Chapter 323: Chapter 322: Kidnapping Zhang Yunlong
Zhu Tianshou’s palm came crashing down, the robust Palm Force surging like tidal waves, enveloping the area around Zhang Yunlong across dozens of square meters.
Zhang Yunlong, both shocked and furious, raised his hand and struck with a punch, a Killing Skill from the Zhang Family’s Heavenly Gang Divine Fist, with Fist Power exceptionally formidable.
Under the same realm, using the Heavenly Gang Divine Fist would certainly give one the upper hand.
However, as soon as Zhang Yunlong used this move, his face dramatically changed, and his heart filled with immense horror.
He discovered that the True Yuan he could muster for this move was significantly reduced.
Even with the immense power of the Heavenly Gang Divine Fist, if the total amount of True Yuan he could summon was insufficient, his power would be unable to pose a threat to an Innate Realm powerhouse.
How could this be?
When had he been poisoned?
Zhang Yunlong’s heart was filled with sheer terror, and a desire to retreat sprang up within him.
"Boom!"
Zhu Tianshou had already struck, landing a palm on Zhang Yunlong’s fist.
As their forces collided, Zhu Tianshou’s expression remained unchanged, but Zhang Yunlong was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, a spray of fresh blood spewing from his mouth as he was sent over ten meters away by a single palm strike.
The spectators in the arena had long been terrified, never expecting a Life and Death Platform duel to turn into a battle among Innate Realm powerhouses.
And it was even a melee involving six Innate Realm powerhouses.
Qin Yanyang and Yang Fei, being so young yet already possessing the combat strength of Innate Realm experts, had already stunned the crowd; now, seeing them dare to challenge the older generation of Innate Realm powerhouses, everyone admired their courage.
Now that Zhang Yunlong, the renowned Innate Realm powerhouse of over a decade, had been sent flying by a palm strike from the newly promoted Zhu Tianshou, it left many people utterly astonished.
What was happening?
Well-known National Guardian Level powerhouses like Wang Chengcuo and Luo Yong were challenged by the youth and couldn’t unleash their reputed combat strength, struggling to take down Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang in the moment.
And was Zhang Yunlong, the prodigious young master of the Zhang family, really so vulnerable that he was sent flying by a palm strike from the newly promoted Zhu Tianshou?
This battle of the powerful shocked countless people and also overthrew many people’s recognition of the strengths of those renowned powerhouses.
The seemingly invincible beings, why were their combat strengths so disappointing in reality?
In contrast, Yang Fei, Qin Yanyang, and Zhu Tianshou, who were previously not very well-known and not considered top combatants, now seemed so brave and invincible.
As Zhang Yunlong was sent flying by Zhu Tianshou’s palm, the invincible image that the Zhang family had established over the years instantly collapsed.
At this moment, many people were thinking the same thing.
It turns out the Zhang family was not truly invincible after all; they could be shaken, and they were not as fearsome as the legends suggested.
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In the arena, as Zhu Tianshou sent Zhang Yunlong flying with a palm, he himself was stunned.
Was this Zhang family’s great young master, who had stepped into the Innate Realm over a decade ago, really that weak in combat?
While Zhu Tianshou was still dazed, he suddenly raised an eyebrow.
He saw two figures, like specters, fly out from the audience stands and rush toward Zhang Yunlong.
The two figures were tall and didn’t seem like Divine Continent people, but they possessed great strength, overwhelming momentum, and their attacks were fierce.
Zhang Yunlong had already been seriously injured by Yang Fei’s move, then another palm strike from Qin Yanyang, and was just now sent flying by Zhu Tianshou while the poison was taking effect; he was already gravely wounded.
Now under the surprise attack from the two, although he sensed it beforehand, when he tried to gather True Yuan to deal with the two behind him, he was horrified to find his body’s True Yuan stagnant like dead water, utterly unresponsive and unsummonable.
This poison was too tyrannical!
When had he been poisoned?
Zhang Yunlong was stricken with terror and overwhelmed with fear.
He abruptly turned his gaze toward Yang Fei, who was engaged with Wang Chengcuo.
It must have been him!
"Bang, bang!!"
Two muffled impacts rang out simultaneously, and two waves of Palm Force struck Zhang Yunlong’s back.
He felt as though all his internal organs were about to shatter. Had it not been for the extreme strength his Body had achieved as an Innate Realm powerhouse, and the protection offered by the True Yuan, he might have perished on the spot.
Zhang Yunlong’s body was flung forward.
Figures were still in midair when two more shadows flew toward him.
As one petite figure reached Zhang Yunlong’s side, hands moved as fast as lightning, sealing all his vital acupuncture points in an instant, immobilizing him.
The other person grabbed Zhang Yunlong’s arm and took control of him.
"Let’s go!"
With a woman’s voice ringing out, the four who had suddenly struck at Zhang Yunlong did not linger for battle, immediately rushing toward the exit with him in tow.
"Stop them!" Wang Chengcuo, though entangled by Yang Fei and unable to break free, saw Zhang Yunlong being ambushed and controlled, showing a drastic change in expression as he roared in anger.
Luo Yong forced back Qin Yanyang with a punch and chased after them, bellowing, "Alien Practitioners dare to provoke Divine Continent Martial Artists, we martial artists should unite to keep them here."
At the same time, Jiang Yuanshuo, Chai Song, Wu Lie, Guman Zhao, and six or seven other Unique Tier powerhouses also joined in to encircle and attack the four.
This was, after all, the Martial Alliance Headquarters of the Divine Continent Martial World; with so many experts present, if they allowed Zhang Yunlong to be taken hostage, would it not be a disgrace to them?
It was not just the Martial Alliance higher-ups who had already declared their allegiance to the Zhang Family side; following Luo Yong’s shout, many of the martial artists who had originally come just to watch the excitement also felt their blood boiling and rose up to intercept.
After all, among those four people, the one who first ambushed Zhang Yunlong was the brown-haired, blue-eyed Alien Practitioner.
Zhang Yunlong might have been unpopular that day, but he was still a Divine Continent Martial Artist, and with so many Divine Continent Martial Artists watching, how could they allow him to be taken away by a foreign race?
The vast venue was thrown into immediate chaos.
Curses, rebukes, and clamors filled the air.
Ferocious auras emanated from all sides; several Peak Late Stage Transformation Realm Third Grade experts, as well as the Unique Tier powerhouses who wanted nothing more than to enjoy the commotion, couldn’t help but join the crowd converging on the four.
The face of the Divine Continent Martial World was at stake, and not a single martial artist could stay out of it.
Yang Fei’s and Qin Yanyang’s opposition to Zhang Yunlong fell into the category of internal strife.
No matter how badly they fought, these onlookers could ignore it and just enjoy the show.
But an Alien Practitioner interfering was a different story.
Yang Fei tied up Wang Chengcuo, not giving him a chance to help, but upon seeing so many experts and masters emerge in the venue to intercept the four people carrying off Zhang Yunlong, a shade of worry appeared on his face.
He hadn’t expected the sense of honor among the Divine Continent Martial World’s people to be so strong that trying to take Zhang Yunlong away would ignite such fury.
Damn!
Just as Yang Fei was worrying about his brothers and considering whether to directly reveal his identity and rush over to help, an abrupt change occurred.
"Boom..."
"BOOM!!!"
Two dazzling flashes of fire burst forth from the top of the venue.
That was followed by three consecutive massive explosions.
The vast ceiling of the venue was instantly blasted open with three gaping holes.
At the same time, the huge shockwaves of the explosions nearly caused all the martial artists in the venue to reel with ringing ears and dizzy eyes; some of the weaker martial artists even spewed blood, their internal organs damaged.
Suddenly, the whole venue was thrown into further disarray.
Yet such chaos was not enough to stop the powerhouses from blocking the four.
Wu Lie and others were the first to block the exit, charging straight at the group holding Zhang Yunlong.
"Swoosh!"
Just as the two sides were about to clash, the petite figure suddenly darted to the forefront, hands waving, and a cloud of purplish-black powder scattered forward.
"Agh!"
"My eyes!"
"It’s poison!"
Cries of alarm became a chorus, with some of the frontline victims clutching their throats painfully, blisters forming on their bodies in an instant.
Some even collapsed on the ground, convulsing.
Even Wu Lie, a Unique Tier powerhouse, was caught off guard and sprinkled with some of the powder, although he quickly dispersed it with his robust True Yuan. However, he too was tainted, feeling a burning pain on his face, and his breathing became difficult.
His expression changed drastically as he cried out in alarm, "Such a potent toxin!" Amidst the exclamations, he retreated rapidly.