Limit Realm Rat Fiend!

The Magistrate, though shocked, couldn't be bothered to question if it was true or not.

All he wanted at that moment was to find someone to take the blame, to appease the Rat Fiend's wrath as much as possible.

This way, he might be able to stall for a while longer, and then he could just pack up and leave.

Thinking this, the Magistrate shouted, "Bold outlaw! How dare you slaughter innocent fiends, you are guilty of a heinous crime! Drop your weapon at once and accept judgment!"

What a phrase, "innocent fiends"!

This level of word-crafting was comparable to the experts from his past life.

Li Xuanxiao glanced at the Magistrate. "Magistrate, what wrong have I committed?"

"Rather, you, who indulged fiends in slaughtering the common folk."

"And now you tacitly allow fiends to prey on martial artists."

"Now that the fiend is here, instead of thinking of eliminating it, you're rushing to hand over your own kind to appease it."

"Between you and me, who is truly guilty?"

The Magistrate was furious. It was one thing for his constables to talk back to him, but how dare this unknown nobody speak so disrespectfully!

"Insubordination, disrespecting hierarchy, do you intend to rebel!"

"Guards! Seize him!"

The Magistrate roared, but no constables obeyed.

Wang Debiao even sneakily gave Li Xuanxiao a look of admiration.

He just felt that this kid, despite being uneducated, said things that he just loved to hear.

The Magistrate, seeing no one move, turned and glanced around, then burst into laughter out of sheer anger. "Very well, very well! You all want to rebel, do you!"

"If you won't move, I will!"

Although the Magistrate was known to be timid and cowardly in battle, he was actually at the eighth level of the Profound Realm!

When he moved, he carried quite some presence.

The Rat Fiend crossed its arms. It wasn't in a hurry anymore. Revenge was certainly to be had.

But before that, witnessing a scene of them fighting amongst themselves would be quite entertaining.

"You stammer around the fiend, but you punch out at your own kind."

"Do you even deserve to be a Magistrate?"

The Magistrate sneered, drawing his blade. "Sharp-tongued brat! If I can't deal with the fiend, can't I deal with you?"

Classic!

Li Xuanxiao almost burst out laughing. This Magistrate was truly something else!

Seeing the Magistrate swing his blade at him without holding back, Li Xuanxiao also dropped his smile.

He drew his blade and returned the blow!

"Ahhhhhh—"

The next second, the Magistrate's sword-wielding arm traced a beautiful parabola through the air.

Bringing with it a shower of blood.

At the same time, Li Xuanxiao's indifferent voice rang out.

"This strike is for all the common folk who reported crimes but found no justice, who died in vain!"

He struck again, piercing through the body.

"This strike is for all the martial artists you betrayed with a single word."

Then he swung horizontally, taking a head with it.

"This strike is for drawing your sword against your own kind when a fiend is present!"

With the three strikes delivered, the Magistrate's head landed on the ground, his body slumping to the side.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. By the time the constables were still hesitating whether to intervene, it was already over.

Three strikes, cleanly killing a martial artist at the eighth level of the Profound Realm!

He hadn't used any martial arts during the process!

Such strength left the constables wide-eyed.

Even the Rat Fiend showed a rare hint of seriousness in its eyes.

"Good kid! No wonder you could slaughter so many of my descendants, I underestimated you!"

Li Xuanxiao chuckled. "I'm rather curious why you haven't run yet?"

"The situation is quite unfavorable for you now, we have five martial artists on our side."

"Are you so confident that you can still kill me and avenge your descendants in this situation?"

The Rat Fiend burst into laughter. "Foolish! Do you think a larger number of martial artists guarantees victory against me?"

"I don't think you understand the difference between us!"

The next moment, the Rat Fiend stopped hiding its full cultivation, freely revealing it.

Instantly, a pressure several times more terrifying than before descended.

All the constables' faces changed drastically!

"Limit... Limit Realm!"

"No wonder it dared to come alone for revenge; it's already become a Limit Realm Great Fiend!"

"It's over... If it were just Profound Realm peak, we could still fight, but now..."

The Rat Fiend was quite satisfied with the constables' reactions. It had hidden its cultivation precisely for this moment!

Playing the pig to eat the tiger, showing weakness to deceive the enemy.

This is a trick you humans often pull, and now it's my turn, Rat Lord, to put on a show!

Fear! Despair! Tremble! Beg for mercy!

Then, I will crush all your hopes!

It turned its head to look at Li Xuanxiao, already contemplating what words would sound more imposing later.

To its surprise, Li Xuanxiao was not affected at all. Instead, he looked at it with the gaze one reserves for the intellectually challenged.

What's going on?

I'm this awesome, and you're not scared?

Don't you know what the Limit Realm means?

Do you understand dimensional reduction attacks?

The Rat Fiend had intended to make a grand display, but it hadn't expected Li Xuanxiao to be so ignorant and completely unaware of what the Limit Realm represented.

It felt like punching cotton, all power wasted.

"Forget it, ignorance is good too. Dying without understanding is a kind of happiness."

Li Xuanxiao pursed his lips, "I don't understand..."

Here it comes!

The Rat Fiend immediately became excited. He was definitely going to ask what the Limit Realm meant.

"I don't understand, since you've already stepped into the Limit Realm, why go through so much trouble to negotiate with the Magistrate and force him to compromise."

The Rat Fiend was stunned. It hadn't expected that question.

Damn it, are you the '100,000 Whys'?

The Rat Fiend's whiskers twitched with anger, but seeing that the other party was about to die, it didn't mind explaining.

"Of course, it's for balance..."

"Do you think only humans and fiends are adversaries? Sometimes, infighting and mutual oppression among our own kind is far more brutal!"

"If I reveal my Limit Realm cultivation, it will disrupt the power balance of the fiends in this region."

"This way, the various fiend races will not be able to unite, and instead, they will be quite wary of our Rat Fiend clan."

"At that time, we will face equal vigilance from Ning'an City and other fiend races!"

"Therefore, the best strategy is to hide my strength, then establish a common enemy, which is your Ning'an City!"

"Only then, with our interests bound together, can we work as one, and my descendants can grow up safely as rats..."

Li Xuanxiao raised an eyebrow, surprised that a mere Rat Fiend possessed such insight. "I've learned something. You must read quite a lot, don't you?"

The Rat Fiend smiled proudly. "It's alright, only about a hundred or eighty books. I have to say, you humans are far ahead of us in terms of intelligence."

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

The Rat Fiend froze, suddenly remembering that it had come for revenge.

Damn it, what the hell is going on!

How did it turn into this mess?

"Kid, you killed so many of my offspring, pay with your life!"

Li Xuanxiao blinked. Are fiends really that fickle?

One moment they're having a friendly chat, and the next they're drawing blades?

However, facing the Rat Fiend's attack, Li Xuanxiao didn't dare to be careless.

After all, being in the same Limit Realm, it was only right to show some respect.

His Limit Realm aura instantly erupted, its oppressive force no less than the Rat Fiend's.

It was even slightly superior.

The Rat Fiend was completely bewildered. "Squeak squeak squeak?"

Are you messing with me?