"City Guard? Qi Xiong?"
Having grown up in Azure Cloud City, Xiao Lingchen naturally recognized the identity of the man leading the group at a glance.
The City Lord's Mansion of Azure Cloud City commanded five hundred thousand City Guards, divided into teams of twenty thousand, each led by a chief instructor.
Qi Xiong was one of them.
This man wielded immense power but was corrupt and depraved, committing all sorts of heinous acts!
Everyone in Azure Cloud City spoke of him with fear, angry but too afraid to speak out.
Now, seeing him suddenly arrive with troops, Xiao Lingchen couldn't help but connect some dots.
He had a vague feeling that this guy was closely connected to the Ye Family.
Who knows, among those who besieged the Xiao Family months ago, he might have been involved!
"Lord Qi, this man has slaughtered innocents in my Ye Family, leading to our near extermination. You must seek justice for us!!!"
Ye Liuyun, seeing Qi Xiong, clung to him like a drowning man to a lifeline, shouting desperately.
"Rest assured, Family Head Ye, no one can act recklessly in front of the City Guard!"
Qi Xiong pounded his chest in assurance.
Then he turned to Xiao Lingchen, his eyes wide with fury, and shouted:
"Audacious criminal! How dare you commit mass murder in my Azure Cloud City? What do you have to say for yourself?"
"What do I have to say?" Xiao Lingchen sneered and retorted:
"Months ago, the Ye Family led an assault on my Xiao Family, nearly wiping us out. What do they have to say for themselves?"
Qi Xiong barked:
"Silence! What right does a murderer have to question me? Xiao Lingchen, you have violated the unforgivable wrath crime under the justice laws of the Celestial Star Kingdom!"
"I hereby strip you of all your powers and order your arrest."
"Surrender now!"
With that, ten City Guards behind him stepped toward Xiao Lingchen, their terrifying killing intent enveloping him instantly.
At a glance, those ten City Guards had all reached the third stage of the Spirit Platform realm, a formidable force!
However, to Xiao Lingchen, they were no different from ants!
"Surrender, my ass!"
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He wielded the Phoenix Emperor Sword, sweeping it fiercely.
The sharp Sword Qi surged, and the ten City Guards were instantly decapitated!
"Outrageous!!!"
Witnessing this, Qi Xiong roared in fury:
"Vile criminal, you are truly brazen! How dare you resist arrest and kill my City Guards!"
"All together, kill this villain without mercy!"
With Qi Xiong's order issued.
Five thousand City Guards erupted with terrifying battle intent, their shouts shaking the heavens!
They all charged toward Xiao Lingchen!
It must be said, as City Guards, these men were indeed far stronger than the Ye Family's guards.
Just their aura alone was incomparable to those useless drunkards.
However, to Xiao Lingchen, they were merely nourishment to enhance his cultivation!
Having just killed so many from the Ye Family, the cultivation fed back by the God-killing Sword Technique was far from satisfying Xiao Lingchen.
Now, with five thousand City Guards coming, Xiao Lingchen naturally wouldn't hold back!
He grinned, wielding the Phoenix Emperor Sword, and charged into the army!
At this moment, it was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep!
Xiao Lingchen, with one sword in hand, slaughtered the five thousand City Guards in no time, leaving no survivors!
Finally, Xiao Lingchen thrust his sword into Qi Xiong's chest, pinning him to the wall!
"Ahhhh!!!"
Qi Xiong let out a painful scream:
"You, you can't kill me!"
"I'm from the City Lord's Mansion. If you kill me, the City Lord's Mansion won't let you go!"
Xiao Lingchen, however, coldly replied:
"That day, among those who besieged the Xiao Family, you were one of them, weren't you?"
"Was it your own doing, or was it the City Lord's Mansion's orders?"
Qi Xiong gasped in pain.
Faced with Xiao Lingchen's questioning.
He was momentarily stunned, unable to hide the panic in his eyes.
"You... what are you talking about? I don't know."
Xiao Lingchen grinned:
"Don't know? Then you can die!"
With that.
He abruptly withdrew the Phoenix Emperor Sword, slicing Qi Xiong's chest in two, killing him instantly!
If Xiao Lingchen had suspicions about Qi Xiong when he first saw him.
Then after a brief confrontation, Xiao Lingchen was almost certain.
Qi Xiong was definitely involved in that day's siege!
Whether it was his own action or the City Lord's Mansion's indication.
It didn't matter!
The night the Ye Family besieged the Xiao Family had passed for several months, yet the City Lord's Mansion had done nothing.
Coupled with today's slaughter of Qi Xiong and five thousand City Guards.
He had already become a sworn enemy of the City Lord's Mansion.
Even if the City Lord's Mansion didn't come looking for trouble, Xiao Lingchen would take the initiative to visit!
After dealing with Qi Xiong and the five thousand City Guards.
Xiao Lingchen's gaze once again fell on the now nearly collapsed Ye Liuyun.
Xiao Lingchen smiled, but to Ye Liuyun, that smile was like that of a devil!
Ye Liuyun was about to speak.
In the next second, a sword pierced directly into Ye Liuyun's heart.
In that moment, blood gushed from Ye Liuyun's chest like a fountain.
Blood trickled from the corner of Ye Liuyun's mouth, his face full of disbelief.
He had thought Xiao Lingchen would spare him to find out who was involved in the siege of the Xiao Family that day.
He never expected Xiao Lingchen to act so decisively.
At that moment.
Ye Liuyun regretted.
Deeply regretted.
Regretted why he had acted against the Xiao Family in the first place.
Also regretted not eradicating Xiao Lingchen back then.
If the decision had been different, perhaps today's outcome would be different.
But sadly, there is no medicine for regret in the world.
Ye Liuyun's life force quickly drained away, and he finally fell into a pool of blood.
Thus.
The Ye Family of Azure Cloud City was completely annihilated!
......
"Sister-in-law, it's over."
Xiao Lingchen returned to Chen Qingqing's side and reminded her.
Chen Qingqing instinctively opened her eyes, and what she saw was a field of corpses, rivers of blood!
This immediately frightened Chen Qingqing, making her go weak all over.
Fortunately, Xiao Lingchen caught her in time, preventing her from falling.
The sudden solid embrace made Chen Qingqing even more flustered.
Xiao Lingchen didn't think much of it.
He directly used the Divine Movement Step, carrying Chen Qingqing away from the Ye Family, heading straight for the Xiao Family.
"Lingchen, how did you become so powerful?"
Being held by Xiao Lingchen and flying through the air, she could see the current state of the Ye Family more clearly.
This shocked her even more!
That was the entire Ye Family, along with representatives from other family forces, and even five thousand City Guards.
Yet they were all slaughtered by Xiao Lingchen alone!
Was he really the same ordinary young man from three months ago?
Xiao Lingchen simply replied:
"I joined the Supreme Mystical Sect and apprenticed under a good master."
Chen Qingqing nodded, but she was thoughtful.
Although she had never practiced cultivation, she knew the saying that a master leads you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual.
If Xiao Lingchen wasn't exceptional and talented, no matter how strong and good the master was, it would be impossible for him to become so powerful in just three months!
In other words, Xiao Lingchen must be a prodigious talent.
This time, the Xiao Family might rise to prominence!
......
Meanwhile.
The news of the Ye Family's annihilation spread like a virus.
It caused a huge uproar throughout Azure Cloud City.
Whether it was the common folk or the high and mighty, they were all shocked!
This news quickly reached the Xiao Family.
"Family Head! Something big has happened! Young Master Lingchen has returned! He, he, he... he even went to the Ye Family's wedding today!!!"
