Devouring Soul Emperor

Seeing the man approach,

the man Chu Qingyun was holding by the collar instantly seemed to find his backbone and grew smug again. "Kid, let me go, right now! Or else Young Master Qu won’t let you off!"

"Annoying mutt!"

Chu Qingyun’s eyes went cold. He threw the man against the main gate of the Qin Mansion. The man slowly slid to the ground, his face completely flattened...

"Were you behind what just happened?" Chu Qingyun asked in a cold voice, his gaze fixed on the so-called Young Master Qu.

Anyone who had been messed with and left to wait like an idiot at the front gate all morning would be in a foul mood.

"Hmph. It was me. What are you going to do about it?"

"Chu Qingyun, I hear you’re a Gold Medal Captain of the Great Xia Dragon Guard and that you even defeated the geniuses of the Four Great Clans in the Four Races Martial Arts Competition. I thought you were somebody, but it turns out you’re just a coward!"

"Waiting foolishly all morning... Hmph. If it were me, I would’ve forced my way in after ten minutes!"

Young Master Qu’s eyes were filled with disdain as he looked at Chu Qingyun.

In his eyes, Chu Qingyun was just some commoner with a bit of talent who was willing to abandon all dignity just to climb the social ladder by pursuing Qin Ya.

Hearing this, Chu Qingyun seethed with anger.

Normally, he would have kicked anyone who dared to provoke him like this long ago!

However, after a glance at Ye Qi, who was standing slightly behind him, he suppressed his anger. "Young Master Qu, is it? Could you please take us to see Miss Ya? I truly have important business with her."

"Take you to see Qin Ya?" Young Master Qu looked as if he had just heard the world’s funniest joke. "Hahaha! Chu Qingyun, I called you a coward, and you really are one!"

"Just stand there and don’t move. Let me give you a few good slaps, and then I’ll consider whether or not I’ll take you!"

As he spoke, Young Master Qu actually laughed and lunged at Chu Qingyun, raising his hand to slap him across the face.

In his mind, a soft, timid fellow like Chu Qingyun—even if he was a ninth-level Martial Artist and a captain of the Great Xia Dragon Guard—could be slapped around without any real consequences.

"You’re courting death!"

If he tolerated this any further, he’d be truly spineless!

The moment Young Master Qu attacked, Chu Qingyun sensed that he was merely a ninth-level Martial Artist.

Chu Qingyun shot out his hand, grabbing Young Master Qu’s wrist. With a sharp twist, he snapped it backward, forcing the back of the man’s hand against his own forearm.

He followed up with a merciless kick to the stomach, inflicting severe internal injuries. Every one of his organs screamed in agony!

Finally, Chu Qingyun slapped Young Master Qu across the face, sending him flying into the air. He spun around several times before crashing to the ground with a BANG. His once-handsome face was now swollen like a pig’s head, and every single one of his teeth had been knocked out!

Before a Half-step Martial Spirit Level expert like Chu Qingyun, a ninth-level Martial Artist was now less than nothing!

"Ye Qi, let’s go. Since they won’t announce us, I’ll take you in to find Qin Ya myself!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

With a cold expression, Chu Qingyun led Ye Qi into the Qin Mansion.

He had only wanted to avoid trouble, yet they had mistaken him for a coward. This left a very sour taste in Chu Qingyun’s mouth.

’Since you think I’m a coward, I’ll show you what it means to be forceful!’

Forcing one’s way into the Qin Mansion was something that not even a captain of the Great Xia Dragon Guard, or perhaps even the Lord Guardian himself, would dare to do.

After all, the Qin Mansion was a major power in Lianshan County City, second only to the Four Great Clans. Furthermore, a true Alchemist resided within.

However, Chu Qingyun currently had reasons to be fearless.

Firstly, he had just completed a special mission, earning him the high regard of the Lord Military Commanders of the Great Xia’s Six Armies. Causing a bit of trouble at a time like this would hardly matter.

Secondly, Qin Ya was truly a friend, and they still had some unfinished business between them. He figured that once he saw her, any trouble would be quickly resolved.

Therefore, since he had already made his move, Chu Qingyun cast aside his reservations and decided to force his way in without another thought.

From a pavilion a short distance away, two young men watched everything unfold at the main gate.

"That idiot Qu Ming... He didn’t even gauge the man’s strength before attacking. To think that Chu Qingyun has already reached the Half-Step Martial Spirit realm..."

"Hehe, Young Master Dong, haven’t you always considered Miss Ya to be as good as yours? Don’t you want to go and have a little chat with that Chu Qingyun?" the young man beside him snickered.

"Hmph. Yang Qianren, if you want to test his strength, go yourself. Don’t try to use me as your pawn. But let me warn you: when Chu Qingyun was a ninth-level Martial Artist, he was already nearly invincible within the Martial Master Realm. It’s also said he has comprehended Sword Qi. You’d best not underestimate him," Young Master Dong said, his expression turning serious.

"Invincible in the Martial Master Realm? No matter how invincible he was, he’s just a rookie who recently broke through to the Half-Step Martial Spirit realm."

Yang Qianren chuckled, then vaulted down from the pavilion. With a light tap of his feet, he shot toward Chu Qingyun and Ye Qi.

Blocking their path, Yang Qianren carefully looked Chu Qingyun up and down. "So, you’re Chu Qingyun?"

’That line again!’

Chu Qingyun was a bit exasperated. Even though he had won the Four Races Martial Arts Competition and many people knew his name, it was strange that everyone he met seemed to greet him with the same line.

’There’s definitely something strange going on here...’

"I am,"

Chu Qingyun answered casually. After the last two encounters, his first impression of the Qin Mansion had hit rock bottom.

"Heh, got a bit of an attitude, have we? Don’t worry, I’ll beat it out of you soon enough!"

"Frost Spear!"

Yang Qianren sneered as the powerful aura of a Half-Step Martial Spirit erupted from him. He even summoned his Martial Soul, thrusting his spear toward Chu Qingyun.

Chu Qingyun gently pushed Ye Qi two steps behind him and sneered back, "Beat the attitude out of me? I’m about to show you just how laughable you are!"

"Profound Celestial Divine Pattern!"

Chu Qingyun didn’t draw his sword, nor did he use his Martial Soul. He simply activated the Secret Technique. Primordial Power surged in his palm as he struck out at Yang Qianren!

BOOM!

Under the force of Chu Qingyun’s ferocious palm strike, the Tier Three Martial Soul, the Frost Spear, lasted only a moment before being utterly shattered!

The palm strike continued onward, its power undiminished. Carrying the terrifying might of the Third-Layer Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, it shattered Yang Qianren’s Protective Primordial Power before slamming viciously into his chest!

CRACK!

The crisp sound of a sternum shattering echoed.

Yang Qianren, a Half-Step Martial Spirit expert who had even unleashed his Martial Soul, was defeated and injured by Chu Qingyun in a single palm strike!

"Ptoo!"

As Yang Qianren hit the ground, he violently coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes wide with utter shock.

’This guy... he only broke through to the Half-Step Martial Spirit realm a few days ago, right? How can he possess such a vast and powerful reserve of Pure Primordial Power!’

’He didn’t just use it to activate the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern; he also condensed enough Primordial Power to shatter my Tier Three Martial Soul, the Frost Spear, in a single blow!’

Yang Qianren had intended to take advantage of the fact that Chu Qingyun had only recently broken through to the Half-Step Martial Spirit realm, assuming he wouldn’t have had time to condense much Primordial Liquid.

But how could he have possibly known?

Although Chu Qingyun had broken through only a short time ago, he had already condensed over a thousand drops of Primordial Liquid in his Qi Sea!

In terms of Primordial Power, Chu Qingyun was more than ten times stronger!

Seeing this, Young Master Dong, who had been watching from the pavilion, raised an eyebrow. He, too, vaulted down and rushed over in a flash.