At the main entrance of the City Lord's Mansion.
Looking around, the surroundings were filled with people. None of them spoke a word, and their expressions were cold and solemn. Under the bright moonlight, the atmosphere was cold and murderous!
At the front of the crowd stood nine people. They were Han Wenbin, Sun Zhengxiong, Chen Deguang, Liu Zhiguang, Wang Guiyi, He Yun, Huang Hong, Bai Lifan, and Feng Ye.
Behind them were the young talents from the Beast Battle Arena. At the front stood Sun Zixuan, Zhou Cheng, Wang Tong, Shen Linfeng, and He Qingfeng.
The murderous aura permeated the air, causing the air to freeze!
On the City Lord's Mansion's side, Shangguan Chen stood at the front with a calm expression. The grey-robed elder and Zheng Yu stood on his left and right, while Shangguan Tong stood behind him.
On the left and right sides of Shangguan Chen, other than Zheng Yu's direct subordinates, the City Guards, who held sharp spears and pointed them at Han Wenbin, Sun Zhengxiong, and the others, there were nine zombie-like, white-robed men who stood out.
These nine white-robed men were the Water Cloud Holy Ground's famous Blood Guards. When Shangguan Chen came to Red Rock City to take up a post, Xu Fei Yang had specially allocated a Blood Guard to the Holy Son who supported him. It was these nine Blood Guards that allowed Shangguan Chen to quickly gain a foothold in Red Rock City, which was surrounded by wolves, and gradually grow stronger.
Today, the nine factions had joined forces to besiege the City Lord's Mansion. Shangguan Chen did not dare to be careless and immediately mobilized the Blood Guards.
"Shangguan Chen, hand over Xiao Fan and the Fire Spirit Rock!" After a few days of recuperation and a large number of pills, Han Wenbin had almost recovered. At this moment, he looked coldly at Shangguan Chen and suddenly broke the silence in the air.
"First, Xiao Fan is not my servant. I have no right to treat him as a commodity and trade as I wish. Second, Xiao Fan told me that he has used up all the Fire Spirit Rock. Not a single bit is left! " Shangguan Chen said indifferently, "I'm sure you've already investigated these two facts. Why are you joining forces to besiege my City Lord's Mansion?"
"You've used up all the Fire Spirit Stones?" He Yun's voice was sharp. He sneered and said, "Shangguan Chen, do you believe such nonsense? How could such a big piece of Fire Spirit Rock be used up? "
"That's enough. Don't talk nonsense. Who doesn't know what Shangguan Chen is thinking? Don't you just want to keep Xiao Fan in your City Lord's Mansion so that you can slowly scheme against him? "
"That's right, Castellan Shangguan. Please hand over Xiao Fan and the Fire Spiritual Rock. Otherwise, everyone will have a hard time today!" Shen Linfeng stood out and said coldly to Shangguan Chen.
"A junior like you dares to speak to me like this?" Upon hearing Shen Linfeng's words, Shangguan Chen's expression suddenly turned a little ugly. Then, he stared at Shen Linfeng with his hawk-like sharp eyes and said word by word. "Obediently scram to the side. You have no right to speak here!"
"You …!" Shen Linfeng was instantly enraged. He wanted to throw a tantrum, but Feng Ye hurriedly pulled him back and gestured for him to be quiet. Then, he took a step forward and looked at Shen Linfeng and said indifferently, "Castellan Shangguan is indeed the person who can replace my Lord as the number one expert in Red Rock City. How domineering."
"However, my Young Master was just casually speaking. You're so angry. Aren't you a little too narrow-minded? "
"Feng Ye, you don't have to be so sarcastic here!" Zheng Yu, who was behind Shangguan Chen, couldn't help but sneer. "Strictly speaking, you have no right to speak here. I think you should call Shen Kuang over personally!"
"How dare you! My Lord's name is not something you can talk about!" When Feng Ye heard Zheng Yu's words, he was instantly enraged. At the same time, he took a step forward and his body surged with a shocking killing intent.
"Heh!" Zheng Yu was fearless. Although he didn't move, his body was filled with killing intent and his face was filled with a cold smile.
"That's enough!" Shangguan Chen raised his hand to stop Zheng Yu. Then, he looked at everyone indifferently and said, "Everyone, I've already said what I should say. If you still don't believe me, then there's nothing I can do!"
"Heh!" Hearing Shangguan Chen's words, everyone present murmured mockingly.
No one believed Shangguan Chen!
"Shangguan Chen, do you think you have a chance of winning if the nine of us join forces today?" Sun Zhengxiong said indifferently.
"You outnumber me by more than ten times. I'm afraid my chances of winning are less than 30%!" Shangguan Chen nodded and said, "However, I have no choice because I can't just do nothing and not even resist. I can't just let myself be captured and be at your mercy, right?"
"If you're willing to let us enter the City Governor's Mansion, search it, and take Xiao Fan away, we won't do anything to you today!" Baili Fan said.
"Impossible!" Shangguan Chen shook his head and refused.
"Shangguan Chen, I'm giving you a way out. Don't be ungrateful!" Baili Fan said with a gloomy face.
"Baili Fan, you're one of the three great elders of the Linfeng Formation Guild. If I let you enter the City Governor's Mansion and let you search it as you wish, will the offensive and defensive formations of the City Governor's Mansion still be effective in the future?" Shangguan Chen said indifferently, "After that, I'll let you do whatever you want to me!"
"It's the same for the others. Therefore, I'm sorry, I can't let you enter the City Governor's Mansion!"
"We can promise not to touch anything in the City Governor's Mansion!" Liu Zhiguang said.
"Not touch anything in the City Governor's Mansion?" Shangguan Chen looked at Liu Zhiguang and shook his head with a cold smile. "Elder Liu, you've been with me before. We all know what kind of temper you have. Do you think I'll believe you?"
"But you have no choice!" Wang Guiyi said coldly.
"I have a choice. The choice is that we start a war today!" Shangguan Chen said straightforwardly.
"Shangguan Chen, if we start a war, you'll be courting death!" Huang Hong narrowed his eyes and said with a cold smile, "My Qing Gang has gathered 3,000 gang members. If you really want to die, I'll fulfill your wish!"
"I've also prepared all the forces I have at hand. If your 3,000 faction members want to die, I'll fulfill their wishes!" Shangguan Chen said in a cold voice, not giving a needle to the bullet.
"Good, good, good. You said it yourself!" Huang Hong was so angry that he laughed. His chest rose and fell violently. Then, he said "good" three times in a row. His eyes flashed with a cold light.
"I don't think we need to talk nonsense with him. Everyone, let's attack together. Today, we'll flatten the City Governor's Mansion!" Chen Deguang shouted.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Suddenly, everyone at the back shouted in unison. Their voices swept through the surroundings like a wave. Monstrous murderous intent soared into the sky!
Shangguan Chen, the grey-robed old man, Zheng Yu, Shangguan Tong, and everyone on Shangguan Chen's side, except for the nine Blood Guards, could not help but change their expressions drastically. Some of the more timid people even began to tremble.
"Han Wenbin, Sun Zhengxiong, do you really dare to violate the laws of the Water Cloud Holy Land and attack the City Governor's Mansion to rebel?" Shangguan Chen's expression changed. He took a deep breath, took a step forward, and stared at everyone as he shouted.
As the ruler of the Tianqi County, the Watercloud Holy Land had set up strict laws for the eight hundred cities under its jurisdiction. Although these laws were mostly empty words, the Watercloud Holy Land had personally appointed the city lord of each city. In other words, every city lord represented the face of the Watercloud Holy Land. Therefore, attacking the city lord's estate and killing the city lord were crimes that could not be forgiven no matter what.
This was also the reason why Han Wenbin, Sun Zhengxiong, and the others had always wanted to kill Shangguan Chen, but they did not dare to do so.
They could only wait for the annual patrol to arrive and frame Shangguan Chen in front of everyone so that the patrol could get rid of Shangguan Chen.
However, at this time, because of the huge benefits of the Fire Spirit Rock, their greed overwhelmed their fear. Therefore, they joined forces to besiege the City Governor's Mansion and had the urge to kill Shangguan Chen now.
"The Patrol will be here soon, and the Patrol is famous for being upright and plainspoken. Han Wenbin, if you dare to kill me today, do you believe that the Patrol will fly into a rage tomorrow and personally come to Red Rock City to kill all of you?" Shangguan Chen said sternly.
Hearing Shangguan Chen's words, the murderous intent in the air suddenly stagnated!
"Everyone, don't worry. It's not like things like attacking the City Governor's Mansion and killing the City Governor have never happened in other cities!" Seeing that the morale of his side began to decline, Sun Zhengxiong suddenly said loudly, "In addition to several times where all the participants were severely punished, there were several other times where the number of participants was too large and the relationships involved were too wide. Therefore, the result of the punishment was not painful at all!"
"This time, we represent almost the entire Red Rock City. I don't believe that the Water Cloud Holy Land will really dare to kill all of us!"
"If they kill us, who will manage Red Rock City for them?"
"That's right!"
"That's right. The law can't punish the majority. We don't have to worry about anything!"
"Go, let's go together and kill Shangguan Chen!"
Sun Zhengxiong's words instantly gave everyone a boost of confidence. Then, everyone's morale suddenly recovered a lot, and many people shouted in unison again.
"It's over!"
Seeing this scene, Shangguan Chen's face suddenly turned a little pale.
Indeed, as Sun Zhengxiong said, attacking the City Governor's Mansion and killing the City Governor was an unforgivable crime. The Water Cloud Holy Land would definitely punish them severely. However, nothing was absolute in this world. Some things seemed impossible and difficult to achieve, but in fact, it was because one had not found the method.
Bribing the higher-ups of the Water Cloud Holy Land and making all kinds of compromises would still have a chance to reduce the punishment to the lowest.
More importantly, by that time, he would already be dead. Even if he punished Han Wenbin, Sun Zhengxiong, and the others, would it be of any use to him? Could it be that he would be resurrected because of this?
"What should I do?" At this moment, Shangguan Chen's heart was filled with a trace of panic and confusion for the first time.
At this moment, a huge white shadow suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Then, it let out a low roar, and a pair of cold and emotionless golden eyes stared at Han Wenbin, Sun Zhengxiong, and the others.
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