Chapter 473: Leaving One Hand Behind

Three days passed quickly, and the buildings in City Sent were slowly being repaired. To the city’s residents’ surprise, there were no sounds of beast roars throughout those three nights. In fact, since City Sent was captured, the roars of beasts outside the city had hardly ceased—day or night, one could see magical beasts wandering everywhere through the cracks in the city walls. During the day, the noise of people drowned out the roars, but at night, they became clearly audible.

Those who noticed this anomaly on the first night looked outside at dawn and saw not a single magical beast in sight. The news spread throughout the city in less time than it took to finish a breakfast. The people’s enthusiasm for repairing their homes and city walls grew even stronger.

“Xiao Yu and Xiao Bei are really impressive—just in two days, who knows how many magical beasts they’ve eliminated?” Long Tian said with a smile.

“Those few ancestral god-level magical beasts still show no signs of reaction. Our efforts here are already significant enough, right?” Ye Feng continued to wait.

“New ruler of City Sent, come out!” A fierce shout suddenly echoed across the entire sky of City Sent, causing the residents to look up in terror.

“Finally!” Unlike everyone else’s fear, Ye Feng’s face showed relief. With a teleportation, he appeared at the east city gate, where the sound originated. Standing there were three burly men. Ye Feng immediately realized they were all at the early stage of the ancestral god level.

“Are you the new ruler?” asked the man on the left coldly.

“That’s right. And who are you?” Ye Feng noticed that each of the three men had different tattoos, giving him a vague idea.

“We’re just here to deliver a message. You’d better listen carefully,” said the man on the right coldly.

“You have until tomorrow at this time to prepare one million top-quality divine crystals as tribute, hand over the two murderers who killed our brothers, and then leave this city,” said the man in the middle bluntly.

“Sorry, I can’t do that!” Ye Feng’s reply was straightforward.

Hearing this, the three men were stunned for a moment before exploding in anger. “Then wait until the fifth-level beast horde destroys this place! How dare you act so arrogantly, just a minor imperial god level!”

A fierce look flashed in Ye Feng’s eyes. His Right Hand of God struck three times in a row, hitting the three men before they could react. “Today, I’ll leave each of you without one arm as a warning. Go back and tell your boss that I have some business to discuss with him. If he’s interested, let him come here at the same time tomorrow for a detailed talk. He must come in person; otherwise, I don’t know what might be missing from the person who shows up. Also, I won’t wait. Those who don’t show up, even if they beg to cooperate with me later, won’t be accepted.”

The left arms of all three men had completely disappeared. They covered their left shoulders, looking at Ye Feng in terror.

“What, do you still want me to keep you for dinner?” Ye Feng said coldly.

The three men were stunned and immediately turned to leave. But one of them hesitated for a moment before turning back. “I want to know what the deal is.”

“The return of ancient bloodlines…” Ye Feng’s lips curled slightly.

Hearing this, the three men shuddered violently and quickly left Ye Feng’s sight.

…

“Did he really say that?” In the dark valley, Zi Jin looked at the man with the severed arm, his face filled with excitement.

“Absolutely true!” The man with the severed arm nodded through the pain.

“Let me see your wound!” Zi Jin flashed to the man’s side and examined his wound. “This wound seems to have been caused by something forcibly tearing off your arm, with residual energy from wind and space elements… Do you remember what his attack looked like?”

“He held a strange object that could emit energy in the shape of a gust of wind, and his attack speed was extremely fast. Before we could react, all three of us were hit,” the man with the severed arm said hurriedly. “And no matter what, my wound won’t heal.”

“With residual energy from two types of laws, no wonder it won’t heal…” Zi Jin’s fingers touched the wound on the severed arm and discovered the anomaly. “No wonder he could defeat the God of Thunder—it was the power of the laws…”

“You should rest for a few days. To remove the residual energy from your wound, it will take me a lot of time and effort. The most effective way is to have that city lord help you clear it out.”

“I feel his temper is even worse than mine…” The man with the severed arm still felt scared thinking about losing his arm. After all, the opponent’s attack was utterly bizarre, and he seemed completely indifferent to the fifth-level beast horde.

“By the way, you mentioned his weapon earlier. Is it very special?” Zi Jin asked curiously.

“That thing has a very strange appearance; it’s a weapon we’ve never seen before. Its attack speed and power are both incredibly strong.” With that, he recreated Ye Feng’s Zhu Shen in his palm once again. “Such a strange look… I’ve lived for so many years and have never seen anything like this before,” Zi Jin observed carefully the simulated image of Zhu Shen. Similar scenes were taking place in both the Nightmare Forest and the Peaceful Lake. “Zi Jin, are you going tomorrow?” A familiar voice whispered in Zi Jin’s ear. “Yes, why not?” Zi Jin replied nonchalantly. “Although I don’t know if that sword really can help us restore our ancient bloodline, it seems he does have some methods. Let’s trust him for now!” “Aren’t you worried it might be a trap?” another voice asked. “I’ve lived for so long; I’m not afraid of some kid at the level of an Imperial God,” Zi Jin said with a smile. “But his weapon is quite strange…” “If you’re afraid of death, don’t go!” Zi Jin cut him off bluntly. “I’m going to bask in the sun. You two go ahead and chat. Whether you go or not, I’m still going to take a look. Alright, stop bothering me.” “We’ll go check it out too. Hopefully, he won’t disappoint us.” …… The scene of Ye Feng showing off his power at the city gate wasn’t seen by everyone, but quite a number of people did witness it. Among those who watched, a few knew who those three men were and were aware of their strength. Seeing Ye Feng snap off their entire arms left them even more amazed at the terrifying power of this newly appointed city lord. “Are you sure they’ll all come tomorrow?” Inside the city lord’s mansion, Long Tian asked Ye Feng. “Don’t worry. They know what a wise choice is.” Ye Feng wiped Zhu Shen in his hands with a cloth…