Chapter 653 652: Too Crude

"Star Dragon Fist!"

Nangong Sheng's aura surged, his killing intent boiling over.

From a distance, he threw a punch at Yang Xiao.

Instantly, a terrifying Divine Dragon, shimmering with starlight, lunged forward with an absolute determination to kill.

Its eyes held both fury and contempt.

He was from a branch of the Nangong Family. His status wasn't the most revered, but it wasn't low either. Most importantly, his cultivation had reached the terrifying Peak of Fifth Tier True God, making him a Divine General. He wasn't too old, either, and could be considered a genius in his own right.

Among the branch members of the Nangong Family, his standing was quite high.

Now, like Nangong Tianling before him, he served a member of the Direct Lineage, Third Young Master Nangong Xinghui. It was safe to say he was among the most successful members of the Nangong Royal Family's branch lineages.

And although Nangong Sheng was arrogant, he also knew how to adapt to circumstances. He cherished his current status and position, fawning over Third Young Master Nangong Xinghui in every way possible, which had earned him great favor.

For instance, he had even been entrusted with a matter as important as presenting women.

This showed the complete trust placed in him.

When he first arrived, Nangong Sheng had carried himself with an air of complete arrogance, acting high and mighty. Even though he had addressed Ao Yuhua as "madam," his tone held not a shred of respect.

He only called her that because of Ao Yushuang.

In his heart, he didn't hold her in high regard at all.

Let alone anyone else.

But now, a mere brat had dared to kill Xing Hanzi and Ao Yuhua right in front of him.

Nangong Sheng felt this was a blatant insult to him. He had to kill this person to vent his anger.

Moreover, he had come here on business for the Third Young Master, and the people he was supposed to liaise with, Ao Yuhua and Xing Hanzi, had both been killed by this man.

'How am I supposed to complete my task now?'

Therefore, for both official and personal reasons, Nangong Sheng had to kill Yang Xiao.

However, just as he charged forward menacingly, thinking he could easily kill Yang Xiao, Yang Xiao just smiled.

"I really don't know where you get your confidence, trying to kill me with a mere seventy percent of your power and such a crude Fist Technique. You truly overestimate yourself."

The moment he said this, Nangong Sheng felt something was wrong.

With a turn of his thoughts, he sent out his Spiritual Power to scan Yang Xiao.

But it stopped several dozen meters away from him, unable to probe any further.

His expression changed instantly.

'Peak of Divine General Level cultivation… This kid is actually no weaker than me? How is that possible!'

Nangong Sheng couldn't believe it.

But the truth was right before his eyes. If their strengths weren't comparable, how could his Divine Thought have been blocked?

And seeing the kid's confident and arrogant expression, Nangong Sheng knew it must be true. Immediately, the punch he had thrown in haste, using only seventy percent of his combat power, seemed inadequate.

However, he disagreed with what Yang Xiao had said about his Fist Technique being crude.

Star Dragon Fist.

This was an excellent Divine-level Fist Technique from the lineage of the Star Emperor. While it wasn't a Dao Attainment Technique that led directly to the path of a Great Emperor, this Fist Technique incorporated both hard and soft styles. It was fierce, domineering, and endlessly versatile, combining various characteristics. Even in the hands of a Divine King, it still possessed extremely strong Attack Power.

It could be considered a top-tier Divine-level Fist Technique.

Nangong Sheng himself felt that although his mastery of this Fist Technique wasn't profound, it was already quite good among those of the same strength—that is, at the Divine General level.

Therefore, even though he had only used seventy percent of his Divine Power, when combined with the might of the Star Dragon Fist, Nangong Sheng felt that even if it couldn't match a full-powered blow from this kid, the difference probably wouldn't be too great.

At the very least, the kid couldn't possibly use this opportunity to seriously injure him. At most, he would just be pushed back.

Besides, taking a step back, even if the kid had the ability to seriously injure him, so what?

He was here representing the Third Young Master, and behind him was the backing of the Star Emperor. Even if this kid had some skills, what of it?

'Does he dare to kill me?'

'He wouldn't dare!'

With this thought, Nangong Sheng, who had been somewhat wary, immediately felt at ease.

His Star Dragon Fist didn't change in the slightest.

He brazenly continued his strike toward Yang Xiao.

He only added another ten percent to its power.

It barely reached eighty percent.

This was already the strongest move he could execute at that moment.

As for this guy's reaction, Yang Xiao just shook his head.

"Originally, if you were smart, you could have forced a retreat and had a chance to live. Perhaps I wouldn't have hunted you down. Unfortunately, you didn't take my advice and still insisted on attacking me. In that case, I can only say I'm sorry."

Yang Xiao smiled faintly.

The Bloodthirsty Divine Sword in his hand was instantly raised.

He slashed out with his sword.

It was an incredibly crude-looking move.

It was precisely his self-created Sword Technique, Meteor Fall.

Upon seeing this move, Nangong Sheng's heart was completely at ease.

'What an arrogant madman. To use such a simple and crude move with a sword, and he had the gall to call my Fist Technique crude? That's just ridiculous. And here I thought I'd met a real opponent.'

He chuckled softly.

A trace of contempt reappeared in Nangong Sheng's eyes.

However, before that contempt could fully show, Yang Xiao's sword collided with the True Dragon Strength from his Star Dragon Fist.

There was no evenly matched struggle as expected.

Nor was there any sound of impact.

What Nangong Sheng hadn't expected was that this move, which seemed so incredibly crude to him, seemed to detonate something the moment it struck the True Dragon Fist Force of his Star Dragon Fist.

His entire True Dragon Fist Force dissipated in that instant.

That's right.

It simply scattered.

Like quicksand, it dispersed in all directions, unable to reform.

No matter how he tried, he couldn't control it.

What was even more terrifying was that Yang Xiao's sword followed the scattered Vigorous Qi and slashed directly toward him.

Its momentum didn't decrease in the slightest.

It was as if his punch had posed no threat whatsoever to the man before him.

It had been utterly shattered.

Like a piece of paper.

It had served no purpose at all.

At that moment, Nangong Sheng's expression changed instantly.

He knew he had encountered an expert—an expert among experts. Recalling what Yang Xiao had said earlier, his face couldn't help but flush red.

'I originally thought this kid was just a boastful braggart, but I never expected him to actually have some skill. But even so, what of it? Does he still dare to kill me?'

With this thought, Nangong Sheng's heart steadied once more.

As if in a fit of pique, he just stood there.

He wanted to see if Yang Xiao would really dare to touch him.

Of course, because he had added that extra ten percent of power, it was now quite difficult for him to dodge. At this moment, Nangong Sheng was like an arrow that had been shot and was about to land; changing its trajectory was simply impossible.

Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as Yang Xiao's sword slashed toward him.

Closer and closer.

Finally, it struck his body.

And at that moment, his expression changed drastically.

A look of astonishment appeared on his face.

A Divine Thought instantly shot out.

"You dare to kill me? The Third Young Master will never let you go!"

The message from the Divine Thought had just entered Yang Xiao's mind when Nangong Sheng felt the agonizing pain of his Divine Soul being torn apart.

Instantly, his vision went black.

He lost consciousness.

To the onlookers, this seemingly long sequence of events had actually happened in the blink of an eye.

They saw Yang Xiao kill the emissary sent by the Third Young Master with a single slash.

Instantly, everyone present was stunned. Some even went weak all over and collapsed to the ground.

They all screamed in their hearts:

'This is a disaster! A complete disaster!'

Even Nangong Tianling's expression turned grim.

Only Yang Xiao stood there calmly, completely unconcerned.

「And at the same time.」

On a continent not far from the Star God Continent,

a young man dressed in magnificent, light purple robes frowned slightly.

"Nangong Sheng is dead? On the insignificant Star God Continent, who would dare kill one of my, Nangong Xinghui's, men?"