Hammering You to Death!

"If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place, Pavilion Master Han!"

Nie Renxiong sneered, no longer wasting words with the pavilion master. He led the deputy minister and prepared to force their way into the Martial Pavilion.

"Outrageous!"

His Heaven Gate Acupoint trembled, essence energy surging like a tide.

Pavilion Master Han brought both palms down, like an inverted galaxy cascading from above. The air turned thick as paste.

"Ha!" Nie Renxiong exhaled like thunder, a white arrow of air shooting more than three feet from his mouth. Veins bulged across his exposed skin as he met the attack with a plain, unadorned punch.

Dense cracks spread across the flat stone pavement. Visible shockwaves sent the others staggering in every direction, their faces filled with horror.

Nie Renxiong was blasted backward. He flipped several times in midair to disperse the force before finally steadying himself.

"You've activated more than ninety Essence Apertures?"

He could not help being shocked. Most Martial Pavilion masters in provincial cities had only around fifty Essence Apertures activated. Ninety was simply not the strength a Martial Pavilion master from a weak provincial city should have been able to unleash.

"This Pavilion Master is exceptionally gifted. In the future, I will link my apertures into channels and advance further. How could an old minister like you, with one foot in the grave, ever hope to compare?"

"With no evidence whatsoever, you brought troops to surround the Martial Pavilion. Perhaps I should consider cooperating with the next Military Department minister instead." Pavilion Master Han slowly advanced as though strolling through a garden.

He knew that without conclusive evidence, Nie Renxiong would not dare order his troops to open fire. Surrounding the Martial Pavilion was already the limit. If he dared fire weapons