"City Lord Gaoyang, Duan Hong."
The middle-aged man smiled faintly, his hands clasped behind his back.
Facing Ye Li's icy gaze, his expression remained utterly genial. He showed not the slightest concern for Duan Hai and instead said with a smile:
"Since this unfilial son offended you, he deserves to die."
"I would like to take this opportunity to make a friend of you, fellow Daoist."
Hearing that,
any normal person would wonder whether cultivation had addled City Lord Gaoyang's brain, leaving him with some strange fetish for smiling apologetically while someone shit on his head.
But that clearly was not the case.
Duan Hong had adopted such a humble attitude entirely because he had considerable confidence in the water Divine Ability he was currently using, [Sinking Sea].
This technique could amplify his aura of pressure hundreds of times, then spread it across heaven and earth like a vast sea.
Within it, not only was Divine Consciousness obstructed, but Source Energy also stagnated.
Even the five senses grew sluggish, and every movement became as difficult as struggling through mire in the depths of the sea!
Forget withstanding it through True Source Realm cultivation alone.
Even a powerful cultivator at the same seventh level of the Illuminating Sea Realm would be affected to some degree within his [Sinking Sea].
When necessary, Duan Hong had even used this technique to impersonate cultivators of higher realms, intimidating everyone around him.
It was second to none when it came to clearing out small fry.
Yet the purple-robed young man before him had an aura only at the True Source Realm.
Standing at the very center of this [Sinking Sea], he remained composed, his movements smooth and effortless. He looked even more relaxed than Duan Hong himself!
That was clearly abnormal!
Having established a power