The Imperial Martial Pill Venerable

Above the Zhao Mansion, Qin Ya hovered, clad in white robes. His expression was impassive, his eyes holding a biting, wintry chill. He gazed down at the Zhao Mansion, now enveloped by a Defensive Array. A slight, cold smirk touched his lips. "So, you’ve activated your Clan Protection Array? Zhao Family, are you feeling guilty? But it won’t help you escape!"

At that moment, a white-haired old man advanced through the air. Peering through the light barrier, he stared at Qin Ya. A flicker of guilt crossed his eyes, but his expression quickly turned grim and cold. His voice was laced with a chilling tone as he demanded, "Qin Ya, what have you come to the Zhao Family for!"

"To take the lives of those who deserve to die!"

Qin Ya’s tone was icy. He recognized the old man before him. It was one of the Lords of Influence who had been trapped within the Heaven-Trapping Array, and he was also the Patriarch of the Zhao Family!

"’Those who deserve to die?’ What arrogance!"

The Zhao Family Patriarch knew that for Qin Ya to arrive in Feixi City with such a bearing, he must have already discovered the plot against him. But Qin Ya had broken the Heaven-Trapping Array and saved them. Now, facing him, the Patriarch found his confidence wavering.

Left with no other choice, he had activated the Clan Protection Array to avoid a direct confrontation.

"Qin Ya, considering you broke the array and saved us, if you leave now, I can pretend none of this ever happened. What do you say?" the Zhao Family Patriarch said, trying to persuade him.

’Nothing ever happened?’

A slight smirk touched Qin Ya’s lips, and the coldness in his eyes intensified.

’Do you really think plotting against me is something that can be so easily forgotten?’

With that thought, Qin Ya raised a palm to the sky, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. The energies of Wind and Thunder converged, forming a colossal Palm Seal that he smashed down toward the Zhao Family.

BOOM! A tremendous roar shook the entire area.

The Palm Seal struck the protective barrier, sending ripples across its surface, but it remained completely undamaged!

The onlookers broke into discussion upon seeing this.

"’Plotting?’ Looks like the Zhao Family really did do something."

"It’s strange. Why isn’t the Zhao Family Patriarch coming out to fight himself? With his level of strength, he shouldn’t be afraid of Qin Ya. Why activate the Grand Array?"

"Could it be that he has a guilty conscience?"

"An Eighth-Grade Defensive Grand Array isn’t so easy to break."

The Zhao Family Patriarch watched Qin Ya’s brow furrow slightly, a smug smile playing on his lips. "This is an Eighth-Grade Defensive Grand Array," he said. "Unless a King themselves were to arrive, you’ll never be able to break it, no matter how powerful you are. Why not just leave?"

"Then we shall wait and see."

Qin Ya’s expression remained composed. However, the Ting Xiao Sword at his waist began to tremble slightly. Immediately after, a vast Divine Thought swept out, enveloping the entire Grand Array and beginning its analysis.

"Then take your time trying."

The Zhao Family Patriarch snorted and retreated into the Zhao Mansion.

Meanwhile, Qin Ya closed his eyes to focus, regulating his True Essence to maintain his peak condition.

A short while later, his eyes slowly opened, and a brilliant light flashed within them.

"Kid, I’ve found the array’s weak point. With your attack power, you only need to strike it three times to break through," said Ting Xiao.

Qin Ya nodded. He moved to the weak point Ting Xiao had indicated and fused four energies—thunder, fire, wind, and ice—into a force of nature, which he then fiercely blasted downward!

BOOM! The Grand Array shuddered violently, like a thousand-pound boulder had been dropped into a calm lake. The shockwave even affected the Zhao Mansion itself!

"What’s going on? That tremor was so powerful!"

"It’s the Defensive Grand Array! Qin Ya is breaking through it!"

"Gods, how is his Attack Power so high!"

The Zhao Family Patriarch shot out of the Zhao Mansion just in time to see Qin Ya raise a second palm and smash it into the Grand Array. Amidst another deafening roar, the entire array let out an overburdened groan. Then, with a series of CRACKS, fissures snaked across its surface!

"Qin Ya, stop!"

Hearing the shout, Qin Ya remained impassive. He raised his third palm and brought it crashing down. The Grand Array could finally take no more and abruptly shattered. The onlookers were aghast!

Three palms. It took only three palms to shatter the Eighth-Grade Defensive Grand Array.

The Zhao Family Patriarch’s face was terrifyingly grim. As shock at Qin Ya’s ability to break the array washed over him, a thought struck him: ’This is the man who broke even the Ninth-Grade Heaven-Trapping Array. What’s a mere Defensive Grand Array from the Zhao Family in comparison? Damn it, I was too careless!’

"I was going to spare you, but you insisted on seeking your own death!"

The Zhao Family Patriarch bellowed and shot forward, blasting a palm strike at Qin Ya. But Qin Ya neither dodged nor evaded, meeting the attack with a palm strike of his own. The two immense streams of Palm Qi collided, unleashing a thousand-layered shockwave that rippled out in every direction.

The surrounding Martial Artists, not daring to be caught in the crossfire, retreated to a safe distance.

As the Palm Qi dispersed, both men were forced back. They seemed to be evenly matched.

Suppressing his inner shock, the Zhao Family Patriarch wasted no time. He immediately summoned all the Martial Artists in the Zhao Family who had reached the Celestial Human Realm to besiege Qin Ya!

"Dharma Aspect!"

"Dharma Aspect!"

The few who had witnessed Qin Ya’s methods before immediately summoned their Dharma Aspects. Several hundred-zhang-tall figures materialized, emitting terrifying waves of power that swept across the entire city!

The Zhao Family Patriarch’s Dharma Aspect was especially potent. While its power couldn’t compare to that of the Ao Family Patriarch, it was not to be underestimated and was stronger than all the others combined!

"Qin Ya, surrender peacefully!"

"Hmph! You dare cause trouble for my Zhao Family? There’s no way you’re leaving here alive today!"

"What a pity. A prodigy of this generation is about to fall here today."

Facing several Dharma Aspects, Qin Ya, a mere Sky-Controlling Martial Artist, simply smiled. He then took out a Storage Ring and crushed it. It exploded with a BANG, and a roiling black fog swept out!

The black fog spread with incredible speed, enveloping the entire Zhao Family in the blink of an eye. But it didn’t stop there; the fog continued to expand, threatening to cover all of Feixi City!

’Have a taste of how nasty this stuff is.’

A small smirk played on Qin Ya’s lips. In preparation for the fight over the Cyan Cloud Order, he had spent the last few days at the Worldwide Business Association using two Muddy Water Black Lotus Seeds to create a large quantity of this Poisonous Fog.

After numerous rounds of Refining, Qin Ya had improved the formula. The current Poisonous Fog was so potent that even a King might not be able to withstand it, let alone these men.

The moment the Poisonous Fog touched them, they began to tremble. The True Essence in their bodies felt as if it had been shackled, becoming nearly impossible to circulate. The sensation was horribly familiar; they had experienced something similar within the Heaven-Trapping Array. They paled in horror. This Poisonous Fog... it had an effect similar to the Ninth-Grade Heaven-Trapping Array!

With a sudden shudder, their Dharma Aspects dissipated into nothing.

They found they couldn’t even maintain their Sky-Controlling flight and plummeted to the ground.

"This feeling... It’s not pleasant, is it?"

A smirk touched Qin Ya’s lips. Holding a long white spear, he walked over to the Zhao Family Patriarch and looked down on him, his expression impassive, showing neither joy nor sorrow.

"What... what do you want?"

A trace of fear appeared in the Zhao Family Patriarch’s eyes. He was truly afraid now. With his True Essence completely sealed, he felt just as he had in the Heaven-Trapping Array: like a fish on a chopping block, completely at another’s mercy.

Except, last time, the one holding the blade was the Ao Family Patriarch.

This time, it was Qin Ya.

"I told you. I’m here to take the lives of those who deserve to die."

Qin Ya spoke dispassionately. He slowly raised his long spear, his True Essence flowed, and in an instant, he thrust it toward the Zhao Family Patriarch. The Patriarch roared, struggling to circulate what little True Essence he could to resist, but it was useless. With a sickening SQUELCH...

Fresh blood dripped, staining the ground red. The long spear had pierced straight through the Zhao Family Patriarch’s head. The pupils of the Zhao Family members contracted in unison as an overwhelming fear spread through their hearts. The pillar of their Zhao Family had just collapsed.