The high-level poison pills specially made by Wandan Valley can turn into dust that enters the body through the pores, with extremely potent toxicity. Once inside, they can kill a person within just a few breaths, making them one of the most vicious tools for a surprise attack. Even favored disciples of Wandangu can't easily obtain them.

"Haha, die! Die! Go—"

Yuan Yong's face was twisted in rage, but the final word was stuck in his throat, and he never had the chance to finish.

By the time everyone realized what was happening, Zhang Yiyi had already sheathed her sword, and the third form of Qingping Sword had transformed into an invisible speed like a gale.

With a loud "bang!" Yuan Yong collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open as he died under Zhang Yiyi's sword.

"Senior Brother Yuan! Brother!"

Liu Ming was taken aback by the sudden change. His body reacted faster than his mind, and he rushed forward to embrace his still-warm senior brother's corpse, crying out in anguish, "You vile woman! How dare you kill my brother! My master won't let you off!"

"You're the vile one!"

Zhang Yiyi showed no mercy. With a serious expression, she retorted, "You turn on your word and throw poison pills at me. If I don't kill him, am I supposed to wait for him to strike again? How shameless can you be? Don't act like your master won't let me go; it sounds like I don't have a master myself. Don't be so deluded! My master is particularly powerful, and your master absolutely can't defeat mine—no chance!"

"What are you so proud of, you brat? You were poisoned by so many bone-eroding poison pills from my senior brother, do you think you can still survive?"

Liu Ming was so angry that he lost all his reason and shouted like a madman: "I will tear out your tendons and skin you alive, and make your life worse than death!"

"You mean this thing?"

Zhang Yiyi sneered, and with a little effort, she pushed the poison pill powder that was suppressed near her skin into the air in front of her.

Now she has made some progress in the fourth stage of body tempering. The skin on her body is like a solid steel made of special material, which is very useful in preventing such vicious and despicable means.

This is also the fundamental reason why she was able to fight back so calmly after Yuan Yong attacked her.

Liu Ming's eyes were red and his face was deathly pale. He never expected that the sneak attack opportunity that his senior brother paid with his life did not hurt Zhang Yiyi at all.

"you......"

This woman was so hateful that even death could not offset the anger in his heart.

"Give it back to you!"

Zhang Yiyi stopped talking nonsense and simply raised her hand, throwing all the poison pill powder at Liu Ming who wanted to pull out her tendons, peel off her skin, and make her live a life worse than death.

Liu Ming reacted quickly and immediately took action to fight back, trying to disperse the oncoming dust.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yiyi's seemingly light push actually contained tremendous power, and the poisonous pill dust seemed to have consciousness and continued to rush toward Liu Ming.

Liu Ming was extremely helpless as he could only watch the poisonous dust getting closer and closer to him.

Suddenly, his sea of consciousness paused, as if disturbed by something and lost control for a moment.

During a battle, even a moment of loss of control could be fatal.

The poisonous pill dust that was already approaching him no longer had any resistance and took advantage of this opportunity to completely penetrate into his body.

"Ah, no...don't..."

Liu Ming screamed in agony; the poison pill started to take effect as soon as it entered his body.

He had been high and mighty, watching with indifference as many people were tortured to death by this kind of elixir, but he never thought that one day he would end his life in this way.

Zhang Yiyi didn't even frown when she saw this. If she hadn't already achieved some success in the fourth stage of body tempering, she would have been the one suffering from this torture.  

However, she found that her method of using spiritual sense to interfere with the opponent's sea of consciousness was not very effective.

When my cultivation level improves and my spiritual awareness becomes stronger in the future, I will probably be able to directly transform the invisible spiritual awareness into a tangible means of attack, which will be no worse than the sheepskin drum magic treasure that my cousin got.

"Help, help.....save me, save me, save, help, save..."

As he was dying, Liu Minglian's voice of struggling and calling for help could no longer be heard.

It took only seven or eight breaths for the poison powder to enter the body, and the once-alive cultivator was no longer breathing, with only a layer of skin and flesh left. It was extremely horrifying.

.....

Most of the people on the scene were stunned by the sight before them, instinctively holding their breath and glancing at Zhang Yiyi with an unspoken fear. This woman not only had incredible combat prowess but was also ruthless and decisive; in the blink of an eye, she had killed two people without even flinching, doing it as simply and effortlessly as one would slaughter a chicken!

How could they have thought of her as the easiest target to bully and manipulate before? They were even relieved they hadn't acted hastily, grateful that the people from Wandan Valley had been the ones to touch this major misfortune first. Otherwise, it might have been their lives on the line!

"What's wrong? Why isn't anyone speaking?"

Zhang Yiyi glanced at the cultivators who were instinctively retreating and keeping their distance from her. With a hint of exasperation, she reasoned, "Am I not allowed to fight back if they want to kill me?"

"N-No, that's not it."

Two of those who had been stared down by Zhang Yiyi quickly denied it, their faces paling in fear as if they were afraid she might attack them at any moment.

"Then who else wants to challenge me for a life-and-death match to decide the fate of this bronze token?"

Zhang Yiyi smiled brightly, eagerly awaiting the next challenger to step forward. Unfortunately, with the two from Wandan Valley having died right before their eyes, the impact was so great that no one dared to take a step closer.

Seeing that no one was responding, Zhang Yiyi didn't mind and straightforwardly went over to collect the storage bags from Yuan Yong and Liu Ming. Her spoils of war certainly wouldn't go to waste.

"Yiyi, you didn't even tell me you advanced to the mid-foundation stage all at once! What am I going to do? I can't possibly beat you now!"

Yuan Xiaoqi welcomed Zhang Yiyi back with enthusiasm. Despite saying she couldn't beat her, her smile stretched from ear to ear, looking exceedingly proud like a sycophant. Just look at those who had thought of Zhang Yiyi as the softest and easiest to bully—now they were left dumbfounded after being swiftly defeated!

Did they really think they could brazenly take the bronze token just because of a moment of luck or sheer courage?

Yuan Ying slapped her own junior sister on the head, laughing as she scolded her, "What, do you want to have a life-and-death duel with Yiyi over the bronze token?"

"Of course not! My life is too valuable; I'm not about to throw it away for nothing!"

Yuan Xiaoqi replied with self-awareness, her voice loud enough to make a statement, as if addressing those who were still coveting the bronze token in their hearts.