"You have observed the Amur Tiger Pet's performance of its innate ability and have gained enlightenment. You have learned a special earth-rank spiritual skill — Soul Deterrence. Spirit + 10, Spirit + 15, Soul Defense + 20."
Yang Fan heard the system's notification.
This was within his expectations, but what surprised him was that he didn't hear any notification about his proficiency in Soul Deterrence.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation after returning to the real world. Could this be the special limitation of his innate ability?
When his innate ability was awakened, he would naturally become divine. There were no specific cultivation methods or cultivation levels. Every time he used the skill, he would be in his strongest state.
"Eh?!"
Yang Fan, who was moving rapidly between the buildings in the city, suddenly became serious. He paused and dropped down, landing on the crown of the nearest tree. He activated the Tortoise Breathing Technique to the extreme, and at the same time, used his spirit to camouflage himself.
Floret, who was in his pocket, seemed to have sensed the corresponding danger. Without needing Yang Fan's order, he instantly released his spirit and completely enveloped Yang Fan's body.
After doing all this, in just a few tenths of a second, they felt an almost undetectable but extremely tenacious blood Qi fluctuation chasing after them like a stream of light. It swept past them, and in almost an instant, it completely enveloped the entire West Chu City.
If it weren't for Yang Fan and Floret's timely reaction, they would have been exposed to this blood energy scan.
"The starting point should be in the City Governor's Office. To be able to cover every corner of the city with this blood energy wave in such a short time, this is definitely not something an ordinary blood energy warrior can do!"
Yang Fan's heart trembled.
Blood energy scanning was a method created by martial artists. It was similar to how spirit readers released their spirit to spy on the surrounding environment. It was an alternative way of using blood energy.
Although the effect was not as clear and precise as Mind Consciousness, to some martial arts powerhouses who had an exquisite grasp of their own Qi and blood power, the Qi and blood waves were their eyes. The general result of the Qi and blood scan was not much different from what they saw with their own eyes.
However, to be able to cover an area of nearly a thousand square kilometers in a few seconds like the blood energy wave just now, this was definitely not something that just anyone could do.
"Could it be Grandmaster Huanan?" Yang Fan had his suspicions, but he quickly shook his head to deny it, "I've seen Grandmaster Huanan's blood energy wave before. It's definitely not this kind of soft aura."
"But, if it's not Grandmaster Huanan, who in West Chu City can spy on such a large area of blood energy?"
"Such a strong blood energy strength, it has to be at least a peak Grandmaster. Could it be that other than Grandmaster Nan Nan, there are other Peak Grandmasters hiding in the dark? "
Yang Fan had some guesses in his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to show his face at this time.
After all, Xia Pu had caused so much trouble in the City Governor's Office just now, but no one came out to stand up for Shangguan Yuchen. No one could be sure whether this mysterious expert hiding in the dark was good or bad.
What if Xia Chunqiu, the ancestor of the Xia family, also sneaked over? Wouldn't he be dead for sure?
Floret's Divine Soul deterrence might not be able to keep a peak Grandmaster in check.
Fortunately, the blood energy wave came and went quickly. After searching around, it didn't seem to find anything. Soon, it retracted back along its original path and there was no more movement after that.
Yang Fan let out a long sigh of relief. After about ten minutes of silence, he slowly jumped down from the treetop.
This time, he didn't dare to swagger across the rooftops like before. God knows how many big shots were hidden in this city. If he showed off too much, he could easily fall.
"Meow!"
Floret meowed softly. It felt that the city its master was in was really scary. There were so many strong people who could easily kill it. It didn't feel safe at all.
Dahei's stomach was growling in fright. It felt that it needed to eat more to calm its little heart that was frightened just now.
"My strength is still too weak!"
The man and the two beasts sighed in their hearts almost at the same time. Their determination and thoughts to quickly improve their strength became firmer and more urgent.
If they fell behind, they would be beaten. If they were too weak, they would be bullied.
But now, they were like cowards, hiding and hiding at every turn. Even when they were doing a good deed, they didn't dare to leave their names behind. It really wasn't carefree and comfortable at all. It was aggrieving.
City Governor's Office.
Shangguan Yuchen was overjoyed. He floated to the place where Xia Pu's body fell. He was so happy that he couldn't help laughing.
"How dare you show off in front of me!"
"So what if you're a level nine Martial Arts Grandmaster? You still have to kneel in front of Grandmaster Huanan's absolute strength."
After Xia Luo escaped, he also moved over. He looked at Xia Pu's body that was neatly divided into 12 small sections in disbelief. He saw that Xia Pu's expressionless poker face finally solidified into an expression of shock, fear, and disbelief.
He was probably also confused. How could a level nine Martial Arts Grandmaster like him not be able to dodge the fixed attack of the City Barrier Formation? This was completely illogical!
"City Governor Shangguan, how did you do it just now?"
Xia Luo couldn't help but ask Shangguan Yuchen, "Before Xia Pu fell, I felt that all of his cultivation and Qi were restrained. He didn't have any self-defense ability. This is definitely not the ability of the City Barrier Formation."
"Did Grandmaster Huanan make a move?"
Xia Luo used to be a core figure in Dongchu City. His understanding of the City Barrier Formation was no less than Shangguan Yuchen's. Naturally, he knew the many advantages and disadvantages of the City Barrier Formation.
After the City Barrier Formation was fully activated, although it could directly lock onto the cultivation and aura of the invading enemy, it didn't have the powerful ability to directly freeze a person's body.
Xia Pu was accidentally restrained and fell. Someone must have secretly done something to restrict all of his mobility in an instant. That was why he was hit by the City Barrier Formation's blood blade.
In the entire West Chu City, there was only one person who had the ability to instantly imprison a ninth level Martial Ancestor like Xia Pu. The only person Xia Luo could think of was Zhu Huanan.
Xia Luo was a straightforward person. Once he thought of something, he directly asked without any concealment.
"How is this possible? Grandmaster Huanan isn't in the city right now. Even if he wanted to make a move, it would be too far away. "
Shangguan Yuchen shook his head slightly and smiled mysteriously. He pretended to be profound and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if I tell you. This is a secret weapon specially invented by our West Chu City's Scientific Research Department to deal with this kind of high-end force. As for what it is, it's not convenient for me to say."
"However, if Vice City Lord Xia stays in West Chu City for a long time in the future and has a certain level of confidentiality, you will naturally know."
Since Grandmaster Huanan didn't choose to directly subdue Xia Pu, but used this kind of secret method to secretly transmit his voice, it was obvious that he didn't want this matter to be known by everyone.
How could someone as smart as Shangguan Yuchen make such a low-level mistake? He would just let this matter rot in his stomach in the future. He wouldn't say anything even if he was beaten to death. If others wanted to suspect, then let them suspect.
Xia Luo nodded in shock and was easily fooled.
After that, he sensed that Zhao Fengchen seemed to have awakened from his serious injuries. Xia Luo called out to Shangguan Yuchen and hurried over.
Shangguan Yuchen raised his head to look at Xia Luo's back and the smile on his face grew wider. He liked to deal with such a simple-minded child. He was powerful and naive, very rare.
Only the selfish idiots of the Xia Family didn't have any foresight. They actually pushed such a good seedling out the door for an unreliable undying bloodline.
"Song Yue, clean up the body and wrap it up. You will personally send it to East Chu City tomorrow morning!"
Shangguan Yuchen softly ordered Song Yue, "Tell them that Xia Pu has no regard for the law in West Chu City, wantonly committing crimes. He even tried to kill this City Lord and Vice City Lord Xia several times. This is a heinous crime. In order to protect myself and the millions of innocent citizens, this City Lord had no choice but to activate the City Protecting Array and kill him."
"Un, tell the person in charge that I, Shangguan Yuchen, need them to give me a reasonable explanation. Why would they send this kind of criminal to West Chu City? What exactly were they thinking? My West Chu City's citizens can't die in vain. The compensation that should be paid must not be a single cent less! "
"Of course, I also hope that this matter is just a coincidence. I hope that it won't affect the alliance that has just been established between the two cities. After all, half of the underground tunnel has already been dug. It would be a pity to stop the work now. "
The corner of Song Yue's mouth twitched. You've already killed a Level Nine Martial Arts Grandmaster. How could the alliance between the two cities not be affected?
That was a Level Nine Martial Arts Grandmaster. Even in the House of Guardians, he was considered a high-end fighting force. In a small C Grade city like theirs, he was even more precious.
Now that he had died so easily in West Chu City, and in such a miserable state, how could East Chu City not investigate and care?
Anyway, if this kind of thing happened in West Chu City, whether it was Grandmaster Huanan or Shangguan Yuchen, they would definitely fly into a rage out of humiliation and directly go to their door.
Song Yue was now very worried. If he dared to step into East Chu City with Xia Pu's body, would he be immediately killed as a sacrifice?
Master City Lord, do you want your subordinate to deliver his head to others?
"No need!"
A white figure flashed. Zhu Huanan suddenly appeared beside Shangguan Yuchen, waving his folding fan. He lowered his head to look at the mangled body on the ground and said softly, "Xia Chunqiu already knows what happened here. There's no need to deliberately provoke him."
Shangguan Yuchen and Song Yue hurried forward to pay their respects.
Song Yue was so excited that tears almost fell. Grandmaster Huanan's words had saved his life. He was so grateful.
Zhu Huanan nodded, looked at Shangguan Yuchen, and praised softly, "Little Shangguan, you did well just now!"
"You can't always show weakness and ask for peace. When it's time to be tough, you have to be tough. Our West Chu City is not a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch."
"This Xia Pu courted death. If he dies, then he dies. It's not worth pitying." Zhu Huanan curled his lips, "That old thing Xia Chunqiu is really arrogant. He thinks that by luring me out, he can let a servant do whatever he wants here?"
"He thinks too much. Even if I, Zhu Huanan, am not in the city, there are still people who can teach this Xia Pu how to behave."
Zhu Huanan's expression was proud. He was not surprised that Xia Pu would be defeated in West Chu City.
Shangguan Yuchen was stunned. What did the old grandmaster mean? Did he deliberately say that he was not in the city to deceive people?
In front of so many people, Shangguan Yuchen did not dare to ask or say anything. He was afraid that he would spoil Grandmaster Huanan's plan because of his big mouth.
"Bury Xia Pu's body here. The Twin City Alliance will continue." Zhu Huanan said softly, "Xia Chunqiu is ambitious. He will never give up on opening the underground passage between East and West Chu City because of such a small matter."
Shangguan Yuchen looked puzzled. He took the opportunity to ask Zhu Huanan, "Old Principal, I've been wanting to ask you this question for a long time. Since you always knew that Xia Chunqiu had bad intentions, why did you insist on forming an alliance with East Chu City?"
"Why, you didn't know? I thought you had guessed it long ago. " Zhu Huanan looked at Shangguan Yuchen in surprise, and said matter-of-factly, "The reason is simple. Because I is as ambitious as Xia Chunqiu!"
Shangguan Yuchen was speechless.
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