The Imperial Martial Pill Venerable

"ROAR!"

The Thousand-Foot Great Fiend threw its head back and roared. An incredibly dense, cold air radiated from its body, covering an area of ten thousand zhang and forcing nearly thirty Kings to circulate their True Essence in defense.

Besides Feiling City, Tianyun City was also present.

The two great cities had joined forces to slay the Thousand-Foot Great Fiend.

The City Lord of Tianyun City was a burly man who fought with his bare fists. Weaving back and forth through the cold air, he was actually trading blows evenly with the Great Fiend.

His fists were imbued with tyrannical Thunder Power. Every punch tore through the air, creating a deafening sonic boom and forcing the Great Fiend to retreat step by step.

Of course, the Great Fiend was no easy opponent.

It let out a furious roar as a majestic wave of cold air surged forth. A terrifying black frost condensed on its claws, and with overwhelming power, it slammed down toward the Tianyun City Lord.

"A worthy strike!"

The Tianyun City Lord let out a long cry. A layer of blue, thunderous Divine Light enveloped him, and his eyes flashed with two sharp glints. He clenched his fist and met the attack head-on.

Fist and claw collided. A terrifying shockwave of sound erupted from the point of impact, mixed with an Energy Shock that spread out like a tidal wave.

BOOM! The ice surface beneath the Tianyun City Lord's feet shattered inch by inch. Frigid lake water surged up, swirled around his feet, and instantly froze him in place.

"City Lord Ning, what are you waiting for?! Act now!"

"Alright, I'm coming."

A cold glint flashed through Ning Bai's eyes. He took a step forward, pointed two fingers toward the sky, and a beam of Divine Light shot upward. It condensed into a pillar of light, and as the pillar slowly faded, a hundred-zhang-tall, razor-sharp greatsword was revealed. It then slashed down abruptly toward the Great Fiend!

The majestic Sword Qi struck the Great Fiend.

SLIIIICE! A blood-red gash was torn open on the Great Fiend's back, spraying blood everywhere. The wound looked terrifying, but it was insignificant compared to the Great Fiend's colossal body. In fact, it only served to further enrage the beast.

"ROAR!!"

With a shriek, the Great Fiend condensed its chilling aura onto its claw and slammed it down with ferocious force!

The ice surface shattered, sending shards flying. With a thunderous CRASH, the Tianyun City Lord was brutally slammed through the ice, kicking up a massive wave of freezing water. Under the influence of the Great Fiend's frigid aura, the water instantly re-froze into a block of ice.

"Foul beast, die!"

Seeing this, a flash of delight crossed Ning Bai's eyes. He let out a furious roar as Divine Light erupted from him. Endless Primordial Qi surged, once again condensing into a hundred-zhang-long sword.

This time, however, the sharpness of the blade was several times stronger than before. Sharp winds swirled around its edge, slicing through the very air.

"Slash!!"

As the word fell, the sky-piercing Sword Qi suddenly slashed horizontally toward the Great Fiend. The majestic power made the void tremble and hum, and the ice surface shook violently.

The Majestic Sword Qi fell, striking the Great Fiend directly on the neck.

With a deafening crash, the Great Fiend shrieked as its enormous head was brutally severed. The Sword Qi continued, cleaving the entire ice surface in two.

Ice blocks exploded outward, revealing a massive chasm dozens of zhang deep. An endless torrent of icy water poured in from both sides, but it couldn't fill the abyss in a short time.

As it happened, this chasm was precisely where the Tianyun City Lord had been slammed into the ground. Ning Bai slowly descended to the surface, his face slightly pale as he gasped for breath. That last Sword Qi had clearly consumed a massive amount of his energy.

However, looking at the immense Evil Qi that filled the air after the Great Fiend dissipated, a pleased expression flashed in his eyes. Just as he was about to take out the Devouring Evil Seal to absorb the Evil Qi, a huge tremor suddenly ran through the ice, and his expression changed.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...

A burly figure wreathed in blue Thunder shot up and landed on the ground. With a shake of his body, he shed a pile of ice shards. The coldness in his gaze, however, only intensified, stabbing toward Ning Bai like two daggers of ice. In a frigid tone, he said, "City Lord Ning, what a fine slash that was!!"

Ning Bai's heart sank. He then put on a surprised and joyous expression as he looked at the Tianyun City Lord. Just as he was about to walk over, a bolt of Thunder struck the ground at his feet, blasting a crater in the ice. His expression changed again, and his tone became somewhat grim. "City Lord Lin, what is the meaning of this?"

At that moment, the men from both sides moved forward, facing off against each other.

Their cooperative relationship had, in an instant, turned to hostility!

The Tianyun City Lord, Lin Leimu, said coldly, "City Lord Ning, I may be reckless, but I am not a fool. When I was fighting the Great Fiend, you held back, leaving me in a perilous situation. Then, your finishing slash against the Great Fiend conveniently swept me up in it as well. Hmph, did you really think I couldn't see your intention to take everything for yourself?"

Since things had come to this, Ning Bai dropped the pretense. He glanced at the faint traces of cold air and Sword Qi emanating from Lin Leimu's body and chuckled softly, his voice laced with coldness. "Since City Lord Lin already believes so, I might as well go through with it. That's right. I'm taking this Great Fiend."

As his words fell, dozens of auras erupted and clashed, filling the air with constant rumbles and kicking up waves of pressure. The Kings on both sides circulated their True Essence. The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife. All sorts of True Intents permeated the void, making the very world feel heavy. A great battle could break out at any moment!

Ning Bai laughed lightly. "Lin Leimu, do you really think you're in any condition to fight? You're already struggling just to suppress the injuries caused by the fiend's cold Evil Qi and my Sword Qi. What chance do you think you have of winning like this?"

Lin Leimu's face instantly darkened. Ning Bai was clearly right.

The Great Fiend was never an easy opponent. Thanks to Ning Bai's schemes, he was now suffering from two different types of injuries. It was only thanks to his profound Cultivation that he hadn't lost his life. But to fight Ning Bai now? That was nothing short of a fool's dream.

"Hahaha..." Ning Bai laughed, his expression that of a victor. "Leave now, and I'll spare your lives."

At his words, the many Kings of Tianyun City bristled with anger.

However, with an Era-Defining King like Ning Bai there to intimidate them, they didn't dare to act rashly. Besides, with Lin Leimu heavily injured, the situation was completely against them.

'Are we really just going to leave like this?'

Their hearts were filled with indignation. Just then, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The Evil Qi generated by the slain Great Fiend was rapidly diminishing.

"What's going on?"

"That figure... it's him!"

"Hiss... I can't believe we ran into him here."

Everyone looked over to see a figure in white walking slowly from the other side of the Ice Lake. The cold wind blew, lifting the young man's black hair and causing his robes to flutter noisily.

Above the young man's head, a Devouring Evil Seal was continuously rotating. The Evil Qi from the disintegrated Great Fiend was being rapidly absorbed into that Evil Seal, causing it to diminish drastically.

Ning Bai's gaze turned grim, a thread of deep apprehension in his eyes. The other Kings didn't dare to be careless either, and they all raised their guard.

Even though the other party was merely a Half-Step King!

But they still didn't dare to let down their guard in the slightest.

Because that young man's name was... Qin Ya!