The Most Powerful Bodyguard

Rumble!

With a muffled boom like exploding thunder, he actually forced that giant palm back by sheer brute force.

Having landed a blow, Yang Yan didn’t dare pause even for a heartbeat.

He let out another furious roar, and despite the backlash’s agony, forcibly burned his Wish Power to drive a wisp of the Immortal Power lingering in his body out, hurling it toward the giant palm formed of Spiritual Power.

Pop!

With a crisp snap, the giant palm shuddered violently, then burst into radiant light, scattering into a skyful of multicolored rays before finally dissipating into nothing.

As for Yang Yan, he had already been badly injured; now, with the Immortal Power’s backlash on top of it, his body staggered and he spat out another mouthful of fresh blood.

However, at the instant he was about to topple, he lightly punched toward the ground, borrowing the rebound force to barely steady himself.

Looking at Yang Yan’s stubborn figure, Jian Mingyin felt a stab of pain in her heart and couldn’t help asking worriedly, "Yang, are you alright?"

Yang Yan waved his hand with difficulty, indicating that he was fine.

At the same time, he took a deep breath, suppressed his surging blood and qi, slowly raised his head, and looked at Ling Chongzi as he said:

"One move. Still... three more!"

"Not bad." High in the air, Ling Chongzi nodded with a hint of satisfaction and even asked with a trace of concern, "Do you need to rest a bit? We’re not in a hurry. You can take your time."

Standing on the ground, Yang Yan laughed freely when he heard that and said to Ling Chongzi, "Come on, I’m fine."

"Good!" As if infected by Yang Yan’s spirit, a surge of heroism rose in Ling Chongzi’s heart as he said in a clear voice, "This technique of mine, the Order Chain—you’d better watch closely."

As soon as Ling Chongzi’s voice fell, countless golden chains appeared around him in an instant.

On them, countless runes flickered, section after section, representing the supreme Laws of this heaven and earth; the aura of the Great Dao surged madly from them.

Yang Yan tilted his head back to look at the chains above him, his gaze filled with gravity.

This was the same as his Power of Space, both belonging to the most fundamental Laws of this world.

Moreover, because of the gap in cultivation, Ling Chongzi’s control was definitely far more skillful than his.

Fortunately, the other side hadn’t struck right away, giving him a sliver of time to quietly contemplate countermeasures in his heart.

To withstand this move, he absolutely could not meet it head-on!

Yang Yan made up his mind on the spot and moved first.

As if he had received some signal, Ling Chongzi smiled faintly, flicked his wrist, and the Great Dao chains constructed from the Order Law howled as they shot forward.

Just as the Order Chain was about to strike him like a shadow following form, the Power of Space that Yang Yan had long since primed suddenly erupted; his body turned into a phantom and vanished into thin air.

The Order Chain seemed to hit its target, but in truth it had only locked onto a phantom left by Yang Yan’s rapid movement.

It was somewhat risky, but deep down Yang Yan was certain of one thing: they were both using the Power of Laws; though their realms differed, at most the difference lay in how skillfully they wielded it.

As the saying goes, the Great Dao is simple.

If it came down to whose control was more refined, he naturally had not the slightest chance of winning.

But if they clashed in this simplest manner, they stood on equal ground; there was no talking about who was superior.

Boom!

The Order Chain, having missed its first strike, did not halt its assault.

Having escaped by a fluke, Yang Yan didn’t dare relax in the slightest.

He had barely paused for an instant when the Order Chain was already upon him again, dogging him like a shadow.

Yang Yan immediately tore open the Void once more and in an instant appeared beside Ling Chongzi.

He gathered every force in his body—including that Mysterious Power he was reluctant to touch—into his hand in one go and chopped down with a knife-hand strike toward Ling Chongzi’s neck.

Light glinted in Ling Chongzi’s eyes. As his figure flickered repeatedly, he laughed heartily and said, "Good lad, brave and shrewd. Not bad, not bad! But you’re thinking of it far too simply."

Hearing this, Yang Yan, who was relentlessly using his Power of Space to pursue Ling Chongzi, felt his heart jolt.

The next moment, he was horrified to sense that several chains behind him were already practically brushing against his body.

Crack—

As soon as the first chain latched onto him, the second and third followed, impossible to shake off.

In an instant, Yang Yan was bound in midair, and the Palm Force he had painstakingly gathered could no longer be released.

He bellowed, forcibly rousing the strength of his fleshly body, but it was all in vain.

"Soul-Seizing Seal!"

Not giving Yang Yan the slightest chance to breathe, Ling Chongzi summoned forth a massive square seal and brutally slammed it down toward the immobilized Yang Yan.

Rumble!

Dust billowed in all directions; no one knew Yang Yan’s exact condition at the heart of the blast.

Jian Mingyin couldn’t help but cry out, "Yang Yan!"

Immediately after, a savage glint flashed through her eyes as she fixed her gaze on Yun Yazi and Yu Wuxing, gritting her teeth as she said:

"If anything happens to him, I guarantee the Feather Spirit Sect won’t have it easy either!"

Yu Wuxing and Yun Yazi could only exchange wry smiles.

They were, of course, well aware of Jian Mingyin’s identity.

The power behind this young lady was not easy to provoke. If she truly pursued this matter, while the Feather Spirit Sect could handle it, it would still be a troublesome affair.

"It’s over."

Ling Chongzi looked at Yang Yan, who had been smashed down by the Soul-Seizing Seal, and sighed:

"Being able to last three moves, you’re already very strong. But this is as far as you go."

But right then, a voice suddenly rang out.

Who else could it be but Yang Yan?

"Sect Leader, isn’t it a bit too early to say it’s over?"

Along with his words came a raging surge of power, making the entire space roar in response.

"You..."

Even Ling Chongzi couldn’t help widening his eyes for a moment before revealing a wry smile.

In front of Yang Yan, two blades of differing shapes had blocked the Soul-Seizing Seal outside.

Sword light shot out violently, each radiating a different power as they collided head-on with the seal.

Sword light and seal radiance clashed, their momentum overwhelming.

They were the weapons that had once fallen into slumber within Yang Yan—Star Night and Asura.

Yang Yan held the blade in his left hand and the sword in his right, the power within his body surging madly, exploding between the two weapons.

Military Technique—Commanding Soldiers!

Within the flurry of blade and sword light, Yang Yan’s Wish Power, Immortal Power, Power of Space, and that unknown Mysterious Power merged into one, converging into a torrent of savage aura that directly tore through the restraints of the Laws and went berserk as it lunged toward Ling Chongzi.

Ling Chongzi’s face turned as still as water; his hands formed seals in rapid succession as he bellowed:

"Celestial Horn Shield!"

Buzz...

Amid violent tremors, space was like a sheet of iron repeatedly hammered, stretching, folding, compressing...

The originally loose space condensed in an instant into something as solid as diamond.

In front of Ling Chongzi, a transparent shield radiating the fortune of the Great Dao appeared.

After a deafening boom, the blade and sword were forcibly stopped.

At the same time, Yang Yan’s body shuddered as if he had lost all his strength; he half-knelt on the ground, his entire body on the verge of collapse.

"Four moves are up!"

Jian Mingyin suddenly shouted, flashing to Yang Yan’s side in an instant and, without the slightest hesitation, pulling him into her arms.

Right now, she no longer cared about a girl’s modesty or the distinction between men and women; her beautiful face was filled with anxiety as she pressed one hand to Yang Yan’s back, frantically pouring her own Spiritual Power into his body.