"The case is settled. Yan Dongsheng tried to assassinate the city lord, and the city lord killed him on the spot. Does anyone have any objections?" Guo Donghai stood with his hands behind his back, surveying the crowd with the bearing of a Grandmaster.
"N-no, we have no objections."
"How could Yan Dongsheng dare to assassinate the city lord? His crimes are heinous."
"Exactly. The city lord killed him to rid the people of a menace. It was a good thing."
"Yan Dongsheng had to die to satisfy public outrage. He even dared to kill the city lord—what wouldn't he dare do? In ancient times, that would have been treason, and his entire clan would have been executed."
The crowd nodded repeatedly, lavishing praise on Guo Donghai. They were all scared out of their wits. Even Yan Dongsheng, the police chief, had been killed by a single slap from the city lord, without the slightest ability to resist. What could they possibly say?
The other Grandmasters who had come along were also deathly pale. They were even a little weaker than Yan Dongsheng. If the city lord could kill Yan Dongsheng with one slap, it wouldn't take much effort for him to kill them, either.
Even though they had once been on good terms with Yan Dongsheng, and had even belonged to the same faction, Yan Dongsheng was dead now. How could they be foolish enough to follow a dead man and get themselves killed?!
By killing Yan Dongsheng with a single slap, City Lord Guo Donghai had made an example of him and cowed everyone else.
"Impressive. So this is the Grandmaster Realm."
Xia Ping's eyes lit up. He could feel the unmatched power radiating from Guo Donghai. Even as he was now, he was no match for a