At this moment, the sect master of the Gaoyuan Sect saw this scene with Ding Fan and was very shocked in his heart, but at the same time extremely excited. The oppressive feeling caused by the sect master of the Qinghe Sect was completely gone. Although his disciple lost to the opponent, it wasn't such an embarrassing defeat!

This is simply something that can make oneself laugh for a year. It's incredibly thrilling! The reversal came so quickly!

At this moment, Ding Fan took the flying sword off the opponent's shoulder and calmly said to the opponent in mid-air:

"Your strength is not bad, but your mental state is too fickle. If you do not change, your cultivation will remain like this."

The muscular man heard Ding Fan's words and was momentarily stunned, then angrily said to Ding Fan:

"You only succeeded because of a sneak attack! How could you be my opponent, daring to lecture me? It's simply ridiculous!"

"Whatever you say."

Ding Fan looked at the opponent, merely responding with these three words, then turned and walked up the mountain without looking back.

"You... stop! I want to challenge you again!" The muscular man was very angry upon hearing Ding Fan's words. Clearly, he hadn't expected the opponent to leave after speaking, which in the muscular man's heart was an extreme humiliation! How could he let the other person go!

Ding Fan turned a deaf ear and continued walking, ignoring the opponent entirely.

Ding Fan only saw the opponent as a disciple under his brother, therefore he decided to offer some advice, albeit harsh, but it was accurate and factual. Since the other party was unwilling to listen, he would not concern himself further.

The muscular young man saw Ding Fan didn't even look back, and couldn't help but feel immense anger in his heart. He directly took out a longsword and charged at the opponent. He had always been a standout among his peers, how could he tolerate being insulted by a stranger? He was determined to teach the opponent a lesson.

At that moment, the eyes of the muscular young man were burning with fury, not caring whether Ding Fan's cultivation was above his. The only thing in his mind was taking down this opponent, showing them a lesson, avenging his earlier disgrace!

Boom!

The instant the muscular young man's longsword was unleashed, the air seemed to explode, evidencing significant power. After all, the muscular young man's cultivation was at the middle stage of the Dividing Spirit, although not comparable to Ding Fan, it was not weak within the Cultivation World, even many adults couldn't reach the Emergence Stage.

"Stop!"

At this moment, Sect Master Tian saw the muscular young man's actions and couldn't help but shout loudly. Even Sect Master Tian couldn't quite grasp the strength of that young man. His apprentice had already been defeated, and now attacking again would surely be futile, especially as this time his disciple was attacking from behind. If he were killed, others could say nothing!

But at this moment, the muscular man was completely engulfed in rage, unable to hear Sect Master Tian's words. He poured all his cultivation power into his longsword, fiercely stabbing towards Ding Fan, wanting to show the opponent he could absolutely defeat them!

Ding Fan, with his powerful Divine Sense, although facing away, was clearly aware of each move from the opponent's sneak attack.

Just as the muscular young man's longsword was about to pierce Ding Fan, he suddenly turned around, shouting loudly.

"Golden Dragon Emergence!"

Following Ding Fan's loud shout, even the air seemed to tremble from his roar. Simultaneously, Ding Fan punched out, using the same move that defeated the young cultivator. His fist charged directly at the opponent's longsword, like several giant Heavenly Dragons soaring on Ding Fan's arm, with savage expressions and gaping maws aiming at the muscular young man.

Rumble!

With a loud crash, the muscular young man's flying sword shattered into pieces, breaking into segments. At the same time, Ding Fan's punch, wielding multiple dragons, struck directly into the muscular young man's body, sending him flying backward, blood spurting from his mouth into the air.

At this moment, the muscular young man crashed heavily to the ground, feeling as though his chest would explode. His entire body dared not move a muscle, clearly gravely injured, though not fatally so, but devoid of combat capability, even struggling to stand.

Though Ding Fan struck the opponent, he did not deal a lethal blow, withholding some power. Although the opponent misbehaved, he was one of Long Ren's disciples, and Ding Fan couldn't kill him. However, if the opponent refused to change and continued to attack, Ding Fan wouldn't hesitate to eliminate him.

Even at that time, Brother Long Ren couldn't say anything, after all, Ding Fan's patience had limits.

Now, the muscular young man was sprawled on the ground, barely supporting himself with one arm, looking at Ding Fan with both anger and shock. Previously, when he was caught off guard, but now, having launched an ambush, he was utterly defeated with just one punch...

The muscular young man's eyes filled with viciousness, but now, even considering attacking was futile, as standing was a great struggle.

"Disciple, are you alright?"

Sect Master Tian had watched the scene between Ding Fan and the muscular young man, but it was too late to intervene. Sect Master Tian rushed to his disciple's side, seeing the blood on his lips, his face filled with concern, asking with deep worry.

The muscular young man heard his master's words, feeling very unwilling, and said:

"I'm fine, master, but I can't tolerate the other's insult! I want to kill him! I... cough cough cough..."

The muscular young man, by the end of his speech, couldn't help but get angry, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood again, but his eyes were still fixed on Ding Fan with immense unwillingness and anger in his heart.

"Alright, alright! Disciple, rest assured, your master will absolutely not let that brat humiliate you. I'll kill him right away!"

Sect Master Tian looked at his disciple's demeanor, feeling deeply hurt inside, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to Ding Fan, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and he immediately walked towards Ding Fan.

Sect Master Gao, witnessing this scene, was also very shocked. At this time, seeing Sect Master Tian walking towards the opponent, he hurriedly blocked in front of him, anxiously saying:

"Brother Tian, this is below Giant Peak Mountain; you can't kill here!"

Although Sect Master Gao is usually considered an opponent of Sect Master Tian, after all, everyone is a member of the Thirty-Six Caverns, essentially one family. Naturally, he didn't want to see the other make a mistake; it's absolutely forbidden to kill around the Thirty-Six Caverns meeting, if the Lake Master found out, it would be a great crime!

But at this moment, Sect Master Tian was beyond caring about rules or not. Now that his disciple was beaten badly by this strange young man, he couldn't just sit back and do nothing; naturally, he had to avenge his disciple. Although his disciple tried to sneak attack the opponent and was severely injured by him, it was the opponent who insulted his disciple first.

Hence, he had to properly teach the opponent a lesson, making him kneel before his disciple and apologize was just the beginning...

At this moment, Sect Master Tian, completely blinded by the muscular young man's injuries, was overcome with anger. Sect Master Gao, witnessing this, was relatively clear-headed, realizing that the young man had actually held back against the muscular young man; otherwise, the injury wouldn't have been merely that serious.

Sect Master Gao was very shocked by Ding Fan's power, realizing that although the young man's age was similar to his disciples, his strength was far beyond typical young cultivators, especially with that recent punch.

Not only did he strike the opponent while facing away, but he also severely injured the opponent, and it was indeed possible that he could have ended the muscular young man's life with that punch. For a moment, Sect Master Gao even doubted whether he could defeat this young man himself; it seemed uncertain, perhaps even an unknown challenge.

Now Sect Master Gao could see that the opponent had hidden too many tricks. Clearly, the young man's various means hadn't been fully displayed, even if he himself faced the opponent, he didn't have complete confidence in victory. At this moment he couldn't hold back Sect Master Tian, sighing helplessly in his heart.

Afraid that Sect Master Tian would cause trouble...

At this moment, Ding Fan watched the middle-aged man walking towards him, feeling quite calm inside. Despite the other's cultivation being at the mid-Emergence Stage, it wasn't beyond Ding Fan's ability to eliminate, given the mistakes of the other's disciple had been spared already, but if the Sect Master couldn't discern right from wrong, there's no need for Ding Fan to hold back.

Sect Master Tian was about to reach Ding Fan when he released thick True Qi all over, with one hand forming a palm and the other a fist, ready to strike Ding Fan. But just as he was about to hit Ding Fan, suddenly an incredibly loud voice echoed from below the mountain.

"Enough! Stop it right now!"

The voice was extremely powerful, momentarily causing Sect Master Tian to be stunned and feel a slight dizziness, indicating the speaker was not ordinary, for a mid-Emergence Stage cultivator to have such a feeling.

Sect Master Tian couldn't help but halt his True Qi, lifted his gaze, and when he saw the two people descending the mountain, his heart jolted, filled with fear, he respectfully said to them:

"Greetings to Lake Master! Greetings to Great Elder!"

Sect Master Gao and others saw the two descending from the mountain and felt equally shocked, displaying a fearful respect, they respectfully bowed and said:

"Greetings to Lake Master, greetings to Great Elder!"

"Greetings to Lake Master! Greetings to Great Elder!"

"..."

At this moment, Ding Fan saw everyone's expressions, then turned to see the newcomers, recognizing Long Ren immediately, Ding Fan couldn't help but smile knowingly at Long Ren and said:

"It's been a while, brother?"

"Sorry, big brother, I'm sorry, big brother. Little brother arrived a bit late, causing big brother to be startled." Long Ren, upon seeing Ding Fan, quickly ran over to him, sincerely apologizing. He honestly didn't expect Big Brother to arrive at this moment, almost getting involved with a Sect Master, feeling a wave of guilt in his heart.

"No worries, brother."

Ding Fan heard Long Ren's words and said calmly. Regarding these cultivators, Ding Fan truly didn't care; if he wanted to eliminate them, it wouldn't be a problem.