Chapter 286: A Palm That Shattered Mountains
A Palm That Shattered Mountains
"Kid, you’re courting death." Drift Sword shouted angrily and the palm arrived in front of him in an instant.
The space between them collapsed under the force of his attack.
Violent mana surged from every direction as his palm descended like a falling mountain. The surrounding air exploded with sharp cracking sounds. Even the clouds above were scattered by the pressure.
Drift Sword’s eyes gleamed with confidence.
After exchanging blows, he had already reached a conclusion.
Leon’s swordsmanship was terrifying.
Terrifying enough to make even him fearful.
However, every powerful sword cultivator shared the same weakness.
Close combat.
Especially when caught before drawing their sword.
In his eyes, Leon’s greatest threat was that heaven-defying sword intent.
As long as he could close the distance and suppress him before another sword strike was launched, victory would belong to him.
The gap in cultivation still existed.
No matter how monstrous Leon was, he was only an early-star Pinnacle Realm cultivator.
Drift Sword refused to believe that a younger cultivator could truly surpass him in every aspect.
The enormous palm shadow tore through the sky.
The attack arrived almost instantly.
Behind Leon, Anna immediately saw through Drift Sword’s intentions.
Her expression changed slightly.
"Senior Brother, quickly draw your sword. Don’t let him get close."
Her voice carried genuine concern.
Even she had subconsciously forgotten her earlier determination to prove herself stronger than Leon.
At this moment, she only wanted to prevent him from being caught off guard.
Unfortunately—
"It’s too late..."
Drift Sword laughed.
The laughter echoed through the battlefield.
His speed exploded once more.
A streak of light crossed the sky.
In less than a blink, he appeared directly before Leon.
His robes whipped violently in the wind.
His palm was already inches away.
Victory seemed certain.
A vicious smile appeared on his face.
Yet at that exact moment—
Something felt wrong.
Very wrong.
Leon did not retreat.
He did not draw a sword.
He did not dodge.
Instead, he calmly raised his right hand.
Slowly.
Almost casually.
As though the overwhelming attack before him was nothing more than a passing breeze.
A faint golden glow appeared around his fingers.
The light was soft.
Gentle.
Quiet.
Yet the moment it emerged, the surrounding space began trembling.
Ancient runes surfaced one after another.
Yin and Yang energies intertwined.
Black and white currents rotated endlessly.
A mysterious Taiji symbol appeared behind Leon.
The scene seemed simple.
Yet it carried an indescribable profundity.
Anna’s eyes widened.
Drift Sword’s pupils shrank violently.
Instinct suddenly screamed at him.
Danger.
Extreme danger.
Before he could react—
Leon attacked.
Boom!
The palm strike landed.
The world seemed to pause.
There was no dazzling explosion at first.
No overwhelming shockwave.
Only silence.
An eerie silence.
Then—
The heavens erupted.
The Taiji Yin-Yang Talisman unfolded completely.
Yin and Yang revolved endlessly.
Creation and destruction intertwined.
A force beyond imagination burst forth.
The seemingly gentle palm contained infinite power.
Behind Drift Sword, an enormous mountain instantly exploded.
Not shattered.
Not cracked.
Pierced.
A gigantic palm imprint appeared through the entire mountain range.
The peak collapsed.
Countless tons of rock were reduced to dust.
The resulting shockwave spread for hundreds of kilometers.
The earth trembled.
The sky roared.
"This..."
Drift Sword’s face instantly lost all color.
The confidence in his eyes disappeared completely.
Only shock remained.
Pure shock.
"Impossible."
He could not accept what was happening.
The moment their palms collided, he felt as though an ancient divine beast had slammed directly into him.
The force was overwhelming.
Unreasonable.
Beyond common sense.
His arm immediately emitted cracking sounds.
Pain exploded through every meridian.
The flesh around his hand trembled violently.
His bones felt as though they were about to shatter.
The violent impact surged through his body like a tidal wave.
His hair stood on end.
Cold fear climbed up his spine.
This wasn’t the power of an ordinary early-star Pinnacle Realm cultivator.
Not even close.
The force hidden within Leon’s body was monstrous.
A complete monster.
"Pfft—!"
A mouthful of blood sprayed into the sky.
Drift Sword’s body was blasted backward like a meteor.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
He smashed through mountain after mountain.
The shockwave followed him across the horizon.
Hundreds of kilometers vanished beneath him in moments.
The sky itself seemed split apart by his trajectory.
Meanwhile, Leon remained standing calmly in the air.
His robes fluttered gently.
Not a single step had moved beneath his feet.
The contrast was so absurd that it left spectators speechless.
Leon lowered his hand.
His eyes flickered thoughtfully.
The result exceeded his expectations.
The Taiji Yin-Yang Talisman had grown far stronger than before.
Ever since his cultivation advanced, the power hidden within his Ancient Supreme Body had become increasingly terrifying.
Combined with the countless enhancements accumulated through the Grand Return System, even Leon himself had not fully grasped where his limits now lay.
Apparently—
Neither had Drift Sword.
Far away, Drift Sword finally stabilized himself.
Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.
His right arm hung unnaturally.
The pain was unbearable.
Yet physical pain was nothing compared to the shock in his heart.
How?
How could this happen?
A sword cultivator who could dominate him with swordsmanship.
A body cultivator who could crush him in close combat.
What kind of monster was this?
The more he thought about it, the colder his heart became.
Meanwhile, Anna had already chased after them.
Her pink hair danced wildly behind her as she crossed the sky.
When she arrived near Leon, her beautiful face was filled with disbelief.
She had expected Leon to block the attack.
She had expected him to survive.
But she had never imagined such a result.
One palm.
Just one.
Drift Sword had been blasted hundreds of kilometers away.
The scene kept replaying inside her mind.
The terrifying Taiji symbol.
The mysterious principles hidden within the palm strike.
The overwhelming force.
Everything felt unreal.
Her red-pink eyes remained fixed on Leon.
The more she looked, the less she could understand him.
His swordsmanship was terrifying.
His body was terrifying.
Even his cultivation foundation was terrifying.
Every time she thought she had seen his limits, he revealed something even more shocking.
A strange feeling quietly surfaced within her heart again.
Pride.
Admiration.
Curiosity.
All blending together.
This mysterious fellow brother from the Fallen Leaf Domain seemed to possess endless secrets.
The wind blew through the shattered mountains.
Dust filled the horizon.
The battlefield that had once been evenly matched was no longer balanced.
For the first time since the conflict began, Drift Sword had been completely suppressed.
And Anna could clearly see it.
The battle was beginning to tilt decisively in Leon’s favor.
Anna followed closely behind, her face filled with shock.
