Imperial God Emperor

This gaze made Shao Xuzheng feel as though he had fallen into an ice cave. 

He was no longer as arrogant and aggressive as before, trembling like a duckling frightened by a thunderstorm. He nodded repeatedly, saying, “Yes, yes, yes, I will immediately go ask the City Lord, I will immediately go...”

If he could, he wanted to leave right away and never see Ye Qingyu again in his life.  

Ye Qingyu nodded, “Then thank you... right, at that time, you should come too.”

Shao Xuzheng gave a wry, miserable smile as he repeatedly promised, and then turned and darted away, disappearing in the night sky.

At this time, the ferocious and murderous-looking soldiers of the military camp, looked as mournful as if in bereavement, and were rooted to the spot. 

They were well aware of Yao Xin's cultivation level. The Fiendgod-like military chief was an invincible existence in their mind, but was killed by the servant of the young man in one clean slash. It was simply as easy as pinching an ant to death. If it were them, they would have most likely died much faster. 

They had originally thought that the assignment tonight was a good errand, where they could set fire, plunder and kill at will. Before they set out, these soldiers were scrambling to come on this assignment, but now, they really wanted to turn back time and never appear here again. 

No soldier dared to ignore what Ye Qingyu had said before, so nobody moved an inch. 

From the night wind, there a weeping sound coming from the black airship above. 

“Save people,” Ye Qingyu said. 

Eleven immediately took action. 

He knew that he was now completely tied to a rope with Ye Qingyu; it was simply impossible to free himself. Thus it would be better to follow Ye Qingyu, since, a little Luoshen Ridge, in front of a Quasi-emperor like Ye Qingyu, was not considered anything. Even if it he really killed Zhang Longcheng and angered the Guardian camp, there was still room to turn around in the future.

Having figured this out, Eleven did not hesitate to carry out any of Ye Qingyu's orders. 

Soon, six or seven hundred people were released from the black airship, and all were young adults. There were more men than women, and all had suffered injuries. Their faces were twisted with a terrified expression, and when they looked at the soldiers of the military camp their eyes were filled with fear mingled with hatred. 

These were the villagers of the Ten Kilometers Village. 

All were black-haired Dark Ones.  

Ye Qingyu sighed inwardly, glanced at Eleven and said, “I want them to get their revenge, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth... you should know what to do.” 

“Yes, Lord, I understand.” Back when Eleven was following Ye Chen, he was most skilled at analyzing the mind. During these days, he had begun to understand Ye Qingyu's nature and temper thus he immediately knew what Ye Qingyu wanted to do.

A moment later. 

Eleven moved a table and chair down from the airship and seated himself, saying loudly, “Come, who has any injustice, come over and I will settle it for you. I will not seek appeasement at any price. If you miss this village, there is no next shop...”

The villagers of the Ten Kilometers Village released from the black airship were slightly hesitant, but then immediately crowded around wailing. Their families were killed, and their village had been burned down. The hatred in their hearts could simply be turned into three rivers of water that can extinguish a sea of flames. Moreover they had witnessed how Eleven effortlessly killed Yao Xin before, so they had completely gave up all scruples to avenge their family... 

“It was him who killed my fifty-year-old mother...” 

“I saw with my own eyes, it was that bastard who harassed my daughter-in-law and made her commit suicide...” 

“He killed my husband...” 

The crowd was stirred. 

“Is that him? Is that him? Are you sure? All right, the killer deserves to die...” After Eleven confirmed the murderer soldier, with a casual wave of his hand, a beam of sword light shot out, severing the soldier into blood mist. 

The soldiers of the military camp went pale with fear upon seeing this.

It was real. 

Where did these two madmen come from? They dared to kill the experts of the military camp of Central City? Moreover their strength was so terrifying. The soldiers immediately knew the situation was bad and tried to escape. 

Ye Qingyu patted the flame-winged tiger Little Ten beside him. 

“Whoever dares to run away, bite him to death,” He commanded.

Roar, Roar! Little Ten responded with a deafening roar. A few soldiers tried to run, but were directly sucked into Little Ten's stomach and swallowed up with a few chews.  

The rest of the soldiers were pale and aghast, no longer daring to run. 

“Right, continue, do you recognize him. Is that him? Is it really him? Pay for a life with a life...”

Swoosh! 

A beam of sword light flashed again. 

When Eleven saw the look of gratitude in the eyes of the citizens, an expression he had rarely seen before, he gradually felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that he had never felt before. 

He began to enjoy it. 

……

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Central City, Luoshen Ridge. 

“What?” 

Zhang Longcheng, who was dressed in a sleeping robe, flew into a rage.

He sprang to his feet and shattered the formation crystal table in front of him with a loud slam. 

Shao Xuzheng shivered with fright. 

He crawled over right away, kowtowing to beg for forgiveness, while gnashing his teeth he said, “City Lord, this man comes with bad intentions. His intention is extremely sinister. He first deliberately killed the pet beasts outside the city, and then lured me to investigate, set up an ambush, and shamelessly and despicably launched a sneak attack on Military Chief Yao Xin and I. He also arrogantly said he will destroy the Central City of Luoshen Ridge and tear you to pieces... It is simply unbearable, he is so despicable. Military Chief Yao Xin is resolute and upright in character, and had fought to death. I should have fought to the end and not retreated, but I was worried that he would secretly harm City Lord, so I fled at the risk of my life to inform City Lord!” 

Zhang Longcheng raged when he heard this. 

Someone dared to do such a thing near Central City of Luoshen Ridge?

Is that not seeking for death? 

However, he, who had been around Jianghu for such a long time, felt that this matter was not that simple.  

For an extremely long period of time, the hierarchical order in the Dark Realm had been clearly defined, and the power solidified. Moreover recently, he was commended by the Guardian camp. At this time, there shouldn’t have been a force coming out all of a sudden to fight for Luoshen Ridge. Moreover, to be able to kill Yao Xin, that person must be an existence of the City Lord level. However, he had not formed feuds with any of the City Lord existences.  

“How many people did they have, and what does the leader look like?” 

Zhang Longcheng let himself calm down before he questioned further. 

Shao Xuzheng described Ye Qingyu and Eleven and then described the appearance of Little Ten.

“Long flame robe, tall and burly, a hideous servant with unfathomable strength, and a flame-winged tiger... Could it be the City Lord of the Fire Province? No way, the Fire Province is so far away, there is no need to come to Luoshen Ridge to seek revenge...”

Zhang Longcheng pondered.  

The young City Lord could not stand it any longer. “Father, what are you waiting for, hurry and dispatch soldiers. The enemies are already at the door, what are you still hesitating about?”

The normally arrogant and domineering young City Lord was almost bursting with rage. His favourite pet beasts, which he had paid a lot to exchange for including a number of beautiful female slaves, had all been killed. These beasts were something he had spent a lot of effort and thought into obtaining, from Central City of Heaven Raising Mountain. This made his heart ache with pain.

In his view, his father was more cowardly the older he was. Someone was practically on his head pissing and defecating, yet he was still so hesitant.

“Yes, City Lord, that man is so hateful. He said that he will wipe out your bloodline, and use your head... use your head...” Here, Shao Xuzheng seemed a bit hesitant. 

“What does he want to do with my head?” Zhang Longcheng said in a low voice. 

“That guy is so disrespectful, he says he's going to make your head a chamber pot...” 

“Nonsense!” Zhang Longcheng raged.

Terrifying aura broke out of his body like the god of death had fallen upon the world.  

The young City Lord also trembled with anger, “Arrogant, simply arrogant, he deserves to die... I'm going to capture him, break his limbs, and ride him like a dog... I'm not going to let him turn around his whole life and keep him as a pet beast!” 

“Pass on the message, gather the soldiers and set out.” 

Zhang Longcheng fumed, insuppressible fury inside him. 

He had not showed his power for too long. The outsiders had treated [The Slaughterer of All Ten Sides] Zhang Longcheng as a cat or dog. It was time to show his muscles and fangs.

“Go ask the esteemed masters to accompany us,” Zhang Longcheng added.  

Shao Xuzheng was overjoyed when he heard this, “Yes.”

The esteemed masters of Central City were masters of masters. One of them had a remarkable background, and had broken into the Quasi-emperor realm one year ago. With this esteemed master helping out they were guaranteed success. 

He turned around and headed for the esteemed masters’ courtyard. 

Just you wait, wait till the Lord and the esteemed Masters show up. You two bastards, you are dead, and those lowly citizens... The thought of Ye Qingyu’s expression when he said he and Yao Xin were trash made Shao Xuzheng fume with rage. 

He swore that when he captures Ye Qingyu, he would torture him and humiliate him as revenge.

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Bitter Hill Village, the small dirt field. 

The Dark One villagers were silently watching the scene happening in front of them like it was a dream.

No one had ever sought justice for them. 

All along, they had been regarded as the most inferior citizens, and often were killed by the Guardian martial artists. For a long period of time, they had been instilled with the thought that the Guardians were to defend against the terrifying invaders in the Dark Realm, while trash like them with no martial arts background must serve the Guardians with their life and soul. 

The relatives were killed, wives and children were taken away by force, friends died tragically, their homes destroyed, the harvest of grain was levied, and even their lives did not belong to them...

They were used to such tragedies.

They had been angry before and had resisted before, but were mercilessly crushed by the powerful forces. 

Gradually, they did not dare to speak, and were powerless to resist. It was as though they were living in the vast darkness and would never see light. 

And today, for the first time, someone had come forward to seek justice for them.

Everything seemed so sudden and unreal. 

They were grateful, but also terrified. They feared that all this would soon disappear like passing clouds, and would never appear again.

At that moment, a giant black airship cut through the night sky.  

“It's the flagship of the City Lord of Central City,” someone exclaimed.

And the surviving soldiers of the military camp, upon seeing this scene, their eyes finally lit up with hope. The City Lord had come with reinforcements——