Published: February 12, 2025
Ye Zhongming turned around, no longer looking at the chief committee member, but walked to the entrance of the courtyard, laid down Lan Jin's corpse, and gently closed her eyes.
Then flames appeared in his hands, igniting the last evidence of this unfortunate woman's existence in this world.
At this point, Ye Zhongming had severed his last tie to this world.
Consequently, he felt no pity for this city anymore.
What remained was hatred, along with an overwhelming killing intent.
"Kill him!"
With a command from the chief committee member, those surrounding him began to charge at Ye Zhongming!
"I will find you and kill you," Ye Zhongming said coldly, before his body suddenly sprang up and crashed into the small house in the courtyard.
"Don’t let him escape!"
The crowd surged forward.
This time, under the supervision of the chief committee member, everyone dared not slack off.
With a loud boom, Ye Zhongming burst into the small house, not to defend himself inside, but directly crashed through the back wall and into the alley beyond.
There were still many people there to intercept him, and even the two high-level Black Envoys that had appeared earlier jumped in front of him, but Ye Zhongming seemed oblivious to them as he rapidly closed in.
At the moment of confrontation, a flash of light emanated from his hand, and the two Black Envoys screamed as their bodies were severed.
Ye Zhongming wielded the Wind and Thunder Twin Birth.
This weapon was originally a treasure from a secret realm, and Ye Zhongming could not unleash its full power as a ninth level holy father would, yet it possessed immense capabilities on its own.
Combined with the scorching flame combat technique attached to it, there were very few things that could withstand its presence.
These two Black Envoys, who had the strength to be among the closest encircling attackers, had never received information about Ye Zhongming wielding such a sharp weapon.
Thus, even with what they thought was a perfect preparation, when faced with the sudden assault of the Wind and Thunder Twin Birth, they could only watch helplessly as it severed their weapons and then their bodies.
Without the powerful Black Envoys, how could the people on the periphery stop Ye Zhongming?
The large sword in his hand carved arcs through the air, and around him, clusters of lives fell, all decapitated.
The experts behind chased after him but saw only Ye Zhongming’s gradually receding figure and the bodies that littered his escape route.
Many displayed expressions of unwillingness. It was hard for them to accept that someone so heavily surrounded could break free so easily.
"Not so easy to leave!"
"Stop him!"
Since they were trying to capture Ye Zhongming, they naturally had more means at their disposal.
With this order, countless arrows and stones suddenly flew toward Ye Zhongming, raining down upon him.
Without any defensive equipment, Ye Zhongming couldn’t completely disregard these ranged weapons.
He could only run while deflecting the incoming projectiles, which inevitably slowed him down.
To be honest, Ye Zhongming was not afraid of these people. Among them, only the chief committee member was roughly on par with him in strength; the others were slightly weaker.
Although being besieged was troublesome and could lead to defeat, Ye Zhongming knew he could break through whenever he wanted.
However, he did not wish to engage in protracted combat; his concern was those ranged weapons.
He hadn’t forgotten about equipment like the corrosive water sprayer. Without defensive gear and skills, they posed a real threat to him.
What he faced now was an entire city, similar to a national machine with the city guards and Black Envoys.
If he had the entire Cloud Summit Villa with him, or just Xia Bai’s red dress guard, he would dare to confront these people head-on, and victory would surely belong to him.
But now, he was alone, and Ye Zhongming had to proceed with caution.
Before fulfilling his vow of ‘you and this city must die,’ he had to ensure he had enough combat power.