Chapter Twenty-Seven
Jing City, the City Lord's Residence.
On the highest throne in the residence reclined a four-armed Beast of the Alien Race. He was the Saint Realm powerhouse Mad Demon.
Below him stood City Lord Jing, a Special Lifeform, looking somewhat stiff and deferential.
"My lord, I've just received word. Galaxy has accepted my challenge. I can choose the time and place," City Lord Jing said respectfully.
The figure on the throne jolted upright and looked at City Lord Jing.
"I've waited nearly ten years. He finally accepted? I thought he knew I was coming for him and had gone into hiding. It seems he doesn't know I'm here. That makes things much easier." Mad Demon grinned. His eerie red eyes and savage maw made for a frightening sight.
Mad Demon had already devised a plan on his way to Azure City.
Every Domain Prefecture City was a Supreme Treasure a God King had commissioned someone to forge, reinforced by the power of formations. Even a Saint Realm powerhouse could not break the rules within it. If Mad Demon dared attack inside the city, the formations would likely reduce even him, a Four-Origin Saint Realm powerhouse, to ashes.
The best solution was to draw Galaxy out of the city, and the best way to do that was to have someone challenge him.
City Lord Jing was fairly strong, lived along Mad Demon's route, and was qualified to challenge the domain lord. Mad Demon had naturally chosen him.
What he had not expected was to wait nearly ten years for the challenge to be accepted. But for a high-grade Saint-level Supreme Treasure, he would have had the patience to wait a hundred thousand eras, let alone ten years.
"Tell him the place is the great canyon south of Azure City, ten days from now." Mad Demon grinned.
Luo Feng soon received City Lord Jing's reply.
"Ten days? City Lord Jing is in quite a hurry. It'll take me several days to get there from here if I don't teleport. He's calculated just enough time for the trip." Luo Feng shook his head. As he was now, he feared almost no one below the Saint Realm—unless someone had encountered an opportunity even more extraordinary than his own and possessed a technique stronger than the Lie Yuan Technique.
It was almost time for Luo Feng to set out for the agreed location.
Very well. After this battle, I'll head to the Imperial Capital. A display of strength should put a few minds at ease. Luo Feng decided to reveal a little of what he could do.
News that Galaxy had accepted City Lord Jing's challenge spread like wildfire. The battle would begin in ten days, above the great canyon south of Azure City.
Azure City erupted with excitement once more. The fervor was no weaker than when Galaxy had challenged Evil Eye. If anything, this battle drew even more attention because it was Galaxy's first fight since taking office.
For Azure City, it promised to be a spectacle.
But ten days was short notice. Those far from Azure City would have no chance to witness the battle.
Since the fight would not be held inside a battle zone, almost anyone nearby could watch it in person. That only heightened the anticipation. As soon as the news broke, the Eternal True Gods in the city, along with great numbers of Void True Gods, True Gods, and Lords of Laws, began making their way to the canyon. Anyone too slow would miss the fight.
Azure City stood on a plateau. A great canyon lay a dozen or so light-years to its south.
By now, countless figures crowded the area around the canyon, so dense from a distance that they looked like a swarm of locusts. They had all come to watch the battle and had arrived early for today's fight.
City Lord Jing had arrived early as well. He stood suspended above the canyon.
"Where is Galaxy?" Mad Demon was mingling with the many Alien Race spectators, waiting for the human to appear.
Suddenly—
Hm? A spatial ripple. Teleportation? Another Saint Realm powerhouse? Mad Demon sensed a faint spatial disturbance tens of thousands of kilometers away, and his expression shifted. Void True Gods and Eternal True Gods needed Space Control to teleport, but Saint Realm powerhouses could do so directly. That ripple unmistakably came from a Saint Realm powerhouse's teleportation.
It's the human, Galaxy. Could he be in the Saint Realm? Mad Demon was stunned. Luo Feng had appeared where the ripple had formed, and Mad Demon could sense no one else near him.
Mad Demon had intended to strike at once, but after a moment's thought, he decided to hold back.
While Mad Demon hesitated, Luo Feng reached the canyon. An Eternal True God could cross tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant.
"Galaxy." City Lord Jing looked at Luo Feng with mixed feelings. He might lose this battle, but Galaxy would die regardless. A Saint Realm powerhouse had set his sights on Galaxy and was about to make his move.
Once Galaxy died, the position of domain lord of the Azure Domain would fall to Jing. The Saint Realm powerhouse had promised him as much.
"City Lord Jing," Luo Feng said with a smile. "I never expected you to be the first to challenge me. It's been a while. Your strength must have improved considerably, hasn't it?"
"Galaxy," City Lord Jing replied. He felt no guilt. He was doing what he had to do. A man had to look out for himself, and everything he had done was to claim the position of domain lord.
"I'll give this battle everything I have. I believe I'm no weaker than Evil Eye. Please put me to the test, Galaxy."
"Then show me what you can do. Make your move." Luo Feng grinned, a chill in his smile.
Boom!
All of City Lord Jing's divine power blazed at once. His Miniature Universe descended immediately after, covering a region nearly one light-year across.
"Galaxy, take this!" A massive pair of stone hammers linked by a chain appeared in City Lord Jing's hands. As he swung, Luo Feng clearly sensed the fluctuations of nine different Laws. City Lord Jing had fused the power of nine Laws into this attack. Combined with his divine power and Supreme Treasure, it gave him peak eighth-tier combat strength, perhaps even close to the ninth tier.
Luo Feng was not surprised. City Lord Jing was an Eternal True God who had lived through countless eras. Even someone with poor comprehension could reach the point of fusing nine Laws by devoting an immense span of time to cultivation.
Boom!
Luo Feng's divine power ignited as well. A Miniature Universe filled with an aura of destruction descended. As divine power burned at full intensity and poured into them, the wings on his back spread wide. A golden Miniature Universe merged perfectly with the one suffused with destruction. Their power surged, and City Lord Jing's Miniature Universe immediately teetered on the verge of collapse.
But City Lord Jing's hammers were already upon him.
"Water and Fire Scorch Heaven!" Luo Feng met them with a slash, and the two attacks collided.
From the point of impact, torrents of blade light burst from Luo Feng's strike. Every arc carried terrifying eighth-tier power. In that instant, the space around the collision became a sea of blade light.
City Lord Jing's eyes turned fierce. He dispersed the force of the rebound and, protected by a low-grade Saint-level armor Supreme Treasure, ignored the blade light ravaging his divine body. Then he charged Luo Feng again.
"Divine Eye!"
Luo Feng looked toward City Lord Jing. A colossal divine eye seemed to appear before him, and in an instant, an invisible Will Impact turned into countless sharp arrows that pierced his soul.
"Aah!"
A harrowing scream tore from City Lord Jing's mouth. He had known Galaxy possessed a Will Secret Technique, but despite his Saint-level will and his mental preparation, the powerful impact emptied his mind in an instant. Agony ripped through his soul.
City Lord Jing's will had reached the Saint level, but it was far inferior to Evil Eye's.
Even Evil Eye, whose will stood at the peak of the Saint Realm, had struggled to endure the attack. For a will at the early Saint Realm, such an impact was devastating. What was more, Luo Feng's will had grown stronger after he experienced Evil Eye's Purgatory Samsara Eye. Though it had not reached the Saint Realm Limit, it was far stronger than before.
With a single glance, Luo Feng had stripped City Lord Jing of his ability to fight. The victory was decisive.
"You've lost, City Lord Jing." As City Lord Jing's Miniature Universe dissipated, Luo Feng withdrew his own. He watched City Lord Jing clutch his head and tremble without feeling the slightest stir of emotion.
"I've lost," City Lord Jing said, still trembling.
Yet he could not accept how thoroughly he had lost. Despite being on guard, a single glance had reduced him to this state. He knew close combat was not Galaxy's greatest strength, but he had never imagined the Will Secret Technique could be this powerful.
The spectators had not expected the battle to end so quickly either. It had been far more decisive than Galaxy's fight against Evil Eye. Galaxy's strength had once again overturned their expectations. Those who had still harbored hopes of challenging him quietly abandoned the idea after seeing this battle.
There was no questioning Galaxy's strength as domain lord!
Hidden among the spectators, Mad Demon was deeply shocked as well.
An Eternal True God with a will that strong? Mad Demon had a keen eye. The Laws in Luo Feng's Blade Technique were too shallow for him to be in the Saint Realm, yet the force of that Will Secret Technique was unquestionably at the peak Saint Realm level.
Mad Demon knew how strong City Lord Jing's will was. A technique capable of rendering him helpless in one strike had to be backed by a will at the peak of the Saint Realm or above.
Mad Demon's own will was exceptionally strong and had also reached the peak of the Saint Realm. He did not think he had anything to fear.
He could see now that Galaxy was a genius. It was a pity he had offended someone he should not have.
"Galaxy, impressive. Very impressive!"
A booming voice rolled out on a wave of divine power. From among the Alien Race spectators stepped a four-armed Beast of the Alien Race clad in dark-red armor.
It was Mad Demon!