The State Lord of Ma Prefecture
Frost particles formed one by one before the fat man, becoming a massive ice wall a hundred meters thick.
The silver sword aura slashed straight into the ice wall, but did not stop there. It cut into the wall and continued pressing inward.
Powerful laws emanated from the ice wall. Though the silver sword aura continued to cut through it, its speed slowed noticeably. By the time it reached the far side of the wall, it had become extremely sluggish.
The fat man watched, his face alight with joy.
It held!
Crack!
A faint sound rang out, and the joy on the fat man's face froze. In terror, he saw the sword aura break through the ice wall completely, splitting it in two as it came down toward him.
Though the silver sword aura had weakened by nine-tenths, he still couldn't withstand it in his current state.
Just as the fat man thought he was about to be killed by the sword aura, the space before him suddenly warped. A figure appeared, lightly brushing the hem of his robe. The sword aura's power vanished in an instant.
The newcomer was a white-haired old man dressed in plain clothes. He looked utterly ordinary, yet unfathomable waves of aura occasionally emanated from him, making him impossible to read.
The fat man gazed at the old man in plain clothes, his face full of delight. He cried out respectfully, "State Lord!"
The old man nodded, then turned to look at Bi Fan. His brow furrowed slightly as he asked, "Who are you, and why did you attack someone from Ma Prefecture?"
"State Lord, he's the new State Lord of Qingzhou! He stole the Fortune Vein that Guo Shuang and I discovered first, then attacked us to silence