"Greetings, Deputy City Lord!"
Outside the City Lord Mansion, six guards with the status of "Wenyin City elite guard" knelt on one knee and bowed respectfully.
"Is the City Lord here?"
Li Yue spoke coolly.
"Deputy City Lord, the City Lord is handling official business in his study."
One of the guards answered with utmost respect.
Li Yue nodded.
He entered the City Lord Mansion and walked straight to the study.
Along the way, everyone with the status of "steward," "guard," or "maid" in the City Lord Mansion knelt and bowed when they saw him.
The hierarchy of status in the Death Origin Realm is incredibly rigid...
One's standing depends entirely on 'status.'
The rank of one's 'status' determines one's entire life.
He murmured inwardly.
And his current status as "Deputy City Lord of Wenyin City" was a genuine high-grade status.
Within Wenyin City, only the "City Lord" status ranked half a tier above his.
Creak—
He pushed open the study door.
The room was pitch-black. Only in its deepest recesses sat an old man in azure robes, his expression imposing as he leafed through the documents in his hands.
"Hmm?"
"Deputy City Lord?"
"Why have you entered without announcing yourself?"
The old man put down his documents and looked sternly at Li Yue.
A suppressive force stemming from "status" immediately descended on Li Yue.
He discovered that his strength had been directly suppressed by twenty percent through "status"!
This left him marveling.
"Status" truly was everything in the Death Origin Realm.
The other man's status was only half a tier higher than his, yet it could suppress twenty percent of his strength!
What if someone's status was a full tier higher, or even two?
The degree of suppression would likely be unimaginable!
*The Taboo Deities of the Hall of