky-Shattering Punch!'

This punch seemed slow, yet it felt as if it had broken through the limitations of space.

Wherever the fist passed, the air let out an overwhelmed burst, and space intensely rippled like the surface of water.

It seemed as if it would be torn apart at any moment by this power, which was pure to the extreme!

"The might of a Dou Zong?! Using only his Physical Body?!"

When Xie Bi Yan saw this punch, his sneer instantly froze, transforming into extreme horror.

He felt a deadly crisis emanating from this single punch!

"Damn it! Myriad Scorpion Shield!"

He let out a strange cry, blood-red light erupted wildly from his body, and two huge bloody pincers crossed in front of him.

Vast Dou Qi and poisonous mist condensed into a thick defensive barrier, forming a giant shield in front of him.

"Block it for this old man!" he roared hoarsely.

However—

"Bang!!!"

Shen Wen's fist, like a red-hot branding iron striking fragile ice, made contact.

The bloody giant pincers, condensed from Xie Bi Yan's entire Dou Qi, along with the thick Myriad Scorpion Shield,

failed to hold up for even a single breath before violently exploding, turning into countless specks of blood-red light!

The punch broke through the defense, its momentum undiminished, and solidly struck Xie Bi Yan's crossed, blocking arms.

"Crack! Snap!"

The sickening sound of bones cracking clearly rang out.

"Ugh ah—!"

Xie Bi Yan let out an extremely miserable shriek.

His entire body was like a person struck head-on by an Ancient Dragon; both his arms were bent at unnatural angles.

Blood spurted wildly from his mouth, and his body transformed into a bloody meteor, violently smashing toward the desert below at a speed difficult for the naked eye to catch!

"Rumble!!!!!"

The massive impact sound caused the entire battlefield to fall silent!

Yellow sand shot up into the sky, as if a sandstorm had been whipped up.

A gigantic deep pit, over a hundred zhang in diameter, appeared in the desert, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly outwards.

The entire Tagor Desert violently shook with this single strike!

In the sky.

Whether they belonged to the Snake-People Clan or the Myriad Scorpion Gate, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared dumbfounded at the massive deep pit.

And the hunched figure embedded in the ground at the center of the pit, whose life or death was unknown.

The entire scene was deathly silent!

You could hear a pin drop!

The strong wind blew, kicking up dust, but it could not dispel the shock that permeated everyone's hearts.

Shen Wen slowly retracted his fist, and the Purplish-Blue Dragon Scales and leaping electric arcs on his arm quietly faded away.

He stood with his hands behind his back in the Void Realm, his gaze indifferently sweeping over the messy sand pit, his calm voice exploding deep within everyone's Soul:

"Old thing, with merely the strength of a Four-Star Dou Zong, you dare to invade the territory under my command and touch my wife?"

He paused slightly, his tone indifferent.

"This punch was to dispel arrogance and impatience."

The black mist churning around the Iron Protector suddenly paused.

His hollow eye sockets stared fixedly at Xie Bi Yan, whose aura in the deep pit was rapidly weakening, nearing annihilation.

A bone-chilling coldness shot up from the depths of his Soul.

Instant kill!

A true instant kill!

Xie Bi Yan, at the Peak Three Star Dou Zong, after using the Blood Soul Art to boost his strength directly to Four-Star Dou Zong,

couldn't even withstand a single punch from that young man and was directly blasted to the brink of death!

The Iron Protector abruptly raised his head, the black mist violently surging, revealing the tumultuous waves in his heart.

He stared intently at the figure slowly retracting his fist; recently sealed information instantly surfaced in his mind.

That image, urgently disseminated by the Headquarters,

which required all Protector-level members and above to memorize.

And that name, listed as one of the highest priority targets!

"Shen Wen! You are that Shen Wen from the Pill Tower!"

The Iron Protector cried out in alarm, his hoarse voice distorted by extreme shock.

He remembered!

Some time ago, a secret order came from within the Hall of Souls: the Closed-Door Disciple of Grand Elder Old Monster Lin of the Pill Tower—that monster who was already a Seventh-Rank Alchemist at only eighteen years old.

He had disappeared from Central Region after his marriage.

It was highly likely that he had left the Central Region for other places.

The order demanded that if any information was found,

he must be "invited" back to the Hall of Souls at all costs.

This would be an excellent Breakthrough point to leverage the Pill Tower's defenses!

But... but the intelligence transmitted by the Headquarters clearly stated that...

this person's cultivation was at most Peak Dou Huang, and even if he had a Breakthrough, newly entering Dou Zong was the limit.

They needed to focus on his Alchemist talent and his Protector... Peak Dou Huang? Newly entering Dou Zong?

The Iron Protector looked at the massive sand pit below, then at Shen Wen in the Void Realm, and a feeling of utter absurdity welled up in his heart.

If that was a Dou Huang or someone newly entering Dou Zong, he would eat every latrine on the continent!

Those idiots in the Intelligence Department should all have their Souls extracted and refined!

How could this person be Peak Dou Huang?

This was clearly a Fiend Star capable of suppressing and killing a Three-Star Dou Zong with a single punch!

He must escape!

He must flee back immediately!

He needed to report this person's true strength; only an Earth-Grade Protector or even a Heavenly Venerate Lord taking action personally could possibly capture him!

The value of this intelligence was enough for him to earn a great merit!

As his thoughts raced.

The black mist around the Iron Protector surged wildly; daring not to linger even slightly, his figure turned into a blurry black shadow, ready to tear space and flee far away.

"Trying to leave?!"

Cai Lin's voice cut off his retreat.

Having already built up momentum, she formed a hand seal with her jade hand, and vast Seven-Colored Dou Qi instantly transformed into a brilliant barrier spanning the sky.

It not only sealed off all retreat paths for the Iron Protector but also carried a suppressive force, making the space around him feel like a swamp.

"Get lost!"

The Iron Protector, filled with anger and shock, violently waved his sleeve, and several Dark Chains, wrapped with the wails of wronged Souls, shot out like Poison Pythons.

Carrying a coldness that corroded the Soul, they shot toward Cai Lin, attempting a forced Breakthrough.

The instant he was distracted dealing with Cai Lin, Shen Wen moved.

The Dou Qi Wings on his back violently shook, and his figure instantly stepped forward, closing in on the Iron Protector.

The Purplish-Blue Dragon Scales instantly covered his right arm, and without even needing to build up momentum, he threw a simple, direct punch!

"Rumble!"