Sikong Jing shuddered all over. He also saw his father-in-law, Su Zhenglong, in dire peril before the city gates and roared, "Father-in-law, hold on!"
The response he received was the horse bandit leader's cold sneer. "Idiot, daring to flaunt your love in front of us? Die first."
The horse bandit leader instantly erupted with the true qi of the second level of the Earth Realm. Yet this true qi was incomparably sharp—clearly not something an ordinary horse bandit could possess.
It was, of course, a standard-issue cultivation technique from the Xia Kingdom's army.
The horse bandit leader continued, "You dared to come to Yunye City's rescue. Kill you, and your soldiers will collapse without even fighting."
With that, he charged in with a boom!
Yet Sikong Jing merely raised his eyes coldly, then slapped out.
With a sharp smack, the imposing horse bandit leader flew away like a kite with its string cut, his scream tearing through the sky.
Now that he had absorbed the power of the extraordinary warhorse, Sikong Jing's cultivation had reached the sixth level of the Human Realm.
The second level of the Earth Realm posed no threat at all in his eyes!
He did not utter another word. Holding Su Yuexi in one arm, he flashed toward the city gates like lightning and shouted, "All troops, heed my command! Slaughter the horse bandits!"
By the time his words fell, he had already reached the city gates. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
One punch each—he blasted apart every horse bandit surrounding Su Zhenglong. Bursts of bloody mist exploded before the gates, like a rain of scattering blood.
Sikong Jing then steadied Su Zhenglong. "Father-in-law, are you all right?"
"A-Jing!" Su Zhenglong's voice trembled. Having just walked through the gates of hell, he was too shaken to speak.