The moment Li Qi unleashed his full talent, Fang Qingpei, whose face had been etched with coldness, seemed to sense something. His gaze instantly locked onto the massive spiritual energy shackles he had conjured towards Li Qi.
He saw the colossal spiritual energy shackles, imbued with his aura of a seventh-level Hedao cultivator, begin to tremble violently. Suddenly, a crack appeared on the massive shackles.
And with the emergence of this first fissure, it was as if the heavens and earth were rent asunder. An even denser, more terrifying pressure surged forth from within.
"Boom!"
Terrifying power spread within. With a deafening roar, in an instant, under the horrified gazes of everyone present, the massive spiritual energy shackles that had enveloped Li Qi shattered completely.
"How is this possible!"
Compared to the astonishment of the surrounding onlookers, Fang Qingpei's face was filled with even greater shock. However, before his shock could last even a second, an extreme sense of danger completely consumed his entire being. It was the threat of death.
Fang Qingpei's scalp tingled instantly. As a seventh-level Hedao cultivator, even when facing an expert at the ninth level of Hedao, such a feeling was rarely experienced. After all, even if he couldn't defeat a ninth-level Hedao expert, if he truly needed to escape, he could do so at some cost.
At this moment, Fang Qingpei's pupils suddenly contracted. He saw a black shadow reflected in his pupils. In front of Fang Qingpei, Li Qi's figure, entirely cloaked in a black robe, had appeared before him at some unknown time.
The speed was so great that even Fang Qingpei couldn't react. And at this moment, beneath the black robe, Li Qi's eyes gazed at him coldly, his calm voice resonating from within the robe.
"Originally, I had no intention of killing you, but now that your Cangyan Medicine Pavilion members have come to your doorstep today, I won't be polite."
As the words fell, Li Qi slowly raised one hand. It was such an ordinary palm. But at this moment, reflected in Fang Qingpei's eyes, it occupied his entire vision. His pupils shrank smaller and smaller, and the pressure of death drew ever closer.
When Li Qi was at the second level of Hedao, with his talent fully unleashed, he could easily kill a sixth-level Hedao cultivator with one or two punches. Not to mention that Li Qi had now reached the third level of Hedao. With his talent fully unleashed, the power he could wield was only stronger, not weaker.
Under the pressure of impending death, Fang Qingpei's hair stood on end, and simultaneously, spiritual energy surged from all around him. At this moment, Fang Qingpei retreated at an incredibly terrifying speed. In an instant, he covered millions of miles.
But all of this was useless. Looking up, Fang Qingpei's eyes were filled with despair. He found that despite his speed, Li Qi's figure remained not far behind, stopping in front of him.
Fang Qingpei wanted to resist further. But it was too late; his previous hasty retreat in an attempt to escape had wasted all his time. Li Qi's palm descended with a gentle flick.
At this moment, it seemed as if even the space around Fang Qingpei was subjected to immense pressure. Subsequently, the pressure of space acted upon Fang Qingpei's entire body.
"Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng!..."
Under this immense pressure, Fang Qingpei's skin on his body shattered inch by inch, bursting into spheres of crimson mist. However, the mist was instantly squeezed to every part of Fang Qingpei's body by the immense pressure. Fang Qingpei instantly became like a bloodied figure.
It was as if a person had been instantly plunged into the deep sea, subjected to the powerful water pressure from all sides. Fang Qingpei felt a similar sensation. It was his cultivation at the seventh level of Hedao that provided him with some resistance. If his cultivation were even lower, his entire body would likely have been instantly squeezed into a meatball.
But even so, Fang Qingpei's face was completely contorted, enduring immense pressure. The feeling of death drew ever closer. The look of terror in Fang Qingpei's eyes grew more intense. With all his might, he opened his mouth.
"Don't... don't kill me, let me go. If you kill me, your headquarters will dispatch powerhouses you cannot withstand. At that time, it will be your complete annihilation."
"Then let them come."
Hearing these menacing words, Li Qi didn't even lift an eyelid. He clenched his palm again.
"Peng."
Under extreme pressure, Fang Qingpei's body completely exploded. The void in the scene fell silent. The series of actions just now seemed to have taken a long time, but in reality, it had not even lasted ten breaths.
The surrounding cultivators from the Void Black Market dared not exhale, some staring blankly, unable to believe what they were witnessing. That terrifyingly powerful Cangyan Medicine Pavilion expert, who had reached the seventh level of Hedao, was dead just like that? And he died so quickly, without the slightest ability to resist?
Some had speculated that this battle might be a complete domination. The reality was indeed so; this battle was a complete and utter annihilation. However, everything was fundamentally reversed. The one who had dominated with immense power was not Fang Qingpei of the Cangyan Medicine Pavilion, but the unknown mastermind behind the sale of counterfeit pills.
"No wonder, no wonder the person selling counterfeit pills dared to compete with Cangyan Medicine Pavilion. It turns out there is such a powerful expert behind them."
A cultivator from the Void Black Market muttered to himself, seemingly realizing something. He recalled that decades ago, when counterfeit pills had just appeared, it was heard that Cangyan Medicine Pavilion had organized an operation to capture those selling counterfeit pills. However, that operation had quickly failed and was subsequently dropped.
Indeed, to be able to compete with Cangyan Medicine Pavilion for business, it was not only about good prices and affordability but, fundamentally, possessing sufficient personal strength. With this thought, numerous cultivators from the Void Black Market looked in one direction, where only a faint wisp of blood mist remained.
And now, even the seventh-level Hedao expert from Cangyan Medicine Pavilion had been killed. Everything... seemed to be heading for a more unfavorable situation. It was not difficult to imagine how enraged the Cangyan Medicine Pavilion headquarters would be upon receiving the news. After all, a seventh-level Hedao cultivator was an extremely powerful and precious combat force for any faction.
Furthermore, with the upcoming Azure Blue Auction, countless powerhouses would surely arrive. This Void Black Market was likely to descend into chaos. Some cultivators who had figured things out had a glint in their eyes, already planning to leave the Void Black Market to lie low for a while.
As everyone pondered, suddenly, as if sensing something, their gazes lifted again. They saw that Li Qi, who had been in their line of sight before, had, at some unknown time, vanished from their view.