Protect Our Clan Leader

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The moment the words were spoken.

Shangguan Yunhong started on one foot on the cloud platform, and his speed suddenly surged as he charged towards Wang Liyao.

If before he was like a besieging beast moving sluggishly, now he was like a humanoid Fierce Beast, a stampede. Every step he took on the top-grade Cloud Stone platform left a dented footprint spreading cracks in all directions.

The force of that charge was truly domineering. Even the incredibly stout gates of Guard City would likely be smashed to pieces, and perhaps not even a Level Five Fierce Beast would possess such momentum.

The only choice left for the delicately built Wang Liyao, was to dodge.

But how much space was there to dodge on a cloud platform built for a Big Stomach King competition and dancing?

"This stage is somewhat disadvantageous to the Immortal," someone remarked.

The onlookers, who were psychologically inclined towards Wang Liyao because of her Immortal Girl like demeanor, immediately began to worry for her.

Unexpectedly.

Facing Shangguan Yunhong's domineering charge, Wang Liyao stood prettily in place, with no intention to dodge.

Until the moment of impact.

She raised her delicate arm, her slender fingers opened like tender bamboo shoots and gently pushed forward, her motion as light as flicking the morning dew from a delicate flower.

Yet, the power behind that push was anything but ordinary.

"Boom!"

An explosive force swept out in all directions, causing Wang Liyao's hair and skirt to flutter elegantly.

However, Shangguan Yunhong's charge, resembling that of a beast battering a city gate, was stopped as if he had been acupunctured, frozen in place instantaneously.

The next instant.

With a thunderous "crash."

Shangguan Yunhong's thick legs, like those of an ancient war elephant, were forced three feet down into the cloud platform, abruptly plummeting him to a much shorter stature right in front of Liyao.

The top-grade Cloud Stone beneath his feet had been turned into powder by the immense impact, exploding outwards in a circular pattern.

For a moment, dust filled the air around White Cloud Tower, even affecting the visibility of the surrounding spectators.

"What in the world is happening?" someone exclaimed.

"Impossible! Even the Great Heavenly Proud wouldn't be able to block Young Master Yunhong's charge so easily, would they?"

"Is that, is that a real Immortal descended from heaven? Otherwise, how could she be so formidable?"

The onlookers were dumbfounded.

The intricate application of the Mysterious Technique was beyond the understanding of ordinary spectators. Even some of the powerful bigwigs who enjoyed such spectacles couldn't fully comprehend what had happened, looking on in confusion and doubt.

To the bigwigs from the Purple Abode Realm, blocking Shangguan Yunhong's move wasn't difficult.

But to do it with the ease and grace of Wang Liyao, handling it as if plucking a delicate flower with the power of ten thousand jun, was a bit too challenging for them. After all, it required more than just realm attainment. Without a profound understanding of the Laws and mastery of control, it would be impossible to achieve.

"Good, good, good, brilliant, truly brilliant," the Heng Commandery Prince immediately understood and couldn't help but praise, "This is the true meaning of the primal water essence. The Primal Water can be gentle or strong, only by combining softness with hardness, using force against force, could one turn Young Master Yunhong's powerful charge completely into the ground."

As they say, "One can tell an expert by the sophistication of their craft."

As a fellow Sky Pride, and even more so, having reached the ninth level of the Purple Abode Realm, Heng Commandery Prince's insight and judgment were naturally beyond comparison.

Admiration filled Heng Commandery Prince's eyes.

In his lifetime, he had seen many a Great Heavenly Proud, but few were like Wang Liyao who, at such a young age, had such profound understanding and skillful application of her Daoist Water Body in actual combat.

Many Sky Prides of the Purple Abode Realm, although they too had awakened their Daoist Bodies, might not be able to use them as flexibly and naturally as Wang Liyao.

Before anyone could react further.

Wang Liyao lightly lifted and tossed with her hand, pulling Shangguan Yunhong, still in his Dragon-Elephant War Body state and weighing several thousand pounds, from the platform. She casually flung him aside, drawing a parabola as he landed outside the platform.

With a loud "clang," Shangguan Yunhong lay on the ground for quite a while before he staggered to his feet, still unbelieving that he had lost, and so swiftly at that.

"You, you resorted to tricks, I don't accept this loss!" Shangguan Yunhong roared angrily. He hadn't yet fully exhibited his strength and wasn't injured at all.

How could such trickery account for his defeat?

"Enough," a deep and dignified male voice suddenly floated down from the top floor, resonating like a divine sound in everyone's ears.

The speaker was none other than the Heng Commandery Prince.

The audience immediately cast reverent looks towards the top floor.

They heard the Heng Commandery Prince's authoritative voice state indifferently, "Shangguan Yunhong, to lose is to lose, do not disgrace the face of the Sky Prides of Shangjing. Even if you were given a hundred chances, you still wouldn't win against Wang Liyao."

When the Heng Commandery Prince was young, he had also been the foremost of the top ten outstanding youths of the National Capital for a time, so naturally, he wouldn't allow his reputation to be tarnished.

At the same time, a hint of doubt and concern crossed the Heng Commandery Prince's mind.

He remembered the scene from over a hundred years ago when Gong Yang Ce swept through the Sky Prides of Shangjing with a strong sense of purpose.

In this crucial period of contention for the position of the Emperor's son, Wang Liyao's emergence into the world and testing in Shangjing echoed the actions of Gong Yang Ce from years past.

Could it be...

A profound look flashed across Heng Commandery Prince's eyes.

This time, it seemed things would get interesting.

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