"Immortal?" Shangguan Yunyue's face changed.
Vice Palace Master Nangong Qi and others also changed their expressions, showing looks of shock on their faces.
"Correct!" Human Emperor Dugu Jingtian nodded, "It is an Immortal! Shouldn't you be paying your respects quickly!"
"...I did not know an Immortal had graced us with his presence, I have been offensive just now, I ask for the Immortal's forgiveness." Shangguan Yunyue bowed her head to apologize.
Nangong Qi and others also ca forward to pay their respects.
"Immortal, they did not an to offend you, please show your great rcy and forgive them," Human Emperor Dugu Jingtian stepped forward to intercede.
"Very well," Xin Lie nodded, "On your account, I won't hold it against them."
"Haven't you yet thanked the Immortal?" Dugu Jingtian gave Shangguan Yunyue a aningful look.
"Thank you, Immortal." Shangguan Yunyue quickly led Nangong Qi and the rest forward to express their gratitude, their posture very humble, "May I know what brings the Immortal to Piaomiao Palace?"
"I am here to look for sothing," Xin Lie said indifferently.
Shangguan Yunyue's face showed a puzzled look, "What is the Immortal looking for?"
"A stele," Xin Lie gazed into Shangguan Yunyue's eyes, saying word by word, "Hand over the stele, and I will leave imdiately."
"A stele?" Shangguan Yunyue was stunned, "There is no stele here."
"Nonsense!" Xin Lie's expression darkened, "I have clearly sensed the presence of the stele here! If you don't want to cause trouble, then quickly hand over the stele! Otherwise, don't bla for being ruthless!"
Shangguan Yunyue turned to look at Nangong Qi and the others, "Does Piaomiao Palace have a stele?"
Nangong Qi shook his head, "There were a few steles before, but they were all thrown away... Now there is not a single stele within Piaomiao Palace."
The others also shook their heads, "We have never seen a stele."
After asking around, Shangguan Yunyue looked up at Xin Lie and said very confidently, "Piaomiao Palace truly does not have a stele! If the Immortal does not believe it, you may search all you wish, and if you find even one stele, I am willing to accept any punishnt."
Xin Lie's gaze was ice-cold as he stared at Shangguan Yunyue, "You've already hidden the stele, that's why you are not afraid of my search. Am I right?" Just a short while ago, Xin Lie had released his enormous Divine Sense to search both inside and outside Piaomiao Palace, and although the search indeed uncovered many treasures, there was no trace of the stele to be found.
Shangguan Yunyue frowned, "I don't even know what stele you are referring to! Although you are an Immortal, you cannot just wrongly accuse others, can you?"
This is bad! Human Emperor Dugu Jingtian's heart sank. With Shangguan Yunyue speaking to Xin Lie in this tone, he was definitely going to get angry.
As expected, upon hearing Shangguan Yunyue's words, Xin Lie's face instantly beca unsightly, and an intense killing intent burst forth from him, causing the temperature around them to drop several degrees. The wrath of an Immortal was not sothing ordinary people could endure.
Shangguan Yunyue, being the closest to Xin Lie, faced the greatest pressure. She silently marveled. Was this the power of an Immortal? Truly terrifying! Xin Lie was like a vast sea, and Shangguan Yunyue was like a small boat upon it, at any mont at risk of being capsized by the raging waves.
In re matters of aura, Shangguan Yunyue had already lost, and quite thoroughly at that, almost without any ability to resist.
"I am telling the truth," Shangguan Yunyue clenched her teeth and spoke laboriously, "I really haven't hidden the stele!"
"You still dare to be stubborn!" Xin Lie lifted his hand and slapped towards Shangguan Yunyue. The fierce palm wind swept toward her like a blanket from the sky, tearing through the air with a piercing screech, and the montum was quite frightening; if this palm landed, Shangguan Yunyue would lose at least half her life if she did not die.
Shangguan Yunyue spat out a Jade Pendant from her mouth. The Jade Pendant grew rapidly in the wind, expanding dozens of tis in just a mont, and shielded Shangguan Yunyue behind it.
"Hmph," Xin Lie snorted coldly, "You still dare to resist! Truly overestimating your capabilities!"
"Boom!!!"
The fierce palm wind struck the Jade Pendant, emitting a deafening dull sound.
"Crack..."
Crazes began to spread across the surface of the Jade Pendant like webs, interweaving in every direction. When the cracks pervaded the entire Jade Pendant, it shattered into dust and drifted to the ground.
"My Jade Pendant!" Shangguan Yunyue's heart ached terribly—the Jade Pendant, a gift from her grandmother, was a high-level Defensive Treasure she adored. Now that it was destroyed, Shangguan Yunyue was more than heartbroken, but she knew this wasn't the ti for sorrow, for the crisis was not yet over.
After shattering the Jade Pendant, the palm's power didn't wane and continued charging towards Shangguan Yunyue.
"Block it! Block, block, block!!!"
As Shangguan Yunyue retreated, she threw various Treasures outward: shields, drums, swords, and long spears—all high-level Treasures. After deploying these, Shangguan Yunyue expelled a light breath, confident that Xin Lie's palm wind couldn't possibly destroy so many Treasures in one go.
As it turned out, Shangguan Yunyue was wrong—or rather, she had underestimated the palm's mighty force.
"Bang!"
The shield at the forefront shattered.
"Crack!"
The drum, in second place, also cracked apart.
"Pfft, crack, bang, bang..."
Soon after, the swords and long spears broke as well.
Shangguan Yunyue was dumbstruck; so many Treasures were unable to withstand Xin Lie's palm wind! This... this was just too terrifying!
Though these Treasures failed to hold back the palm wind, they did manage to deplete so of its energy. After shattering so many, the palm wind's ferocity diminished significantly, appearing far less frightening now.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
Shangguan Yunyue hurled forth another large batch of Treasures to intercept the palm wind.
"Crack, scrape..."
"Pfft, pfft..."
"Bang, bang, bang..."
After destroying dozens of Treasures, the fierce palm wind finally collapsed and dissipated into the world.
Shangguan Yunyue's face showed no joy; to block the palm wind, she had to destroy dozens of Treasures, all high-level ones. The cost was too great. Only then did Shangguan Yunyue truly realize the vast gap between herself and Xin Lie—it was like heaven and earth.
Immortals are indeed Immortals! Even just an Avatar is beyond Shangguan Yunyue's ability to resist.
Nangong Qi and the others were also stunned, eyes wide and mouths agape, their faces extrely pale.
Only the Human Emperor Dugu Jingtian remained comparatively calm, having witnessed Xin Lie in action before and being aware of his terrifying power. Dugu Jingtian himself had recently joined forces with the Demon Emperor to confront Xin Lie and still ended up defeated. Shangguan Yunyue was not even as powerful as Dugu Jingtian, let alone a match for Xin Lie.
In Dugu Jingtian's eyes, Xin Lie had shown rcy; otherwise, that palm strike would have taken Shangguan Yunyue's life imdiately.
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