"If someone tries to kill me, am I not supposed to fight back?"
Chen Changming turned to look at Wuyazi in the distance. With a cold smile, he said, "City Lord, are you still planning to punish me?"
Wuyazi's gaze flickered. He said slowly, "You've treated human lives like weeds and ignored the laws of the city. As its City Lord, it's only natural that I deal with you."
"Deal with me?"
Chen Changming laughed, his smile bright.
Wuyazi's cultivation was the same as the Great Elder of the Formless Sect's. Both were at the eighth layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
At that level, Chen Changming honestly didn't think much of him.
"Fellow Daoists, Returning Star City has always been orderly. But today, a vicious criminal has run amok, slaughtering innocents. As City Lord, I cannot tolerate such conduct. I therefore ask you all to join me in striking down this fiend. What say you?"
The Nascent Soul Cultivators surrounding Wuyazi's group cupped their fists and declared indignantly,
"Strike down this Body Cultivator?"
Many were startled. This Body Cultivator's combat strength was astonishing; once he got close, they'd be dead.
"The Everlasting Hatred Sect supports the City Lord!"
While everyone hesitated, an aged voice rang out from afar.
Figures flickered, and more than a dozen Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Everlasting Hatred Sect appeared.
"The Heavenly Sword Sect supports the City Lord!"
A grand voice echoed in every direction.
More than a dozen Nascent Soul powerhouses suddenly appeared beside Wuyazi as well.
"The Seven Luminaries Sect supports the City Lord!"
"The Nine Li Sect supports the City Lord!"
Two more voices rang out in the air, followed by the appearance of more than twenty Nascent Soul Cultivators.
"Gasp! Other than the Formless Sect, the elder councils of the other