Unrivaled Martial Emperor

Chapter 256 - Cruel Reality

Like a whirlwind, Zhao Ru unleashed his formidable cultivation, employing his most powerful martial arts. The poisonous qi in heaven and earth swept wildly, rushing toward Chen Fan.

Standing mid-air, Chen Fan was like a reef, allowing the tides to wash over him for millenniums without moving.

The terrifying poisonous qi that could kill experts at the fifth level entered Chen Fan through his pores. However, before it could wreak havoc, the Heaven Seizing Furnace absorbed and refined it completely, leaving no trace behind.

The poisonous qi could kill others, but it did not affect Chen Fan much.

Witnessing Chen Fan easily brave the poisonous onslaught without flinching, not even a hint of corrosion on his clothing, instilled horror in Zhao Ru's eyes.

He was well aware of the potency of his own poison. Even when facing an eighth-level Yuanfu realm powerhouse, Zhao Ru was not scared because of it.

However, the poisonous technique that had brought him success thus far was useless against Chen Fan.

His strongest move failed to move Chen Fan in the slightest.

The cold smiles on Zhao Kongming and the others’ faces froze.

Earlier, Chen Fan’s spear had broken Zhao Ru’s Myriad Poison Palm Seal and swept up a gust of wind, blowing the poisonous qi to them. About seven or eight experts at the first level immediately died at the hands of the poison.

Those with profound cultivation could quickly suppress the poison. If not for the Detoxification Pills, they could have never expelled the poisonous qi inside them.

As for those at the second and third levels of the Yuanfu realm, they couldn’t expel all the poison despite consuming Detoxification Pills. Traces of it were left behind, and they had to expel it slowly.

Therefore, they were now intimately familiar with the dreadfulness of Zhao Ru's poison technique. They did not want to get even the tiniest bit of it on themselves again. However, Chen Fan was seemingly immune to it.

“Damn it, I don’t believe this. Poison God’s Banners!”

Zhao Ru sensed a life-and-death crisis. While his poisonous attacks couldn’t do anything to Chen Fan, the same couldn’t be said about Chen Fan’s attacks. Realizing he couldn't prolong the battle, he decided to unleash his trump card.

With a commanding wave, several banners materialized in front of Zhao Ru. Although not high-grade treasures, each banner bore an embroidered poisonous creature like centipedes, scorpions, spiders, venomous snakes, and more.

As soon as these banners flew out, the Poison God’s silhouette above Zhao Ru’s head grabbed them.

With a vigorous shake, the banners transformed into hundreds of black wisps of qi, weaving into a colossal net of poison engulfing Chen Fan.

Immediately, mournful noises rang out in heaven and earth.

The entire area became tainted by the poisonous qi.

Chen Zhengqing and the others retreated miles away frantically, watching the two fighting in the skies above the mansion from far away.

Shrouded by the poisonous gas, the city lord’s mansion became a disaster zone, claiming the lives of those who couldn't escape in time.

The poison corroded the surrounding buildings, making them collapse. Even the ground was permeated with the poisonous qi, transforming into highly toxic slime.

As the net with hundreds of wisps of poisonous qi rushed over, Chen Fan shook his arm, and the Heaven Piercing Spear tore through everything, tearing the poisonous qi to shreds. They were useless against him.

Chen Fan strode forth in the air, wielding the Heaven Piercing Spear, forcing his way toward Zhao Ru.

Zhao Ru turned pale when he saw that even the Poison God’s Banners were ineffective against Chen Fan. The fear in his eyes intensified. He bit the tip of his tongue and sprayed out a mouthful of blood mist.

The blood mist shook violently in front of him. The Poison God motioned at it, driving the mist into the treasure banners.

The embroidered poisonous creatures on the banners seemed to gain life. They soared out and began devouring each other in mid-air.

These poisonous creatures ultimately transformed into a drop of dark red fluid. With a flick of its finger, the Poison God sent this drop of dark red fluid flying toward Chen Fan.

“Poison God’s Tear! See if you can survive this!”

Zhao Ru’s expression was very sinister.

This move was his strongest trump card.

Fueled by his blood essence, it was incomparably toxic. Even a mere whiff of its aura could cause one’s skin to corrode and turn them into pus. It was a hundred times—no, a thousand times more toxic than the poisonous qi.

This drop of dark red poisonous fluid flew toward Chen Fan. With a bang, it expanded into a poisonous deluge resembling a sea of blood, unstoppable in its descent.

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, acknowledging a hint of threat.

An electric arc burst out of his eyes, and his aura erupted.

He kicked off the air, and the sounds of dragon-elephants hissing seemed to come from inside Chen Fan. With a rumble, Chen Fan shot forth like a cannonball.

“Whatever abilities you have, I’ll break it with one spear!”

As Chen Fan’s icy voice rang out, he shook his arm. The poisonous sea that could kill a seventh-level Yuanfu realm powerhouse was directly torn apart, unable to touch the hem of his clothing.

Chen Fan’s gaze was icy. After he broke through the sea of poison, the Heaven Piercing Spear continued toward Zhao Ru.

“No!” A stark expression of terror overwhelmed Zhao Ru's face—he was about to die.

The Heaven Piercing Spear quickly grew larger in his eyes. His limbs turned icy cold under the aura of the spear attack. He was completely drained of strength, rendering him powerless to move. He could only witness the destructive force of the approaching spear.

Pish!

Like a knife through tofu, the Heaven Piercing Spear pierced the middle of Zhao Ru’s brow.

Boom tch!

The force erupted. Zhao Ru’s head exploded, and his soul was annihilated. His headless corpse plunged to the ground.

Bang!

It kicked off a cloud of dust. The onlookers felt as if someone had pinched their hearts, stunned.

Zhao Ru, someone at the peak of the seventh level and a great expert from the imperial city, died at Chen Fan’s hands.

From start to end, no matter how Zhao Ru used his cultivation or what attacks he used, he could not shake Chen Fan.

On the contrary, Chen Fan only used a spear to break through his poison technique and kill Zhao Ru.

Heaven and earth went silent. Everyone had lost their voices.

With a fling of his sleeves, Chen Fan used his cultivation to envelop the spreading poisonous qi in the air. He compressed it into a ball of poison. He looked at the depths of the Zhao Clan mansion and threw it over.

The ball of poison exploded, and the poisonous qi quickly stormed out.

“Ahhh...”

Immediately, the Zhao Clan’s people were shrouded by the poisonous qi and cried miserably. A huge swath of them quickly lost their lives to the poison.

Zhao Kongming and the others finally returned to their senses, their faces looking ashen.

“Quickly run!”

Even Zhao Kongming’s greatest trump card, Zhao Ru, had died. After getting weakened in the first round, there was no way they were a match for Chen Fan and the others.

Zhao Kongming was horrified. Everything he had planned had come crumbling down, destroyed by Chen Fan alone.

He recalled Chen Fan's earlier words.

In front of absolute strength, all schemes and tricks were like paper tigers—completely useless! No matter how many people they had, they were nothing but a group of trash in front of him.

They had thought Chen Fan was too arrogant and lost sight of reality. But now, Chen Fan had made them see reality for what it was.

Alas, reality was this cruel!