Jiang Feng turned and fled.
Even as a Cave Heaven realm expert, upon seeing Ye Qiu charging with the heavenly tribulation, he could only temporarily avoid the sharp edge.
He knew full well that once caught in the tribulation, the outcome would be dire.
Ye Qiu pursued from behind, saying as he chased: “City Lord Jiang, why are you running so fast? Let us have a proper chat.”
Chat my arse.
I have nothing to chat with you about.
Once the tribulation ends, I will kill you.
Jiang Feng cursed inwardly.
He now wished he could dismember Ye Qiu into pieces. As the city lord of Moonlit City, a Cave Heaven realm powerhouse, to be chased and killed by a mere peak King realm junior cultivator was an utter humiliation.
“City Lord Jiang, do not reject me like that. I have many things I want to discuss with you.”
“For instance, your son Jiang Yiyang.”
“Do you not want to know why I killed him?”
Indeed, why did this bastard kill Yiyang?
Jiang Feng’s steps faltered.
“Boom!”
A bolt of thunder struck Jiang Feng, sending him staggering. A large gash appeared on his back.
“This bastard deliberately piqued my curiosity just to kill me.”
Jiang Feng continued to flee.
Behind him, Ye Qiu saw the wound on Jiang Feng’s back heal in an instant and sighed inwardly: “As expected of a Cave Heaven realm expert. That bolt of thunder was so powerful, yet it only caused him a minor injury. It seems these thunderbolts are not enough to take him down.”
Ye Qiu looked up at the firmament and shouted: “Make the heavenly tribulation fiercer!”
Rumble.
As if responding to Ye Qiu’s call, the tribulation intensified. In an instant, twenty-four bolts of purple thunder crashed down from the ninth heaven, heading straight for Ye Qiu.
“Well done.”
Ye Qiu grew somewhat excited and continued his pursuit of Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng’s cultivation was too high, his speed unbelievably fast. Ye Qiu could not catch up at all, so he drew a hundred lightning talismans.
“Swoosh!”
Ye Qiu’s speed multiplied a hundredfold in an instant, piercing through the air like lightning and overtaking Jiang Feng.
“Hm?”
Jiang Feng’s eyelids twitched. He had not expected Ye Qiu, merely at the peak King realm, to catch up to him.
Ye Qiu said with a sinister smile: “City Lord Jiang, do not run so fast. I feel an instant connection with you. Let us chat, shall we?”
Shua.
Jiang Feng immediately turned and fled in another direction.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qiu followed like a shadow.
“City Lord Jiang, the city lord’s mansion is already destroyed. Where do you think you can flee to? Come, taste the flavour of thunder.”
Boom!
Myriad zhang of thunder instantly engulfed Jiang Feng.
At once, Jiang Feng was blasted away by the tribulation. His skin split and flesh tore, blood spraying several feet high.
Ye Qiu also faced the tribulation, but compared to Jiang Feng’s dishevelled state, he appeared far more at ease.
Ye Qiu weaved through the thunder, his combat prowess soaring. Even with multiple injuries on his body, he remained spirited and grew fiercer with each clash.
While crossing the tribulation, he guided it to strike and kill Jiang Feng.
“Shua!”
Ye Qiu suddenly charged at Jiang Feng, a dozen bolts of thunder trailing behind him. Just as he was about to collide, Ye Qiu twisted his body and brushed past Jiang Feng swiftly.
“Boom!”
The thunder behind Ye Qiu struck Jiang Feng in unison, blasting him a thousand metres away. He plummeted from the sky onto the street, smashing a deep pit into the bluestone pavement.
Soon, Jiang Feng crawled out from the pit, spewing blood madly from his mouth.
His hair dishevelled, over a dozen bloody holes appeared on his body, white bones protruding through the skin, a sight too gruesome to behold.
The city lord’s mansion soldiers witnessing this were terrified out of their souls.
“The city lord is injured!”
“That boy is truly vicious, using heavenly tribulation against the city lord. Despicable and shameless!”
“Were it not for the tribulation, the city lord could crush him with a single finger!”
These soldiers, born and raised in Moonlit City, housed by Jiang Feng, fed by him, and drawing salaries from him, naturally sided with Jiang Feng. Seeing him wounded, they brimmed with righteous indignation.
Ye Qiu heard these voices and laughed: “What, you hate me?”
“I tell you, the best way to hate someone is not to curse him, but to charge up and fight him.”
“Come on then, kill me!”
Not one dared to move.
Ye Qiu was surrounded by thunder, and the tribulation had not yet ceased. Charging in would be suicide.
“City Lord Jiang, come quickly and avenge your son!”
Ye Qiu hovered in the air, looking down at Jiang Feng and beckoning with a finger, the epitome of arrogance.
Jiang Feng’s face turned ashen with rage, wishing he could slap Ye Qiu straight to the eighteenth layer of hell. Helpless under the tribulation, he dared not act rashly.
He understood that if he truly charged to avenge Jiang Yiyang, he would fall right into Ye Qiu’s trap.
“Rubbish!”
Ye Qiu cursed Jiang Feng, then pointed at the soldiers on the ground and cursed: “You are all rubbish!”
Though these soldiers had low cultivation, they possessed some hot blood. Hearing Ye Qiu call them rubbish, their eyes turned red, nearly surging forward en masse.
In the end, reason prevailed over impulse.
“Waste, I have called you rubbish, yet you still dare not kill me. It seems you truly are rubbish.”
“Jiang Feng, you are the most rubbish.”
“As city lord, your son was killed right before your eyes, your enemy is close at hand, yet you dare not act. You are simply the fighter jet among rubbish.”
Ye Qiu had learned the art of cursing from Elder Chang Mei and unleashed it nonstop on Jiang Feng.
As the lord of a city, to be publicly cursed yet unable to retaliate, Jiang Feng felt so stifled he nearly spat blood.
His eyes flickered with cold light, fists clenched tight. He kept reminding himself inwardly.
“Jiang Feng, oh Jiang Feng, that boy is deliberately cursing you to provoke you. You must not fall for his ploy.”
Jiang Feng endured the fury and stood motionless.
“This old fellow is quite composed.” Ye Qiu felt somewhat disappointed.
Indeed, he had cursed Jiang Feng on purpose to enrage the old man. Once the old man lost control and acted, he would drag him fully into the tribulation.
Then, Ye Qiu could use the tribulation to hold Jiang Feng back while focusing on crossing it himself.
“Since that is the case, I can only unleash a big move.”
Ye Qiu elevated his essence, qi, and spirit to the extreme, then shouted once more at the firmament: “I want an even fiercer heavenly tribulation.”
Rumble.
In this moment, the thunder roared like divine drums, causing mountains and earth to tremble. Seventy-two bolts of endless heavenly tribulation descended from the heavens, erupting like a tsunami, terrifying to the utmost.
The seventy-two bolts centred on Ye Qiu, forming a cage that enveloped Jiang Feng and the soldiers entirely.
“Jiang Feng, let us see where you can flee this time.”
Ye Qiu bore the thunder on his back and dove from the high sky straight at Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng’s face changed drastically. He hurriedly ordered the soldiers: “Quick, block him.”
Though the soldiers feared the tribulation, the city lord had commanded them. Retreating would mean death as well. Helplessly, dozens of Venerable realm soldiers steeled themselves and charged forward to intercept Ye Qiu.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they rushed in, they were struck by the thunder and obliterated body and soul on the spot, not even a drop of blood left after evaporation.
