Chapter 426 - 319: The City Lord of Rongtian City

Chapter 426: Chapter 319: The City Lord of Rongtian City

The City Lord clasped his hands behind his back, his tone carrying an irresistible authority.

"City Lord, you..." Yi Qing’s pretty face turned deathly pale with anger, and she trembled all over.

"The City Lord is wise! By the way, City Lord, I suspect Demons have infiltrated Yi Qing’s subordinates. They must be taken away at once, or killed on the spot to eliminate any future trouble!" Xiang Yichang said. He and Jiang Xuan glanced toward the group, with Jiang Xuan clearly trying to find the person who had shattered his hand bone with a stone earlier.

However, after scanning the crowd, he still couldn’t find them. He would never have dreamed that his attacker was an Ultimate Venerable brat several levels beneath him.

In his eyes, someone at the Ultimate Venerable Level was nothing more than an ant, completely insignificant.

"Mm, good point. To prevent Demons from sneaking in and disrupting public order, this must be handled with the utmost seriousness. All of you, come with me to the City Lord’s Mansion. I will interrogate each and every one of you! Anyone who resists will be executed on the spot!"

The City Lord nodded, his face a mask of great righteousness.

"City Lord, you’re taking his side of the story at face value, but that aside, these are all people from my Yi Family! How could there be any Demon spies among them?" Suppressing her fury, Yi Qing’s face flushed red.

She had originally thought the City Lord would handle the matter impartially when he arrived. She never expected him to just listen to Jiang Xuan’s one-sided account. She felt like her lungs were about to explode from anger.

"Hmph. The Demons have countless tricks up their sleeves. They may look like your clansmen on the surface, which is exactly why it’s highly likely Demons have infiltrated their ranks! A serious investigation is a must!"

The City Lord’s words were ironclad and permitted no retort.

"You..." Yi Qing trembled with rage. Just as she was about to argue further, a lazy voice cut her off.

"Sigh. I wasn’t going to get involved, but it looks like I have no choice now. Miss Yi Qing, haven’t you realized yet? This City Lord has been in cahoots with Jiang Xuan from the start. Saying anything more is useless!"

The speaker was none other than Nie Yun. Yi Qing might not have seen it, but for an old monster like him who had lived for hundreds of years, if he couldn’t see something so obvious, he might as well just bash his head against a wall and die.

It was clear that this "fair and just" City Lord was actually on the same side as Jiang Xuan. Otherwise, he never would have spoken like that.

Originally, Nie Yun had only wanted to enter the city and use the Yi Family’s influence to find the Teleportation Array. He didn’t want to get involved in any trouble. After all, this place was different from the Qi Sea Continent. On the Qi Sea Continent, he was the number one person, but here, he was like a slightly larger goldfish. He might be able to reign supreme in a fishbowl, but if he showed his face in the great ocean, it would mean certain death.

Who knew if that Lord Hua had spies or informants here? If he were discovered, he wouldn’t even be able to escape!

But just because he didn’t want trouble didn’t mean trouble wouldn’t find him. This City Lord was now bullying them to their faces. If he could still tolerate this, he’d be no better than a spineless coward.

"Nie Yun... The City Lord is the most powerful existence in Rongtian City, a Peak Powerhouse of Primordial Saint Realm. How could he be colluding with the Jiang Family..."

Hearing the young man’s words, Yi Qing finally understood. Though she was furious, she also knew the extent of the City Lord’s power and quickly tried to warn him.

"Heh heh, it’s good that you know I’m the City Lord. As the City Lord of Rongtian City, I handle matters with fairness and impartiality. Yi Qing, even your father wouldn’t dare speak such nonsense to me! What does that make this subordinate of yours, that he dares to run his mouth like this? So this is your servant? So undisciplined? Hmph, with such an ill-mannered and disrespectful servant, it seems there’s no need to investigate the matter of colluding with Demons. It must be true! I hereby sentence these people to death, to be carried out immediately... Let’s start with this brat!"

Before Nie Yun could answer, the City Lord sneered. His eyes, sharp as a hawk’s, locked onto Nie Yun, revealing his naked killing intent.

The City Lord’s five knuckles were thick and coarse, a sign of his powerful hand techniques. He raised his right hand and lunged, trying to grab Nie Yun.

His strike seemed to freeze the air itself. It was as if no matter how Nie Yun tried to flee, he could not escape the man’s grasp.

"Heh heh!"

Nie Yun didn’t even bother to dodge. With a light chuckle, he took the withered blade of grass from his mouth and flicked it with his finger.

SWOOSH!

Empowered by his Mid-Stage Spirit Level soul, even a blade of grass moving at high speed was no different from a Divine Weapon. In an instant, it arrived before the City Lord’s right hand.

PFFT!

Two of the City Lord’s thick fingers were sliced clean off.

"What?"

"The City Lord’s Iron Palm Skill can shatter even a Royal Family’s Top-Grade Weapon with his bare hands, yet his fingers were just severed by a blade of grass?"

Everyone was stunned by the scene, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

’So strong...’

Yi Qing’s delicate body swayed. She already thought Nie Yun was incredibly powerful, but she had still underestimated this young man.

"Ah... You’re courting death!"

With his fingers severed, the City Lord’s eyes turned crimson. He brandished a long spear that appeared out of nowhere and thrust it at Nie Yun.

BOOM!

The full power of a Peak Powerhouse of Primordial Saint Realm erupted through the spear. A surging, mighty Mana exploded outward like a hurricane, and a few of the weaker cultivators were sent tumbling to the ground by the blast.

’This is bad...’

Seeing the power unleashed by the enraged City Lord, Yi Qing’s face went deathly pale.

The Peak of Primordial Saint Realm was simply too strong, so powerful that she didn’t even have the will to resist. Could the young man before her really withstand it?

While her mind was racing, she saw the ever-nonchalant young man suddenly move. Like a bolt of lightning, he slid along the thrusting spear, and with a light sidestep, he crossed several meters to appear right in front of the City Lord. At the same time, his not-so-large arm reached out and grabbed forward.

CREAK!

The City Lord tried to dodge backward but saw a flash of crimson in his opponent’s eyes. The world went dark for a moment, and then he was lifted into the air by his neck.

"I was showing you respect by talking to you. I’ve already killed several Emperors, so why would I care about a pathetic City Lord? Who the hell do you think you are, trying to act tough in front of me!"

Pinching the City Lord’s neck, Nie Yun snorted and gave his hand a sharp shake.

SMACK!

The City Lord was slammed viciously onto the ground, his body rigid. He had lost all face.

PS: Four updates today, over thirteen thousand characters in total! Still asking for votes!

I saw some of you say you don’t like instant kills, so from now on, I (Lao Ya) will add more descriptions to the fight scenes. Ahem, I’m not very good at writing them, but I’ll study hard and try to get better and better!

This was a big, 5,000-character Chapter. I wrote and rewrote it, and I originally planned to release it at 7 o’clock, but I just wasn’t satisfied with it. In the end, I was still twenty minutes late...

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