City Lord Wang was quite pleased to see that most of his soldiers had stayed behind. It seemed that his usual methods of coercing and bribing these soldiers to join him had worked!
With so many soldiers here, even if Qi Ling is strong, he's no match for an army! Dealing with him would be a piece of cake.
Just as City Lord Wang was about to give the order for his soldiers to attack, he suddenly saw Qi Ling take out a strangely shaped sword, seemingly planning something.
"Finally, it's your turn to shine again! How rare!" Qi Ling exclaimed, looking at the precious sword in her hand. "Such a rare divine weapon, yet it has remained unused in my hands. What a waste!"
This sword is the divine weapon that Qi Ling obtained, the Heaven and Earth Creation: the Sword of Rupture! Because weapons were not allowed to be used in previous competitions, and they were not useful at other times, this is only its second appearance today.
Nevertheless, the Sword of Rupture is undoubtedly Qi Ling's most powerful area-of-effect attack, and its power will increase with Qi Ling's strength, with virtually no upper limit.
With Qi Ling's current abilities, if she were to unleash the full power of the Sword of Rupture, she could instantly kill anyone below the Soul King level, and even inflict fatal wounds on enemies at the Soul King or Soul Emperor levels.
Looking around, there wasn't a single expert above the Soul King level in this army. Most of them weren't even Soul Master. After all, if they could become Soul Master, who would willingly choose to be an ordinary soldier?
However, Qi Ling had already given them a chance, yet they still chose to stand before Qi Ling and turn their weapons against him. And Qi Ling never showed mercy to his enemies.
"Heaven and Earth Creation: Sword of Rupture!" Qi Ling Qi Ling the Sword of Rupture in her hand, unleashing its powerful abilities, " Gate of Babylon, open!"
As the legendary Gate of Babylon was opened, countless legendary divine weapons appeared in the air, leaving everyone speechless with astonishment, wondering if they were seeing things.
But in the next moment, they experienced firsthand the power of these divine weapons. Qi Ling Sword of Rupture downwards, and countless phantom images of divine weapons detached from the Gate of Babylon and shot towards the enemies on the ground.
Air-to-ground attacks have always had an overwhelming advantage, let alone such an attack that is completely unstoppable and utterly impossible to defend against!
All enemies could only cry out in terror before the divine weapon, and then their Divine Soul would be destroyed along with the weapon's power.
Under the terrifying barrage of fire that could not be avoided, all the enemies were wiped out before they could even put up a fight.
City Lord Wang had never seen such a scene before; it was like a painting of hell. He was terrified and kept begging Qi Ling for mercy.
Unfortunately, the power of the Sword of Rupture was originally beyond Qi Ling's control, so even Qi Ling did not have the ability to control it after it was activated.
After all the enemies were dealt with, Qi Ling didn't look at them again and led Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke towards the city lord's mansion.
"Teacher, those people... are they all dead?" Xue Ke asked, still shaken. What she had experienced today was too surreal, even more exciting than anything she had ever experienced before.
" Xue Ke, this is the first lesson I'm teaching you today," Qi Ling said, still mounted on his horse without turning his head. "To be merciful to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself!"
Xue Ke listened to Qi Ling's words and nodded as if she understood, but at the same time felt like she understood nothing.
After arriving at the city lord's mansion, no one dared to stop Qi Ling this time. Everyone knew that the person in front of them was not to be trifled with and was unlike any of their previous superiors.
After creating a sufficient shock, Qi Ling looked at the remaining people in front of her and said, "It's clear that you're not with City Lord Wang, otherwise you would have followed him long ago."
"Since that's the case, all of you listen up! I'm here to do only three things for you!"
Qi Ling held up three fingers and said, "Fair! Fair! Fair!"
Qi Ling spent an afternoon promoting a large number of talented individuals who had previously suffered oppression from the City Lord Wang but possessed genuine abilities.
These people, who would otherwise have lived a life of mediocrity under the oppression of the City Lord Wang, are now suddenly given the opportunity to display their true talents and abilities, and are naturally grateful to Qi Ling.
Qi Ling wasn't worried about misjudging people at all, because the Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul had a unique advantage in this regard. He could clearly see a person's true character just from the aura they exuded. He knew better than each of them who was talented and who was a Qi Ling.
"Furthermore, there's one more thing, and it's the most important thing!" Qi Ling said, taking a book from her Infinite Space and addressing them, "Each of you must begin studying this book! Do you understand?"
The talented individuals chosen by Qi Ling picked up the book Qi Ling had taken out and passed it around, each with a puzzled look on their faces, completely unable to understand what the book meant.
"Sir, what exactly is socialism? And what about public ownership, private ownership, contradictions among the people, and the interests of the people? These are all things I've never even heard of before!" a scholar said.
"That's good if you don't understand. If you all understood everything, what would I be needed for?" Qi Ling said. "Learn by doing. Some things may not be applicable, but it's never a bad thing to know more. Do you understand?"
As Qi Ling's first fiefdom, this place will also become Dragon's Glory's primary base, serving as a crucial guarantee for Qi Ling's development of its power. Naturally, it must be transformed into a more civilized and advanced place!
For the next year, Qi Ling stayed in the city, serving as a competent lord. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke used their intelligence to help Qi Ling in many ways.
The person who changed the most during this year was Princess Xue Ke. With admiration for Qi Ling Qi Ling, Xue Ke was eager to help her and took the initiative in everything she did, gradually showing her outstanding leadership talent.
Sometimes, watching young Xue Ke methodically arrange everything in the city, as if she were the city lord herself, Qi Ling couldn't help but sigh. Indeed, those born into royalty were different. Had she accidentally activated Xue Ke's talent?
If this trend continues, if the Heaven Dou Empire hadn't already established a crown prince, Xue Ke might actually have become the first queen of the Heaven Dou Empire, which would have been quite a mess.