The Imperial Martial Pill Venerable

The situation changed abruptly. Li Peiyi was suddenly overcome by a wave of intense dizziness, as if all the strength had been drained from her body.

Stumbling back several steps, she braced herself with her sword. Li Peiyi tried to circulate her True Essence to dispel the feeling of unease, but as she did, a black mist suddenly surged within her body and devoured her True Essence completely.

"Poison?!"

Li Peiyi was filled with shock and disbelief. ’When was I poisoned?’

Suddenly, it hit her. She looked down at the claw marks on her body, then shot a cold glare at Lu Yuwei. "Your claws are poisoned!" she said icily.

"Finally figured it out?" Lu Yuwei sneered. "Did you think my Profound Soldier was called the Deep Blue Poison Claw for a joke? This poison will devour your True Essence and leave you a cripple."

"You bitch!"

Once free from Li Peiyi’s grasp, Wu Lu swung a vicious backhand. SLAP! A bright red handprint appeared on the young woman’s face, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

Despite the humiliation, her eyes showed no sign of submission. They remained as cold as ice and as sharp as a sword. Staring into Li Peiyi’s frigid gaze, Wu Lu suddenly felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart.

"Let’s see just how tough you really are."

Wu Lu’s expression twisted, the scar on his face writhing like a centipede. A brutal, savage aura emanated from him. Seeing this, Panlin and the others struggled to get up, only to be pinned down by the Celestial Star Squad. "Just watch how your captain dies!"

Just then, a cool voice drifted through the wind and snow.

"Who dares touch her..."

Everyone turned to look. A figure in white was walking slowly out of the snowstorm, his hair as black as ink, his eyes like stars, and his face as cold as ice.

A powerful aura instantly enveloped the entire area.

All eyes were fixed on Qin Ya. Lu Yuwei found him vaguely familiar, then her pupils suddenly contracted as if she had seen something impossible. ’It’s him! High-Level Teacher Qin Ya!’

"It’s Teacher Qin."

"This is great! The captain’s saved!"

Hope instantly bloomed in the hearts of Panlin and the others.

He slowly walked up to Li Peiyi and shot a cold glance at Wu Lu. "Step aside," he said with detached indifference.

"You’ve got a lot of nerve, kid."

Wu Lu had obviously never seen Qin Ya before. Looking at the youth before him, whose cultivation seemed to be on par with his own, he couldn’t help but sneer.

Suddenly, a massive wave of Palm Power surged toward him. Wu Lu’s face fell. As he tried to resist, the Palm Power crashed against him like ocean waves, one after another. Even with his Spiritual Element Third Grade cultivation, he couldn’t withstand it.

BANG...

Wu Lu was sent flying, spitting a mouthful of blood toward the sky!

The members of the Celestial Star Squad were horrified. Wu Lu was one of the few top experts on their team, at the Third-Grade Spiritual Element Realm.

For a Martial Artist like him to be sent flying by a single palm strike was unthinkable.

’Just who is this youth?’

"What are you doing here?" Li Peiyi’s face was pale, and she looked incredibly frail, yet a hint of heroic spirit still lingered in her features.

Gazing at the bright red handprint on Li Peiyi’s face, Qin Ya’s expression grew even colder. "If I hadn’t come," he said in a frigid tone, "I was afraid I’d never see you again."

"Heh. Now I owe you even more."

"Don’t talk about owing me anything. I consider you a friend. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t even bother to look if they died right in front of me." Qin Ya gave a faint smile, took out a small green vial, and poured out a turquoise Elixir for Li Peiyi to take. "In the future, don’t hide things like this from me."

He handed the vial to Cheng Fei, telling them to each take one.

Li Peiyi sighed and swallowed the Elixir. She immediately began to circulate her True Essence to absorb the Medicinal Power, but that black mist shot out again, devouring her True Essence completely.

"Huh..."

Qin Ya was a little surprised. "It seems you’re poisoned. Let me take care of this first, then I’ll help you with the antidote."

At this moment, Lu Yuwei smiled at Qin Ya. "Heh, I never expected to meet the famous High-Level Teacher Qin Ya out here. I’ve heard so much about you."

High-Level Teacher Qin Ya?!

The moment his name was spoken, the members of the Celestial Star Squad were aghast. They might not have met Qin Ya in person, but they had certainly heard of him.

He was the talk of the Imperial Capital, the youngest person in history to become a High-Level Teacher at the Academy. He had also crossed several minor realms to slay Wang Yan, the pride of the Wang Family, in the Warrior Arena.

"I can’t believe it. Qin Ya is even younger than the rumors say. How in the world did he become a High-Level Teacher at the Academy?"

"And what’s his relationship with Li Peiyi? They look awfully familiar. There’s definitely something going on there."

"Is that really the Qin Ya who killed Wang Yan? A kid like that killing him... there must have been something else going on."

"He’s an Academy teacher, after all. Everyone, be careful."

Qin Ya stared coldly at Lu Yuwei and her group. "If I’m not mistaken," he said indifferently, "Lu Chen put you up to this, didn’t he?"

Hearing this, Lu Yuwei flinched slightly before replying, "I’m not sure what Teacher Qin is implying. What does this have to do with Lu Chen?"

"You know exactly what I mean."

Lu Yuwei said, "I truly don’t understand your words, Teacher Qin. In any case, this is a personal grudge between my Celestial Star Squad and Li Peiyi. Are you, an esteemed High-Level Teacher, planning to interfere?"

"What do you think?" Qin Ya replied indifferently.

Looking at Qin Ya, Lu Yuwei knew there was no way she could do anything more to Li Peiyi’s group today. His status as a High-Level Teacher aside, the fact that he possessed the strength to kill Wang Yan was enough to make her extremely wary. Even if her entire group could somehow manage to kill Qin Ya, the Celestial Star Squad would surely suffer devastating losses in the process.

"Hmph. Since Teacher Qin insists, I will give you face. We’ll let them go for today," Lu Yuwei said.

Fongg Feiyu and the others glanced at Li Peiyi’s group. Although they were reluctant, they also knew that with Qin Ya present, neither side would gain anything if a fight broke out.

"Did I say you could leave?"

Just as Lu Yuwei and her squad were about to leave, Qin Ya spoke indifferently. Amidst the wind and snow, the chill intensified, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze solid.

"Teacher Qin, I have already spared Li Peiyi. What more could you possibly want?" Lu Yuwei said coldly. Behind her, Fongg Feiyu and the others braced themselves, ready for battle at a moment’s notice.

Qin Ya glanced at Panlin and the others, his eyes lingering on Gongsun Jing, who was covered in blood and lying unconscious. His gaze turned glacial.

"Kneel and apologize. Then, cripple one of your arms."

His words caused an immediate uproar among the members of the Celestial Star Squad. ’Kneel and apologize? That’s an outrageous humiliation even for an ordinary person, let alone for them, the genius Martial Artists of Mingxin Academy.’

"That’s going too far! Captain, we can’t let this stand!"

"Heh. An Academy High-Level Teacher... I bet it would feel amazing to beat one up. I can barely restrain myself. Let’s do it, Captain!"

"He thinks he can act all high and mighty just because he beat Wang Yan? There are so many of us here; we could drown him in spit alone."

"How arrogant! Captain, let’s just fight him!"

"So what if he’s in the Spiritual Element Realm? We have several Martial Artists at that Realm right here! Captain, don’t show him any mercy!"

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