Chapter 402

Thoughts trembled, the soul quivered!

Fear filled his entire body, drowning his heart!

Swish—

At that moment, a cool breeze swept from behind, brushing against the skin of his nape.

In an instant, Sima Nan felt an extremely chilling, terrifying coldness.

This coldness was frozen to the extreme, piercingly bone-chilling, freezing his very soul!

Bad!

Sima Nan's heart lurched, his expression drastically changed!

He hastily turned his head to look behind.

Before his eyes appeared a pale-clad man with a cold, stern expression!

Jiang Daoxuan?!

Sima Nan widened his eyes, lips slightly parted, unable to close them for a long time, plunged into profound shock!

He never could have imagined.

The one who gave him such a dangerous feeling was none other than this white-robed Sword Marquis, whom he had dismissed as insignificant, whom he thought he could crush at will!

His heart was filled with too many questions.

But under the extremity of fear,

he felt as if a massive boulder had blocked his throat.

Every word he wished to speak stuck fast, unable to escape!

Meanwhile,

the previously noisy scene fell utterly silent.

Not a sound stirred, not even a needle could fall without being heard!

At this moment, regardless of cultivation base, all raised their heads to gaze upward at the two opposing figures, stunned into silence.

Each heart throbbed with dread, unsure what would happen next!

Then, under their collective gaze,

without a single word exchanged, Jiang Daoxuan suddenly struck.

No spiritual energy erupted—only pure physical strength.

One punch delivered, triggering no unusual phenomena, appearing utterly ordinary, even lacking any sense of power!

Yet, to Sima Nan's eyes, it was an entirely different sight!

Seeing the attack descend, he immediately tried to dodge!

But the moment the thought arose, he felt a terrifying spiritual sense lock onto him, pinning him in place!

Unable to move!

No matter how hard he struggled, it remained so!

Facing the cold, hopeless reality, Sima Nan could only lift his head, face twisted in terror as he gazed forward!

That fist grew larger and larger in his pupils.

As the distance closed, Sima Nan suddenly felt an overwhelming, unimaginably powerful force surging from the fist, flooding down upon him like a tidal wave!

An attack of this magnitude... what in the world is going on?!

Jiang Daoxuan, who in the world are you?! How could you possess such terrifying power?!

At this moment, Sima Nan realized something, and his heart was flooded with deep regret.

But now, it was far too late.

The only thing he could do was watch helplessly as the attack struck him!

The next instant.

Boom!

A dull, thunderous explosion rang out, echoing all around!

Terrifying power surged into Sima Nan's entire body, flowing through every limb and vein!

Just one punch.

Sima Nan, the Tiandou Prefecture Prefect with half-step Sun Wheel cultivation base, his skin shattered, flesh torn to pulp, exploded violently, then turned into a horrifying dark-red mist of blood!

Drip... drip...

Blood rained across the entire scene.

Though all cultivators present evaporated it with spiritual energy, leaving not a single drop on their bodies,

it splashed onto the ground, forming one small blood pool after another.

One punch—Sima Nan perished!

Facing this unbelievable, almost theatrical scene,

many present turned pale with fear, eyes filled with confusion.

"This... this is impossible? How could Sima Nan die so easily?"

The entire battle was far too effortless.

It shattered the belief of all who thought this would be a evenly matched fight!

All Sun Wheel True Persons fell into collective silence.

For a moment, they were stunned to realize they had no words to say.

Compared to others,

these Sun Wheel cultivators suffered far greater shock.

After all, he was a top-tier cultivator of Tiandou Prefecture.

Basically everyone had come into contact with this Prefecture Lord, Sima Nan.

Which made them all the more aware of just how terrifying he truly was.

So terrifying that they had never dared entertain the thought of defeating him; their boldest notion was merely to hold their own against him.

Yet now, such a fearsome enemy—

—couldn't even last a single move against the White-Robed Sword Marquis!

This was simply too absurd, too outrageous.

So outrageous that even in their dreams, it had never once appeared!

What was even more chilling upon reflection—

—was that the White-Robed Sword Marquis could kill Sima Nan with a single punch.

This White-Robed Sword Marquis's cultivation base and realm—

—had now reached exactly what inconceivable level?!

Was it really just a mere Moon Wheel?

What kind of joke is this? It's practically an insult to our intelligence!

At this moment, a few guesses arose in everyone's heart.

They all assumed he had cultivated some special technique that concealed his cultivation base.

Causing his true cultivation to remain hidden, and thus only revealing Moon Wheel cultivation!

"But even if this Jiang Clan Leader possesses Sun Wheel cultivation, I'm afraid he still cannot handle the situation that comes next."

"Sigh, who says otherwise? Sima Nan was, after all, the Prefecture Lord of Tiandou Prefecture Prefecture, a man of the imperial court. Now that he has suddenly perished in the Northern Dipper, once the imperial court learns of this, I'm afraid they won't even wait to ask the reason before viewing it as a provocation first and descending with heavy punishment..."

"Once the imperial court is enraged and chooses to act, dispatching a Ten Thousand Manifestations True Lord to descend upon Cangwu, I'm afraid this Cangwu Jiang Clan will become history..."

"Sigh, this White-Robed Sword Marquis was ultimately too rash. With such talent and strength, if he had endured a little longer, his future achievements would be unimaginable—he might well have advanced to Ten Thousand Manifestations. Why the rush at this moment?"

"Exactly right. If he had spared Sima Nan and merely given him some minor punishment, why take this most dangerous path?"

The crowd sighed in unison, all feeling this scene was a pity.

Jiang Daoxuan was able to break through to Sun Wheel at such a young age, showing how terrifying his talent was.

If he were allowed to grow for a few more years, his future would be boundless—he would surely be a seed for the Ten Thousand Manifestations realm!

Yet now, because of Sima Nan, this half-step Sun Wheel cultivator, he has offended the imperial court and wasted his own bright future. Truly a pity.

After all, the Prefecture Lord represents the imperial court; he is the imperial court's face abroad.

Therefore, since ancient times, almost no one has dared provoke a Prefecture Lord, let alone slay one.

Even if there truly were some brazen fool who dared to slay a Prefecture Lord—