Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

"My dear niece, don't blame your uncle for being ruthless; you brought this upon yourself!"

Lu Shan glanced at Lu Xiaoxiang again, then sneered. The next moment, his Yuan Power surged and erupted, and he pounced on her like a ferocious tiger breaking free of its cage.

"not good!"

Seeing Lu Shan attack in an instant, Lu Xiaoxiang's pretty face also changed slightly. She immediately circulated her internal energy, which then transformed into an energy barrier shaped like a city wall. At the same time, she retreated rapidly, seemingly unwilling to confront the former head-on!

After all, her Yuanli cultivation was only at the sixth level of the Opening Meridian Realm, while Lu Shan on the other side was one of the four elders of the Lu family, whose cultivation had reached the seventh level of the Spirit Soul Realm. With such a huge difference in realm, if they were to fight head-on, Lu Xiaoxiang would have no chance of winning at all!

"break!"

Despite Lu Xiaoxiang's all-out defense, Lu Shan remained unfazed. He simply unleashed a palm strike from a distance, which was accompanied by an invisible and intangible spiritual aura that made people's hearts tremble!

Boom! Crack...!

In an instant, the palm strike pierced through the air and arrived. In just a breath, the Yuan energy barrier in front of Lu Xiaoxiang, which was shaped like a city wall, was broken into pieces and eventually turned into dust!

"What amazing martial arts!"

"He shattered the young lady's full defense with just a casual palm strike. Is this the Fourth Elder's true strength?!"

"No! That palm strike just now didn't seem to be a martial art, but rather the power of the Fourth Elder's innate spiritual essence..."

"Without even using a trace of Yuan Power, he could easily suppress a Qi Refining Realm martial artist with just a wisp of spiritual energy? The difference between a Qi Refining Realm expert and a Qi Refining Realm martial artist is truly like heaven and earth..."

Seeing that Lu Xiaoxiang couldn't even withstand Lu Shan's casual palm strike, the servants and guards around them all cast surprised glances, and the atmosphere on the scene became even more tense, filled with a strong sense of gunpowder.

However, despite the tense atmosphere, none of the people present backed down or gave way; instead, they moved even closer together.

After all, watching a spectacle is human nature, and even the most powerful person can't escape it.

Moreover, the Fourth Elder Lu Shan and the eldest young lady Lu Xiaoxiang are currently drawing their swords against each other in public and even fighting. Such an exciting scene is almost a once-in-eight-hundred-years event, so everyone present naturally does not want to miss it.

"My dear niece, you can't escape...!"

With a single palm strike, Lu Shan shattered Lu Xiaoxiang's Yuan Power barrier and seized the opportunity to pursue her. In an instant, his figure flashed, like a swift ghost, cutting off the former's retreat in a flash!

"What?!"

With her retreat blocked, Lu Xiaoxiang's pretty face changed slightly. She immediately slashed out with her sword, which instantly transformed into several sharp sword energies, seemingly intending to exchange injury for injury and forcibly force Lu Shan's figure back.

"A futile struggle...!"

However, faced with Lu Xiaoxiang's desperate counterattack, Lu Shan merely snorted coldly and then unleashed a palm strike in return.

Rumble!

A fierce burst of Yuan energy, mixed with a rather remarkable spiritual aura, swept out like a chariot that could break through anything. It instantly shattered the incoming sword energy, and its remaining power slammed into Lu Xiaoxiang's delicate body!

Thud! Crack...!

A crisp cracking sound of breaking bones rang out, and the next moment Lu Xiaoxiang's face turned pale. She then coughed up blood and staggered back like a broken duckweed in the wind, until she finally collapsed to the ground in a disheveled state!

"Cough cough cough...!"

Slowly struggling to get up from the ground, Lu Xiaoxiang was covered in blood, her clothes were torn, and her Yuan energy was extremely weak. She was obviously seriously injured and no longer able to fight!

"Damn it! Are all the bones in my body shattered? As expected, with my current level of Yuan Qi cultivation, I'm no match for that old bastard Lu Shan...!"

Feeling the excruciating pain emanating from her limbs and meridians, Lu Xiaoxiang frowned, then bit her lip, using her sword to prop herself up with one hand while staggering as she tried to stand up.

"Pfft...!"

However, before Lu Xiaoxiang could stand up straight, an even stronger, piercing pain suddenly struck her chest, causing her to vomit blood and fall to the ground. Her sword also fell to the side, and her pretty face became even paler!

Clearly, Lu Shan's palm strike not only severely injured Lu Xiaoxiang, but also shattered most of her bones. Now, Lu Xiaoxiang can't even stand up, let alone fight with a sword!

"It seems the outcome is already decided."

"Next, we should send someone to the Great Xia Dynasty to inform the young master of the Jin family, lest things get complicated..."

Seeing Lu Xiaoxiang cough up blood and fall to the ground, Lu Feng stroked his long beard calmly, as if he had expected the outcome of the battle.

Although his fourth brother Lu Shan's awakened natal spirit soul was very weak, only the metal spirit soul, one of the five elements, the metal spirit soul's ability to enhance the penetration of Yuan power caused Lu Shan's palm strike to be twice as powerful, making it almost impossible for ordinary martial artists in the Opening Meridian Realm to withstand!

The reason Lu Xiaoxiang was able to escape with her life was entirely because Lu Shan deliberately showed mercy. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as just having her bones shattered; she would most likely have been riddled with holes by the power of the Golden Spirit Soul!

"Miss Lu...!"

Seeing Lu Shan severely injure Lu Xiaoxiang with a single palm strike, Lu Feng, who was watching the fight from the sidelines, frowned deeply. A surge of nameless rage welled up within him. "Damn it! This old bastard is practically asking for death...!"

After all, Lu Xiaoxiang was not only his old friend and fellow disciple, but also one of his confidantes. Seeing that Lu Shan dared to injure her like this, Lu Feng was naturally furious and could not tolerate it at all!

"Wait a minute!"

However, before Lu Feng could make a move, a hoarse, aged voice suddenly came from the side.

Swish!

The next moment, a figure in a black robe leaped out from the crowd and landed opposite Lu Shan. His old face was full of wrinkles, and his left sleeve was empty. It was none other than Old Song, Lu Xiaoxiang's former personal bodyguard.

"Old Song...!"

Upon seeing that the newcomer was none other than Elder Song, not only was the severely injured Lu Xiaoxiang stunned, but even Lu Feng, who was about to intervene, showed a slight surprise on his face. "Eh, isn't this the same person as Miss Lu's former personal bodyguard? How come he's here too...?"

"Could this person be sent by Lu Jinyuan, the head of the Lu family, to smooth things over?"

Thinking of this, Lu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something. He then withdrew his Yuan Power and gradually dissipated the murderous aura in his eyes.

Because if that's the case, then he won't need to take action anymore.

After all, given Lu Jinyuan's abilities as the head of the Lu family, the fact that Elder Lu Feng and others dared to attack Lu Xiaoxiang in public and even seriously injure her will surely lead to severe punishment for him.