Invincible Dad-Chapter 569 Not So Impressive_1

"..."

Deng Xiaoyao froze. Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao were also stunned for a moment.

The two little ones tacitly took a step back, their gazes shifting subtly to the front-left, as if pretending not to know Ruan Lan.

"Nephews, when you’re adventuring in the wide world, the most important thing is your name. Announce yourselves," Ruan Lan said with a grand flourish.

"My name is Qian Xiao," Qian Xiao declared in a booming voice.

SMACK!

Ruan Lan knocked Qian Xiao on the head. "Speak like a normal person."

Qian Xiao looked puzzled.

They heard Ruan Lan cough. "You and Yiyi are now the Left and Right Protectors of the Star Origin Sect. What a prestigious status that is."

"..."

Qian Xiao turned to leave. "I’m going home. Goodbye, my dramatic little auntie!"

"No, no, wait!" Ruan Lan grew anxious. "Yiyi, quickly, talk some sense into this silly boy."

"Yiyi? You are Xu Yiyi, the daughter of Xu Lai!"

A boundless, murderous aura erupted from Deng Xiaoyao as he stared intently at Xu Yiyi. After a long moment, he began to laugh eerily. "So, Xu Lai is too afraid to die himself and sends his daughter in his place? Is he hoping to trade one life for another? How absurd!"

"That’s a lie! My papa is the strongest person in the whole world. He’s not afraid of death at all," Yiyi retorted, puffing out her cheeks. "You’re a bad man."

"I am not a bad man." Deng Xiaoyao’s hunched back gradually straightened, his eyes shining with vigor. He spoke each word deliberately, "I am—"

RUMBLE... 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Before Deng Xiaoyao could finish, thunderclouds churned overhead, and a bolt of Heavenly Thunder enveloped him. Although it caused no injury, it drowned out the rest of his words.

"See? He has to be a bad man, or why else would he be struck by lightning?" Qian Xiao muttered. His eyes then widened in shock, for the old man who had been struck by Heavenly Thunder was completely unharmed!

"Killing you will serve just as well to avenge my grandson."

A cold glint flickered in Deng Xiaoyao’s eyes. He clenched his fist, catching another descending bolt of Tribulation Thunder in his palm and hurling it at Xu Yiyi!

WHOOSH...

The palm-thunder carved a brilliant trail of fire through the air, reaching Xu Yiyi in the blink of an eye.

Ruan Lan, who had been smug just a moment before, was now scared out of her wits. She could sense an incredibly terrifying power from that bolt of palm-thunder, an energy that felt as if it could reduce the entire island to ash. For a moment, she was so frightened she stood frozen to the spot.

Qian Xiao instinctively moved to dive in front, to shield his boss with his own small body, only to see Xu Yiyi open her mouth and swallow the bolt of palm-thunder whole.

"Burp."

Yiyi exhaled a puff of black smoke. She furrowed her little brow. "That wasn’t very good. Not as tasty as clouds."

"..."

Deng Xiaoyao was dumbfounded.

That was Tribulation Thunder! Even if it was only the most common, single-colored Heavenly Thunder, it wasn’t something an ordinary person could withstand. Even an early-stage Divine Gate Realm expert would be gravely injured by such a blow. But this little girl... not only had she swallowed it in one gulp, but she was also completely fine!

"You despicable old man," Ruan Lan said, her face pale with fury. "You tried to kill my niece? I’ll fight you to the death!"

"And what can a young boy like you do to kill me?" Deng Xiaoyao snorted coldly.

"Me? A young boy?" Ruan Lan felt like she was about to cough up blood. Even with her hair tied up, she still had a ponytail. How could he mistake her for a boy? She was already furious that her niece had been attacked, and now he had struck a nerve.

Casting all caution to the wind, Ruan Lan brought out the Formation Chessboard, unleashing dozens of formations in a single breath.

"Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation!"

"Starlight Array!"

"Four Seasons Rotation Array!"

"..."

Although Ruan Lan’s Boundary was low and she only used Spiritual Energy to construct the formations, which significantly reduced their strength, she made up for it with sheer numbers.

Thirty-six formations suddenly crashed down, two of which were among the most invincible offensive arrays in the entire Universe. Even as weakened versions, they gave Deng Xiaoyao a major shock. He could feel the entire atmosphere of Sea Temple Island change in an instant. Standing amidst the thirty-six formations, his heart was seized with terror. His intuition screamed that his life was in danger.

At that moment, Deng Xiaoyao no longer dared to hold back. Spiritual Energy flooded his entire body, and his Realm pressure exploded outward!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The sound of formations shattering rang out one after another, but three arrays remained unbroken. Among them were two Starlight Arrays. One was defensive, shielding Ruan Lan, Yiyi, and Qian Xiao. The other focused on offense; working in tandem with the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation, it began to harness the power of starlight from the universe, transforming it into countless stellar pillars that smashed down fiercely.

BOOM!

A tall mountain on Sea Temple Island crumbled.

"Oops," Ruan Lan cried out. "My aim was off."

However, the second pillar of starlight descended upon Deng Xiaoyao’s head, and the expression of the legendary swordsman from Penglai Sword Pavilion changed drastically. He held two fingers together like a blade and slashed viciously at the descending light.

BANG!

The starlight shattered in a breathtakingly beautiful explosion.

"What a pity, so close," Ruan Lan lamented, slapping her thigh.

"Auntie, are you any good at this? I gave you an opening, why are you fumbling it?" Qian Xiao said anxiously.

"Shut up," Ruan Lan snapped, glaring at him.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Pillar after pillar of starlight fell, but every single one was cleaved apart by Deng Xiaoyao.

"You’re courting death."

Deng Xiaoyao’s back was no longer hunched. He stood tall, his body radiating a terrifying aura. His graying hair instantly turned black, and with his piercingly sharp eyes, one could easily believe he was a young man of twenty.

"At three, I entered Penglai to begin my cultivation. At five, I sought a blade in the Sword Tomb. At ten, I became the foremost talent of Penglai’s younger generation, and Supreme Elder Tianyao took me as his Direct Disciple. At eighteen, I laid waste to Sea City," Deng Xiaoyao recited, as if speaking to himself. "The current Pavilion Master is my senior brother, yet neither his talent nor his swordsmanship can compare to mine! To advance my path of the sword, I left the Sword Pavilion to challenge the masters of the world, but they were too weak. So, I used Penglai’s Heaven Rank to travel to the stars. Seventy years ago, I was invincible on Earth. Seventy years later, I remain so. Your formations are nothing!"

Though he had been flustered by the initial ambush, he had now completely stabilized the situation, continuously slicing through the starlight with his fingers as if they were swords. Even as the Demon Sword in his possession trembled restlessly, Deng Xiaoyao didn’t spare it a single glance. His belief in his own invincibility was absolute. Besides, the Mojian Wuzheng was a divine weapon he had brought to deal with Xu Lai; he disdained using it against mere children.

TAP. TAP. TAP.

Enduring the immense pressure from the formations, Deng Xiaoyao continued to advance step by step. In just three minutes, he closed the distance to less than two hundred meters.

"..."

Ruan Lan bit her lower lip hard, realizing how tricky the situation was. Even the primary offensive Starlight Array and the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation couldn’t kill this old man, or even fully suppress him. Cold sweat dripped down her forehead. She knew they might die here.

"Auntie, are you going to pull through?" Qian Xiao said nervously. "That old man is coming! He... he’s drawing his sword!"