The Imperial Martial Pill Venerable

"ROAR!!"

On a half-shattered mountain peak, a Great Fiend a thousand zhang tall threw its head back and roared at the heavens. Waves of majestic Evil Qi billowed out, stirring the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and churning the clouds into roiling waves.

At that moment, Bi Xiaoyu took a step forward in the void, her longsword held high. A faint blue Divine Light flowed around it, and in an instant, condensed into a Majestic Sword Qi!

As the Sword Qi slashed down, Bi Xiaoyu could feel that it was dozens of times more powerful than anything she could have created before. 'This is the power of an Era-Defining King.'

Faced with this formidable sword strike, the Great Fiend repeatedly swiped its claws, which were larger than mountain peaks. It condensed streams of grayish-white Flame, smashing them against the Sword Qi. Only after more than a dozen hits did the Sword Qi shatter. Then, the beast opened its mouth wide and spewed a colossal pillar of fire, distorting the very void it passed through.

One could only imagine the immense heat of this Flame!

"Mysterious Technique... Soft Water Sword Stream!"

Bi Xiaoyu let out a sharp cry. Divine Light flowed as she thrust her sword forward. The Sword Qi moved like an impossibly gentle stream of water, flowing slowly through the air before enveloping the grayish-white Flame. Then, the Sword Qi erupted, snuffing it out.

Without the slightest pause, she moved her longsword again. In an instant, the supremely gentle stream turned unyielding, like mercury, forming countless Sword Shadows that hovered before her before raining down like a torrential storm.

Watching from the side, Qin Ya was secretly impressed.

'Even though Bi Xiaoyu just became an Era-Defining King, her control of Divine Light isn't nearly as clumsy as I expected. She must be a perfect match for the Mysterious Technique she comprehended.'

Then, the flames in the Great Fiend's eyes began to flicker.

The Great Fiend let out a sudden roar as an overwhelming Flame erupted to cover its entire body. Then, it swiped a claw viciously at Bi Xiaoyu.

The claw strike was vicious.

In an instant, it blasted the sky-filling Sword Rain apart.

Just then, a humming sound echoed through the void. A long spear, circulating with the Power of Nature, appeared and erupted in a blinding, four-colored rainbow!

The rainbow pierced the Azure Sky, shooting straight through the Great Fiend's claw and slamming directly into its head. With a violent explosion, a massive cloud of blood mist spread out.

The Perfect Spear of the Four Seasons Spear Technique... an instant kill on the Great Fiend!

Bi Xiaoyu's pupils constricted. A look of resolve flashed in her eyes as she gripped her longsword tightly. "Let's go," she said. "We need to hurry to the next location."

But Qin Ya grabbed her arm. "No rush," he said.

With a toss of his arm, he threw out an Iron Seal.

The Devouring Evil Seal!

The Evil Qi from the dead Great Fiend was continuously sucked into the seal.

Bi Xiaoyu finally understood. 'Oh, right. We still have to absorb the Evil Qi.'

After a while, once the Evil Qi was fully absorbed, Qin Ya and Bi Xiaoyu left to find the next Great Fiend. They found three in a row, but each was already locked in battle with other people.

They couldn't just jump in and steal the kill; after all, everyone was currently on the same side. Before long, they discovered an Era-Defining King besieged by two Great Fiends. Without a second thought, the two of them raised their weapons and charged.

"Mysterious Technique... Jade Sea Sword Rain!" After charging forward, Bi Xiaoyu's Divine Light flowed as she immediately unleashed a Fourth-Grade Profound Technique. A vast and mighty rain of swords descended from the heavens, falling directly toward one of the Yin Evils.

"ROAR!"

The Yin Evil roared in fury, black, freezing air rising from its body. As the sky-filling Sword Rain neared the cold air, it was instantly frozen solid before shattering into a blizzard of ice shards. Bi Xiaoyu was stunned. 'This Yin Evil is incredibly strong!'

"Hm, eighteen hundred zhang!"

Qin Ya made a soft sound of surprise. Looking at the Great Fiend before them, the corners of his lips curled up slightly. "You go help that Era-Defining King," he said to Bi Xiaoyu. "Leave this one to me."

Bi Xiaoyu nodded gravely and flew off toward the other battle.

'An eighteen-hundred-zhang Great Fiend... Its Cultivation is comparable to someone on Dongmen Gu's level. I've only just become an Era-Defining King; I can't fight something like that yet.'

"Spring and Summer Thunder Flame."

With a low shout, Qin Ya thrust his spear. The energies of thunder and fire intertwined on the shaft as he stabbed forward. A storm of Thunder and Fire, carrying the spear's glint, instantly tore through the void and swept toward the Great Fiend's head.

"ROAR!!"

Amidst its roars, the Great Fiend condensed a pitch-black orb of light in its mouth. The orb, filled with a terrifyingly cold aura, boomed forward to meet the Thunder and Fire storm.

A deafening explosion erupted, shaking the very heavens and making the void tremble.

Amid the aftershocks of the energy blast, the Great Fiend suddenly appeared in front of Qin Ya. Its five razor-sharp fingers glinted with a cold light as they suddenly clawed down at him!

The claw was incredibly fast, seeming to slice through the air itself.

"Space... Condense!" As he used the Space Condensation Technique, mysterious fluctuations rippled through the void. The sharp claws froze for a split second, just three meters above Qin Ya's head!

In that split second, Qin Ya's Mysterious Speed erupted. He instantly used Shrinking Inches, his figure crossing a thousand zhang in a flash to appear directly above the Great Fiend's head.

His Four Symbols Mysteries erupted, and the Power of Nature flowed to the tip of his spear.

The Four Seasons turn, an endless, unceasing cycle!

The Perfect Spear descended, slamming directly down onto the Great Fiend.

'Indeed, this Great Fiend's power far exceeds that of an ordinary Era-Defining King, but its body is just too massive. Dodging is much more difficult for it, especially against an opponent as preternaturally fast as me.'

The spear's light, like a long rainbow, fell from high above, smashing into the Great Fiend's head and piercing straight through. It then exploded from within the Great Fiend's abdomen. A powerful wave of energy swept out, blowing its body in half at the waist.

A large amount of Evil Qi billowed out. Qin Ya tossed out the Devouring Evil Seal to absorb it, then turned to look at the battle between Bi Xiaoyu and the other King. It, too, was nearly over.

That Great Fiend was covered in wounds, and the fire in its eyes flickered as if it could go out at any moment. At that moment, Bi Xiaoyu charged forward. Her Divine Light flowed, and a Majestic Sword Qi slashed down, beheading the Great Fiend.

She took a deep breath and swallowed an Elixir that Qin Ya had refined.

Just then, the other Era-Defining King walked over, cupped his hands in a salute toward Qin Ya, and said, "I am the City Lord of Bailie City. I thank you both for your help. Without it, I fear I would not have survived."

Qin Ya replied nonchalantly, "Think nothing of it. It's only right that we help each other."

Just then, the ground began to shake violently. An unimaginably immense wave of Evil Qi swept out, instantly enveloping the entire basin.

"What's happening?"

"Such terrifying Evil Qi! This is nothing an ordinary Great Fiend could produce."

"That is... Oh no! Everyone, look!"

Within the incredibly dense Cloud Sea of Evil Qi above the basin, a black-and-white figure descended. When it landed, the ground instantly shattered. Massive chasms tore open the earth, and countless Evil Spirits were instantly obliterated, their essences transforming into streams of Evil Qi that surged into the figure's body.

As the dust settled and everyone got a clear look at the Evil Spirit's size, a chill ran down their spines and their scalps went numb. An uncontrollable, cold dread spread through their hearts.

This Evil Spirit was... forty-nine hundred zhang tall!!