The leading young man was also a city lord with a tenfold perfected Saint Body. His name was Zhou Hong.
The dozen or so of them were all city lords under the Heavenly Demon City Lord, tasked with searching everywhere for Lu Ren.
After discovering Lu Ren, Zhou Hong had originally intended to make a move and kill Lu Ren outright.
Among the dozen or so people beside him, seven possessed eightfold perfected Saint Bodies, while five possessed ninefold perfected Saint Bodies.
Such a lineup would have been enough to handle even those top city lords ranked in the top ten of the Mianbei Rankings.
Yet, to be safe, Zhou Hong still did not make a move. Instead, he secretly followed Lu Ren, intending to wait for Mo Xixiang to arrive and personally kill Lu Ren.
They had never imagined that after following him for merely three hours, Lu Ren would discover them.
"You all die!"
Lu Ren stared at Zhou Hong and the others. With a step, he charged forward at breakneck speed, swinging the two swords of Ten Directions Annihilation directly toward the heads of the dozen men.
The two longswords spun madly like millstones, while terrifying wind, fire, thunder, and lightning transformed into Sword Qi and swept forth from Ten Directions Annihilation.
The wind, fire, thunder, and lightning Sword Qi streaked across the heavens like a true natural disaster, as though it would tear apart the void itself. Heavenly might permeated the air.
The dozen or so city lords below trembled at the sight, as if calamity had descended upon their heads.
"Damn it, get lost!"
Zhou Hong was terrified beyond measure. The longsword in his hand swung again and again as he struggled to block the attack.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zhou Hong unleashed his bloodline and