"Oh? A junior actually recognizes the methods of my Myriad Poisons Sect?"
His identity exposed, Zhao Qianjue stopped trying to hide it. Killing intent filled the narrow eyes beneath his hood, and his voice turned icy:
"Indeed!"
"I am Zhao Qianjue, and I came to the Prefectural Governor's Office today for one purpose!"
"To slaughter everyone here!!"
Before his words had faded—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Zhao Qianjue swept his hand again. The inky poison surged more fiercely, rolling outward in every direction like towering black waves.
Wherever the black miasma passed, the pond in the courtyard churned and dead fish floated up, their bellies white. Black smoke rose from the wooden pillars beneath the corridor, carrying a charred, fishy stench.
"How dare you!!"
Yan Peng roared.
Earth-yellow True Astral Force gathered around him like walls of bronze and iron, holding the poison firmly ten feet away.
At the same time, he stamped both feet hard against the ground.
Boom!
The courtyard tiles burst apart. Cracks snaked across them like black serpents as his earth-aspected True Astral Force rushed down through the ground.
The next instant!
Several earth spikes, each over ten feet tall, erupted amid flying rubble. Their gleaming points stabbed toward Zhao Qianjue in midair, ready to riddle him with holes!
"Hmph!"
Zhao Qianjue snorted and finally withdrew his hand, releasing no more Heart-Eroding Poison Miasma.
He let out a long howl. The black miasma around him swelled severalfold, and he became a black streak, both fists wrapped in crushing deathly force as he smashed down into the skyful of earth spikes!
"Yan Peng, your life is mine!"
Boom!
The two collided head-on again. Their True Astral Force met with an ear-piercing shriek, and the surrounding ground shook without cease.
Poisonous fog blanketed the courtyard, blotting out the sun.