Chapter 852

Just after running a short distance, she suddenly felt a great alarm rise in her heart.

"Who is it?"

Without hesitation, Fang Dongbai lightly tapped the tip of a blade of grass, using the rebound to retreat backward like a ghost.

"Such elegant body skill, such swift lightness!"

A voice of admiration rose from the ground, and the next moment, a figure appeared out of nowhere.

One palm extended, and the surrounding heavenly qi instantly gathered in his palm, guided by him, slamming toward Fang Dongbai.

This palm strike looked simple and direct, yet held considerable subtlety.

Fang Dongbai had intended to dodge, but suddenly, all surrounding space seemed sealed off.

In an instant, Fang Dongbai lost all room to evade or maneuver.

"Such a tyrannical Wu Gong! Who are you, and why ambush me?!"

At this moment, Fang Dongbai was still dressed as a man, using the alias Fang Dongbai.

She believed she had no enemies in this martial world—why would such a master ambush her in this wilderness?

As she shouted her demand, her hands moved no slower.

Gathering her true qi, she shot out several beams of cold light, directly meeting the thick palm force.

"Hmph! You think the Kuihua Manual can break my Huang Tian palm force? Fool…"

The man instantly recognized the origin of Fang Dongbai's martial art, his tone brimming with contempt.

Just as he was about to use his Huang Tian palm force to directly cripple Fang Dongbai—

"What are you doing…"

A panicked cry came from over there—the very female voice Fang Dongbai had heard earlier.

"Worse! This was a diversion to lure me away? Damn it!"

The man suddenly flew into a rage, abandoning control of his palm force, and vanished into thin air.

Without his control, the Huang Tian palm force lost all its power.

Precisely because the man vanished suddenly, the oppressive aura that had confined Fang Dongbai and prevented her from evading disappeared.

She saw her cold light extinguished beneath the palm force.

With the constraint gone, Fang Dongbai immediately activated the Kuihua Manual's lightness technique, her form turning spectral, barely escaping the palm force.

Even though she escaped successfully, the palm force still sent her qi and blood churning.

After fleeing, she rolled into the nearby grass, gasping for breath.

"Such terrifying palm force—who is this man? Why did he say I was luring him away?"

Fang Dongbai, still shaken, realized that if not for that cry, she would already be dead beyond recovery.

The Nine Provinces truly teem with hidden dragons and lurking tigers.

Even in this remote wilderness, a moment's inattention—despite her former status as leader of the Sun-Moon Cult, at the peak of the Earthly Immortal Realm—nearly cost her life.

Hidden in the grass, Fang Dongbai accelerated her qi regulation.

Outside, she heard constant shouts, the noise thundering.

She could also feel the heavenly qi in this area being constantly drawn and pushed about.

Clearly, several great masters—at least Tianren-level masters—were battling.

Yet she could not fathom why she had been dragged into this fierce fight.

Even after completing her regulation, Fang Dongbai dared not show herself.

Still hidden in the grass, she calmed her mind, regulated her qi, and blocked her aura from detection.

Boom—

"Rebel, don't run…"

After a thunderous explosion, the man who had struck Fang Dongbai with the palm force let out a furious cry.

Then, this patch of heaven and earth gradually fell silent.

This time, Fang Dongbai waited nearly half an hour.

Only when all sounds vanished and she confirmed no one remained did she rise shakily from the grass.

Looking around, she saw that much of this wilderness grassland had been destroyed by the Yu Bo.

Several mangled corpses lay scattered across the charred grass.

Clearly, the battle that had just passed was extremely brutal.

Her luck had been good—she had narrowly avoided this fierce fight.

"Thank goodness! But who exactly were those He Fangshensheng?"

"Forget it—I must find my benefactor first."

Fang Dongbai stopped thinking further, preparing to take out the Desire Luo Pan again from her robe to check her direction.

"Ah! Lord Shangguan, there's another bandit here?"

Just as Fang Dongbai thought she was alone, another voice sounded again.

Fang Dongbai froze in shock, turning toward the sound.

Among the grass, three beautiful figures stood.

Two of them were unmistakably the two she had seen under the moonlight earlier.

The third, she did not recognize.

All three were beauties among beauties; in Fang Dongbai's estimation, at least two surpassed her.

That meant these three were nearly all eligible for the Heavenly Dao Hundred Beauties List!

When did beauties of the Heavenly Dao Hundred Beauties List become so common?

"Who are you? Are you also sent by the rebels?"

As Dong Fang Bai was stunned, the beautiful woman with an air of distinction questioned him in a voice like a oriole's song.

Who are you calling my sister!

Rebels?!

That title was often heard when Dong Fang Bai was still the leader of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect.

After all, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect had been branded a Mo Sect in the Great Ming's martial world, hunted by all.

Even in the Great Ming's official circles, it was regarded as an evil cult guilty of countless crimes.

Only because the Sun and Moon Divine Sect had occasional conflicts with the Great Ming authorities had it escaped a full-scale crackdown.

And after Dong Fang Bai cultivated the Sunflower Manual and achieved great mastery of the divine art.

In the absence of any Earthly Immortal Realm cultivators, Dong Fang Bai was known as the Invincible in the East.

Since then, no one dared call Dong Fang Bai a rebel.

Who would have thought that, after all this time, in this remote wilderness, someone would dare call him a rebel!

"I'm merely passing through here—I'm no rebel. Farewell!"

Dong Fang Bai sensed the three's wariness and knew the previous master must be their protector.

He did not wish to draw that master back and invite danger upon himself.

After a brief explanation, Dong Fang Bai prepared to leave.

What he most wanted now was to find his benefactor as soon as possible.

"Wait! If you're not a rebel, why are you here?

Stay and explain yourself!"

Just as Dong Fang Bai was about to leave, and the two beautiful women said nothing,

it was the maid beside them who suddenly spoke up.

Then, while all were stunned, she launched a sudden attack on Dong Fang Bai.

Dong Fang Bai sneered inwardly: If the tiger doesn't roar, you think I'm a sick cat?

He had been unable to match the previous master's overwhelming palm power—due to the gap in realm.

But you three delicate beauties? None of you have reached the Earthly Immortal Realm.

You think you can stand against me?

Watching the maid charge forward, Dong Fang Bai sneered inwardly, ready to teach her a lesson.

After all, that previous master had nearly taken his life.

Since he couldn't defeat him, he'd make up for it right here on this maid!