Chapter 256 - 160: Ultimate Power, Clashing Head-On with the Physical Body, Everyone Stunned

Chapter 256: Chapter 160: Ultimate Power, Clashing Head-On with the Physical Body, Everyone Stunned

"What?"

RUMBLE!!!

The moment this scene unfolded, the entire Beardless Sect was stunned.

Countless Cultivators stared blankly at what had just happened, acting as if they had been struck by lightning, their eyes filled with disbelief. Time seemed to freeze, and the entire Holy Sect fell dead silent.

Lin Huai’an’s heart was churning with overwhelming shock. He wanted to stand up but couldn’t move an inch; his mind had suffered a terrifying blow. That invisible force was so horrifyingly powerful that he couldn’t possibly resist it. The moment he was suppressed, even the Power of Transcendence within his body seemed to freeze, making it impossible to channel.

Meanwhile, inside the Beardless Saint Hall.

The instant that power appeared, Master Beardless, Master Wugou, and Master Wuchen sprang to their feet as if they had sensed something. Endless horror surged in their ancient eyes, and their faces were written with utter disbelief.

"This... is this...?"

"That power?"

"Could it be...?"

Master Beardless’s eyes were filled with earth-shattering shock. An unprecedented look of astonishment and suspicion lit up his pupils, forming an incredibly complex expression.

After he spoke, Master Wugou and Master Wuchen exchanged bewildered glances. They could see an indescribable look in each other’s eyes. It was shock, horror, and a dismay so profound that it made their breathing turn violently ragged.

"Sect Leader Senior Brother, are you saying that power is truly...?"

The two looked at Master Beardless simultaneously. They clearly had their suspicions and were only waiting for his confirmation.

Master Beardless was utterly struck with awe. He muttered, "I’m still not entirely sure. If he strikes one more time—just one more time—I can make a basic judgment. But it is very, very similar to the legends."

The moment he said it was "very, very similar," the expressions in Master Wugou and Master Wuchen’s eyes underwent a qualitative change. They looked back at the dojo with unprecedented astonishment.

Compared to Master Beardless and the other two who had been the first to react, the current state of the Beardless Sect could only be described with one word: silence!

A deathly silence!

It wasn’t until dozens of breaths later that the quiet was broken.

"Heavens, what just happened?"

"Impossible. How... how is this possible?"

"Is Senior Brother Huai’an... already suppressed?"

"It’s not true, it can’t be true! Who can tell me what just happened? He clearly didn’t even move, let alone raise a hand. How was Senior Brother Lin suppressed?"

The brief silence was followed by a stormy uproar. The entire Beardless Sect suddenly exploded, like cold water splashing into a pot of boiling oil. Cries of alarm rang out one after another. Everyone looked at the center of the dojo as if they had just seen a ghost.

Mu Yunshang, Jun Yichen, and the rest of the nine had shuddered the moment Lin Huai’an suffered the blow. They stared blankly at the two contrasting figures on the dojo, their eyes widened as round as saucers.

"What’s going on? How did Junior Brother Lin lose so suddenly?"

"It’s impossible. Even if Junior Brother Lin’s cultivation base is nearly the weakest among us, he shouldn’t have been defeated this quickly."

"Was Junior Brother Lin bought off by that guy to lose on purpose?"

"There’s something fishy here, definitely something fishy. I don’t believe this is real. How could this possibly be real?"

Clearly, the scene was so absurd that it made them suspicious. Coupled with the operation of the dojo’s built-in power-dampening grand formation, those watching from the outside misjudged the strength of the attack. Ultimately, they just couldn’t accept such a massive disparity and felt that everything was too surreal.

It wasn’t just them who couldn’t accept it; hundreds of thousands of Beardless Sect disciples and countless Elders couldn’t believe it either.

"This absolutely cannot be true. Junior Brother Lin must have been bought off by that guy."

"Why are we talking so much? If you want to know if Junior Brother Lin is secretly colluding with him, why not go down and test him yourself?"

"Senior Sister is right. I am willing to accompany you down there to give it a try."

"Count me in, too."

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

As they spoke, three figures suddenly erupted with earth-shattering auras, tearing through the air toward the center of the dojo. As the three charged forward to suppress him, their voices rang out one after another.

"Eldest Senior Brother is incredibly strong and cannot be compared to ordinary people. The three of us untalented juniors would like to ask Eldest Senior Brother for some pointers."

"Senior Brother, there is no need to hold back. Let me see exactly how Junior Brother Lin was defeated so soundly."

"Suppress!"

In an instant, while most of the Cultivators had yet to process what had just happened, three peerless monstrous prodigies of the Beardless Sect struck in succession, launching a joint suppression attack on Jiang Hao at the center of the vast dojo.

RUMBLE!!!

Perhaps taking heed of Lin Huai’an’s precedent, these three didn’t dare to be careless. They unleashed killer moves right from the start. Their terrifying Power of Transcendence shook the void above the dojo until it became violently distorted.

However, facing this onslaught, the white-clad youth remained unfazed, as if he hadn’t seen it at all.

It had to be said that the cultivation strength and talent of these individuals from the Beardless Sect were not inferior to the Celestial Sword Seven Sons of the Celestial Sword Sect. Mu Yunshang and Jun Yichen were even a notch stronger.

But since the combined strike of the Celestial Sword Seven Sons hadn’t been able to shake that figure back then, it was even more impossible for these three. Therefore, Jiang Hao wasn’t perturbed in the slightest, as he truly felt zero pressure.

Yet in the eyes of the crowd, his behavior made him look exceptionally arrogant.

"Could it be that three Senior Brothers and Sisters entering the fray at the same time still isn’t worthy of him making a move?"

"Isn’t this guy a bit too cocky? He’s still not making a move?"