Chapter 533 - 532: Slaughter Ruins Opens

Chapter 533: Chapter 532: Slaughter Ruins Opens

In the face of the recruitment offer from the Dongmen Family of Meiying Main City, Qin Ya flatly refused!

Dongmen Gu’s expression had already turned extremely grim. A cold light glinted in his eyes as a tyrannical, Era-Defining aura emanated from him, pressing down on Qin Ya.

In an instant, an oppressive pressure, like that of Mount Tai, enveloped him!

"You... refuse?"

Dongmen Gu’s tone was utterly cold and heavy, as if he were suppressing a rage that could erupt at any moment, sending a chill down the spines of all who heard it.

"Yes, I refuse."

Qin Ya’s expression was composed, his eyes as still as an ancient well. But his words carried a firm resolve, an unquestionable finality that startled everyone.

"Very good. Very good."

Dongmen Gu laughed instead of getting angry. "The person you just injured was an Elder of my Dongmen Family," he said. "If you won’t join us, then you can only be our enemy. During this Slaughter Ruins Great Hunt, you—and by extension, Qingkong City—will be our target."

"Don’t you come to regret this."

It wasn’t just Qin Ya; the expressions of Mo Bokong and the others darkened as well.

Mo Bokong stepped forward and said coldly, "Is this how the great Noble Families of the main city conduct themselves? Threatening those who decline your recruitment? Isn’t that a bit too tyrannical?"

The members of the Dongmen Family sneered at his words. Dongmen Gu said, "What if we are tyrannical? Tyranny is backed by strength. Does your Qingkong City possess such strength?"

"Heh. Do you want to test that right here?"

At this, Qin Ya stepped forward slowly. A cold glint shone in his eyes, and his tone was like a biting winter wind. He held the Breaking Army Long Spear, his entire being exuding a sharp aura.

Dongmen Gu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the pressure emanating from him intensified. An aura several times stronger than that of other Era-Defining experts swept out, blanketing everything.

Behind Qin Ya, Black Dragon, White Wolf, Bi Xiaoyu, and the others stumbled back several steps. Even Mo Bokong’s expression became extremely grave as he resisted with all his might.

In the silence, a monumental killing intent suddenly erupted!

For a moment, everyone felt as if they had been plunged into a mountain of corpses and a Blood Sea, an Asura Purgatory.

Looking toward the source of the killing intent, they saw Qin Ya, his face impassive. His white robes billowed without any wind, and his slender frame pulsed with an aura of slaughter.

Dongmen Gu and his followers’ expressions tensed, a strange light flickering in their eyes.

They had never before witnessed such a terrifying killing intent in their lives!

’If this boy is not eliminated, he will become a disaster in the future.’

’However, the Venerable Mansion has issued an order: no lives are to be taken during the Slaughter Ruins Great Hunt. To act now would be a direct provocation of the Venerable Mansion’s authority.’

’Even the greatest genius needs time to grow, and that is more than enough time for my Dongmen Family to crush him a thousand times over. I’ll let it go for now.’

As these thoughts raced through his mind, Dongmen Gu said indifferently, "We’ll see about this."

With that, he led the members of the Dongmen Family away.

After the Dongmen Family left, the other Lords of Influence couldn’t help but sigh in regret. Having lost interest in talking with Qin Ya, they too departed one by one.

In their eyes, how many good days could Qin Ya possibly have left after offending the Dongmen Family? They feared he would likely perish after this Slaughter Ruins Great Hunt.

A genius on the verge of death was no longer worthy of their attention.

Seeing everyone leave, Mo Bokong’s expression did not relax in the slightest.

He smiled wryly. "We had already killed Dongmen Yu, and now we’ve offended the Dongmen Family during the Slaughter Ruins Great Hunt. It seems these are truly troubled times."

Beside him, Qin Ya’s eyes flickered, his thoughts unknown.

Qingkong City was no match for the might of the Dongmen Family, but it was, after all, one of the twenty-four cities under the Venerable Mansion’s jurisdiction, so they couldn’t act too brazenly.

Besides, the Dongmen Family’s primary target was him.

’After the Slaughter Ruins Great Hunt, I can’t continue as the Deputy City Lord of Qingkong City,’ Qin Ya thought to himself. ’Otherwise, I might really drag Mo Bokong and the others into this.’

’Furthermore, I bear the Ghost Blood Commandment Pattern. If that’s discovered, the Dongmen Family will surely use all its power to destroy me, and Qingkong City will face a life-or-death crisis. No matter how I look at it, I must sever ties with Qingkong City.’

’It’s the only way to protect Mo Bokong and the others.’

"What are you thinking about?"

At that moment, Bi Xiaoyu walked up and asked, looking at Qin Ya’s shifting expression.

"Oh, nothing," Qin Ya replied with a faint smile.

"Let’s go. We should leave for now."

The group left the plaza to quietly await the opening of the Slaughter Ruins the next day.

The night passed without incident...

The next day, within the main city, the sky was gloomy and overcast.

High above the city, dark clouds churned, forming a massive vortex tens of thousands of yards in diameter. Within the vortex roiled immense, unbelievably dense Primordial Qi.

Peals of thunder echoed from within, hinting at something magnificent and dangerous.

The Primordial Qi continued to gather, faintly forming an astonishing pressure that permeated all of Meiying Main City. Every Martial Artist below the King realm found their breath catching in their throats, their minds feeling as if they were being crushed by a great mountain, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.

"What terrifying worldly pressure."

"It’s like some horrifying monster is brewing inside that vortex. The immense pressure it’s constantly releasing is making it hard for even Kings to breathe."

"Heavens, a hole has actually appeared in the sky!"

Cries of alarm rang out from all over the main city. At the center of the massive vortex, a pitch-black hole had appeared, exuding an evil aura.

"ROAR!!"

A sudden roar echoed from the giant hole, accompanied by an indescribably vicious and baleful aura that spread out, making everyone’s skin crawl.

A giant, scale-covered, somewhat illusory grayish-white claw suddenly reached out from the black hole. The claw was colossal; its little finger alone was nearly a hundred yards long. An arm with such a claw must have been at least several hundred yards long. It was hard to imagine just how enormous this monster was.

"Hmm, I didn’t expect a Great Fiend to show up first!"

Just then, a cool, indifferent female voice spoke. Two graceful figures had appeared high in the sky at some unknown point. One of them was the Venerable Mansion’s Mansion Master, Jii Xingyue, while the other was actually seated on a throne.

The throne glowed with a golden light, radiating an infinite pressure. Jii Xingyue stood beside it, completely reverent and silent. Seeing this, the onlookers’ pupils shrank. There was only one person the Mansion Master would treat with such deference.

The Meiying Venerable!

At that moment, the claw in the massive vortex suddenly clenched into a fist. A giant head then emerged from the black hole, followed by its chest, waist, and thighs... When the monster fully revealed itself, everyone’s pupils constricted.

It stood nearly a thousand yards tall. Its grayish-white body was covered in specks of Flame, and it had four limbs completely covered in scales. Its face had no nose or ears—only a pair of eyes burning with grayish-white flames and a cavernous, blood-red maw.

What was even more concerning was that the aura of this monster was several degrees more powerful than that of an ordinary Era-Defining King. The baleful, skin-crawling energy it radiated filled the air, transforming the space within a ten-thousand-yard radius into a sea of fire.

The grayish-white Flame emanating from the monster’s body was incredibly powerful.

"ROAR!!"

As if in excitement, the monster let out a long cry after emerging from the black hole.