The moment Lin Bai entered Pine-Stone City, he took control of the teleportation formation.
Long Tianxi and Nan Lingtian led the City Guard in sealing off the area around Pine-Stone City. People could enter, but no one could leave.
In this world where strength ruled supreme, one Star Diamond and one Platinum were enough to control an entire city.
Lin Bai also had a batch of Silver and Gold Realm puppets at his disposal.
But these puppets lacked sentience and needed someone to control them before they could act, making them unsuitable for maintaining order.
At this point, Lin Bai had few Spirit-Opening Pills left. He could no longer restore everyone's sentience and had to use them sparingly.
A Heavenly Being in the City Guard could not stand watching Lin Bai throw his weight around. He privately approached Nan Lingtian and asked whether they should send people to other cities for help and take Lin Bai down in one stroke.
Then.
Nan Lingtian decisively killed the fellow.
Suffering the consequences of betraying Lin Bai once was enough. How could Nan Lingtian dare make the same mistake twice?
Long Tianxi and Nan Lingtian mercilessly killed every Heavenly Being who tried to leave Pine-Stone City, hanging their corpses from the City Gate.
Every Heavenly Being in Pine-Stone City was gripped by unease and had no choice but to reconsider the matters of the new mother body and the Tenth Heavenly King.
Yet no one took the initiative to provoke Lin Bai.
Whatever Long Tianxi's performance might have been, the impression that mortals were incompetent had already taken deep root in their hearts.
No one believed Lin Bai could last long. Besides, he seemed volatile and unpredictable. Approaching him now and getting themselves dragged down would hardly be worthwhile.
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