Cloud Sea Immortal City, main hall.
"brother Zhou, rest assured. I will get to the bottom of this and give you an explanation."
City Lord Chen spoke to Zhou Ling with a solemn expression.
For Liu Zheng Jia to ambush Zhou Ling with such precision, he naturally had someone assisting him within Cloud Sea Immortal City.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible.
"Many thanks, City Lord Chen."
After recovering along the way, Zhou Ling's complexion had regained some color. He clasped his hands toward City Lord Chen in thanks.
But then he changed the subject. "However, a great battle with the Golden-Eyed Spirit Race is coming. Will handling this matter this way affect morale?"
The other Nascent Soul Cultivators nearby also nodded slightly.
They had likewise been utterly shocked upon learning that Liu Zheng Jia had ambushed Zhou Ling.
A fugitive wanted by the Dao Alliance at its highest level had actually managed to hide within their Cloud Sea Immortal City.
It was clear that Cloud Sea Immortal City had glaring loopholes in its security management.
Yet what shocked them even more was that Liu Zheng Jia had not killed Zhou Ling.
Instead, Zhou Ling had killed him.
How had Zhou Ling done it?
A Golden Core Cultivator had killed a Mid Soul Transformation cultivator—a Lightning Attribute cultivator, at that.
The gap between them might not have been as vast as heaven and earth, but it was still a hundred and eight thousand miles.
They were not even in the same league.
Although Zhou Ling had said that he relied on the Baleful Mist storm to wear Liu Zheng Jia down heavily—
Zhou Ling himself had also needed to expend power within that Baleful Mist storm.
But when they recalled that Zhou Ling could refine Baleful-Mist Absorbing Stones, they felt