A glimmer of clarity flashed in Fang Daokun's eyes at the obstruction of the four elders, but it was quickly consumed by anger:
"Anyone who tries to stop you will die!"
Fang Tianyang is the hope of the Fang family in this generation. Although he did not win the position of Daozi, he is the chief of Jiutian Peak. Even if he cannot become the Daozi, he can still serve as the peak master.
This was almost the opportunity for the Fang family to advance further.
But now Fang Tianyang has turned to dust. Regardless of the Fang family's years of investment or the deep affection and kinship they have for their child, Fang Daokun can no longer act rationally.
The four elders exchanged glances, their expressions growing even more solemn. They understood Fang Daokun's feelings, but whether it was for Fang Daokun's good or for Zhou Xingdou's, they couldn't help but try to stop him.
Even if Zhou Xingdou really killed Fang Tianyang, he was already a Dao Child awaiting coronation. Even if he were to be judged, it would not be Fang Daokun who could judge him, but Xuan Tianfeng.
If Fang Daokun were to arbitrarily decide on the case and kill Zhou Xingdou, it would be a catastrophic disaster for both Fang Daokun and the Fang family.
Even the Xuantian Dao Sect will not let Fang Daokun go.
So even though all four of them were angry with Zhou Xingdou, they still stopped Fang Daokun from making a move.
The consequences of killing Zhou Xingdou are something neither Fang Daokun nor Jiutian Peak can bear.
But at that moment, a cold shout came from behind the four elders:
"Get out of the way!"
Zhou Xingdou's face was cold and his eyes were like knives.
The injury inflicted by a half-step supreme being's furious strike might be unbearable for others, but for him, it was nothing more than a minor scratch that could be healed in the blink of an eye with a single tremor of the "Zhe" secret technique.
Zhou Xingdou's cold rebuke displeased the four elders, who were already angry, and they glared at him angrily, saying:
"Zhou Xingdou, are you really looking for death?!"
"Did you kill Fang Tianyang, or was it for some other reason? Explain yourself now!"
In their view, Zhou Xingdou was unlikely to kill Fang Tianyang, because there was no need for it and no benefit to him.
Moreover, this was in the main hall of Nine Heavens Peak, right under the noses of several people. Even a fool would know that Fang Tianyang could not be killed, and even if he were, he would not escape.
Moreover, Fang Tianyang was already plagued by inner demons and posed no threat to Zhou Xingdou. Otherwise, they would not have felt comfortable letting Zhou Xingdou be alone with Fang Tianyang and allowing Zhou Xingdou to resolve Fang Tianyang's inner demons.
"I did not kill Fang Tianyang; he died because of a curse I uttered!"
Zhou Xingdou did not hide the cause of Fang Tianyang's death, but before he finished speaking, his aura was rising steadily.
With a "crack" sound, waves of energy rippled from his body, and the shackles between the saint and the supreme saint were broken at that moment!
The majestic power of heaven descended upon the world, and bolts of lightning flashed around Zhou Xingdou. Starlight filled the hall, and the supreme holy might, extremely powerful, pressed down on all directions from Zhou Xingdou!
Zhou Xingdou remained unmoved, unconcerned by the four elders' words and their shock at his sudden breakthrough. His silver-white divine eyes, shrouded in purple aura, stared directly at Fang Daokun, whose anger blazed like a sea, and his voice was as cold as ice:
"Enforcer Fang, I pity your loss of your nephew and will not concern myself with your background or social status. However, I want to clarify that I am not afraid of you. Today, I will fight you and test your status as the number one person under the Xuan Tian Dao Sect!"
If Fang Tianyang hadn't risked his life to spread the word for me, and if I hadn't felt a little guilty for not being able to preserve even a trace of his soul, I fear that Fahai and Qing Yanjing would naturally have come to Jiutian Peak to break the formation by now.
However, his pity was not a reason for Fang Daokun to attack him. Even though he was consumed by rage and lost his mind, Zhou Xingdou could not suppress his anger.
If he swallows his anger at this moment, would he still be Zhou Xingdou?
Fang Daokun was now completely deaf to any further words and roared angrily:
"court death!"
Before he could finish speaking, Fang Daokun had already thrown a punch, another powerful and violent fist imprint slamming towards Zhou Xingdou.
The four elders, naturally, could not accept Zhou Xingdou's suggestion to fight, and remained in front of him.
Moreover, Zhou Xingdou's statement that Fang Tianyang was not killed by him but died from a curse was enough to make them determined not to let Fang Daokun hurt Zhou Xingdou's heart again.
Before they could stop the fist imprint, they felt an extremely heavy power surge behind them, followed by a tearing sound. A dark mountain peak roared past their heads and crashed into the pushed-away fist imprint.
And Zhou Xingdou's voice, like a resounding celestial sound, rang out in an instant:
"I already said, get out of the way!"
The voice carried an undeniable authority, causing the four to involuntarily halt their attack.
At this moment, Zhou Xingdou was enveloped in starlight and lightning, with lightning patterns appearing on his body. In an instant, he used lightning punishment to overcome the four elders and rushed towards the violent fist imprint along with the dark mountain peak.
The pitch-black peak is naturally the Prison Suppressing Peak, its black light stretching like a sea, conveying an extreme sense of heaviness and turbidity.
Zhou Xingdou, shrouded in endless lightning punishment, charged forward with his fist, resembling a lightning spear, his destructive and sharp intent impossible to look directly at.
The dark mountain peak struck the violent fist imprint that was sweeping everything away, instantly stopping the fist imprint and making it impossible for it to retreat even half a step.
Zhou Xingdou transformed into a lightning spear and struck again. With a crack, the fist imprint shattered inch by inch. At this moment, a vertical line flashed between Zhou Xingdou's eyebrows, and lightning waves rose from his body, engulfing the fist imprint and annihilating its power.
"Next!"
"How is that possible?"
The four elders exclaimed in surprise, not expecting that Zhou Xingdou would actually withstand Fang Daokun's fist strike single-handedly.
This was Fang Daokun, a half-step supreme being. Even when Zhou Xingdou forced him to retreat with a single sword strike, none of them were as surprised as they were, because they knew that Fang Daokun couldn't possibly have used his full strength to receive the blow.
However, Fang Daokun, who was in a fit of rage, could easily injure a Great Sage with a single punch, but Zhou Xingdou, who broke through his cultivation level in the heat of battle, caught it.
Moreover, even if Zhou Xingdou broke through to the next realm in the heat of battle, he would only be a pseudo-saint who had not yet experienced the tribulation of lightning, not even a true saint. How could this not alarm them?
Even Fang Daokun, in his rage, was slightly taken aback, his eyes, filled with fury, showing a hint of surprise.
At this moment, Zhou Xingdou broke through the fist seal, raised his left hand, and Zhenyu Peak instantly returned to his palm and was held up by him. He looked at Fang Daokun with a more solemn expression.
He could have long ago reached the level of a Saint, or even a Great Saint, but he had been deliberately suppressing it.
One reason is that one's own strength is too great, and simply breaking through realms doesn't allow one to fully grasp one's potential.
Secondly, he feared that the increase in his cultivation level would make his power unstable and difficult to control.
After fighting Fang Daokun today, it will probably be some time before he breaks through to the Supreme Saint realm.
He thought that after breaking free of the Supreme Saint's Shackles, his increased power would allow him to at least hold his own against Fang Daokun, if not completely crush him.
But it was only after clashing with that punch that Zhou Xingdou realized how terrifying a half-step supreme being could be.
To outsiders, it may seem like you broke the rules effortlessly, but it wasn't easy at all.
He not only used the Thunder Punishment on himself, but also summoned the Prison Suppression Peak. Even so, he only shattered the fist imprint, but the fragments of law on it still had power.
If I hadn't used the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Source to envelop all my powers in thunder waves and wear down those fragments of law, I would have been injured!
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