The golden armored figure's words echoed throughout the entire region. Its voice causes nearly everyone to drop to their knees.
"This... This... It's from the Heavens?!"
The middle-aged man was scared out of his wits. He had heard tales of Heaven imposing cruel punishment on those who defiled their fate, but he had never heard about Heaven sending down a being to deal with the offender.
Nearby, his three sons were on their knees, shaking.
"What's... Going... On...?" The eldest brother cries out.
BOOM!
The golden armored figure struck Yan Tu with his guandao. The old man sent out a palm strike, but he didn't meet the incoming blade. Instead, the palm strike blasted Yan Tu back, escaping the sudden attack.
SHA!
The golden armored figure blurs and lunges forward, its guandao aimed straight at Yan Tu's heart.
"Earthly Mountain Peak Ascension!!"
The stone underneath Yan Yu shatters and green energy sprouted upwards. Sharp stalagmite shot towards the armored figure, but the figure was too quick.
RUMBLE!
A mountain arose from the gray stone floor and encased Yan Tu in a green coffin. The armored figure lashes out, shattering the mountain and the green coffin.
BOOM!
The green coffin engulfed the entire area in a fiery explosion.
"Ancestor!"
The people who saw this felt like their heart was torn to shreds. If the Ancestor is dead, then the other clans will pick them apart!
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The explosion dissipates leaving only the golden armored figure floating in the air. It glances around its surroundings on guard. The space above the armored figure shivers.
RIIIP!
The air split open and a roaring golden tiger drops down on the armored figure. The tiger's mouth opens wide and was about to devour the armored figure but was quickly destroyed by an upward slash.
A silhouette appears behind the armored figure and struck its helmet.
"Ancestor! He's alive!"
Yan Tu let out a bellowing roar as he lunged forward with his fist. Before his fist could connect with the armored figure, Yan Tu was blown back with a purple bruise on his chest.
"Puah!"
Yan Tu spewed out blood from the vicious counterattack. He raises his hand and made three mudras to heal his wounds.
WHEW! WHEW! WHEW!
The bruising slowly fades away and Yan Tu charges forward to meet the armored figure.
BANG BANG!
"Agh!"
After trading two blows with the armored figure, it manage to cut off his index and middle finger.
The Yan Clan stood by helplessly. A fierce wind was preventing them from getting closer to the battle that seems to grow more and more distant.
"This is bad!" The old man with the gruff beard had an extremely anxious look on his face.
"Ancestor Yan Tu can no longer perform the 15 Skyroot Buddha Mudras! He won't last any longer if he can't avoid the attacks!"
"Our array formations! We can't activate it!"
"What?!"
"Fuck! What can we do to help ancestor?!"
"Look!"
Yan Tu lands on the shattered stone floor and releases a jade amulet into the air. The jade amulet emits a powerful blast pushing the armored figure away.
Wooooooooo...
The energy from the amulet flowed into Yan Tu. His entire body started to glow brightly till it looked like Yan Tu was equal to the golden armored figure.
"Primordial Beast Procession!!!"
ROAAAAAR!!
The pressure surrounding the entire region became very heavy as countless ancient beasts materialize beside Yan Tu. Their auras were extremely dense causing the air around Yan Tu and the armored figure to distort.
ROAAAAR!!
Yan Tu charges and the ancient beasts follow suit. The stampede shook the entire world and destroy the area around them causing everyone to flee.
The golden armored figure tightly grips its guandao and levitates into the air. With a warcry that sounded like thunder, the golden armored figure struck like lightning. The golden armored figure shatters the ancient beasts causing a powerful explosion that would shake the Heavens.
BAM BAM BAM BAM!! BOOM!
Yan Tu was sent flying into a distant forest. The impact flattened the entire terrain.
"Cough, agh..." Yan Tu stares bleakly upward into the pitch black sky. "Ah... It's an honor... So, this is... The might of the Heavens..."
The golden armored figure appeared next to Yan Tu. It raises its guandao into the air and stabs downward.
PING!
"Eh?"
Yan Tu felt as if his body was anew. Heavenly Qi trickles from the sky onto Yan Tu as the black clouds slowly dissipate.
The blade was just inches away from Yan Tu's head. The golden armored figure was frozen in place. It looked like it was hesitating.
Yan Tu frowns. What was this fellow doing?
The golden armored figure withdrew his guandao and disappears in a flash of light.
"... The Heavens... Spared me...?"