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Chapter 120: The Lord of This City, Come Out and Answer!

"That's right," Li Ming sighed deeply. "On the second day of your training, this little one woke up."

"After he woke up, I tried teaching him a basic cultivation technique. What I didn't expect was that within just seven or eight days, he reached the seventh level of the Body Refinement Realm!"

Because of this, Li Ming's view of the little boy completely changed.

Reaching the seventh level of Body Refinement Realm in just seven or eight days—averaging one realm a day—was almost unbelievable. And the key point was—

The child's physique had been destroyed.

If it hadn't been, no one could imagine how fast his cultivation speed would have been.

"This is just the beginning. What comes next might exceed your expectations," Li Xun said with a smile.

This little boy before him has the Immortal Body. Fast cultivation was merely the tip of the iceberg.

If everything went as expected, this child might one day pioneer a brand-new cultivation system. When that time came, it wouldn't just be the Li Family who would be shocked.

What Li Xun couldn't be certain about, however, was whether this boy could rise against all odds like the Emperor he once knew.

After all, that Emperor had the guidance of a divine willow tree in his early years—a presence crucial to his rise to power.

This boy, however, had no such guidance.

His path would inevitably be full of detours.

Whether he could ultimately reach the heights of the Emperor was something Li Xun didn't dare to predict.

"Xun'er, you seem to have a lot of faith in this child," Li Wuyou said meaningfully.

Ten days ago, he and his wife had been keeping this child alive through sheer effort, sustaining him for over a month. They had been physically and mentally exhausted.

When Li Xun fed the child a Heaven Creation Pill, they hadn't thought much of it.

But upon reflection, they realized something was off.

Li Xun seemed to have known the child's condition in advance and, without even examining the injuries, had immediately given him the pill.

This was highly unusual.

"Hasn't his uniqueness already become evident?" Li Xun deflected with a question instead of an answer.

"Fine," Li Wuyou shook his head. "If you don't want to say more, I won't press you."

"Elder Brother, you saved me, didn't you?"

The little boy ran up to Li Xun, tilting his head back to gaze at him with sparkling, black gemstone-like eyes filled with admiration.

"That's right," Li Xun replied with a smile.

Hearing the confirmation, the boy thought for a moment, then removed a jade pendant from his neck. Standing on tiptoe, he offered it to Li Xun.

"Elder Brother, this is for you."

"A jade pendant?"

Li Xun took it casually and examined it but saw nothing special about it. It seemed to be just an identity token.

"This pendant is of no use to me. If you truly want to help me, cultivate well. Maybe one day, you'll be able to repay me."

Saying this, he hung the pendant back around the boy's neck.

"Alright! I'll definitely work hard!"

The boy nodded firmly.

"This child is lucky," Li Wuyou said with a hearty laugh. "He was on the verge of death, but fortunately, you returned in time. If you had been any later…"

Before he could finish, a sudden change occurred.

"Squawk!"

A sharp phoenix cry echoed across the heavens.

In the sky, a crimson divine phoenix appeared, bathed in raging divine flames that radiated endless brilliance.

The phoenix swooped down from the distant horizon, crashing directly into the protective formation of Tianyuan City.

Boom!

A deafening explosion shook the earth.

The terrifying impact caused the entire city to quake. The ground cracked open, countless buildings collapsed, and many ordinary people were instantly reduced to blood mist without even a scream.

If not for the formation absorbing most of the impact, the destruction would have been unimaginable.

Even so, Tianyuan City suffered heavily.

In an instant, tens of thousands of lives were lost.

"Life and Death Realm!"

Li Wuyou's face darkened as he looked toward the sky with a grave expression.

At the edge of the horizon, several towering figures slowly approached. Each of them was as imposing as a mountain, their presence oppressive enough to crush the heavens.

Although they walked leisurely, their speed was astonishing, and within a few steps, they arrived above Tianyuan City.

Overlooking the countless lives below, their eyes held nothing but cold indifference.

To them, slaughtering a group of ordinary people was as insignificant as crushing ants.

"The Lord of this City, come out and answer!"

The five figures stood in the sky, and the one who spoke was a young man at the forefront. His expression was arrogant, filled with an air of superiority.

Despite being the weakest among the five, with a peak Divine Power Realm cultivation, he exuded an overwhelming presence.

"Who are these people? How dare they act so arrogantly in the Great Zhou Empire's territory?"

"Isn't it possible that they don't fear the Great Zhou Empire at all?"

"They killed tens of thousands in an instant—so ruthless. And demanding the city lord to personally answer them right off the bat? It's clear they're not ordinary individuals."

"Four Life and Death Realm experts and one peak Divine Power Realm cultivator… If this isn't handled properly, it could spell doom for Tianyuan City."

Within Tianyuan City, fear spread like wildfire.

While many resented the cruelty of the five intruders, none dared to voice their anger.

The city had no way of mustering four Life and Death Realm experts to counter them.

The city lord was one, and the Li Family supposedly had three. However, the former Family Head had been in seclusion for years, his life or death unknown.

This left Tianyuan City with, at most, three visible Life and Death Realm experts.

In such dire straits, Tianyuan City's chances of resistance were virtually nonexistent.

The surviving residents silently prayed that the city lord wouldn't provoke the intruders further.

Amidst countless nervous gazes, a rotund man in luxurious robes stepped into the air. His face carried a bitter smile as he cautiously bowed before the five figures.

"May I ask, esteemed sirs, what brings you here today?"

The city lord's heart was filled with indignation. His citizens had been massacred, yet he had to greet their killers with a forced smile.

It was humiliating beyond words.

But the intruders were far too powerful to provoke, and reinforcements from the Great Zhou Empire would not arrive in time.

With no other choice, he could only swallow his pride and seek to placate them.

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