Devouring Soul Emperor

Another opponent fell.

He had only taken a few steps, however, when another person emerged to block his path. Chu Qingyun’s expression darkened.

’This Qin Family really is relentless!’

This newcomer, just like the previous two, sized Chu Qingyun up from head to toe. Then, with a smile, he said, "You must be Chu Qingyun? I am Dong Mingfan, grandson of the Second Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower. I’ve come to ask you for a few pointers, Chu. I hope you’ll indulge me!"

"Surprise Wave Palm!"

The moment Young Master Dong finished speaking, he attacked without waiting for Chu Qingyun’s consent, launching a palm strike through the air.

The palm strike whipped up a furious wind, sending sand and stones flying everywhere.

Vast swathes of fallen leaves, withered grass, gravel, and dust on the ground were all swept up, flying toward Chu Qingyun as if to blot out the sky.

However, Chu Qingyun just frowned slightly.

The palm strike seemed immense and full of momentum, but its power was scattered. It had no real killing power at all; it probably couldn’t even injure a Level 8 or Level 9 Martial Artist.

’Its only use, as far as I can tell... is for sweeping the floor?’

However, when Yang Qianren, who was already sprawled on the ground, saw Dong Mingfan use this move, a sinister sneer spread across his face.

’That brat is in for it now!’

Just as the storm of debris from the Surprise Wave Palm reached its peak, a glint flashed in Dong Mingfan’s eyes. With a wave of his arm, two faint, inconspicuous glints of light shot from his fingertips. They pierced through the maelstrom of sand, stones, leaves, and grass, aimed with pinpoint accuracy straight for Chu Qingyun’s eyes!

’Under the protection of the Third-Layer Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, his physical defenses are incredibly strong.’

’But there are no Divine Patterns protecting the eyes, are there? That’s everyone’s weakness!’

Amidst the dust and sand, Chu Qingyun’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. A terrible premonition washed over him, and the hairs on his body stood on end in an instant.

’Danger! This is extremely dangerous!’

Chu Qingyun’s eyes widened. He concentrated his senses, carefully paying attention to every single movement around him.

But the two glints of light were simply too small, too inconspicuous. What’s more, they were hidden within the swirling storm of debris, making them completely invisible to Chu Qingyun.

And by the time he saw them, it was already too late!

Two nearly invisible glints of light, finer than a hair and sharper than steel! They were a mere ten centimeters from his eyes!

’Dodging is obviously out of the question!’

’Defending—even instinctively releasing my Primordial Power—is too slow.’

At a distance of only ten centimeters, even Primordial Power couldn’t react that quickly!

Clearly, if those two needles pierced his eyes, there would only be one outcome: he’d be blinded!

’Go blind?’

’No! I refuse to go blind!’

’Stop! Make them stop!’

Chu Qingyun’s eyes were wide, his entire mind focused with incredible intensity. A single thought dominated his mind: ’I can’t go blind.’

’Make those two glints of light stop!’

In that instant, it was as if all sound vanished, as if everything around him had disappeared. Chu Qingyun stared, his vision narrowing until only the two glints of light stabbing toward his eyes remained.

Chu Qingyun felt like he could see the two glints with perfect clarity. They were a pair of thin needles—hidden weapons—spiraling toward his eyes as if in slow motion.

He felt he could even see the tiny vortex of air created by their spin!

’Dodge! I have to dodge!’

Chu Qingyun gritted his teeth and threw his body to the side with all his might!

SWISH!

Everything instantly returned to normal.

One glint of light missed.

And the other grazed past Chu Qingyun’s face, slicing open his skin and leaving a tiny cut from which a bead of blood slowly began to well.

After dodging the sneak attack, Chu Qingyun felt as if his head would split open. His vision pulsed with blackness, and a roaring filled his ears, like someone was constantly beating gongs and drums right next to him.

His face contorted in pain. He shut his eyes tightly, clutched his forehead, and squatted on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Chu Qingyun, are you alright?!"

Ye Qi was instantly flustered. She rushed forward a few steps, squatted down, and looked at Chu Qingyun anxiously.

"Heh heh, Young Master Dong, that’s a Gold Medal Captain of the Great Xia Dragon Guard. You actually used a dirty trick to cripple his eyes. This matter probably won’t be settled so easily."

Yang Qianren, who had been injured by Chu Qingyun earlier, was now simply lying on the ground clutching his chest, speaking to Dong Mingfan in a mocking tone.

After speaking, he shot a smug glance at Chu Qingyun.

’Bastard, you dared to hurt me? So what if you were smug? You still fell for Dong Mingfan’s trick. I’m just injured. A little Spiritual Medicine and I’ll be good as new. But you? You can spend the rest of your life as a blind man!’

"Hmph, what’s there to be afraid of? My grandfather is the Second Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, a Celestial Spirit Realm expert!"

"Besides, we’re not outside, we’re in the Qin Mansion. Even a captain of the Great Xia Dragon Guard can’t just barge into the Qin Mansion. Even if I cripple his eyes, the Great Xia Dragon Guard can’t say a thing."

Dong Mingfan said with a smug smile, his gaze landing on Chu Qingyun.

His own strength wasn’t that great; he had relied on two Nascent Condensation Pills to forcibly break through to the Half-Step Martial Spirit realm. However, this sneak attack technique of his was practiced to perfection.

Before every fight, he’d put on a grand, righteous facade, pretending to ask for pointers before striking unexpectedly with hidden weapons.

Several Half-Step Martial Spirits had already fallen for his trick and been blinded by him.

His family was also quite powerful, so those he blinded could only suffer in silence, forced to swallow their anger.

This time, however, he had gravely miscalculated.

Just a few days prior, the Lord Military Commanders of the Great Xia’s Five Armies had personally expressed their intention to look out for Chu Qingyun.

If he were actually blinded here, the situation would explode. After all, the honor of several Military Lords was on the line...

"Dong Mingfan... you... deserve death!"

Just as Dong Mingfan was gloating, Chu Qingyun slowly stood up from the ground. His eyes were perfectly fine, and he was staring at Dong Mingfan with fury!

’A moment ago, that was a hair’s breadth away from disaster!’

If not for that critical moment—a moment he himself didn’t understand, where the two glints of light seemed to slow down—he would have been blinded!

"Th-this is impossible! Your eyes..."

Dong Mingfan was dumbfounded, unable to believe his own eyes.

’The move I was most proud of... actually failed!?’

"My eyes are just fine. Are you very disappointed?"

"Go to hell!"

Chu Qingyun let out a cold shout and charged forward. He instantly activated the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern and slammed a fist viciously into Dong Mingfan’s chest.

A ferocious power erupted in an instant.

Dong Mingfan was instantly and severely injured, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"You... you dare to hit me? My grandfather is a Celestial Spirit Realm expert, the Second Elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower!" Dong Mingfan said painfully as he collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest.