Chapter 474: 473
"Boom!"
The dull thud resounded as Mo Li, rushing towards Qin Yanyang’s body, was repelled back.
Shock painted his face, and he looked at Qin Yanyang with a hint of disbelief.
Qin Yanyang’s body flew backward even faster, smashing through the wall of the wooden building behind her before stabilizing her figure.
The onlookers saw her pale face and the beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, yet her eyes remained bright, warily watching the four people.
"Eh! You can actually withstand a strike from my Divine Thought without fainting?" Wang Changchun exclaimed in surprise.
Zuo Wenjun and Chen Liangzhong glanced at Mo Li as well.
They had intended to stop Wang Changchun from making a move but didn’t expect him to use a Divine Soul attack on Qin Yanyang. They were caught off-guard, and Qin Yanyang was hit.
Mo Li’s rush wasn’t to follow through with an attack, but to save Qin Yanyang. Unexpectedly, not only did Qin Yanyang not pass out, but she also managed to maintain high alertness and strike out at Mo Li with her palm.
From the Gang Qi shockwave produced by the brief exchange of blows, it wasn’t difficult for the onlookers to determine that Qin Yanyang’s cultivation level in the Physical Body Realm wasn’t far from Mo Li’s.
Mo Li felt a mix of shock and horror.
He had rushed out to save Qin Yanyang and when she struck back with her palm, he had no choice but to defend himself. He didn’t use much force, but the power in Qin Yanyang’s casual palm was so domineering that had he not promptly bolstered his True Yuan in defense, he would have been injured.
What a formidable woman!
Despite enduring Wang Changchun’s Divine Soul attack, she still managed to maintain a sliver of clarity to guard against him. With such overwhelming power in a mere palm strike, within the ranks of the Hidden Sect’s young prodigies, there were hardly a few who could match her!
Zuo Wenjun and Chen Liangzhong were also greatly surprised.
Meanwhile, Qin Yanyang had been highly vigilant ever since Wang Changchun appeared. In the moment her Sea of Consciousness was bombarded, she resisted with her strong willpower and used the Meditation Method taught by Yang Fei to defend herself.
Even so, her mind still felt as if it had been struck by thunder, almost going offline.
Thankfully, her consciousness cultivation over this period had not been wasted. She withstood the fatal strike while maintaining a degree of lucidity.
At this moment, while the others were in shock, Qin Yanyang’s Sea of Consciousness had already begun self-healing.
She swiftly suppressed her astonishment, striving to stay clear-minded, and said to Wang Changchun with a fierce gaze, "For this strike alone, your grandson will lose an arm!"
The crowd was startled.
Wang Changchun indeed flew into a rage, "What audacity, still daring to threaten me! I will not kill you, but I will make you suffer. Later, I shall take you out myself to see what formidable weapons the outside world possesses that could threaten us!"
Zuo Wenjun and Chen Liangzhong quickly held him back.
Mo Li stared at him warily and said, "Master Wang, calm your anger. This matter requires thorough deliberation; we cannot injure her."
Zuo Wenjun also spoke, "That’s right. This matter relates to the life and death of the entire Hidden Sect. If we rashly kill her and the outside world truly begins to reckon with the Hidden Sect, how will we respond?"
Wang Changchun snorted, "Step aside. I won’t kill her, but I will give her a taste of suffering. I will personally take her out later to see for myself what kind of powerful weapons the outside world has that could even threaten us!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Liangzhong couldn’t help but grow angrier, "Does Master Wang imply that Brother Mo Li and I, working together, are still inferior to you?"
Wang Changchun was taken aback, then quickly explained, "Brother Chen, you misunderstand; that’s not what I meant."
Chen Liangzhong said, "Brother Mo Li and I are still nursing injuries. The strength of the special weapons developed by the outside world requires careful assessment. Rushing out now, even if we manage to return, would involve tremendous risk. Moreover, provoking the outside world time and again—if they truly go all out, and if the Hidden Sect Plane suffers continuous bombardment and space instability, who will take responsibility then?"
Before Wang Changchun’s arrival, Chen Liangzhong was the least willing to be threatened by Qin Yanyang.
But after he and Mo Li witnessed the power of the special weapons from the outside world and saw Qin Yanyang’s resolve to go down fighting, his stance changed.
Peace is most precious!
No one is not afraid of death.
Although Qin Yanyang’s actions this time dissatisfied the vast majority of the Hidden Sect, as they felt the lofty power was being pulled down from its pedestal, unable to adapt to this sense of a fall from grace,
when faced with real life and death survival, no one dared not to consider it seriously.
Wang Changchun was both angry and enraged, but being blocked by three people, he also did not dare to forcibly make a move against Qin Yanyang again.
Moreover, from the very first glance he had of Mo Li and Chen Liangzhong, he saw that these two had hidden troubles within them, which seemed to confirm that the previous messages sent by flying eagles were not exaggeration.
With the persuasion of three people, Wang Changchun was appeased. He knew that it was no longer realistic to want to make a move against Qin Yanyang, so he said fiercely, "Then let’s wait until the people from the other parties are all here. But, girl, I can assure you, you can’t threaten the entire Hidden Sect. Especially that kid Yang Fei, once he really shows up, his identity as a Taoist Inheritor alone will make it impossible for him to leave."
A chill went through Qin Yanyang’s heart.
She knew Wang Changchun was right.
Although people of the Hidden Sect World may not dare to gamble with the fate of the entire Hidden Sect, it was not so easy to let her and Yang Fei leave without resistance.
Especially Yang Fei.
His identity was too sensitive for the Hidden Sect Eight Great Forces.
Especially since he was accused of harboring a treasure.
But the matter had come to this point, they could only play it by ear.
The boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge, right!
Although her heart was full of worries, Qin Yanyang still maintained a calm and composed demeanor, and said lightly, "Whether or not I can leave smoothly is my own concern. What I need to remind you all is that more than half a day has passed, and in less than sixty hours, if my man Yang Fei can’t be found and if I don’t come out, the bombardment of the Hidden Sect will happen. Military orders are like mountains!"
The last four words entered the ears of the several Divine Travel Realm experts and seemed to possess some special energy that made them feel particularly heavy.
Although there were no armies in the Hidden Sect World, they were well aware of the history of the outside world, understanding that the biggest reliance of the secular world was the military.
In the military, everything is bound by orders.
Military orders are like mountains, absolutely no joking matter!
Zuo Wenjun realized the seriousness of the issue and said to Qin Yanyang, "That kid Yang Fei has been hiding since he caused a big disturbance in the Duanmu Family, and has been out of contact since then. If that was not the case, those youngsters wouldn’t have come up with such a rotten idea to force him to show himself. So you don’t have to set a three-day deadline, what if that kid is hiding somewhere and doesn’t know you’re here?"
Qin Yanyang confidently said, "As long as you spread the word that I’m here to pick him up, he will definitely come to see me. If he does not come to see me, then he must have been secretly captured by some force, or has already met with disaster."
Mo Li frowned, quickly offering comfort, "That shouldn’t be the case. The three Divine Travel Realm experts from the Duanmu Family couldn’t keep him, so he won’t easily fall into others’ hands. He must be in hiding."
Qin Yanyang turned and walked toward the wooden house, "We have sixty hours remaining."
The Divine Travel Realm experts saw her arrogance and how she did not afford them any face, feeling a combination of anger and helplessness.
Mmp, to be actually controlled by a little girl from the outside world?
If this were to get out, it would be utterly humiliating.
But after exchanging glances, they all wore expressions of being at their wits’ end.
No one dared to act on behalf of the entire Hidden Sect World.
Now that the girl was threatening them with the survival of the entire Hidden Sect, they genuinely had no way to break the situation.
They might as well wait for the experts from the other forces to arrive before discussing further.
They hoped that the kid would indeed see the message that had been spread and that he would appear in time because if the situation went out of control, it would really be troublesome.