The lizardmen, hastily assembled into a disorganized crowd, were naturally utterly crushed by the security law enforcement squad.
In an instant, chaos reigned, and the battlefield fell into complete disarray.
The only ones among the lizardmen with any actual combat ability were a few apprentices. At this moment, they were all curled up on the ground, frantically using their heads to "attack" the leather boots of the security law enforcement squad.
Batons and clubs swung so fast they left afterimages in the air!
Some members of the security law enforcement squad grew tired after a while and wanted to sneak a quick break.
But the moment they felt the questioning gaze of Lott, who was in charge of their evaluation, they immediately straightened their backs.
Lott shouted,
“Put some back into it! As long as you perform well enough, official territory positions and full benefits won't just be a dream!”
Hearing this, the security law enforcement squad felt as if they had been injected with adrenaline. Their morale soared, and howling like beasts, they swung their clubs with even greater vigor.
Some Warrior Apprentices even reached the terrifying speed of six swings per second!
The lizardmen in the rear quickly retreated, forcing open the doors as a massive crowd surged outside.
Of course, the security law enforcement squad wasn't about to let their hard-earned performance metrics slip away, and they gave hot pursuit.
For a time, across the streets and throughout the ravine, a heartwarming scene of "unity between police and citizens" unfolded, filled with joy, laughter, and the sounds of people beating each other to a pulp!
...
This farce didn't quiet down until the moon rose high into the sky.
Inside a secluded small residence.
Xian Xiao'ai clenched her teeth tightly, her entire body trembling as the intense pain nearly brought tears to her eyes.
Bai Xiaodu hadn't held back in the slightest.
Half of her face was completely disfigured and bloody, while one side of her chest was caved in, leaving a deep crater. Every breath she took was filled with the metallic taste of blood and excruciating pain.
If that trace of the Trickery Origin hadn't protected her at the very last moment, she probably would have been beaten to death on the spot by Bai Xiaodu.
An elderly female lizardman was continuously applying medicine to her gruesome wounds, eliciting low groans of pain from her.
Xian Xiao'ai never in her wildest dreams imagined that Bai Xiaodu would actually dare to lay a hand on her.
“How dare he? How dare he do this to me!”
“He's insane! After causing such a massive scene, Tiannan Star will definitely not let him off!”
Listening to her granddaughter's furious curses, Xian Ling sighed.
“Why do you think he replaced the granary with an armory in the first place?”
“It was precisely to frame you all as rebels, giving himself a legitimate excuse to act.”
“It seems this new lord isn't as simple as I thought. He is as cunning as a fox!”
With that, Xian Ling pressed down harder. Xian Xiao'ai let out a muffled groan as her caved-in chest slowly expanded back outward like a balloon.
Xian Ling turned her head toward a patch of pitch-black shadow beside her and asked respectfully,
“Lord Xue Lun, what should we do next?”
A figure slowly stepped out. Beneath a ferocious red dragon's head was a burly, muscular human torso, except that where skin should have been, it was covered in cold dragon scales.
He wore a red robe embroidered with dragon patterns, and his hand flexed, revealing five long, glinting claws.
Hearing Xian Ling's question, Xue Lun snorted coldly, two jets of scorching white steam shooting from his nostrils.
“What should we do? I say we're doomed if we don't act. As long as he's around, we won't have a single day of peace.”
“Let's just pick a day and take him out!”
Xian Ling shook her head almost imperceptibly, hiding the trace of disdain in her eyes well.
Though she addressed Xue Lun as "Lord," his cultivation was actually inferior to hers—he was merely a Rank 0.9 apprentice.
It was just that Xue Lun's dragon blood was of higher purity.
There was no helping it. Lizardmen were a vassal race with low status, possessing far more human blood in their veins.
As for directly assassinating Bai Xiaodu...
Xian Ling almost called him an idiot out loud.
During the day, she had secretly observed Bai Xiaodu. His aura was powerful, and his magic was steady and deep.
Although he had only recently stepped into the Transcendent realm, he could still be considered a minor expert.
If they killed him, Tiannan Star would definitely find it suspicious. They would immediately send someone even more powerful to take charge, and it might even trigger a thorough investigation.
When that happened, they would be in deep trouble.
The grand plan she had been scheming for so long—to offer the entire lizardman race as slaves to the dragon-kin—would also go down the drain!
At this thought, Xian Ling quickly advised,
“Absolutely not, Lord Xue Lun. His strength is formidable and cannot be underestimated. If a major commotion breaks out and he manages to escape, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
Xue Lun snorted in dissatisfaction.
“Then what do you suggest we do?”
Xian Ling said,
“In my humble opinion, it is better to take things slow. For now, let us temporarily quiet down the lizardmen's protests. Once he lowers his guard, I will make my move and plant a spiritual seed in him.”
“Then, once the seed has grown strong enough, you can invite several experts from your clan to suppress him together, allowing me to take complete control of him.”
“This way, the plan will be foolproof, and the entire Gaoxi Ravine will be ours for the taking!”
After listening to her detailed explanation, even though he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, Xue Lun could clearly tell her plan was far more reliable than his.
Xue Lun was overjoyed.
“Excellent! As expected of a transcendent of 【Trickery】, truly clever! Let's do exactly that!”
Xian Xiao'ai was ecstatic.
“That's wonderful, Grandma! You truly are amazing! Once the spiritual seed is planted, he will be turned into a complete puppet!”
“When the time comes, please hand him over to me. I want to make him wish he were dead!”
Bai Xiaodu was overjoyed.
“What a brilliant plan! Lizard Grandma, let's do exactly that! That guy definitely won't realize how much danger he's in!”
Xian Ling couldn't help but feel a little smug.
“This is only the outline of the plan; it still needs to be further refined... Wait, no!”
Xian Ling's expression suddenly changed drastically as she stared at the black-robed figure standing not far away.
“Who are you?!”
Bai Xiaodu burst out laughing.
“You smelly old lizard hag, still trying to plot against me!”
It turned out that when he was beating Xian Xiao'ai, Bai Xiaodu's powerful Perception had already detected something amiss, realizing that someone had been watching from nearby.
He had simply kept quiet, sending Xian Xiao'ai flying with his strike so he could silently trail her afterward.
Sure enough, he had found their hideout!
Before the other two apprentice-level individuals could even react, Bai Xiaodu swiftly drew the longsword from his waist and channeled a spell slot into it.
Boom!
The ancient longsword instantly erupted with bursts of dazzling, blinding silver light. It rippled outward in all directions, immediately suppressing the three of them so they couldn't move a muscle.
The black-robed figure charged forward with lethal intent!
Slash—
A figure flashed past, immediately followed by the sickening, eerie sound of flesh being torn apart.
In the next instant, a head went flying!
A fountain of bright red blood erupted toward the ceiling, painting the entire room crimson!
His ferocious dragon eyes wide with utter disbelief, Xue Lun felt his vision spin violently before he crashed heavily onto the ground, completely devoid of life.
Bai Xiaodu didn't halt his movements for even a second. With a ferocious grimace, he delivered a backhanded slash of his sword.
Xian Xiao'ai, who was just about to flee, suddenly froze before collapsing heavily onto the ground, her head severed from her body.
Having taken care of two of them right off the bat, Bai Xiaodu heard a voice filled with absolute rage.
Seeing her granddaughter and their vital bridge to the Dragon Clan slaughtered before her eyes, Xian Ling was absolutely furious.
“You wretched creature!”
Crossing her hands, several wisps of dark-gold energy wrapped in mana shot forward, transforming into thorny vines that tightly bound Bai Xiaodu's feet.
He tried to move, but to no avail.
Bai Xiaodu was surprised to find that even with his current strength, he couldn't budge a single inch.
Xian Ling clearly had no intention of giving him a chance.
She let out a violent shout, her robes billowing wildly as a terrifying amount of energy gathered in her palms.
Bai Xiaodu dared not be careless. He quickly raised his longsword horizontally in front of him to block.
Secretly, his hand began to channel his Origin, ready to summon Kalugar at a moment's notice.
Xian Ling let out another violent shout!
But then, the energy abruptly transformed into a howling gale. She launched herself straight up, bursting through the roof, and turned into a dark-gold meteor, fleeing rapidly into the distance!
“Huh?!”
Bai Xiaodu's eyes widened, and he was so furious that his two silver, Bugle-like horns stood straight up.
“She actually dared to play me!”
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