"You actually have this kind of strength?" Seeing the power Situ Kunye displayed, Yue Lian's face changed drastically.
"Heh…" Situ Kunye let out a cold laugh, then said, "There's no need to keep fighting. You're no match for me."
"No match for you? What a joke."
Yue Lian was naturally unwilling to accept that. Even as he spoke, he launched another attack.
"Hmph." Situ Kunye showed no fear either. With a cold snort, he set up a barrier that sealed both himself and Yue Lian inside.
The purpose of this sealing barrier was to prevent their clash from damaging the grand hall.
But just from a glance at the barrier, Chu Feng could tell that Situ Kunye's strength surpassed Yue Lian's.
Once the two truly began fighting, it was exactly as expected — from start to finish, Yue Lian was suppressed and beaten down by Situ Kunye.
At the same cultivation realm, Yue Lian was simply no match for Situ Kunye.
"Yue Lian is this weak?" Egg was surprised. Although she didn't like Yue Lian, Chu Feng would have preferred to see Yue Lian pummel Situ Kunye into the ground. This was definitely not what the Queen wanted to see.
"It's not that Yue Lian is weak — it's that Situ Kunye is too strong," Chu Feng said.
"This Situ Kunye is that powerful?"
"He's hidden it deep enough."
Egg couldn't help but sigh.
"No. That's not his own strength."
"His cultivation has indeed reached this level, but his combat power has been enhanced. There is formation energy on him — and it's very powerful formation energy," Chu Feng said.
"Formation energy?" Egg was surprised. She couldn't see it at all.
"The formation energy originates from this place. It should be some kind of formation from the Situ Spirit Gate." As he spoke, Chu Feng activated his Heavenly Eyes and observed carefully, as though searching for something.
Before long, the battle between Situ Kunye and Yue Lian came to an end — Yue Lian had been defeated.
Yue Lian lay on the ground, and Situ Kunye placed a foot on his body. "Do you submit?"
"Submit? What gives you the right to make me submit? Who do you think you are?"
Yue Lian roared in fury. Even though he had been beaten by Situ Kunye, he showed no fear whatsoever. Deep in his bones, he looked down on the Situ Spirit Gate, and he looked down on Situ Kunye.
"You don't submit?" Situ Kunye smiled coldly, then lifted his foot off Yue Lian.
Seeing this, Yue Lian hurriedly tried to get back on his feet to attack again.
But the moment he stood, he collapsed face-first onto the ground with a thud. He felt his strength dissipating, and at the same time, a piercing pain spread through his entire body.
He raised his head to look at Situ Kunye and found that Situ Kunye hadn't used any barrier technique. Instead, he was pinching hand seals with one hand, and a strange aura emanated from his body.
"You — you did this?"
Yue Lian's face drained of color. He could tell that the aura coming from Situ Kunye right now was identical to the bizarre force inside his own body. The changes within him were the work of the other party.
"You fool. Your barrier technique is truly pathetic. You actually inspected it beforehand and yet still failed to detect the poison gu inside the Meridian-Moistening Lotus Cream," Situ Kunye sneered.
It turned out the Meridian-Moistening Lotus Cream contained poison gu, and that Dugu was under his control. That was why, once Situ Kunye pinched the hand seal, Yue Lian had been affected like this.
"But don't misunderstand. I beat you earlier with my own ability. The only reason I fed you the poison gu in advance was as a precaution."
"I just didn't expect you to be this weak. In front of me, you're as fragile as a sickly branch." Situ Kunye laughed coldly.
Meanwhile, the others from the Situ Spirit Gate were laughing coldly as well. Over these past days, they had been bullied by Yue Lian more times than they could count. This scene was something they had fantasized about countless times — yet they never imagined it would actually become reality today.
"Scum! Do you even know who I am? I am from the Dao of Pills Immortal Sect! If you dare treat me like this, the Dao of Pills Immortal Sect will never let you go!" Yue Lian roared.
"The Dao of Pills Immortal Sect?"
"You're trying to use the Dao of Pills Immortal Sect to intimidate me?"
Situ Kunye smiled mockingly, then produced a token. "Take a look at this."