251: Chapter 251 Even Ants Dare to Block the Way

This strike was fast to the extreme.

Sun Mingcheng only felt a suffocating sense of oppression rushing toward him; he didn't even have time to make any reaction, and the pale cyan blade light in his pupils was already close at hand.

Sun Heting's eyes split with anger, but he was merely in the Early Integration Stage, with an entire Realm gap spanning between him and Valley Master Qin Cangyan; he didn't even have the qualification to step in and intercept.

However, at this moment, Lu Jinghan moved.

The exact moment Valley Master Qin Cangyan's figure vanished, Lu Jinghan's Space-Time Dao Body instinctively captured that extremely subtle fluctuation in space.

Within his Divine Sense perception, Valley Master Qin Cangyan's movements were not entirely untraceable; the flow of time within three feet around him underwent an extremely exquisite distortion, making his reaction speed far exceed Cultivators of the same Realm.

When Valley Master Qin Cangyan's palm blade was still three feet away from Sun Mingcheng, Lu Jinghan had already crossed a step, blocking in front of Sun Mingcheng like a silvery-white lightning bolt.

His right hand had long since held a pale golden Talisman at his fingertips, which spontaneously ignited against the wind.

The instant the Talisman paper turned to ash, a Bagua light shield shimmering with golden light unfolded before his palm; the runes on the light shield rotated and intertwined, emitting an ancient and heavy aura of guardianship.

Valley Master Qin Cangyan's palm blade fiercely slashed onto that light shield, erupting with a deafening clang of metal.

The light shield trembled violently, with countless fine cracks appearing on its surface, but in the end, it did not shatter.

Valley Master Qin Cangyan was forced back two steps by that rebound force, his boot soles plowing out two deep grooves on the bluestone ground.

His expression turned extremely ugly in this instant.

He was in the Mahayana Stage, while the young man before him was merely in the Void Refinement Stage.

Although just now on the second floor of the inn he had learned from Mu Mingfeng's intelligence that this person was a Kunlun Disciple, by no means comparable to ordinary Lianxu Cultivators.

Yet he never expected that the opponent could not only emerge completely unharmed under his full-force strike, but also force him back.

The Talisman power circulating on that golden light shield was extremely pure, by no means comparable to ordinary Heaven Rank Talismans—this Kunlun Disciple's background wealth was far more solid than he had anticipated.

" Good! Very good! "

Valley Master Qin Cangyan steadied his figure, unsuppressible anger and killing intent churning within his eyes.

" Since you insist on courting death, then be buried together with the Sun Family! "

Right at this moment, Clan Head Sun Henian and several Elders of the Sun Family finally snapped back to their senses from the shock of that strike just now.

Clan Head Sun Henian took the lead to strike, his Peak of Integration Stage cultivation bursting forth without reservation at this moment; a completely crimson long saber flew out from his sleeve, carving a blazing streak of fire light in the Void Realm, slashing toward Valley Master Qin Cangyan like a roaring fire Dragon.

The five Sun Family Elders behind him simultaneously activated their Magical Artifacts, and five beams of spiritual light in different colors blasted toward Valley Master Qin Cangyan and the three Protectors from various directions, attempting to fight a glimmer of survival for Lu Jinghan and Sun Mingcheng.

However, these attacks were like child's play before Valley Master Qin Cangyan.

He didn't even have to turn around, merely expanding that Late Stage Mahayana pressure around his entire body fiercely outward.

A naked-eye visible pale cyan wave of Qi swept in all directions centered around him; the moment Clan Head Sun Henian's fire Dragon saber light came into contact with the Qi wave, it shattered inch by inch, dissipating into flying sparks across the sky.

The Divine Abilities and arts of the five Elders were even more vulnerable, swallowed by that layer of Qi wave like waves crashing against reef rocks.

The remaining momentum of the Qi wave did not wane, fiercely slamming into Clan Head Sun Henian and the several Elders, blasting them all flying out.

Clan Head Sun Henian heavily crashed onto the bluestone ground more than ten zhang away, spraying blood wildly from his mouth, struggling a few times but failing to crawl up.

The other few Elders also collapsed to the ground respectively, their complexions pale as paper, some even directly fainting away.

" Mere Body Integration Stage, and you dare to make a move against this seat? "

Valley Master Qin Cangyan withdrew his pressure, condescendingly overlooking those fallen members of the Sun Family, his tone carrying undisguised disdain.

" Do ants even deserve to block the way? "

On both sides of the street, representatives of the forces on good terms with the Sun Family looked at each other in dismay.

Huaiyang City Lord Wu Zhengyuan stood on the flying eaves of the restaurant, his expression iron-blue.

As the Lord of a city, he should have maintained order in the city, but facing a Mahayana Stage powerhouse, his Peak of Integration Stage cultivation was simply not worth mentioning.

The several guards behind him had even paler complexions, and someone even subconsciously stepped back half a step.

That thin, frail old man who walked out from the courtyard gate, Huaiyang City Alchemist Association President Gu Yuntian, heavily pounded his walking stick on the ground and shouted angrily, " Valley Master Qin Cangyan! This is Huaiyang City, not your Cangyan Valley! You openly commit murder here, aren't you afraid that Huaiyang City will jointly report to the various Holy Lands of Central Continent to hold you accountable? "

Although his voice was resounding, no one responded, nor did anyone dare to step forward.

The pressure of the Mahayana Stage pressed upon everyone's heart like an invisible big mountain; even with Peak of Integration Stage cultivation, before that kind of power, they were merely slightly larger ants.

Valley Master Qin Cangyan ignored Gu Yuntian's questioning, his gaze falling back onto Lu Jinghan, the last trace of patience in his eyes thoroughly worn away amidst the attacks of the Sun Family members.

His right hand clenched in the Void Realm, and a pale cyan long saber flew out from his storage ring, landing in his palm.

Dense flame patterns were engraved on the saber body, and cyan flames faintly flickered and spat at the saber edge, emitting a heart-palpitating scorching aura.

This was his Natal Magical Artifact, the Cangyan Saber, which he rarely used; it was forged over several millennia using the cyan flame profound iron from the deep earth's core of Cangyan Valley, and countless souls had died beneath this saber.

" Young man, you cannot block me. "

Valley Master Qin Cangyan's voice was low and cold, and the pale cyan spiritual power around his body began to climb at an unprecedented speed, the Late Stage Mahayana pressure accumulating within his body like an about-to-erupt volcano.

" Last time, get out of the way. "

Lu Jinghan stood before Sun Mingcheng and Sun Heting, his robes fluttering loudly under Valley Master Qin Cangyan's violent pressure.

His expression remained calm, but the Time-Space Derivation Sutra within his body had been operating to the extreme, and silvery-white fluctuations of the Law of Time and Space faintly circulated around his entire body.

His right hand pressed upon the hilt of the Jinghan Sword, and his left hand had already pinched out a third Talisman from his sleeve.

He, Zhou Tianchen, and Duan Xinghe did not have any fear, because they knew that they had backing behind them!

Zheng Lingfeng stood by the window on the second floor of the teahouse, both hands supporting on the window lattice, his knuckles turning pale due to exerting force.

He stared fixedly at the disparity-in-strength confrontation on the street, the expression on his face gradually turning from initial complacency into impatience.

Why hasn't Valley Master Qin Cangyan made a move yet? Sun Mingcheng was right there; it only needed one saber strike, one strike to make that Second Young Master of the Sun Family who caused him to lose all face vanish from this world forever.

Yet he saw Lu Jinghan blocking in front of Sun Mingcheng, saw those Talismans blocking Valley Master Qin Cangyan's attacks over and over again, and that restlessness in his heart burned higher and higher like a raging fire.

" Kill him! Kill that fellow surnamed Lu together! "

He roared inwardly, yet did not dare to make any sound, only clenching the jade-bone folding fan in his hand until it creaked loudly.