Chapter 469: Chapter 468: Battle with the Purple-robed Man
The City Lord was respected and feared, not only for his unmatched power but also for his ruthless and decisive approach. Once, an elder accidentally disturbed his sleep and was instantly split in half by him.
And now, someone dared to trespass his forbidden grounds without his permission. Wasn’t this a blatant challenge to the City Lord’s authority?
Death, that was the only outcome.
"Don’t think that just because you’re the deputy lord, and backed by the City Lord’s favor, you can do whatever you like. Lie down!"
Seeing Shi Xiaole ignored his advice, the chastising guard was furious. His sword swept down.
A personal guard for the City Lord had to be exceptional. He had reached the astonishing third stage of the Dragon Gate Realm. Supported by the Array System in the courtyard, his blade’s aura soared. Even the two deputy lords who had just arrived showed grave expressions.
In the face of this sword attack, Shi Xiaole stood still, shooting out a powerful Sword Qi with one finger.
Whoosh.
The powerful sword light was immediately disintegrated by the Sword Qi. It couldn’t even hold for a breath’s time. The residual Sword Qi continued to pierce the guard’s chest, bringing up a spray of blood.
There was a moment of silence at the scene.
The personal guards represented the City Lord’s dignity. Who dared to disrespect them? Yet Shi Xiaole not only ignored them but also directly injured one?
Part of the people noticed the explosive aura Shi Xiaole had just displayed and couldn’t help but feel shaken. The Fourth Stage of the Dragon Gate Realm! Was this his secret strength?
"You, you..."
The sword of another guard hung in the air, not daring to complete the strike.
"Deputy City Lord Shi, you’re bold indeed, trespassing my forbidden grounds, injuring my people. What do you plea?"
A voice full of intense anger and killing intent resounded. Unknown to everyone, the man in the purple robe stood on the roof ridge. Through his mask, his eyes were as cold as frost. Whoever he looked at, could not help but shiver.
His gaze rested on Shi Xiaole, not moving away. The oppressive air came with it, pressing towards Shi Xiaole like a mountain.
Ignoring this pressure, Shi Xiaole said, "I have important matters to discuss with the City Lord. They stopped me, so I had to act."
"Nonsense!"
Some elders stood up and pointed at Shi Xiaole scoldingly, "Everyone knows you must notify half a month in advance to see the City Lord! Besides, Deputy City Lord Shi should be in Divine Transformation Cave at this time, why have you left without permission?"
Shi Xiaole was a genius, but compared to him, the amassed might of the City Lord in people’s hearts was undoubtedly greater.
Many were witnesses to the events back then when the City Lord seemed to have killed the deputy lord with five moves, but four of them were not actual strikes. In other words, the City Lord had just needed one move to kill the deputy lord!
After ten years, who knew how powerful the City Lord had become? At such a crucial moment of taking sides, no one wanted to make a mistake.
As if he hadn’t heard the elder’s words, Shi Xiaole looked at the man in the purple robe in the distance and said, "City Lord, I hope you can release everyone from the Herb Collection Plains and the Divine Transformation Tree, so they can live normal lives, The whole system of this Divine Transformation City must change."
Shi Xiaole wasn’t a saint, but he wouldn’t sit back and watch innocent people becoming tools in someone else’s hands, brutally exploited, even deprived of their rights as people if he was able.
Moreover, the City Lord may not mean well for him, and they would eventually come to blows.
Everyone else seemed to have heard something unbelievable. Had they heard wrong?
This youngster actually attempted to overthrow the system in the Divine Transformation City that had been in place for countless years? Who did he think he was?
The stakeholders at the scene gritted their teeth in anger.
There were also some outsiders who showed complex expressions.
They went with the flow, but it didn’t mean they wanted to be part of the corruption. They kept silent before because they knew they were powerless to change anything and might even lose their lives.
"I should have seen your ambition earlier, thinking that with your breakthrough, you’d be a match for me? You dared to publicly defy me and go against me. There is only one path for you – death! If you kneel down and beg now, abandoning your martial arts, I might consider leaving you a complete corpse."
The man in the purple robe looked down from a high vantage point, his voice devoid of any emotion.
No one knew he took Shi Xiaole into City Lord Mansion just because he saw his talent and he wanted him to keep getting stronger.
Yes, stronger.
The purple-robed man cultivated an unusual demonic skill called the Blood-sucking Sutra.
This demonic skill was peculiar. It required the absorption of the essence blood of people with greater talent than oneself to improve the level of the skill. The stronger the one being absorbed, the better the effect.
With his high talent and the Blood-sucking Sutra, the man in the purple robe had grown to where he was today.
However, there was no one left in the Divine Transformation City who was qualified for him to use the Blood-sucking Sutra on, until Shi Xiaole appeared.
He originally planned to wait another ten or eight years, until Shi Xiaole had grown enough but not beyond his control, before draining his essence blood all at once.
Unexpectedly, this kid had some stroke of luck, his strength greatly increased. It seemed he must act ahead of schedule.
Thinking of this, the man in the purple robe narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Kneel down now!"
A wave of sound emanated from his mouth carrying a soul-dominating force. Many people’s minds went blank, their bodies felt weak and their knees unconsciously began to bend.
"Based on what merit?"
Letting the sound wave wash over his body, Shi Xiaole remained immovable.
"Is that so?"
The purple-robed man’s body shook. The City Lord Mansion immediately stirred, like flying sand and rolling pebbles. A heavy and tangible aura enveloped all around. The crackling sound immediately followed as the pressure began to push down.
Those martial artists only at Spiritual-Passage Realm and Xuanqi Realm screamed loudly. Their pores seeped blood, and their bodies were pressed to the ground, unable to move at all like tortoises.
The masters of the Dragon Gate Realm felt slightly better, but they were still sweating profusely, wishing they could immediately escape from the scope of this Qi field.
"The seventh layer of the Dragon Gate Realm!"
The two deputy city lords were horrified.
Everyone had guessed that the City Lord’s realm cultivation might not have made much progress, but his strength must have increased considerably. Who would have thought that the City Lord’s realm, which was least esteemed, had unexpectedly broken through to the seventh layer of the Dragon Gate Realm.
Who could oppose such a person?
"I’ve just mastered the Heavy Sand Sky Domain, and I’ll use you to test it out."
Although the master of the seventh layer of the Dragon Gate Realm was powerful, his momentum wasn’t as terrifying, only because the Purple Robe man used a strange martial arts technique similar to a field - Heavy Sand Sky Domain.
With the enhancement of the true intent of twenty percent sand, the air was like it was filled with iron sand, and finally aggregated abruptly, all rushing towards Shi Xiaole.
Clang!
A burst of sword Qi exploded from within Shi Xiaole’s body at will, forming a swirling tornado of azure color, which with a hiss, split the Heavy Sand Sky Domain in half.
Whoosh!
A purple light flashed by, and before many people could react, the Purple Robe man appeared within less than ten feet of Shi Xiaole.
The Heavy Sand Sky Domain shrank dramatically, applying to the back of the Purple Robe man, increasing his speed and strength. He formed a claw with his five fingers and aimed directly at the top of Shi Xiaole’s head. A demonic sound echoed out, as if thousands of demons were howling, causing chaos in the world.
Second-rate superior claw technique, Demon Claw.
"That move again?"
Someone roared in their heart.
Ten years ago, it was with this claw that the City Lord shattered the skull of that deputy city lord. Compared to that time, the City Lord’s attack had increased by more than fifty percent!
In a loud sound of metal collision, Shi Xiaole’s finger pointed directly at the opponent’s claw heart.
"Demon chaos!"
Seemingly knowing that he would be blocked, the Purple Robe man’s hidden left hand swiftly extended, creating a series of claw shadows that covered Shi Xiaole’s entire body.
In Shi Xiaole’s eyes, the claw shadows were extremely messy, not visually messy, but sensationally messy. It was as if there was a problem with his sense of distance, making it impossible to judge the timing of the attack.
The true intent of Chaos!
No wonder he was a great master who had sat for many years in the Divine Transformation City, the Purple Robe man simultaneously mastered the Heavy Sand True Intent and the Chaos True Intent of the first class, and the latter reached an astonishing forty percent. Even if it was applied to regular moves, it could make people dizzy and hard to block.
If it had been someone else, the first reaction would definitely be to defend oneself so as not to be hit in vital points.
However, Shi Xiaole’s mental power was extraordinary, although temporarily suppressed, his perception would not decay.
"Breaking Jade and Splitting Gold."
In the layers upon layers of claw shadows, a finger light was particularly eye-catching. It pierced through the Qi like a drill, and as soon as the claw shadows came within three inches, they were instantly scattered by the force carried by the finger light.
What Shi Xiaole was using right now was the exclusive skill of Xiong Ba, the Three-Point Finger of God.
Eager to test the power of the Three-Point Finger of God, Shi Xiaole swiftly leaped into the air, and immediately used the second move - Three-Point Realm.
Three azure finger lights were seen emanating from three elusive angles, attacking the Purple Robe man without a discernible order.
"First rate inferior finger technique?"
The corner of the Purple Robe man’s mouth under the mask tightened, his body hung upside down in the air, his hands came together, and countless claw shadows formed a giant claw that covered the sky. He clenched the five fingers together and forcefully squeezed.
Crack, crack, crack.
The three finger lights snapped one after another.
"Urgent as fire."
Just as the second move was over, Shi Xiaole used the third move, this time filling the sky with finger lights, as if he wanted to pierce the Purple Robe man like a sieve.
In the earth-shaking roar, the finger lights and claw shadows crisscrossed, obliterating each other simultaneously.
"This kid, he connected several moves from the City Lord?"
Everyone was simply astounded.
This was the Dragon Gate Realm level, with a gap of three minor realms, it could not be said to be worlds apart, but it was certainly a huge chasm. And don’t forget, the one who made the move was the City Lord, wasn’t he supposed to win effortlessly?
"With the City Lord’s foundation, it’s impossible that he hasn’t practiced first-rate techniques. The real show is yet to come."
A few elders looked tense. Today, they might be able to judge the true strength of the City Lord.
As if to confirm their guess, the Purple Robe man retreated, his tone cold, "Those who follow me shall thrive, those who oppose me shall perish. Kid, you forced me."
During his retreat, he stretched out his hand and seemed to have gathered a large amount of air into his hand. The purple light in the palm of his hand burst out, emitting terrifying power.
"Purple Demon Extinguishing Hand!"
The Purple Robe man pushed forcefully, boom, boom, boom. The purple light mark ignored the distance between them and instantly pressed onto Shi Xiaole’s body.
Just by looking at its momentum, one could tell that this was a first rate inferior technique.
