Ruling Martial World by Infinite Insect Swarms

Chapter 127: Chapter 123: Overwhelming the Qi Sea, the County City Qin Family Appears

”Fighting is forbidden within Bishui City!”

A stern shout rang out. Zhao Zhenshan approached quickly with a squad of Demon Suppression Bureau elites, his expression blank but his sharp gaze sweeping over the two sides who were at each other’s throats.

Zhang Pojun’s blazing anger abruptly stalled, and he turned his head to look. When he saw the black martial attire of the Demon Suppression Bureau, his heart skipped a beat. But he soon turned back to Qin Yu, baring his white teeth as the lightning around his body CRACKLED.

”The Demon Suppression Bureau? Is this what you’re relying on? Since when did the Qin Family latch onto the Demon Suppression Bureau? Do you really think they can protect you?”

Even Zhang Lingyue’s eyes narrowed. The Demon Suppression Bureau was actually defending the Qin Family to this extent? Yes! In his eyes, this was naked protection from the Demon Suppression Bureau. Since when did the Bureau meddle in conflicts between families? Although their jurisdiction was vast, it was generally directed at Demon Fiends. They had always turned a blind eye to disputes between Noble Families, sometimes even hoping that families and Sects would slaughter each other to make them easier to manage. Yet now, they were directly sending people to shield the Qin Family.

Qin Yu looked at the rapidly approaching Zhao Zhenshan in surprise. Being on good terms with the Demon Suppression Bureau had its uses after all. By jumping out now, they were clearly taking his side. Understanding dawned on Qin Yu. He looked back at the gloomy Zhang Pojun and suddenly smiled. ”A piece of trash indeed! Calling the Zhang Family a bunch of reckless brutes is overestimating you.”

His words added fuel to the fire. Zhang Pojun laughed out of sheer anger. ”I was originally going to spare your life and just cripple you out of respect for the Demon Suppression Bureau. But since you’re courting death, I’ll grant your wish!

”When the weak provoke the strong, the punishment is death!”

Although he was smiling, his Killing Intent had materialized into something tangible. Even Zhang Lingyue stared at Qin Yu coldly, no longer stepping in to stop the clash.

”Die!” Zhang Pojun roared furiously. His Qi Sea Realm Cultivation erupted as Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi rioted. Purple lightning wrapped around his body, emitting ear-piercing blasts. He didn’t draw the Long Saber at his waist. Instead, Thunder Power condensed in his right palm, transforming into a millstone-sized purple Thunder Palm Seal. With a sharp whistle that tore through the air, he ruthlessly slammed it toward Qin Yu!

This palm strike was enough to kill an ordinary Qi and Blood like a Dragon!

Facing this ferocious attack, a trace of excitement appeared in Qin Yu’s eyes. His soaring Qi Blood erupted with roars resembling dragons. The Wind and Thunder Poison Dragon Technique circulated within his body, shrouding him in cyan-purple Wind and Thunder Power. As wind and thunder intertwined, his right fist blasted out like a Thunder Dragon.

The moment fist and palm collided...

BOOM!!!

A muffled, thunderous explosion rang out! Under the bombardment of the Thunder Dragon, that terrifying purple Thunder Palm shattered like fragile glass struck by a Heavy Hammer, exploding into a sky full of stray electrical currents!

The sinister sneer on Zhang Pojun’s face instantly froze, morphing into absolute horror. He only felt an indescribable, unreasonably tyrannical force crushing down along the fist’s edge. His proud Thunder Power was utterly useless against it!

”Pfft—!”

Zhang Pojun spurted blood wildly. Like a stone launched from a catapult, he flew backward and violently crashed into the stone wall across the street, only stopping after collapsing several houses in succession.

He frowned slightly, wondering why his opponent was so weak. He had assumed that since Zhang Pojun was famous, in the Qi Sea Realm, and striking with all his might, the clash would be intense. He never expected the man’s strength to fall so far short of his expectations.

Little did he know how incredibly deep the foundation of his Wind and Thunder Poison Dragon Technique was. Using the Beta-level Middle Grade Spirit Snake Shadow Poison Scripture as its skeleton, it merged the Wind and Thunder Treasure Mirror and the great success of the Five Poison Dragon Transformation Technique. With the Insect Nest assisting his Cultivation, it Enhanced every inch of his flesh and blood. This pushed both his Qi Blood and Body Refining to the absolute limit of the Qi and Blood Realm!

Meanwhile, the grade of the Zhang Family’s Cultivation Technique was inferior even to the Spirit Snake Shadow Poison Scripture, and Zhang Pojun had only just entered the Qi Sea Realm. How could he possibly block this fully-charged strike in his haste?

Silence! Deathly silence!

The Zhang Family members were dumbfounded. The cold sneer on Zhang Lingyue’s face completely solidified, turning into unbelievable shock and fury! The number one genius of the Zhang Family’s younger generation, the Qi Sea Realm Zhang Pojun, was actually defeated in a single punch by a nameless Qi and Blood Realm nobody from the Qin Family?

”You’re courting death!” Amidst the dust, Zhang Pojun roared in rage and shot toward Qin Yu. Drawing the Long Saber from his waist, majestic Thunder Power surged out and transformed into a blade of lightning.

Qin Yu was surprised, but his hands didn’t stop. He instantly drew the Evil-breaking Saber. As the blade left its sheath, Qin Yu’s surging Qi Blood rapidly condensed into a violent force that rushed through his limbs and bones. The blade light was chillingly cold, blooming with cyan-purple Wind and Thunder radiance as it slashed toward Zhang Pojun’s blade aura even faster than the latter’s strike.

The moment the two blades clashed, lightning exploded. In that split second, the Qi Blood in Qin Yu’s hands trembled, transmitting into the Evil-breaking Saber with extremely tyrannical momentum. As a result, not only was Zhang Pojun’s strike blocked, but he also nearly lost his grip on his Long Saber.

He wondered, ”Such power! How is this possible?”

In that instantaneous tremor, Qin Yu’s Evil-breaking Saber was already sweeping horizontally with the howl of wind and thunder. Like majestic Celestial Thunder, it tore straight toward Zhang Pojun’s neck.

With his arm trembling and barely able to hold his saber, Zhang Pojun roared furiously. The surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi grew even more violent. He bent over backward in an evasive bridge stance, dodging the blade by a hair’s breadth. However, the edge still slashed across his arm. Panic-stricken, Zhang Pojun exploded with force beneath his feet, retreating frantically to put distance between them.

”Poison? Who exactly are you?” While rapidly retreating, Zhang Pojun looked at his arm, which had instantly turned pitch black. He then turned to Zhang Lingyue, crying out for help, ”Third Elder, this man’s strength is bizarre! Let’s kill him together!”

Zhang Lingyue stared at Qin Yu with a sinister gaze, his Killing Intent boiling. A mere Qi and Blood Martial Artist actually possessed such strength! If Zhang Pojun had been caught off guard by a single punch due to carelessness at first, his second strike had been an all-out effort—yet he was still easily suppressed by Qin Yu!

He thought, ”This brat absolutely cannot be left alive!”

His strength at the Qi and Blood Realm was already this astonishing; what would happen if he broke through to the Qi Sea Realm? If allowed to grow, he would inevitably become a major threat in time! Even if he had to offend the Demon Suppression Bureau today, he would eliminate him!

”Qin Family brat! I originally didn’t want to bully the young and was just going to let Pojun teach you a lesson, but to think you’d be so despicable as to dare use poison!

”I cannot let you live today!”

Zhang Lingyue shouted sternly. A ten-foot-wide Thunderous Giant Palm materialized out of thin air, crashing down toward Qin Yu with a crushing, unstoppable momentum! The oppressive pressure of the Late Stage Qi Sea Realm was on full display!

Qin Yu’s eyes narrowed as the Power of Dominator flowed through him. Within the Insect Nest network, the power of the Insect Swarm rapidly gathered inside his body. Under that swelling energy, his physique inexplicably expanded by an inch.

Just as he was about to swing his saber...

”Zhang Family, are you trying to provoke my Demon Suppression Bureau?”

A cold shout echoed from the sky. A golden spear pierced through the air like a meteor, accurately penetrating the Thunderous Giant Palm and shattering it into nothingness. Its momentum undiminished, the spear slammed into the ground, causing the earth to tremble.

Situ Ming’s figure appeared. His expression was icy, and his biting, murderous intent locked firmly onto Zhang Lingyue.

”Demon Suppression Bureau! You want to protect him? With just you, I’m afraid you can’t!” A Great Halberd appeared in Zhang Lingyue’s hands. Amidst flashes of lightning and rumbling thunder, he looked like a descending thunder god. His eyes remained fixed on Qin Yu—this monstrous freak absolutely could not be allowed to live!

”Protect him? Taking action inside the city is a provocation against my Demon Suppression Bureau!

”Why don’t you see if the ancestor of your Zhang Family dares to make a move if he comes here!

”Our Demon Suppression Bureau’s General Chen Jianqiu is nearby. If you strike again...

”You die!”

Situ Ming sneered. His strength was indeed lacking compared to Zhang Lingyue, but while he wore this Demon Suppression Bureau uniform, who dared to fight him openly? Even the Zhang Family ancestor would have to be completely respectful before the Demon Suppression Bureau! A Primordial Mansion Realm? Even a Myriad Phenomena or Primordial Spirit expert wouldn’t dare!

”You!” Zhang Lingyue’s face darkened, but he didn’t actually dare to strike. If they were out in the wilderness, doing it in secret would be one thing—countless Demon Suppression Bureau experts died every year. But fighting the Bureau inside the city, in broad daylight, under the watchful eyes of the public? He really didn’t dare!

RUMBLE—

Suddenly, a deafening explosion echoed from outside the city. The ground collapsed where the Zhang Family’s ship was docked, and twenty Elite Escape Armor Scorpions burst out from underneath. The Purple Flying Ship stationed outside the city plummeted, and the two Zhang Family Martial Artists left behind to guard it let out miserable shrieks.

”No!”

”What is this?”

But before they could fight back, the pitch-black curved stingers of the Escape Armor Scorpions pierced their bodies. The scorpions swiftly burrowed back underground, vanishing completely along with the thirty-meter-long Purple Flying Ship.

”Not good! You foul beasts are courting death!” Zhang Lingyue soared into the sky, watching helplessly as two of his clansmen and the Purple Flying Ship disappeared. Just as he was about to attack, he looked down at Qin Yu, his murderous intent completely exposed. ”What a fine Qin Family Hidden Lineage, daring to kill my Zhang clansmen! Such audacity! Deputy General Situ, is your Demon Suppression Bureau going to do something about this or not?”

Situ Ming looked toward the Escape Armor Scorpions that had momentarily appeared outside the city before vanishing. A strange look flashed across his face. The Qin Family raised quite a wide variety of War Beasts. Rapid Beasts, Black Thorn Eagles, Thunder Rocs, and now these sudden scorpion-like War Beasts—their strength was far greater than he had anticipated.

Just as he was about to speak, Qin Yu beat him to it. ”Demon Fiends attacked your Zhang Family, what does that have to do with my Qin Family?”

Zhang Lingyue was so angry he almost laughed. He had just attacked this Qin Family brat, and immediately after, the Zhang Family’s flying ship was ambushed. If this wasn’t the Qin Family’s doing, who else could it be?

”Haha, well said! The Zhang Family is so used to throwing their weight around that a few deaths are perfectly normal for them. You still want to pin the blame on my Qin Family?” A clear voice, tinged with a bit of authority, rang out from the horizon.

Everyone looked up to see a streamlined cyan Flying Ship speeding over from the distance. Several figures stood at the bow, their robes fluttering, their auras deep and fathomless. The man leading them was a middle-aged scholar with a refined face and gentle eyes. Embroidered on his sleeve was a family crest—one that shared the same origin as Qin Yu’s, yet was slightly different.

”The Commandery City’s Zong Family!” Qin Yu’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the newcomer.

The middle-aged scholar’s gaze swept over the scene, pausing for a moment on Zhang Pojun’s trembling, pitch-black arm, a hint of undetectable surprise flashing in his eyes. He then turned to Qin Yu, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.

”If you want to fight, my Qin Family will gladly accompany you to the bitter end!”