Qin Cheng sighed and said, "It's all my fault for acting impulsively. A few days ago, I happened to see the Gongshu family bullying the weak. I couldn't stand it, so I fought with them."

Who would have thought that I would strike too hard and cripple that person's cultivation by a significant amount.

"He must have been beaten badly, so he went to his elders to vent his anger!"

Lan Hua almost laughed. This person from the Gongshu family must be quite old, perhaps several hundred years old, yet he acted like a child, going to his elders after being beaten.

"I never expected Brother Qin to be such a righteous person. I admire him!"

Qin Cheng said with a wry smile, "Brother Lan, you must never follow my example in the future. Many people in the Heavenly Domain have powerful backgrounds. If you beat them up, you'll be in for a lot of trouble!"

The rumbling sound grew closer and louder, and in just a few breaths, a huge white tiger stood before the two of them.

With a roar, a terrifying shockwave erupted from the white tiger's mouth, forcing the two to activate their protective energy.

Atop the white tiger's head stood a proud figure with half-white hair and a goatee.

The old man, with an imposing air, looked at Qin Cheng and said coldly, "You are Qin Cheng?"

Qin Cheng snorted, "That's right, it's your grandpa!"

The old man's face immediately turned angry, and he said in a cold voice, "You injured a junior of my clan. This matter is not over. You must give me an explanation!"

Qin Cheng glanced at the old man and snorted, "Which ancestor of the Gongshu family are you? How can you be so unreasonable?"

Your junior bullied the weak, and I, your grandfather, disciplined him. I'm so sorry to have bothered you, sir!

The old man's face turned ashen, and he roared, "I am Gongshu Yan, the tenth patriarch of the Gongshu family. In this Heavenly Domain where strength reigns supreme, who still cares about benevolence and morality?"

"Boy, are you planning to cripple your cultivation, or do you want to experience the power of my Gongshu family's mechanical beasts?"

Qin Cheng's expression changed slightly, but he still refused to admit defeat, "So what if I injured a junior of your clan? Is it necessary to make such a fuss and invite the White Tiger, one of the four mechanical beasts of the Owl Gate's Mechanical Hall? And it's the weakest one at that!"

After attaching themselves to the Owl Sect, the Gongshu family used the materials provided by the Owl Sect to create four mechanical beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Gongshu Yan sneered, "As long as you cripple your own cultivation, this mechanical beast will naturally not make a move!"

"Dream on!"

Qin Cheng said in a low voice, "Brother Lan, please step back. This is none of your business!"

Lan Hua nodded slightly, flew away, and landed on a distant mountaintop.

"Let me see just how powerful the Gongshu family's mechanical beasts really are. Your Gongshu family's mechanical arts are formidable in the lower realm, but I wonder how they are in the celestial realm?"

When the Gongshu family in the lower realm was mentioned, Gongshu Yan was immediately filled with rage.

After the Gongshu family of the Half-Heaven Realm was destroyed, the Gongshu disciples in the Heavenly Domain quickly received the news, and they were all indignant.

Tianpan Mountain Mechanized City is their root. No matter how well they do in the Heavenly Domain, they are ultimately dependent on the Owl Sect's power and do not have complete independence.

The destruction of the Mechanized City and the deaths of all the noble families in the lower realms were tantamount to the severing of the bloodline of the Gongshu people in the Heavenly Realm.

In the long run, the Gongshu family will eventually be completely wiped out by time. How could Qin Cheng not enrage Gongshu Yan by mentioning this matter?

"Then I'll grant you death!"

Gongshu Yan lightly touched the ground with his foot, leaving the white tiger's head. The tiger roared and raised one of its front legs, about to strike Qin Cheng.

The white tiger was fifteen zhang tall, and with just one claw, it could crush Qin Cheng.

However, Qin Cheng was no pushover either. He swung his immortal blade upwards and struck the white tiger's paw.

boom!

The blade's energy shattered instantly upon touching the white tiger's paw. Qin Cheng was greatly surprised and quickly retreated, leaving a large crater in the spot where he had been struck.

Lan Hua, watching from afar, was shocked by the White Tiger's strength. To be able to easily break through Qin Cheng's strike, the White Tiger must have strength above the True Rank.

With the White Tiger clad in heavy armor, Qin Cheng, at only the peak of the Celestial Realm, had absolutely no hope of winning.

Although Lan Hua kept her eyes on the white tiger, trying to find its weakness, she was praying that Qin Cheng would not fight it head-on and that running away would be the best strategy. As long as she could escape, that would be the greatest victory.

Qin Cheng gripped the sword with both hands, one blade pointing skyward, and unleashed the first move of the Fearless Sword Technique, a hundred-foot-long, blazing sword aura slashing towards the white tiger's head.

"Hmph, useless!"

Gongshu Yan sneered, and with a slight movement of his two right fingers, the White Tiger actually took the blade's energy head-on.

boom!

The blade's energy shattered once more, and the White Tiger roared fiercely, unleashing a terrifying sonic wave that swept straight towards Qin Cheng.

Caught off guard, Qin Cheng suffered ear injuries from the sound waves, and his internal organs were also severely damaged.

After the White Tiger landed a successful attack, its eyes suddenly turned red, and two beams of light shot towards Qin Cheng.

Qin Cheng swayed, dodging the two beams of light, and flew to the side of the white tiger. He gathered immense Yuan power in his longsword, intending to slash directly at the white tiger's left leg joint.

The joints are considered the weak points of mechanical beasts, the flaws that most people would think of, but Gongshu Yan was not worried about Qin Cheng's attack at all.

The white tiger suddenly turned its head and roared again, the terrifying sound waves forcing Qin Cheng to sheathe his sword to protect himself.

"Damn it, these sound waves are really troublesome, and the White Tiger's body is so tough. How can I break through them?"

As Qin Cheng pondered, the white tiger charged forward, its massive paws pressing down, forcing him to dodge once more.

"I'll just chop you to pieces!"

Qin Cheng suddenly attacked Gongshu Yan in the distance, using the third move of the Fearless Sword Technique, Hundred Boats Racing.

Hundreds of sword beams shot out, clearly aimed at Gongshu Yan in mid-air, but left countless deep marks on the ground.

"I'm not playing with you anymore. Let the White Tiger send you on your way!" Gongshu Yan sneered, showing no intention of dodging.

The white tiger leaped up and stood in front of Gongshu Yan. Then, with a movement of its entire body, countless holes appeared on its surface.

Compared to its enormous body, the holes were tiny, but compared to Qin Cheng, those holes were half the thickness of a forearm.

"Be careful!" Lan Hua couldn't help but remind him.

Countless red beams of light shot out from the hole, their power terrifying, shattering all the incoming blade energy.

The remaining beam of light then shot towards Qin Cheng, who was greatly surprised and hurriedly brandished his longsword, conjuring countless blade energies in front of him.

boom!

The beam of light pierced through Qin Cheng's defenses and struck his body hard, blasting him to the ground. Countless ribs were broken, and he grimaced in pain.

Gongshu Yan looked at Qin Cheng, who was covered in blood, and exclaimed, "He's still alive! Well then, let's see him through to the end!"

The white tiger roared to the sky, and a red light suddenly appeared in its mouth. A terrifying energy fluctuation came from it, which startled Lan Hua, who was far away.

"Even that True-Rank Black Ancient Bird couldn't stop such energy, right?"

"Brother Qin, retreat quickly!"

Lan Hua quickly summoned the Yuehua Bow and unleashed the Six Gods' Despair move, shooting it at Gongshu Yan. A rain of thirty-two invisible arrows locked onto Gongshu Yan's three vital points.

Although Gongshu Yan has lived for hundreds of years, his cultivation level is only at the ninth level of the Celestial Realm. The real threat is still that white tiger mechanical beast.

If a diversionary tactic is employed, Baihu will have no choice but to turn around and block the invisible arrow.

With a turn of its head, the white tiger unleashed a massive red beam of light from its mouth, annihilating the rain of arrows before sweeping it towards Lan Hua.

Lan Hua used the Flowing Light Step, leaving several afterimages in her wake, and appeared beside Qin Cheng, pulling him away quickly.

Gongshu Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Invisible Arrow? Flowing Light Step? Could this kid be... Lan Hua?"