He snorted coldly and, when Yao Cunxiao's clawed hand was only half a foot away, he abruptly leaned back.
Yao Cunxiao's strike, which carried the force of wind and thunder, missed.
This made his expression extremely grim.
As for Yao Ke'er...
Her face immediately lit up with joy.
As long as her junior brother could hold his own against her father, he wouldn't die here.
Missing the mark once.
In an instant, Yao Cunxiao had already lunged to the wall, slapping it and using the rebound force to attack with even greater speed than before.
Bai Zihe was already poised for battle.
This time.
Yao Cunxiao formed his hands into palms.
Before the palm energy even reached him, the ground where Bai Zihe stood had already cracked into countless fragments.
The vast palm force...
It whipped up a gale, stinging everyone's faces and making their ears ring with its roar, chilling their hearts and trembling their legs.
Even Yao Ke'er, standing far away, was caught in the wind, her clothes disheveled and her hair messed up!
Bai Zihe also shot up from the ground, unleashing his fists.
Endless palm force surged, not much inferior to Yao Cunxiao's.
"Bang!"
The internal energies collided and exploded with a roar.
The airwaves churned like violent sea waves, spreading rapidly outwards, kicking up clouds of dust and wreaking havoc.
Light flashed like a small sun, blinding the eyes.
But Yao Ke'er still stared intently, trying to see the outcome of their battle.
Amidst the light...
Bai Zihe and Yao Cunxiao retreated simultaneously from mid-air, landing on the ground.
Bai Zihe took five steps back, Yao Cunxiao took six!
Remarkably, Bai Zihe had gained the upper hand!
The next second.
Bai Zihe seized the initiative, vanishing from his spot.
He reappeared before Yao Cunxiao, leaving countless afterimages and stirring up torrents of energy.
"Swish!"
Bai Zihe's fist shot out, aimed at Yao Cunxiao's face.
Yao Cunxiao formed his hand into a blade to block.
Bai Zihe changed his punch to a claw, intending to seize Yao Cunxiao's wrist.
Yao Cunxiao's expression changed drastically, and he immediately retracted his hand.
But Bai Zihe pressed his advantage relentlessly.
In a flash, they had exchanged blows several times.
Just as Yao Ke'er watched in a blur, Bai Zihe suddenly struck Yao Cunxiao's chest with a palm, sending him flying back, crashing into the wall behind him.
"Thud..."
A dull sound echoed, and Yao Cunxiao coughed up blood.
"You lost."
Bai Zihe looked coldly at Yao Cunxiao.
Yao Cunxiao's face flickered with emotions, looking extremely grim, his eyes filled with terrifying intensity.
"Bai Zihe..."
He stared coldly at Bai Zihe, his expression suddenly filled with melancholy, and said in a deep voice, "You are indeed a young prodigy. You may go."
This was a surrender!
Yao Ke'er was astonished to hear this.
Father...
Would surrender?
Was junior brother too powerful?
Bai Zihe didn't think much of it. He walked over, untied the ropes binding Yao Ke'er, and pulled her hand. "Seventh Senior Sister, let's go!"
Until the very end.
Yao Cunxiao did not utter another word, his face remaining somber.
After the two of them left.
A shadow appeared behind him. "Patriarch, why did you not keep him here?"
Bai Zihe was indeed strong.
But the Yao family's power was not simple; the shadow knew this very well.
Yao Cunxiao looked in the direction they had left and said calmly, "The elders are all out on a mission for the Holy Lord."
"At this time, we must not cause internal strife."
"Once it's exposed that the Yao family is vulnerable from within, those old fellows might not be able to resist."
The shadow was instantly startled.
Indeed.
The burden on the Yao family was too heavy.
"Then..."
The shadow still ventured, "Are we just going to let Bai Zihe go?"
"Let him go?"
Yao Cunxiao's face turned incredibly cold, his gaze as chilling as a thousand sharp blades.
He pointed to the corpses of the Grandmasters scattered on the ground. "He acted so arrogantly in my Yao family. If I let him go now, how can I maintain any standing within the Yao family?"
The shadow was momentarily stunned.
"Killing him is not the only way."
"This brat's strength is indeed formidable; even I am no match for him."
"If we were to use the Yao family's power to hunt him down, we might even suffer losses."
"It would be better..."
"To let the Imperial Family handle it!"