The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2424: Chapter 2424: Don’t Like Beauties?

In the blood mist, the delicate arm was forcibly ripped off by Jing Yan.

City Lord Mei Li’s face turned deathly pale, her breath quickened, and she looked at Jing Yan with terrified eyes.

Among the cultivators watching, quite a few instinctively closed their eyes when Jing Yan tore off City Lord Mei Li’s arm.

Too brutal!

Such a tender beauty, how... how could you bring yourself to do it?

It must be said that practically everywhere, female cultivators with a pretty face have a natural advantage. If it were a man whose arm was torn off by Jing Yan, perhaps those cultivators wouldn’t feel the same reluctance.

Even more cultivators felt a surge of urine in their abdomens.

Too terrifying! Too fierce! Truly frightening, this Jing Yan, to crush such a beauty so decisively. Doesn’t this guy like beauties?

This man named Jing Yan, just how strong is he? A powerhouse like City Lord Mei Li had no ability to fight back in front of him. City Lord Mei Li is not weak in the Thunder Domain or even in Kunling Heaven. Could this City Lord Jing Yan be a powerhouse at the Immortal Venerable Peak level? If he were at the late-stage Immortal Venerable, he shouldn’t be able to easily control City Lord Mei Li.

It seems that the new city called Hongmeng is not as simple as imagined. With such a strong person garrisoned, ordinary forces probably wouldn’t dare provoke it. Even a superpower like Golden Toad Commerce would have to think twice before attempting to attack a city guarded by a powerhouse of Immortal Venerable Peak level.

It’s not that a superpower can’t destroy a city guarded by an Immortal Venerable Peak practitioner, but the superpower might have to pay a great price for it. If they manage to kill the Immortal Venerable Peak powerhouse, that’s fine, but if they fail and let the Immortal Venerable Peak powerhouse escape, they would face retaliation from a hidden Immortal Venerable Peak powerhouse in the future.

Superpowers generally control vast numbers of cities, like Mystic Underworld City, where the guards are merely middle-stage immortal venerables. Many cities only have early-stage immortal venerables stationed. And in some less important cities, the guardians might only be at the Immortal Rhythm level. Can such city defenses withstand an Immortal Venerable Peak powerhouse? If they can keep the Immortal Venerable Peak outside the city it’s fine, with the city’s big array protection, the Immortal Venerable Peak would need time to break through the layers of formations, allowing the superpower time to mobilize reinforcements. The worry is if the Immortal Venerable Peak silently infiltrates the city and causes destruction, which is hard to defend against.

”Mei Li, today I won’t kill you. Although you wanted to seize what belongs to me, I’ll spare your life on account of Golden Toad Commerce,” Jing Yan slowly said.

”But, this matter cannot be left unresolved! You will send a message to your superiors later, report everything about this matter completely to them. Also, have your Golden Toad Commerce’s higher-ups send one trillion Black Crystal Stones to Hongmeng City within a month as compensation,” Jing Yan’s voice was icy.

Jing Yan had his considerations.

Starting a war with Golden Toad Commerce now doesn’t align with Hongmeng City’s interests. Moreover, the upper echelons of Golden Toad Commerce may not have been aware of the whole story before. If Golden Toad Commerce is willing to compensate with one trillion Black Crystal Stones, there remains a possibility for cooperation between both parties.

Of course, the most important reason is that Hongmeng City remains relatively weak. Within the city, there are only Jing Yan and Wuxia who are Immortal Venerables. If Golden Toad Commerce really spares no expense in attacking Hongmeng City, Hongmeng City now would find it hard to withstand. Jing Yan himself is not afraid, but if he is entangled by a large number of their Immortal Venerables, then Hongmeng City would be in danger.

A superpower like Golden Toad Commerce in Kunling Heaven has many Immortal Venerables within. Furthermore, they not only have internal forces but can also hire external forces. Such a massive force, being a commerce association, surely has ties to many powerhouses in Kunling Heaven.

And Jing Yan, he needs time!

”Did you hear?” Seeing City Lord Mei Li not responding, Jing Yan shouted with a grim face.

”Heard... heard it,” City Lord Mei Li muttered with a painful expression on her face.

She hated Jing Yan to death, but she didn’t want to die just like that. When Jing Yan said he would spare her life, she secretly sighed in relief. As for the torn-off arm, that’s not too big of an issue; there are many Immortal Pills that can make her arm grow back.

”Good, very good, excellent!” Jing Yan patted City Lord Mei Li’s delicate cheek and added: ”In life, one should be low-key. Some people, you should not provoke. This time I spare your life, but next time you may not be so lucky.”

”Understood, understood,” City Lord Mei Li’s delicate face was flushed red from Jing Yan’s slap.

”Ru Li, let’s go.” Jing Yan’s figure flickered, appearing beside Ru Li, and by then Ru Li was still somewhat dazed, having seen quite a spectacle today.

Jing Yan left Mystic Underworld City with Ru Li through the city gates. The city guards didn’t dare to stop them at all. What a joke, even their city lord had no power to resist in front of Jing Yan—how could these guards stand a chance? Furthermore, neither the city lord nor the city’s high-level figures gave orders to intercept.

”City Lord... sir!”

Jing Yan and Ru Li flew back to Hongmeng City. Along the way, Ru Li wanted to speak several times, and finally voiced out.

”Hmm? What is it?” Jing Yan glanced at Ru Li.

This time, Ru Li had suffered quite a bit; Jing Yan was quite satisfied with Ru Li’s performance. Despite undergoing hardships, Ru Li didn’t disclose any improper information.

”Sir, that... Golden Toad Commerce is a giant in Kunling Heaven. Will they retaliate against Hongmeng City because of this?” Ru Li asked worriedly.

”There’s a possibility, but the likelihood is not high. Actually, Golden Toad Commerce hasn’t suffered much. I didn’t even kill Mei Li,” Jing Yan chuckled and said: ”Golden Toad Commerce may be powerful, but when considering an attack on Hongmeng City, they won’t act recklessly. Such powerful forces have many considerations. If I were weak, they’d have undoubtedly charged in without hesitation, but since my strength is formidable, they’ll weigh the cost of attacking Hongmeng City.”

”Will they send one trillion Black Crystal Stones?” Ru Li asked again.

”If Golden Toad Commerce doesn’t plan to attack Hongmeng City, or if they don’t plan to attack in the short term, they’ll send the one trillion Black Crystal Stones. Additionally, their representatives should be true senior members of Golden Toad Commerce and bring even more Black Crystal Stones,” Jing Yan smiled and waved his hand: ”Alright, I gave them a month. Within a month, they should come.”

After Jing Yan and Ru Li left Mystic Underworld City, what happened in Mystic Underworld City quickly spread. The first cities to hear about it were Tianji City and Windward City.