"So powerful!"
"He's only at essence condensation first layer, yet he can instantly kill someone at origin condensation fifth layer!"
"His background must be extraordinary. He's definitely a monstrous genius from some major sect or faction!"
Watching this, everyone around trembled with fear, their faces filled with shock.
They could scarcely believe what they had just seen.
At essence condensation first layer, he had actually crossed cultivation levels to instantly kill two origin condensation fifth layer cultivators!
So young, with such cultivation and such combat strength-he could only be called a monstrous genius.
Soon, delight surfaced in most people's eyes.
Those scum all deserved to die. Good riddance!
Ye Xuan paid no attention to what they thought.
Almost the instant he kicked that cultivator's temple apart, his body had already dropped, and he caught the falling iron staff.
At the same time, several other gate guards had charged in to attack.
Fear had already surfaced in their eyes. Clearly, they had never expected Ye Xuan to be so powerful.
But Ye Xuan had killed too quickly. They had no time to react, much less pull back, before they had already rushed up beside him.
Ye Xuan looked at those gate guards without a trace of sympathy in his eyes.
In this world, the weak were meat for the strong. He could understand that.
But there still had to be a bottom line.
Without one, how were they any different from beasts?
A chilling killing intent erupted from Ye Xuan as well. Without the slightest courtesy, he swung the staff and smashed it down.
At the sight, one cultivator was just about to open his mouth to beg for mercy when the dark iron staff came crashing toward him.
With a bang, the iron staff swept across and slammed heavily into his chest.
He felt a surge of pain throughout his body before he was sent flying backward.
His bones shattered inch by inch. After falling to the ground, he convulsed all over. He was not dead, but barely half a breath remained in him.
Ye Xuan did not stop. Like a god of slaughter, he continued attacking the others.
One man held the pass, and ten thousand could not break through!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Heavy thuds rang out one after another, followed by shrill screams.
Those gate guards were like clay chickens and straw dogs.
Under Ye Xuan's iron staff, they could not withstand a single blow. Their essence condensation realm cultivation was like child's play.
Moments later, every gate guard had fallen, and crimson blood stained the ground.
An overwhelming defeat!
An utterly unadorned, overpowering crushing!
Crimson blood stained the ground as those cultivators lay howling and twitching, miserable beyond description.
At the sight, the scene fell into deathly silence once more.
Ye Xuan's strength had exceeded everyone's expectations.
Even though they already knew Ye Xuan was powerful, seeing him crush so many essence condensation experts in such a short time still left them shocked.
For a moment, gasps filled the scene.
After a while, someone finally came back to their senses.
The female cultivator Ye Xuan had saved finally summoned her courage and hurriedly said:
"Senior brother, hurry and leave this place. They're all from the City Lord's Manor. The city lord is a golden core realm expert. You can't afford to provoke him."
Once the female cultivator spoke, several other kindhearted people also began offering well-intentioned warnings:
"Yes, young hero, hurry and go. The city lord is not someone to provoke. Leaving aside his golden core realm cultivation, even the City Lord's Manor has over a dozen wheel sea realm cultivators."
"Young hero, our city lord is extremely protective of his own. He's also brutal and takes revenge for the smallest slight. Since you dared to kill his people, he won't spare you, whatever your reasons."
"Young hero, hurry and leave. Don't linger here and ruin your own prospects."
The overlapping voices sounded in his ears, making Ye Xuan feel a little better.
Fortunately, not everyone is cold and heartless. There are still good people after all.
Still, learning that the city lord was actually at the golden core realm made him frown again.
The golden core realm was two whole major realms above him.
The early cultivation stages were meridian opening, essence condensation, wheel sea, and golden core.
He was only at essence condensation first layer now. Even with his many methods and unparalleled talent, he was only confident of crossing realms to slay wheel sea cultivators.
As for golden core cultivators, Ye Xuan had little confidence.
In this world, the gulf between cultivation realms was difficult to cross.
Never mind two major realms-even a single minor level was extremely difficult to cross.
If Ye Xuan had not possessed the Chaos Sacred Body, opened one hundred and eight meridians, and reached the supreme extreme realm,
he could not possibly have possessed his current combat strength, much less fought across such a vast gulf in cultivation.
Master said she wouldn't help unless someone's cultivation was more than three major realms above mine. Could everything have been calculated in advance?
Ye Xuan sighed inwardly. He almost wanted to shout, What a scheming old bastard!
But remembering that this was his beautiful master, he let it go.
This definitely wasn't my beautiful master's idea. It was those unscrupulous old men.
They're the scheming old bastards.
Those rotten old geezers are wicked indeed.
Grumbling inwardly in frustration, Ye Xuan turned to those kindhearted people.
He was just about to ask them for details.
But they did not dare say anything more. Instead, they gestured for Ye Xuan to leave quickly, then turned and hurried away.
Even the female cultivator Ye Xuan had saved was no exception.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan did not blame them.
He naturally knew they feared the city lord would learn that they had warned him and settle accounts afterward.
It was already commendable that they had spoken up to warn him.
This also showed just how terrifying and tyrannical that city lord was. Otherwise, why would these people be so frightened?
Without another word, Ye Xuan walked straight over to the dead and injured gate guards and practicedly began searching their bodies.
As the saying went, murder and arson earned a belt of gold. Though Ye Xuan did not advocate such behavior, since he had already killed them, he naturally had to take his spoils.
The dead cultivators were one thing, but those still alive were rather miserable.
This bastard tortured us like this, and now he wants to take our resources too. May he die a horrible death!
They cursed him viciously, yet never considered whether the towering sins they had committed might earn them a horrible death.
Ye Xuan paid them no mind. The dead were one thing, but among the living, anyone who dared show a resentful look or utter so much as a grunt received a slap.
Those cultivators gnashed their teeth in rage, yet had no choice but to suppress their anger, swallowing their shattered teeth along with it.
They had bullied others all day long, and now they finally tasted what it was like to be bullied. Perhaps this was evil receiving its just deserts.
Ye Xuan searched for quite some time, but his gains were meager. This displeased him greatly, so before leaving, he even hurled a classic insult: "A bunch of broke bastards."
Those cultivators nearly exploded. How could anyone bully people like this?
This is going too far!
Ye Xuan could not be bothered with them. He headed straight into the city and made directly for the City Lord's Manor.
By now, he could more or less guess the task: slay the city lord and carry out justice on Heaven's behalf.
That way, he could not only undergo a trial, but also punish evil and promote good, restoring a clear sky to this city-two birds with one stone.
When the people around saw that Ye Xuan had not fled, but was instead heading straight for the City Lord's Manor with murderous intent, their mouths fell open in shock once more.
He's going to defy the heavens!