Published: February 25, 2025
Upon hearing those words, Linghu Yunfei was thoroughly flustered. Isn't this just like a bird occupying a nest?
"Tan Yun, don't be too complacent!" Linghu Yunfei roared, "Just wait, in no more than four months, our City Lord will return, and by then, you're dead meat!"
Tan Yun chuckled awkwardly, "Oh really? Haha, great! I'll be right here, waiting for your City Lord to come and kill me."
The next day, at noon.
Tan Yun arrived at the City Lord's Mansion and closed the Formation Eye of the City Defense Formation that had previously surrounded the Abandoned City.
With the Formation Eye closed, only the Ten Thousand Dragons City Defense Formation remained above the Abandoned City.
Subsequently, after two days of effort, Tan Yun reached the previous canyon cave dwelling and began his seclusion training in the Mustard Seed Space Holy Tower.
Tan Yun's temporary goal was quite simple; he wanted to quickly advance to the ninth-grade of the imperial human realm, and then wipe out the Nine Great Generals within the Abandoned City!
...
At the same time, at the city gate exit of the Abandoned City, Sheng Wenze and the other Nine Great Generals were conversing with Linghu Yunfei across the formation barrier.
Linghu Yunfei looked at the anxious expressions of the nine people and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, wait for the City Lord to return, then we'll discuss how to eliminate Tan Yun!"
...
Time flowed like water, fleeting away.
In the blink of an eye, three and a half months later.
Long Xiaolin led twenty generals and two hundred million Immortal Soldiers, arriving grandly outside the Abandoned City.
"City Lord, you have finally returned!" Linghu Yunfei rushed to Long Xiaolin's side and bowed, saying, "City Lord..."
"Slap!"
Before Linghu Yunfei could finish, Long Xiaolin slapped him, sending him flying. "My wife is dead, and what have you, the deputy City Lord, been doing all this time?"
"Thirty-one Generals have been slaughtered by Tan Yun, and what have you and Zhao Nachuan and the other eleven generals been doing?!"
Faced with the insults, Linghu Yunfei covered his swollen face and knelt before Long Xiaolin. "City Lord, please calm your rage, let me explain."
"I also wish I could catch Tan Yun, but he is too powerful, challenging opponents beyond his level, and he is very cunning."
"My son was also killed by Tan Yun, and during the pursuit, Generals Zhao Nachuan and Fengtian Tu were also killed by him."
Upon hearing this, Long Xiaolin held back his anger and said solemnly, "Tell me the current situation, and what level of strength Tan Yun is at?"
After posing the question, when Long Xiaolin heard Linghu Yunfei's response, he was filled with rage!
Linghu Yunfei truthfully replied, "City Lord, Tan Yun is only at the eighth-grade of the imperial human realm, but his strength in challenging higher levels is truly formidable!"
"Perhaps Tan Yun is hiding his true level, making it impossible for me to detect. In any case, he possesses the strength to ambush an eleventh-level emperor sage realm expert."
"And..." Linghu Yunfei's voice grew softer as he continued, "Tan Yun has broken our City Defense Formation in the Abandoned City and has set up a new one."
"Tan Yun even said this new City Defense Formation is exactly like the one in Xuan Yuan Immortal City..."
Before Linghu Yunfei could finish, he was grabbed by the neck by Long Xiaolin.
Long Xiaolin's face turned red with rage as he roared hoarsely, "Trash! You useless trash!"
"Is this how you guard the city gate? Is this how you protect the Abandoned City? I really want to kill you, this useless trash!"
Just as Long Xiaolin was about to strike down Linghu Yunfei, Sheng Wenze, within the City Defense Formation, knelt before Long Xiaolin, saying, "City Lord, please spare the deputy City Lord's life! He has really done his best!"
"Yes, City Lord, please spare the deputy City Lord!" The other eight Great Generals also knelt, pleading to Long Xiaolin through the formation barrier.
Immediately, Sima Yongzheng, standing behind Long Xiaolin, bowed and said, "City Lord, there is a great enemy at hand; spare the deputy City Lord!"