The whole scene was utterly chaotic. Although quite a few immortals did not dare approach, most had taken to the sky to watch. Zhu Lan laughed wildly as if she did not care in the slightest. This was probably the happiest day of her life.
I certainly could not stand by and watch such an act of betraying one's master and ancestors, so I immediately prepared to send her another Deconstruction Technique. However, before I could raise my hand, the sword-wielding middle-aged man had already stepped in front of Zhu Lan, facing me warily. He had probably noticed the scene just now when I rescued Le Zhi.
Using Deconstruction Technique and Reconstruction Technique in alternation, I had directly killed someone in the Feathering Realm. For someone in the initial stage of Enlightenment, that was simply too bizarre. Moreover, I had now taken over the Heavenly Pavilion, so word of it should have spread throughout Sky City by now.
Fu Yu, Wu Tong, and Ruan Yu'er had already arrived outside the battlefield. With the dust half-settled, they quickly ran over to me. Ruan Yu'er took the child from my arms, while Fu Yu gestured for me to look toward the direction from which the lightning beam had just been fired.
"The City Lord is here. Please, Dao Master Xia, don't act rashly for a while. I'll mediate between you," Fu Yu said in a low voice.
I looked up at the sky. A transparent figure among the clouds was slowly descending. The only reason I could see it was because its human-like thickness created a visual distortion between the sunlight and the clouds.
I was secretly startled. The City Lord was actually transparent. It was truly unexpected. He had clearly been very careful about hiding himself; if he had not been