Start from Panlong and kill through the heavens

As a peak nine-star Dou Wang, Gong Li's strength should not be underestimated. At this moment, in her rage, her aura was terrifying.

The bluestone slabs shattered inch by inch in the violent shockwave, and fine cracks spread like a spider web throughout the entire ancient alley.

Her purple gauze robe billowed like clouds amidst the surging battle qi, and nine starlight beams burst forth from Gong Li's fingertips, piercing the sky and evaporating the falling misty rain into a hazy white fog.

The carved beams and painted rafters behind her collapsed with a roar, and the bronze bells hanging on the eaves lingered in the void for a moment before turning into dust and falling down in a flurry.

The awning boat on the pool three zhang away was crushed to the bottom of the river by an invisible pressure, and the glass lamp hanging at the bow of the boat exploded into thousands of sparks.

The stone bridge she had just touched with her toes had turned into a deep pit, and the stone lion guarding the bridgehead had its eyes bulging out, with cracks spreading inch by inch along the lines of its mane.

The moss-covered brick walls melted like wax, revealing the mottled rammed earth inside. The startled swallows exploded into puffs of blood mist before they even touched the clouds.

"Chen Mu, do you have the guts to say what you just said again!" The furious roar, carrying the pressure of a Dou Wang, shattered the glazed tiles for miles around. The oil-paper umbrellas hanging under the eaves burst open one after another, and the fragments of the umbrellas mixed with the torrential rain and swept into the sky.

A bolt of purple lightning shot from the jade hairpin in Gong Li's hair, cleaving half of the white pagoda in two. As the copper bell on the top of the pagoda fell into the moat, the remaining fighting energy cleaved a three-zhang vacuum into the water.

She raised her hand and made a grasping motion, the purple flames gathering in her palm flickering erratically. The blue bricks beneath her feet turned into crimson magma, surging in all directions along the spiderweb-like cracks.

In the distance, the clock tower collapsed with a deafening roar. Before the mournful sound of the twelve bronze bells ringing out could even spread, they were shredded into nothingness by the surging vortex of fighting energy.

It was clear that Gong Li was extremely angry. She never expected that Chen Mu, who was always gentle and mild-mannered and never talked back no matter how angry, unreasonable or mean she was, would say such vicious things today.

He actually called her a slut! Gong Li was furious. What's worse, he suspected that Chen Lan wasn't her biological son, which was the most intolerable thing for her.

Her biggest regret was giving her virginity to Chen Mu and having a son with him. As a result, she didn't dare to be easily moved by her senior brother's advances, for fear that he would look down on her.

Now, Chen Mu's words, "slut," and his questioning, have shattered her completely.

Li En didn't expect Gong Li to react so strongly. Instead, he laughed. He certainly didn't take a mere nine-star Dou Wang seriously.

"What, did I hit a nerve? I heard you brought a lover home, why didn't you bring him? Or do you two prefer to mess around outside, it's more convenient outside, right?"

Rean smiled broadly; if his words hadn't been so harsh, one might have thought he was whispering sweet nothings.

Gong Li was so angry that she was speechless. Her chest heaved and her aura surged wildly. She condensed a ball of purple battle qi in one hand and pounced forward, striking directly at Li En with a palm.

This was the low-level Heaven-rank combat skill, 'Purple Cloud Divine Palm,' which she obtained from her senior brother. Her senior brother held a high position in the Pill Tower and naturally had the opportunity to come into contact with Heaven-rank combat skills. In order to please her, he willingly taught her this Heaven-rank combat skill.

With her Heavenly Rank Battle Skill, Gong Li was confident that she could fight against a Dou Huang-level expert, especially since she also had the treasure armor given to her by her senior brother.

Perhaps in Gong Li's mind, Li En was still just an ordinary mid-stage Dou Huang. As for the rumor that he killed a three-star Dou Zong of the Tianming Sect, Gong Li never believed it.

Suddenly, thousands of purple lightning bolts exploded in the sky. The blood and qi of the Nine-Star Dou King transformed into twelve golden crow phantoms that hovered behind him, while the purple lightning condensed into a giant Qilin beast that pounced straight down.

The surrounding vegetation instantly turned to ashes, and a world-destroying scene of falling stars vaguely appeared amidst the thunderstorm. Golden Dao patterns bloomed beneath Rean's feet, and the muscles in his left arm suddenly swelled, tearing half of his sleeve. The Dragon-Capturing Hand technique resonated with a hundred dragon veins as it was initiated, and his five fingers formed claws that tore open spatial rifts, pulling out nine chains burning with crimson light from the void.

Each collision of chains produced a dragon's roar that shattered the flowing clouds, weaving together into a colossal net that blotted out the sky as it clashed against the Thunder Qilin.

The moment the two Heavenly Rank Battle Techniques collided, the entire sky battlefield was split into purple and gold.

On the east side, a phantom image of an ancient divine mountain suppressing all things appeared in the thunderclouds, while on the west side, a golden pillar rose up, piercing the sky, amidst the roar of dragons.

As the shockwave swept across, the ground within a ten-mile radius simultaneously sank seven feet, and the protective auras of the spectators shattered in succession with thirteen shattering sounds.

A crimson Dao pattern lit up between Gong Li's brows, and her right palm suddenly produced thirty-six afterimages, each palm print carrying a millstone-thick purple lightning bolt.

Rean roared like a tiger, and his Dragon-Capturing Hand suddenly contracted into a golden ray the size of a needle tip, but exploded into ten thousand strands of energy upon touching the core of the thunderstorm. The vacuum created by the clash of the two forces crushed the twelve thousand-pound boulders into dust.

When the Thunder Kirin and the Crimson Dragon Lock were annihilated at the same time, Gong Li's body was smashed away like a broken sack, while Li En himself stood in place as if nothing had happened.

"A Heaven-rank combat skill?" Li En looked at the dying Gong Li with great interest. As far as he knew, the entire Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion only had one low-level Heaven-rank combat skill, called Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.

However, Gong Li was clearly not using this kind of fighting technique, so Li En thought of using the Dragon Capture Hand to test the power of this fighting technique. The result was self-evident: the two fighting techniques were equally powerful. It was only because Li En's fighting spirit was too strong that he was able to severely injure Gong Li in a crushing manner.

Rean and Gong Li lived in a secluded manor in the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, which was quite a distance from the main pavilion. In addition, Rean controlled his aura, so he did not alert the people from the main pavilion.

As for the servants in the manor, they were all quietly entered into Li En's inner world when Gong Li unleashed her terrifying aura, including the steward who was a Dou Huang-level figure and was also a retainer of Gong Li.

Li En walked step by step to Gong Li, who was now seriously injured. Looking at the large expanse of white skin revealed by her torn clothes, a strange smile appeared on his face.

Chen Mu's deepest obsession is Gong Li. To put it bluntly, Gong Li is his true love, which is why he can indulge her in everything. But deep down, he also hopes to completely possess Gong Li and be with her forever.

At this moment, Li En decided to fulfill Chen Mu's dream and erase his obsession.

Tear! !
A powerful burst of battle aura tore through Gong Li's clothes, causing her to cry out in terror, "Chen Mu, what are you doing?"

“You.” Rean chuckled, grabbed her hair and lifted her off the ground, then pressed her down in front of him.

Rean's body trembled slightly, his clothes turned to dust, and the next moment, his longsword returned to its sheath.

Gong Li's acupoints had been sealed, rendering her completely immobile. She could only watch helplessly as Li En did as he pleased.

"Isn't this open space, with the sky above and the ground below, exciting? A slut like you must really like it, right?" Li En whispered in Gong Li's ear, then lifted her up and turned his back to him.

A sword thrust forward. (End of Chapter)