"Lao Jiu has this power too? He's also looking for the Dragon Ancestral Land!"
This power was needed for Explore the Sea Dragon Soul's Perfect Evolution, so it clearly had an inseparable connection to the Dragon Ancestral Land.
That made Lao Jiu's purpose in infiltrating the City Lord's Mansion plain.
But Lin Yuan no longer had time to trouble Lao Jiu.
Because the Deputy City Lord had arrived!
Boom!
The Deputy City Lord threw a punch straight at Explore the Sea Dragon Soul!
Like a silent puppet, the Deputy City Lord had not uttered a word from start to finish, expressing his stance through actions alone.
"Heh, instead of going after Lao Jiu, you've set your sights on my Dragon Soul?"
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?!"
Lin Yuan refused to back down. With a thought, he forcibly recalled the Dragon Soul, then swung a fist back to meet the Deputy City Lord's punch.
Bang!
A mushroom cloud larger than the one from Lin Yuan's earlier battle with the Commander abruptly rose, then exploded on the spot.
Lin Yuan flew backward out of the smoke. He looked at his fist, his brow deeply furrowed.
There were a few shallow wounds on his fist, meaning the Deputy City Lord's blow had not done much damage to him.
That was only natural. With Lin Yuan's current billion Health, never mind the Deputy City Lord-even someone in the top 100 of the Authority Ranking could forget about severely injuring him in a single strike.
Yet Lin Yuan's expression remained grave.
"So this is genuine Slaughter power? Interesting!"
The Slaughter power within the Deputy City Lord had not been fully converted into Destruction power. Most of it had been retained instead.
In theory, Destruction power was a higher form of Slaughter power.