The City Lord snorted coldly, and his subordinate quickly offered some comfort.
"Sir, please don't be angry. All of Great Wei is currently competing for resources; it's not just our Huangshan City being targeted."
"Besides, this matter was proposed by Mr. Wan, after all. We are part of Mr. Wan's faction. If we don't even support our own people, it would be a laughingstock."
"I'm supposed to care if they laugh?"
The City Lord stood up, took the tea that had been poured, and drank it in one gulp.
"If an official doesn't champion the people's cause, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes!"
"As the City Lord of Huangshan City, I might not understand much else, but I know one thing: my job is to ensure the people under my rule can eat their fill and stay warm!"
"If conditions allow, it's best if they can save a little money and have the ability to resist risks. Even if some small accidents happen in the future, they won't be unable to survive."
"Other than that, nothing else concerns me!"
"Political merit? What? If I perform well, will they actually transfer me to Central City?"
The City Lord's face was full of disdain. Hearing this, the subordinate sighed.
"They might not be able to transfer you to Central City, but they can certainly transfer you to some remote little town."
The City Lord became even more dismissive.
"If they could have transferred me, they would have done it long ago!"
"Aren't you curious why, after what happened back then, I could still come to Huangshan City to serve as City Lord?"
The subordinate put on a curious expression and looked at the City Lord.
"The court is full of factions, and the largest among them is our Wan faction!"
"Aside from us, the factions from the other three universities are not to be underestimated either."
"Especially this Huangshan City; its voice in the court is not small. I was able to come here as City Lord precisely because the Huangshan faction would never wallow in the mire with our Wan faction!"
"Shh!"
The subordinate was scared to death and quickly stood up to look around.
"Sir, even if there are no outsiders here, we can't just say whatever we want!"
"What do you mean 'wallow in the mire'? You can't use that term like that!"
The City Lord set down his teacup and returned to his desk.
"You, you're just a man of the world."
"By the way, how many minutes has it been?"
"Three minutes."
While they were talking, a security officer pushed open the office door and looked at the City Lord.
"City Lord, I've arrived."
"Where is the stone plate?"
The City Lord's voice held no surprise, as if he had long expected the other party to compromise.
"The distance is far and time is tight, so there wasn't enough time to bring it. However, I have a photo here."
The security officer took out a phone and showed a photo to the two of them.
"City Lord, I am very sincere, but five minutes really wasn't enough time."
The City Lord squinted at the photo. Once he confirmed the contents, he glanced down at his watch.
"I want the item, but I still don't want to release the person. What do you think we should do?"
......
"You pieces of trash, you scum! How dare you desecrate God! Die!!!"
By now, Lyu Xiaofeng no longer looked human, but his combat power was incredibly fierce!
He was holding his own against several of them at once, completely disregarding his own injuries. He was trading blow for blow, life for life.
Jade Dog and the others didn't dare to get close, only using long-range attacks to wear him down.
In their eyes, Lyu Xiaofeng was already a dead man. Who would want to trade injuries with a corpse?
As Lyu Xiaofeng's life force drained away, the sacrifice incantation on his forehead grew brighter and brighter.
"Something's wrong. How can he maintain his sanity for this long?"
Red Fox flew to Jade Dog's side, looking surprised.
"It might be related to his strength. He is a true Myriad-Slayer, after all."
Jade Dog didn't understand it either. If an ordinary transcendent had lost control, they would have lost their sanity long ago and started a mindless slaughter.
Lyu Xiaofeng had lost some of his mind, but he still knew exactly who his enemies were.
"Could it be related to that sacrifice incantation?"
"Hard to say. Report it."
Swoosh!
"Hahaha, come on! Come on!"
Lyu Xiaofeng was still mutating. His voice was becoming increasingly blurred, and bloody tears streamed from the hollow sockets of his eyes.
"I have touched the essence of promotion! Sequence 4 is just the beginning!"
"I will go all the way up, becoming Sequence 3, Sequence 2, Sequence 1!"
"My Lyu family will become a divine family, eternal and prosperous! Hahaha!"
As he spoke, the bloody tears flowing from his eyes reversed their course, gathering and congealing on his body to form a layer of scale-like tissue.
Puff!
Puff!
Several vents evolved on his back, discharging the toxins within his body like a spray!
Black Death Lolita's brow furrowed so deeply it could have crushed a fly. This was the first time she had encountered such a situation.
If it doesn't die, the Headless Man won't open the sealed object for me. Dammit, why is this person's life force so vigorous? Is he really human?
Just as Black Death Lolita was thinking, she suddenly felt a pang of dread.
It was a terrifying palpitation that gave her a strong sense of impending death.
Splash!
The water curtain in the sky gradually dissipated. Seeing this, Jade Dog's expression changed abruptly.
"Bureau Chief Xia! Give me a few more minutes!"
A powerful, mutated, and corrupted Demigod—Lyu Xiaofeng!
A murderous, arsonist lunatic from the Idealist Society—Black Death Lolita!
If these two were let out, who knew what they would do to the people of Huangshan City?
To be fair, Jade Dog really wanted to eliminate these two and protect the citizens.
But the problem was that they were too strong!
If they were ordinary Demigods, he would have killed them eight hundred times by now.
But these two were different. One had a special pathway and treacherous methods; he wasn't even sure he could win in a one-on-one fight.
The other was a pure monster of raw stats. He didn't have a single transcendent item, yet after tanking a humanity bomb, he was still overpowering them.
With enemies of this caliber, how could he end the battle quickly?
His voice was extremely anxious, but Bureau Chief Xia did not respond to him.
Almost at the same time, Captain Zhou, who had been playing dead by burying himself in the mud, looked up and roared at Black Death Lolita.
"Run!"
Black Death Lolita reached for her neck, intending to activate a transcendent item to escape, but a streak of white light shot from the horizon, pinning her directly to the ground.
"Ah!"
Black Death Lolita cried out in pain. In the next moment, a blurred figure appeared before her, gripping the beam of white light with one hand.
"Sigh, I really am too soft-hearted, possessing the gentlemanly demeanor of a scholar."
"That Marquis of Theft of yours wanted to use a photo to convince me to release you. I agreed."
"I released you for 0.01 seconds. If you couldn't escape on your own, you can't blame me."
Black Death Lolita looked terrified. She turned to Captain Zhou and shouted, "Boss, save me!"
The phantom let out a cold laugh.
"Save you? He'd better think about how to save himself first."
Captain Zhou's expression shifted again upon hearing this, followed by a look of utter confusion.
Seeing this, Black Death Lolita's face filled with despair.
The phantom twisted the white light and said, "You lunatics from the Idealist Society really are interesting..."
Before he could finish, Lyu Xiaofeng swung a blade at him.
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