The moment Lin Heng stepped into the banquet hall, Zhuge Yun's chilling killing intent instantly locked onto him.
Lin Heng scanned the banquet hall with his eyes and found that only Zhuge Yun was in the empty room.
However, on the banquet table next to Zhuge Yun, there were no delicacies on the table, but rather round, oblong objects wrapped in cloth bags.
The bottom of the bag was stained with blood, and the room was filled with a pungent smell of blood, making it easy to guess what was inside the bag.
"You, Lin Heng, have been treating me well since you entered the city, yet you killed my general and cut off my source of income. How do you intend to settle this score today?"
Zhuge Yun, abandoning his usual respectful demeanor towards Lin Heng, coldly shouted.
Is it finally time for a showdown?
Lin Heng grinned slightly, a mocking smile on his face, and said, "A city lord like yourself, condoning your generals to become Spirit-Hunting Bandits, harming villagers, and even committing the heinous act of massacring a village—do you think you can still hold onto your position as city lord if the experts of the Ninefold Heaven find out about this?"
Zhuge Yun's expression changed slightly. Spirit-Hunting Bandits was indeed an unwritten rule in the underground world, and not only him, but all city lords would do so.
However, the underground rules could never be made public, especially with the warning from that strongest Human Race that the exploitation of the lower classes was forbidden.
Zhuge Yun knew very well that if Lin Heng's words were true, exposing the matter would not only jeopardize his position as the city lord, but his entire clan would also be exterminated by that Human Race powerhouse.
Now that they had already torn off all pretense, Zhuge Yun no longer held back. He reached out and lifted the cloth bag on the table, revealing a series of bloody human heads inside.
Lin Heng immediately recognized the heads on the table as belonging to villagers from Chang Village.
The head closest to Zhuge Yun is that of Chang De, the Chang Village. His angry eyes clearly show the rage he felt before Chang De death.
Following closely next to Chang De was Chang Qiong, the honest and lovable man, who was also the first Human Race Lin Heng met upon arriving in the Longevity Realm.
Counting backwards, there were ten heads in a row, all of them villagers from Chang Village.
" Lin Heng, didn't you want to protect them? But now I've killed them all. What can you do about it?"
Zhuge Yun smiled coldly. While Lin Heng was out exchanging Source Stone, he sent people to Chang Village to investigate the truth and massacred the Chang Village.
Perhaps even the villagers of Chang Village never imagined that they would not perish from the rampage of the demonic beasts, nor from the ruthlessness of the Spirit-Hunting Bandits, but would ultimately lose their lives at the hands of the city lord's mansion, the only place they could rely on for protection.
Lin Heng stared at the various expressions on the table of Chang Village villagers, all of whom died with their eyes wide open in disbelief. Each of those severed heads awakened fragments of memories in Lin Heng's mind.
Although Lin Heng did not stay in Chang Village for very long, the honest and Chang Village left a deep impression on Lin Heng.
Now that they have lost their lives because of him, how could Lin Heng not be furious?
" Zhuge Yun, since you have slaughtered Chang Village, I, Lin Heng, will today use the lives of everyone in your City Lord's Mansion to pay for the deaths of the villagers of Chang Village."
A terrifying killing intent erupted from Lin Heng.
Sensing the burst of killing intent emanating from the Supreme Saint expert, Zhuge Yun's heart trembled, and he involuntarily took a few steps back.
"Die!"
Without uttering a single word, Lin Heng suddenly raised his right fist and slammed it straight at Zhuge Yun.
'Whoosh!'
The whistling sound of Lin Heng's right fist blew in Zhuge Yun's ears; the wind from his fist had already arrived before he even got there.
Zhuge Yun's originally handsome face appeared somewhat ferocious and distorted under the howling wind of the fist.
Under the aura of death, Zhuge Yun's mind was filled with the image of his body being blasted apart by Lin Heng's iron fist.
Just as Lin Heng's iron fist was getting closer and closer to Zhuge Yun, and was less than a meter away from hitting Zhuge Yun, a green light burst out from the ground.
'Bang!'
Lin Heng's fist struck the green light, Shattering like a mirror, and Lin Heng was sent flying backward by the enormous impact.
'Tap tap!'
After landing, Lin Heng took a few steps back and looked up.
A tree branch as thick as an arm was lying across Zhuge Yun's front; it was the green light emanating from this branch that had blocked Lin Heng's attack.
"A tree branch? Sacrificial Spirit from the Zhuge Clan?"
Lin Heng's expression darkened slightly; the Zhuge Clan's Sacrificial Spirit seemed to be stronger than expected.
"Ha ha!"
Having narrowly escaped death, Zhuge Yun laughed loudly and arrogantly provoked Lin Heng.
"Lin Heng, although you are an ascendant, your strength is at most at the Saint Realm. My Zhuge family's sacrificial spirit is at the Nirvana Realm. Today, you will obediently become nourishment for my Zhuge family's sacrificial spirit!"
Lin Heng remained silent, but quickly analyzed the Zhuge family's sacrificial spirit in his mind.
Lin Heng already knew that the Zhuge Clan possessed Nirvana Realm Sacrificial Spirit.
Logically speaking, Nirvana Realm Sacrificial Spirit could not possibly unleash the full power of a true Nirvana Realm expert; it would only be slightly stronger than Supreme Saint Realm expert. Given Lin Heng's formidable three physical attributes, he could easily withstand such a direct confrontation.
However, based on his initial clash with the Zhuge family's sacrificial spirit, Lin Heng judged that the power contained in that branch was far more than just a little stronger than that of a Supreme Saint Realm expert; it probably possessed one-fifth of the power of a Nirvana Realm expert.
Could it be because of Zhuge Yun's grandfather?
Lin Heng quickly made a judgment.
Presumably, it was because Zhuge Yun's grandfather failed to break through to the Nirvana Realm that he gave all his willpower to the Sacrificial Spirit, which is why the Zhuge Clan's Sacrificial Spirit was able to increase its strength so much in a short period of time.
"Oh!"
Having figured out where the power of the Sacrificial Spirit came from, Lin Heng sneered, "If this is your last trump card, Zhuge Yun, then after tonight, the Zhuge Clan will vanish from the Nine Heavens Ten Regions forever."
As soon as Lin Heng finished speaking, he suddenly lunged forward, throwing a punch.
Sensing Lin Heng's powerful attack, the Sacrificial Spirit once again emitted a dazzling green light, firmly protecting Zhuge Yun behind it.
The iron fist, imbued with Lin Heng's full power, transformed into countless fist shadows, continuously bombarding the green light of the Sacrificial Spirit.
The fist shadows fell like raindrops, and the green light formed by the Sacrificial Spirit began to vibrate violently.
At first, the green light was strong, and green ripples kept spreading. Zhuge Yun showed a disdainful smile behind the Sacrificial Spirit.
However, as Lin Heng's attacks became increasingly violent, the ripples on the green light continued to spread at an accelerated pace. In just over ten breaths, several tiny cracks had appeared on the protective green light.
Upon seeing this, Zhuge Yun's expression changed drastically. He never expected that Lin Heng would be so strong that he could even shatter the protective shield released by the Nirvana Realm Sacrificial Spirit.
Seeing that things were not going well, Zhuge Yun turned around and tried to escape, but a tall figure blocked his way.
The Nether Ancestor Puppet, wielding the Nether King's Heaven-Splitting Axe, stood before Zhuge Yun, its terrifying aura preventing Zhuge Yun from making the slightest move.
'Gurgle!'
Zhuge Yun swallowed hard, his heart filled with anxiety.
Not only is Lin Heng himself abnormally strong, but he also possesses such a terrifying puppet.
But why didn't he let the puppet attack me?
At this moment, the Nether Ancestor Puppet only stopped Zhuge Yun and did not attack him.
This was also Lin Heng's deliberate act to prevent Zhuge Yun from escaping when he attacked the Sacrificial Spirit.
It wasn't that Lin Heng didn't want to kill him, but rather that Zhuge Yun, the city lord, certainly knew more about the Longevity Realm.
Lin Heng spared Zhuge Yun's life for the time being, simply because he wanted to learn more about the Longevity Realm from him.