Among the guards defending the City Lord’s mansion, quite a few were survivors who had fled back from the Xianglong Trading Company.
They had personally witnessed Ling Xiao’s terror. He had killed the Earl of Dongjun in such a gruesome manner, yet still smiled as brightly as sunshine.
This fellow was absolutely a devil with an extremely twisted heart.
“Step aside. I won’t make things difficult for you. My target is only the Sea Clan. If you blue-eyed humans are willing to surrender, I don’t mind accepting that.”
Ling Xiao took one step forward and spoke with a beaming smile.
That single step frightened the guards into retreating several paces. Every face looked utterly wretched.
It was fear. It was helplessness.
“What are you all falling back for? The City Lord has ordered that these rebels and traitors are to be killed without mercy! One kill earns ten thousand low-grade spirit stones. Killing a small leader earns a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones. Anyone who kills Wu Xiang or Ling Xiao will be rewarded ten million low-grade spirit stones!”
At that moment, the man who had gone to report came rushing out and shouted at the guards.
Greed instantly flashed in the eyes of most of them.
The saying “some will risk their lives for money” described exactly this kind of person.
Of course, a few more rational ones quietly edged to the side, then slipped away amid the chaos.
If they lost their lives, what use were so many spirit stones?
“It seems you really do want to die.”
Ling Xiao smiled faintly and continued walking forward.
Without his order, the warriors of the Restoration Society would not act. That was what Wu Xiang had specifically instructed before leaving the society.
“Afraid of what? A head lost leaves only a scar the size of a bowl. Twenty years later, I’ll be a hero again. If we really manage to kill these people, we’ll never have to worry about money for the rest of our lives!”
The warrior in sea-blue armour suddenly roared, a ferocious expression on his face.
“Yes, kill them!”
It was true that under heavy rewards there would always be brave men.
Faced with such enormous bounties, many could no longer hold back. They gripped their weapons tightly and charged at Ling Xiao behind the man in sea-blue armour.
Ten million low-grade spirit stones. Even ten lifetimes wouldn’t earn them that much.
As long as one or two people took the lead, the rest lost their heads to greed.
In a great rush, the whole crowd surged toward Ling Xiao.
More than a hundred fully armed guards.
Yet facing them, Ling Xiao merely smiled.
His right hand formed the shape of a long sword, then he swung it lightly.
“Golden Crow Shines on the Sun!”
As his right hand swept down, a powerful, scorching energy burst forth and transformed into a gigantic golden crow that plunged into the midst of the guards.
Boom!
It was as though a real heaven-shrouding golden crow had crashed into the crowd. The blazing heat instantly melted several warriors it touched into puddles of blood.
Terrifying shockwaves radiated in all directions.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred ferocious-looking guards all lay on the ground, and not one body remained intact.
Missing arms or legs was the norm.
Even more horrifying were the many who bore charred and mutilated burns, an utterly ghastly sight.
“Let’s go in.”
With a casual wave of his hand, he brushed aside the stench of burnt flesh that hung in the air. Only then did Ling Xiao turn back and speak to the stunned warriors of the Restoration Society.
Immediately afterwards, he stepped onto the first stair and walked toward the interior of the City Lord’s mansion as if returning to his own home.
Watching Ling Xiao’s proud and upright back, everyone could only smile bitterly in astonishment.
With just a light wave of his hand, he had instantly wiped out more than a hundred Celestial Realm warriors.
Although those warriors might only have been at First Line Heaven, Two Trigrams Heaven, or Three Talents Heaven level, they were still Celestial Realm warriors. To be annihilated so easily was simply too shocking.
“This guy is still as insanely powerful as ever.”
Feng Yaorao stuck out her tongue and sighed in admiration.
The first time she met Ling Xiao, she had already been frightened by his endless terrifying displays.
She hadn’t expected that today’s Ling Xiao would surpass even that.
…
The City Lord’s mansion was indeed the City Lord’s mansion. It had over ten thousand private soldiers alone.
When Ling Xiao and the others entered the grounds, they were quickly surrounded by those armed private troops.
Their strengths varied greatly. The weakest were merely Mortal Realm warriors, while the strongest had reached Ten Directions Heaven, and they were Sea Clan warriors.
It seemed even private soldiers were divided into ranks.
But what did it matter? Even ten thousand of this rabble would have no effect on Ling Xiao.
He couldn’t even be bothered to lift a finger. Activating his Taiji Eye, Ling Xiao employed his soul force.
Eye of the Divine Tomb!
The Eye of the Divine Tomb had evolved from the “Divine Tomb” ability once contained within Soul Judgement.
As the Taiji Eye spun, a void gate appeared beside Ling Xiao.
From the gate stepped a colossal skeletal warrior.
It wielded a great blade, majestic and awe-inspiring, and had already reached the strength of the First Cave Heaven realm.
The power of this skeletal warrior depended on Ling Xiao’s soul force, generally one tier lower than his own soul force level.
Ling Xiao’s current soul force had reached the Second Cave Heaven realm.
Thus, the summoned skeletal warrior naturally possessed the strength of the First Cave Heaven realm.
The equipment on the skeletal warrior was now clearly much more complete.
Besides the great blade in its hand, it even wore leather armour.
It was evident that it, too, was growing.
“Kill them!”
Ling Xiao showed no mercy toward enemies.
The gigantic skeleton swung its great blade, releasing a terrifying blast of energy that formed an enormous crescent.
With that single slash, several hundred people nearby collapsed to the ground, clearing a wide path for Ling Xiao and the others.
“Good heavens, how many secrets do you have, kid? Why didn’t you summon this thing when facing the Earl of Dongjun? If you had, it would have been much easier.”
Wu Xiang couldn’t help asking.
“If I summoned it, how would I get any training?”
What Ling Xiao didn’t mention was that he also had Butterfly Maiden and Moon Maiden to help.
He had simply suppressed both powers in order to improve himself.
The skeletal warrior was too strong. Against Celestial Realm warriors, a Cave Heaven realm being was pure suppression.
All the way forward, the City Lord’s mansion troops were either dead or wounded. Not one remained whole.
Ling Xiao also noticed that in the past, summoning this skeletal warrior would leave him dizzy, and it couldn’t be sustained for more than ten minutes.
But today, the skeletal warrior was not only stronger, but the duration had lengthened, and he felt no discomfort at all.
This was probably thanks to cultivating the Fragmentary Scroll of the Primordial Spirit.
As expected, he needed to continue cultivating it diligently. Even if it offered little direct benefit to Ling Xiao himself, anything that raised soul force was excellent.
The Restoration Society warriors following behind Ling Xiao all wore somewhat numb expressions.
Ling Xiao had shocked them time and again, leaving them dumbfounded over and over until their jaws had dropped countless times.
Now their facial muscles felt completely numb.
