As Expected, They Value It

Ninglu Prefecture, Qingyu City.

Dark clouds churned overhead. One lightning chain after another, twisting and winding like thunder dragons, roared as they slammed down at the city below.

From east to west, from south to north.

Every corner of the city was swept by thunder in a carpet bombardment.

Relentlessly.

By now, the City-Protecting Talisman Array responsible for the city's defenses had collapsed more than a dozen times. It could no longer recover.

The walls were in ruins, collapsing in one stretch after another.

Even a prefectural city with such powerful defenses and deep foundations couldn't withstand the mad-dog attacks of a Jie Realm martial artist.

In fact, if the Sin Lord standing atop the city wall hadn't borne the brunt of the attacks, the city would have been completely destroyed a day ago.

"Is this fun?" The Sin Lord raised a hand and crushed a bolt of lightning. "If you're venting your anger, it's been a whole day and night. What's the point of these scratch-like attacks for either of us?"

The Sin Lord was somewhat baffled. When the governor first arrived, he'd thought that because Lieyun City had fallen, the other man had flown into a rage and wanted to fight him to the death.

But—

He'd been wrong.

The governor hadn't even shown himself in person. He'd merely conjured a celestial phenomenon and bombarded Qingyu City.

A decisive battle?

Not a chance!

But what was the governor's intention in doing this? Was he merely trying to keep the Sin Lord pinned here?

The governor should have understood that the two of them were keeping each other in check.

If he kept the Sin Lord trapped in Qingyu City, unable to leave, then he too couldn't return to Nanyan City.

The forces under both their command would continue