Chapter 264

Yin Luo is beaten badly, but escapes via a teleportation portal.
But before that Mo Nian and Chen manage to get Yin's leg.
== The Hand ==
"This little fellow really was worthy of being a top expert of the Corrupt path. His body contains Xiantian essence blood, making this leg quite the treasure." Mo Nian didn't have any hesitation and picked up Yin Luo's leg. 
He was just about to say something when the teleportation portal that had been about to shrink to nothing suddenly expanded violently.
A heaven-encompassing hand appeared, and a large finger hundreds of meters long jabbed down on the two of them.
It was as if the entire world had frozen. Even all their breathing and heartbeats had stopped. In front of that hand, they could only wait to die.
It looked just like a huge divinity's hand. Just its finger almost caused heaven and earth to break down. If Long Chen and Mo Nian were hit, not even their bones would remain.
Mo Nian suddenly roared and a mark appeared in the space between his eyebrows. Mo Nian just barely managed to resist the pressure enough to touch his spatial ring. 
A scale half a foot long appeared in Mo Nian's hand. As soon as it appeared, Mo Nian spat out a mouthful of blood onto it. 
The scale instantly absorbed his blood and grew larger, becoming a huge shield. At the same time, it released a green light to protect Long Chen.
That scale came from an ancient, terrifying Magical Beast. Its defensive strength was shocking.
An expert of the Talisman Dao had refined and carved runes onto this scale to increase its defensive strength even further. It had been given to Mo Nian by one of his elders for protection. Even experts on the level of Gui Yan wouldn't be able to break it.
That huge hand descended, breaking apart the vast sky. Long Chen felt a terrifying energy hit him, and the green scale instantly shattered.
Space seemed to have torn apart. Long Chen felt as if his body was about to be pulled apart along with it, and he and Mo Nian shot out like two cannonballs.
They tumbled through the air for several kilometers before stopping. The two of them both vomited blood, intense pain wracking their bodies. They felt like they were about to collapse.
That large hand was too powerful. If it weren't for that treasure Mo Nian's elder had gifted him, the two of them would have been crushed to pieces.
And yet, even with that powerful scale, the two of them had still almost died. Long Chen was absolutely horrified. Just what kind of monster was that? The entire battlefield had been suppressed to the point that no one was moving. 
Seeing that this first attack hadn't killed them, that large hand suddenly formed a huge heavenly palm in the air and viciously slammed down at the two of them.
"Wu Li, your claw has really stretched far today."
Suddenly, a clear voice rang out, sounding as it had come from above the nine heavens. A sword cut apart the blue dome of the sky, slashing down on that hand.