The moment Li Yang arrived in Heavenly Spirit Commandery, he saw a demon cultivator forcing deals on people in the street, throwing his weight around, and even preparing to kill someone in public.
His temper and killing intent surged together, and he descended with his sword in hand.
Li Yang landed and, with a casual slash, severed the Blood-Robed Youth's hold over the stubborn female cultivator.
She collapsed to the ground, sucking in a great gulp of air like someone on the verge of drowning.
"Who are you?!"
The Blood-Robed Youth frowned, sensing a powerful threat from the sword cultivator before him.
He was already among the top thousand on the Slaughter Ranking. The man before him had to rank higher!
"I don't know exactly what happened. I just want to know whether Heavenly Spirit Commandery has any rules. Why can you injure people at will, or even kill them?"
Li Yang was in no hurry to attack.
Until he understood the situation, he would hold back for now.
"Rules?" The Blood-Robed Youth laughed. "A bunch of Secret Realm natives think they're worthy of laying down rules for me?"
The young girl, Ling Shuang, saw the sword in Li Yang's hand and his dangerously intense aura of killing intent.
Yet, for some reason, she felt no aversion to it.
"He's awful!" Ling Shuang pointed at the Blood-Robed Youth, her voice seething with indignation. "He's been running rampant through Heavenly Spirit Commandery these past few days. He even slaughtered innocent people outside the Commandery City just because they wouldn't show him respect!
"Today, he went even further, abusing his strength to do whatever he pleased and threatening us with his powerful backers!"
At her accusations, the Blood-Robed Youth merely sneered.
"So what!"
He stood with his hands behind his back, then