Boom! When the Dragon Fist was unleashed, all four corners were shocked.

By his ear, he could only hear a crisp crackling sound; at the moment when fist and foot connected, time seemed to freeze...

He was sent flying! Fali's physical resistance was no match for Feng Yi. Under the rampaging breath of the storm, her boots and summer pants flew away like dust on the wind, leaving half of her pale thighs suddenly exposed.

Feng Yi, too, was retreating continuously after the recoil... all the while, shaking his slightly painful hand to disperse the hidden force of the impact.

The atmosphere at the scene was quiet; the senior members of the Nangong Family exchanged glances, having not expected the man in black to be this formidable. They had originally thought that he only excelled in speed, but the exchange with Fali was enough to dismiss those suspicions—indeed, he was a true expert.

Fali, unconcerned with her exposed white thighs, was completely taken by surprise at the terrifying strength of her opponent. Was the man in black really this powerful? "Hehe, little brother, you really are quite something."

"The feeling is mutual. Let's call an end to this warm-up and get serious," he replied.

Feng Yi, with a hint of earnestness, massaged his sore hand, then twisted his neck to produce a series of crisp sounds... His face showed absolute nonchalance, which alone was enough to show that he was unquestionably a battle-hardened warrior. The previous fight was nothing more than a regular warm-up for him.

Fali was secretly astonished! Other than sparring within the Nangong Family, she lacked experience in clashing with fighters of such high caliber. Seeing that her opponent was clearly a tough character who had weathered countless storms, her curiosity about Feng Yi's identity grew.

Oh, why think of such things? The battle at hand was more important. Rather than fighting with one shoe, which would be unseemly, she tossed away the other shoe and walked towards Feng Yi with a seductive smile...

The scene unfolding before her made Nangong Ziyu utterly dumbfounded. Could Sister Fali still win? The bad brother seemed to be a BOSS-level character. In her knowledge, apart from family elders, she had never seen or even heard of anyone who could reduce Sister Fali to this state.

In the blink of an eye, the two clashed again. This time, Feng Yi made the first move. With a lowered stance, he launched a Destruction Shock. Like a chariot, his figure charged towards Fali with a momentum that caused the ground to tremble beneath the heavy rhythm of his steps.

Humph, the Nangong Family's secret techniques were not limited to body techniques. To think one could win with strength alone was a fool's dream. Fali, without changing her demeanor, measured up her slender body. In the dead angle that Feng Yi failed to see, she swiftly formed several hand seals with a single hand. As her presence vanished, she disappeared right from the center of the ring, as if she were royalty...

Was it an Illusion Technique, or maybe an invisibility technique? If it were the latter, one should still be able to sense Fali's presence, even just a hint. But there was nothing, which meant it was the former, an illusion, specifically a group-type illusion.

Feng Yi, too, was slightly taken aback. However, what could an Illusion Technique do to him? Sensing the natural fluctuations with the state of emptiness was already the embryonic form of the Blank Paper realm. No-self is the true self; no form is the true form. Even Mengdie's highly advanced Icebound Colorless World could not confine him, so how could such petty tricks deceive him?

When a speck of light emerged in Feng Yi's mind, his palms opened and closed, and with a swish, the shattered specks of light, like a broken mirror, instantly shattered the illusory prison.

Seeing the man in black stride towards her, Fali's brows furrowed deeply. Was she discovered? As her hands quickly danced, she formed various Spirit Communicating Technique seals one after another.

To Fali's and even the Nangong Family senior members' astonishment, every time Fali formed the seals, just as the Spirit Communicating Technique took shape, a sound like a mirror breaking would be heard, resulting in Fali's frantic gestures that ultimately led to nothing happening—the so-called Illusion and Spirit Communicating Techniques were nothing but fabrications. Under the absolute domain of the Blank Paper realm, all that was ethereal would be shattered by reality.

Realizing this, Fali was only slightly surprised before quickly regaining her composure, even calmer than before the fight started, and then gently closed her eyes and murmured softly.

"Do we have to resort to that move?" whispered an elder to himself.

The family head nodded faintly, his expression fraught with disbelief. It could be said that Fali had been pushed to use that move as a last resort. Perhaps after the initial clash, she had realized that close combat was certainly not the man in black's level, so she...

As Fali closed her eyes, a whisper like a gentle breeze suddenly reached Feng Yi's ears. It was an exchange of souls, as if it were happening right before him, yet it seemed to comfort his emotions, awakening memories and feelings deep within his heart. Feng Yi felt as if he were abruptly transported back to his childhood, back to Colonial Planet 103, where he was once again a free mercenary.

The lullaby-like voice kept inducing him to fall into a peaceful sleep...

This was not occult magic nor a charm attack, but a special kind of mental hypnosis used by X Ability Wielders. At that moment, even Feng Yi's eyes began to dim under the influence of the voice...

The attack method of the secretive sects was truly inconceivable; even a master like the man in black could fall asleep quietly under the invisible control of mental ability. If Fali's special skill could still be broken, mental ability was altogether different—it was a personal, real power. No matter how skillful you are with your hands and feet, if your will is weak, one lapse in awareness could leave you vulnerable to the opponent's invasion.

The man in black's condition could roughly be guessed—he must have been hypnotized, and it was a deep hypnosis at that. Even his keen gaze began to lose its luster. His drooping eyelids and the slight shaking of his body, other than proving he could still stand, left him completely defenseless. His condition seemed to foretell the outcome of this fight.

Watching her unsteady opponent, the furrow in Fali's brow finally relaxed. Humph, even the most formidable men can't escape progressive mental hypnosis. In fact, she had been surreptitiously releasing mental power for a special attack from the moment she used the Spirit Communicating Technique. The reason the man in black had no clue was that she herself feared revealing any weaknesses in front of such a master, so the process had been very gentle.

Was this the formidable strength of the Nangong Family elders? Worthy of a secretive sect indeed. While shocked, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines. You dare not offend such Ancient Martial Arts powers, or you might not even know how you died.

Fali said coquettishly, "This battle was so tiring..."

Even though she spoke of fatigue, it seemed to her to be a trivial matter. Then she looked at the little girl and said, "Zi Yu, take out your anger however you wish. I'll leave the rest to you. He probably won't wake up anytime soon."

Watching the motionless man in black, Fali silently shook her head. If not for her strong mental power, this fight might have been very mystifying indeed.

Nangong Ziyu jumped up with joy. Worthy of being Sister Fali, she never knew her sister possessed mental ability attacks. That's so cool! She must give a thorough lesson to this bad guy who bullied others. As for how to teach him a lesson, Zi Yu's lips twisted into a smile akin to that of a little devil's...

"Hmph, such a woman who remembers the taste but not the pain. I told you your vigilance was too low."

In the midst of speaking, a whooshing gust struck by her ear, and Fali was suddenly knocked unconscious to the ground! Feng Yi had warned Fali before about her low vigilance, yet the arrogant often didn't believe.

Another round of gasps went through the crowd at the scene. This battle was full of surprise after surprise, getting more and more bizarre with each moment, until Fali finally woke up. She couldn't believe why this had happened, "You, you were already...?"

"Naïve, fake becomes real in tactical deception."

"But you just..."

Feng Yi silently laughed without offering a detailed explanation. As a battle-hardened soldier, his will honed through countless brushes with death was incredibly resilient. His struggle on the edge of death had birthed an unyielding spirit, which was in essence very similar to resisting hypnosis. Resisting death is an instinct; except for excessive blood loss on Death Planet, Feng Yi had never been hypnotized, not even by the Wind Thunder Military Academy's Professor Rhine and his special machines, let alone mere mental illusion techniques.

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