Who Would Dare Provoke Someone Like This? (5,000 Words)

Are people really that strong these days?

While Xiao Xiao was so nervous that he subconsciously wanted to ask someone for help, Old Man An even felt a sense of exhaustion.

Watching Wen Si sit there motionless, unmoved even in the face of his second S-rank forbidden item, Xiao Xiao seemed to be watching a joke. He couldn't understand what was wrong. He Mingming had a huge advantage, yet he was at a disadvantage. His opponent was theoretically weak, Mingming he couldn't find any weakness in her. In fact, looking at her, he even felt a vague sense that she was so powerful that she ignored him, making him feel suffocated...

Under normal circumstances, Old Man An would not have such a feeling. His extensive experience and unwavering faith have given him a keen eye for situational judgment.

However, the complete failure of the first S-rank forbidden item, combined with the unease he felt from the Old Chairman of Black Gate City, led him to misjudge many things.

What exactly did Kuang Juemin leave him...?

That guy once mocked me for being willing to stay in the flesh-and-blood city as a puppet, saying that the result would be worse than death.

Now, is he sending his heir to prove me wrong?

Xiao Xiao stated that everything Black Gate City knew was taught by the Old Chairman. In Old Man An's eyes, Xiao Xiao's image began to overlap with Kuang Juemin's.

He had to admit that even now, he couldn't ignore Kuang Juemin, so now he dared not underestimate Black Gate City either...

Therefore, he couldn't understand Xiao Xiao's true strength at this moment.

Furthermore, the will of City of Rest has begun to urge him on relentlessly, issuing him a continuous stream of commands.

At this moment, City of Rest was almost turned into a sea of blood. Monsters that appeared from nowhere were now rampaging through the almost undefended City of Rest. Old Man An could see that in the huge city, there were twisted monsters climbing on the top of tall buildings. Behind him, a group of assimilated natives followed the huge monsters and climbed up the buildings like madmen. But as they climbed, they fell down the buildings. Countless people were smashed into mincemeat.

He could see that at the busiest street intersection, there was a bloated monster, seven or eight meters tall, sitting cross-legged on the ground, grabbing the chaotic crowd around him and devouring them.

A woman wearing a gray short skirt suit, barefoot, was laughing and playing a game of "Red Light, Green Light" with a group of men with strange smiles in the dark alley.

"Whee..."

"Don't move..."

Facing the men whose mouths were practically watering, she turned and smiled, "Whoever touches it, I'll eat them up..."

One by one, Rat-Man began to emerge from the sewers, some lunging at normal people who were running away in panic, and crawling into their bodies.

Normally, when the Rat-Man pounces on him, his expression is one of panic. Then, he feels a pain in his back, and his expression changes to one of horror mixed with a hint of pleasure. Soon, as his flesh and blood are chewed up, a stiff and strange smile appears on his face.

Giant, blood-red vines began to sweep across the entire block. People touched by the vines clutched their heads in pain and squatted on the ground, their bodies curled into small balls.

Even now, Old Man An still doesn't know where this monster army came from.

It was obvious that he had lived for forty years and dealt with countless aberrations, but he had never seen anything like this before.

They were practically an army.

As they began to wreak havoc in the city, the dark side of City of Rest became a giant powder keg, instantly blasting open huge holes, which continued to corrode the still intact areas.

And this is precisely what City of Rest fears most.

The original City of Rest was vast and majestic, with an extremely exquisite and complete defensive structure.

With the Old Man An in a semi-retired state, he provides central support. The Grand Knight are stationed in all directions, and each of the thirty-six junior knights leads a small team, ready to resolve any abnormal events in City of Rest at any time.

But this time, it was completely different.

The larger and more exquisite something is, the easier it is to collapse when it is destroyed.

In the very short time that Old Man An attempted to kill Xiao Xiao but then sensed something amiss, this insane mutation had already begun to make City of Rest teeter on the brink of collapse.

The City of Rest, or rather, the Mysterious Source had previously parasitized the City of Rest, was naturally not satisfied.

This is what it fears most, so on an instinctive level, it keeps urging Old Man An, one command after another, surging into Old Man An's brain in an overlapping manner.

And its instructions are exactly what Old Man An cares about most.

The establishment of the Kingdom of God requires the existence of a God, and the Mysterious Source of City of Rest is the God chosen by Old Man An.

He feared God's wrath.

These complex yet inevitable elements caused Old Man An's performance at this moment to veer far below expectations. His original plan was to focus on dealing with Xiao Xiao first, and then deal with other matters. In fact, if he had continued to execute this plan, the outcome would have been uncertain. However, Old Man An's confidence in his ability to deal with Xiao Xiao wavered. He was truly deceived by Xiao Xiao's calm and composed demeanor at this moment...

Then he raised his head, his eyes bloodshot.

Even Mingming he could have retrieved another special item to further increase the pressure on Xiao Xiao, he decided to use his trump card directly.

After all, he wasn't confident he could kill Xiao Xiao in a short time, and he didn't have time to play a game of testing each other with Xiao Xiao at this moment.

He stood up abruptly, his suppressed anger making even the wrinkles on his face appear more taut, and he didn't even try to reach into the museum behind him to retrieve anything.

He slowly took out a parchment scroll from his sleeve.

His gaze remained fixed on Xiao Xiao, then he suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Do you Black Gate City realize that you are actually facing the entire circle of outsiders?"

Xiao Xiao had no time to think about that...

The Butcher almost made a mistake and was nearly grabbed by the collar by a dark hand.

Fortunately, as his parasitic influence grew stronger, the Butcher's freedom also increased, and he could even use the power of City of Rest to provide him with some support.

This made the Butcher even stronger, and he began to suppress the three dark figures.

Such is the power of parasitism. The deeper Xiao Xiao parasitizes the city, the more he can utilize the city's primal power. He can bestow this primal power upon the Butcher, making him even stronger.

And this process...

... A startled answer suddenly flashed through Xiao Xiao's mind, "Enhancement?"

"I have parasitized the city and seized control of its essence, which allows me to use this essence to enhance the power of my special items."

"Isn't this similar to how the City Will uses points to enhance special items?"

"..."

Of course, this was just his own analysis during a state of Mind Burst.

This is the first time I've officially used the Unquenched Heart to parasitize other cities, and it's also the first time I've used this kind of control. Everything requires me to explore and consider it carefully.

The most pressing issue right now is that Old Man An is in a panic!

From the moment he took out the parchment, Xiao Xiao felt a vague sense of unease. He didn't know what the parchment was, but he recognized the material; he had seen it before.

The contract that Hell Organization used to wager against the Black Gate was written on a similar material.

This material was made from the corpse of Mysterious Source.

A sudden panic gripped her heart, but she maintained a calm facade, merely raising her head slightly before uttering a word that was particularly damaging to one's confidence:

"Oh?"

"..."

Old Man An hated Xiao Xiao's nonchalant attitude, and his angry voice trembled. "Do you know that it's not just our City of Rest that wants to destroy your Black Gate City?"

"All the strangers want to destroy you!"

"None of the strangers want to lose all our authority because of your Black Gate City's stubbornness..."

"..."

He roared at all of this, then suddenly unfolded the parchment scroll in his hand, spread it on the table in front of him, and then pressed his palm down forcefully.

Wow!

As he placed his palm on the parchment, it began to emit countless fine and sharp white lights.

The space in this room began to be fragmented by these white lights.

At this moment, Old Man An's expression turned somber, filled with regret, remorse, and a hint of relief...

This parchment scroll is not a special item, but a contract.

The City of Rest has been secretly promoting the Parthia Alliance, and in order to form this massive alliance, it has suppressed and even destroyed some cities. To put it bluntly, it could be said that the City of Rest has already ruled over 70% of the cities in the entire foreign land community. This is, of course, an exaggeration, but the City of Rest has indeed made contact with over 70% of the cities. Some have just made contact, and some have formed verbal alliances, but the most core are the cities that have been recorded in the contract...

At least twenty city council presidents of the Outlanders Association left their handprints on this contract.

The City of Rest can use this contract to demand that they do something.

This contract can be understood as the prototype of the divine kingdom that City of Rest wants to build.

"It shouldn't have been used here in the first place..."

This is where Old Man An's regret and helplessness came from.

His original plan was to deter these cities by swiftly annihilating Black Gate City after realizing its danger and uncontrollability. This would instantly make City of Rest's reputation far surpass that of other cities, boost the confidence of cities that had already formed an alliance with City of Rest, and intimidate those cities that were still wavering. It would show them that if they could easily destroy Black Gate City, wouldn't they have to be more cooperative in the future?

Once the first objective is achieved, the City of Rest Alliance will see a significant increase in power.

With just this one step, they could become the third largest organization alongside Hell Organization and Dante Organization, or even surpass and suppress them.

By then, he will be able to begin implementing his own divine kingdom ideals.

... Of course, these are things we can only think about now.

Not only did he fail to complete this step, but he also had to start using the power of the contract to force them to work for him. In any case, City of Rest had lost face big time.

But what can we do now?

The white on the parchment scrolls began to spread from City of Rest in all directions to all the cities that had signed the covenant.

Suddenly, a wave capable of sweeping across most of the ocean began to rise in this world, or rather, in this ocean of spiritual power.

In the vast and boundless Mist Sea of the Mist Sea, the cities standing there, their lights shining, resembled black behemoths. At this moment, the contract within the City of Rest awakened more than twenty of them.

Influenced by some mysterious force, the real world began to shatter, and a hidden passage appeared before the guild leaders who had signed contracts.

"Old An lost out..."

At this moment, on the Mist Sea, two people dressed in white robes and black suits were gazing at the Mist Sea dotted with countless islands, and naturally they also noticed this change.

The middle-aged man in a black suit spoke in a low voice, "City of Rest has always been proud, which is why it was able to attract other cities to form an alliance with them. Of course, our Hell Organization also deserves credit. Those cities all think that our Hell Organization is a bunch of pirates who will rush into the city and plunder all their points at the drop of a hat, making them feel very insecure, so they want to find someone to form an alliance... But in reality, plundering points is just a side job for our Hell Organization..."

"Only one or two out of ten cities are plundered, and of those ten cities, only one or two are destroyed..."

"..."

The old man in the platinum robe looked on and simply chuckled coldly.

The middle-aged man in the black suit seemed unable to continue, frowning as he said, "However, I must admit, Old An's alliance went quite smoothly. But at a time like this, when people are observing your strength, you suddenly showed weakness, shamelessly attacking those who came to return the information cards, and forcing these cities to come and fight for you... Petty, so petty! How can cities that love to take small advantages achieve great things? Their City of Rest will never amount to anything..."

"Of course, stopping the Black Gate City incident might actually be possible."

"..."

The old man in the platinum robe smiled and suddenly said, "So, are you willing to gamble now?"

"This..."

The middle-aged man in the black suit hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

He chuckled bitterly, "How embarrassing! I didn't even dare to underestimate such a young kid. He doesn't even have this much gambling spirit. If my men find out, they'll all seize power..."

"You were never brave enough to gamble in the first place..."

The old man in the platinum robe chuckled and said, "Otherwise, why would the Hell Organization have been drifting on the Mist Sea for so long?"

"Gentlemen, the time has come to witness each other's sincerity."

At the same time, in City of Rest, in that originally luxurious room, various fine white lights from the parchment fragmented the surrounding space, as if the room was filled with irregularly shaped mirrors.

In these mirrors appeared one person after another, with solemn, dissatisfied, or curious expressions.

These are the presidents of the associations in various cities.

They were all observing everything outside through the mirror, with Xiao Xiao positioned right in the center. It's unclear how many people's expressions immediately turned serious upon seeing Xiao Xiao.

Old Man An said in a deep voice, "The guild leader of Black Gate City is right here."

"Kill him, as a pledge of allegiance."

"Only by daring to kill these Anomalies who question the Kingdom of God can we entrust our hearts to each other and build the Kingdom of God together."

"..."

It's obvious that Old Man An is intelligent; after all, he has been in the chairman's position for nearly forty years.

So, Mingming he actually wanted to use the power of these cities mentioned in the contract to join forces to kill Xiao Xiao, he insisted on saying that he summoned them at this moment as a pledge of loyalty.

Once they make a move against Xiao Xiao, he will have the time to deal with the current anomalies and chaos in City of Rest.

Of course, these people might realize their mistake afterward and guess the true intentions of City of Rest.

But that doesn't matter. Since everyone has already worked together to do this, the alliance will not only not break down, but may even become more united as a result.

Moreover, this did not go against the wishes of their respective cities. After all, it wasn't just City of Rest that was wary of Black Gate City; other cities had also long been considering taking action.

If they could eliminate the Black Gate City guild leader in the same way they eliminated the Aberrant Creature, their City Will would probably have given the order long ago.

However, at the level of the Mysterious Source, such a rule has indeed never appeared.

"Not good..."

Even Xiao Xiao felt a slight unease upon witnessing this scene.

I'm actually in some danger now. My parasitism on City of Rest is only 20%, while the people summoned by Old Man An are all city guild leaders.

And those who become presidents, especially those from second-tier or higher cities, all have some unique skills.

There are probably countless players among them with strength exceeding 100,000 points.

If these people really attack me, I really won't be able to defend myself then...

Of course, neither Xiao Xiao nor Old Man An expected that after Old Man An gave the order in a deep voice, the presidents who looked at Xiao Xiao from various angles in the mirror looked at each other for a moment, and no one made a move.

An awkward silence fell over the room. After a long while, someone cautiously looked at Old Man An and asked, "Are you kidding me?"

"Don't you know how terrifying the guild leader of Black Gate City is? Are you too old to use the forum?"

"Who would want to mess with such a big pervert..."

"We support you because your City of Rest boasted that you would dare to eliminate this freak..."

"Now that you've reached a crucial moment, you're telling us to make the move?"

Do you think we're stupid?

I was supposed to be accompanying my partner to a concert today, so I had a valid reason to take the day off.

But is Old Ghost that kind of person?

My partner and such don't matter; I'm just focused on writing. I'll start with 5,000 words, take a nap, and continue writing. The number of updates won't be small, so don't worry!