Chapter 89: Terrifying Power

After blocking Xiao Yu’s strike in one blow, Wang Bo did not attack recklessly. Instead, he flashed to Meng Tong’s side, helped him up, and then turned back to glare at Xiao Yu with a face twisted by savagery.

“I told you, from the moment you made your move, not a single one of you would leave here alive today. The same goes for you two, and the same goes for them.”

As he spoke, Xiao Yu turned and glanced toward the direction where Taishui and the others were fighting. Seeing that they were still handling the two Soul Nascent cultivators with ease, he allowed himself a faint smile of satisfaction.

But Wang Bo and Meng Tong were in no such mood. Seeing that the Law Enforcement Hall men over there were actually being suppressed while fighting two against one, both of their faces turned ashen.

“Xiao Yu, we are men of the Law Enforcement Hall. I don’t believe you dare kill us!” Wang Bo said fiercely.

At this, Xiao Yu shook his head helplessly. “Ignorance really can be fatal. If I want you dead, then even your hall master would not be able to stop me.”

With that, an aura of overwhelming dominance burst forth from Xiao Yu’s body. Feeling the pressure radiating from him, Wang Bo and Meng Tong both went pale with despair. They had been wrong. They had originally believed Xiao Yu’s strength was only a little above theirs, but the aura he was now exuding made them smell death itself.

“Brother Meng, if we don’t go all out today, I’m afraid we really won’t get out of here. Don’t you have the Law Enforcement Token on you? That is our final means!”

Wang Bo lowered his voice and spoke to Meng Tong. Hearing this, Meng Tong also came to himself. He reached into his robes and touched the Law Enforcement Token hidden within.

As a deacon of the Law Enforcement Hall, he knew better than anyone how that token worked. The token in his possession contained the power of four hall masters at the late Mahayana stage. Although it could not unleash the strength of a true Mahayana cultivator, it could still deliver a single strike on the level of an ordinary Tribulation Transcender.

Meng Tong did not believe that Xiao Yu could possibly withstand a blow of that magnitude.

“Brother Meng, this man’s strength is far above ours. We can no longer hold anything back. In a moment I will tie him down, and you unleash the power within the token to catch him off guard!”

Wang Bo said coldly, his eyes fixed on Xiao Yu.

Meng Tong nodded.

Unless absolutely forced to, he truly did not want to use the token’s power. That force was indeed formidable, but he himself was only at Soul Nascent cultivation. If he were to forcefully draw upon it, the backlash would be severe beyond measure. Yet there was no other choice now. If they did not use this final measure, the ten of them might very well be buried here.

Wang Bo slowly advanced toward Xiao Yu. With every step, the aura around him grew stronger, and the power of a mid-Soul Nascent cultivator was now fully on display.

Feeling the aura emanating from Wang Bo, Xiao Yu could not help but be slightly startled. He remembered that just a few months ago, Wang Bo had been only at the early Golden Core stage. Yet now he had reached mid-Soul Nascent. Such progress was by no means ordinary.

Just as Xiao Yu was momentarily distracted, Wang Bo slowly extended a finger toward him. A vast surge of spiritual power immediately erupted, continuously gathering at the tip of his finger.

The dense spiritual energy brought Xiao Yu back to himself. Looking at Wang Bo, he smiled and said, “Your talent is among the best I have ever seen among cultivators. In just a few months, you have risen from early Golden Core to mid-Soul Nascent. But that is still far from enough.”

“For example, this move of yours may look powerful, but to me it is all show and no substance.”

As he finished speaking, Xiao Yu slowly raised his right palm, and a formidable force of essence erupted from within him.

The force of essence instantly collided with the spiritual power, yet no sound was produced. For reasons unknown, the two energies simply vanished without a trace.

Wang Bo knew such an attack could not threaten Xiao Yu in the slightest. The instant the two forces disappeared, his figure vanished from where he stood and reappeared before Xiao Yu, where he immediately thrust a palm toward Xiao Yu’s chest.

Seeing this aggressive strike, Xiao Yu remained as calm as ever. Only when Wang Bo’s palm was about to arrive did he leisurely return a strike.

The two palms met, and a violent current of air instantly spread outward from the two of them. As expected, Wang Bo’s body was sent flying backward.

And it was at that very moment that a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering aura suddenly descended from the void.

Even Xiao Yu felt a trace of wariness toward that force. The others in the distance, Taishui and the rest, also seemed to sense it. After forcing back the cultivators besieging them, they all hurriedly looked up toward the sky. Xiao Yu was no exception.

“Hahaha, Xiao Yu, now do you understand fear? You brought this on yourselves! That power is equivalent to a strike from a peak Tribulation Transcender. Let me see what else you can do to stop it! Your brothers, your family, all of them will die because of your ignorance! Today, you too should experience what it feels like to watch your loved ones die before your eyes while being powerless to do anything about it!”

Sensing that the power Meng Tong had been preparing was now gradually taking shape, Wang Bo, who had been sent flying and was lying on the ground, rose to his feet and laughed wildly.

A strike from a peak Tribulation Transcender. In Xiao Yu’s prime, perhaps he could still have received it. But now he could only draw upon seventy to eighty percent of his peak battle strength, and in the face of this blow, he was suddenly at a loss.

At this moment, Taishui and the others had already rushed to his side.

“Big brother, this aura is terrifying! If that strike really falls, I’m afraid this entire Cloud Peak Villa District will be reduced to ashes!”

The six men who had just reached Xiao Yu’s side all looked solemnly at the spiritual power still gathering in the sky.

Xiao Yu said nothing.

He naturally understood the might of that power, but this was no time for such words. He had to find a way to stop Meng Tong’s strike.

Within Phoenix City, many cultivators had also sensed this destructive force in the void and were astonished beyond measure. Hidden cultivators throughout the city were now all rising into the high air one after another to watch the scene in the heavens.

Inside the Phoenix City Law Enforcement Hall, Liu Qingfeng hovered quietly in midair, feeling that immense and oppressive pressure. His brow furrowed as he murmured, “Auras at the peak Tribulation Transcending stage! Damn it! What exactly are the people from the central hall trying to do? Are they planning to destroy Phoenix City?”

He did not have time to think further. Phoenix City was his territory, and of course he would not stand by and watch it be ruined by these people from the central hall. With that thought, Liu Qingfeng’s figure vanished from where he was and shot toward the direction of Cloud Peak Villa.