43: Kill Hou Yao – Dragon City Belongs

Zhou Xing raised his eyes, a severe chill emerging. "I laugh at those who only know how to take advantage. What the hell do the affairs of The Watchers have to do with you?"

"Presumptuous!" Hou Yao was furious. "Today, I will teach you, a subordinate who defies his superiors, a lesson on Monsoon's behalf."

He took a sudden step forward, the pressure of the Control Realm exploding with full force.

"Hou Yao!" Minister Yue shouted to stop him, but it was already too late.

As for Yun Feng, her lips curled slightly at this moment. She wasn't worried at all, nor did she have any intention of intervening.

Hou Yao's right hand transformed into a giant lava palm, striking towards Zhou Xing with terrifying high temperatures!

Monsoon and the other one, Thunder, had lost their fighting capacity, and the Yun Feng before him was also not lightly injured. He had no scruples at this moment.

However—

"Bang!"

Zhou Xing sneered. Without dodging or evading, ice and fire entwined on his fist as he took the initiative to meet the attack.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by the sound of bone fracturing, Hou Yao's palm was actually smashed to pieces!

He stumbled back, looking shocked. "You... your power... you are also in the Control Realm?"

"Surprised?" Zhou Xing sneered, his figure closing in on Hou Yao like a ghost. "I've seen many looking for trouble, but this is the first time I've met someone looking for death."

"Stop! This is a mis..." Minister Yue hurriedly tried to block them.

"Shut up!"

"Boom!"

Zhou Xing roared, interrupting Minister Yue as the Battle Domain opened.

Hou Yao wanted to dodge, but his movements were restricted, making him a beat too slow.

He wanted to counter-attack, but Zhou Xing's fist was already smashing towards him again.

"Bang!"

Hou Yao raised his arm to block, but he was still sent flying by Zhou Xing's punch.

"Ice Burst!"

In the next instant, Zhou Xing slammed one hand onto the ground. Frost Power surged as a massive ice spike rose from the earth.

It pierced directly into the back of the flying Hou Yao. Frost Power rapidly spread within his body and then exploded—

"Bang!"

"No..."

Amidst Hou Yao's look of disbelief, his body directly shattered into countless ice shards.

"I've long found 'Furnace' to be an eyesore." Zhou Xing's figure flashed as he collected the divinity fragment dropped by Hou Yao.

"Colluding with Divine Gene, and even secretly forcing many to undergo Fusion with divinity fragments to become inferior Awakened Ones, trafficking people to Divine Gene as experimental subjects... death is well-deserved."

Minister Yue's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He only now realized that he had inadvertently offended a murderous star.

"The Officials are always thinking about maintaining balance. Have you ever thought about seeking justice for those numerous dead civilians?"

Zhou Xing's words left Minister Yue's face full of embarrassment, but there was nothing he could do.

In today's world, Divine Gene and The Watchers were the two dominant powers.

In the vast Xia Country, the cities that The Officials could fully Control only accounted for one-tenth.

In most other cities, they could only establish a stronghold and try their best to maintain a balance between various parties.

Ultimately, it was because there were too few top-tier Awakened Ones. Sometimes, The Officials in certain places might have already been bribed by Divine Gene.

Yun Feng's lips curled slightly as she spoke at the right moment: "Minister Yue, now... do we still need a joint interrogation?"

"No... no need..." Minister Yue gave a forced laugh. "Since the matter is settled, I'll take my leave..."

He then fled in a panic.

"Quite a few of us in The Watchers broke away from The Officials. It can't be helped; The Officials have too few top-tier Awakened Ones nowadays, but they still have some reason for existing."

Yun Feng looked at Zhou Xing and explained.

"I used to be part of The Officials' military, which is why I didn't move against him." Zhou Xing looked at the direction where Minister Yue had left with a face full of mockery.

"But we sent him a request for backup long ago, yet he only timed his arrival for when things were finishing here.

Clearly, he wanted to take the opportunity to seize more resources. However, since the balance has been broken, we might as well take complete Control of Dragon City."

"That's possible. Let's save the people first!" Yun Feng nodded and looked at the unconscious Monsoon and Thunder.

Watcher Stronghold.

The green light of healing from White Phoenix's hands completely enveloped Monsoon's head. It could be seen that as time passed, the toxins on Monsoon's face were being cleared bit by bit.

Because her own strength was limited, sweat broke out on White Phoenix's forehead; it was clearly a significant drain.

"Fortunately, the toxin didn't completely invade the brain. With the medical pod, the Captain should wake up in about two or three days."

White Phoenix said.

On the other side, Thunder's situation was relatively much better. Yun Feng's Sun Flame Power had already helped him basically purify the necrotic toxins, and he was currently recovering from the shoulder wound in a medical pod.

As for the consumed energy, it could be replenished later by absorbing thunder-type energy crystals to supplement.

"What's next?" Qin Yue looked at Zhou Xing. "Although the people from Divine Gene and Furnace have been defeated by us, their resources..."

"Naturally, we take them all." Zhou Xing's voice was calm. "The resources of both parties are what we need most."

Yun Feng also walked over after seeing that Thunder had stabilized. "The balance of Dragon City has been broken. Rather than letting The Officials pick up the scraps, we should take complete Control before Star City can react."

That evening, Zhou Xing personally led the Sky Patrol Squad straight to the Divine Gene branch.

Without Silver Fox and Black Tiger to oversee things, and with Divine Gene having taken most of their combatants at or above the foundation condensation realm to the Watcher Stronghold, the remaining small fry didn't dare to resist at all.

After everyone scoured all of Divine Gene's resources, they brought them back to the Watcher Stronghold.

Half an hour later, the same situation occurred at the Furnace Fighting Arena.

For most of the Awakened Ones in Furnace Fighting, their fates were in the hands of Furnace Fighting. Special neurotoxin chips had even been implanted in their bodies.

These people, with strengths ranging from Essence Circulation to the foundation condensation Peak, numbered about a hundred in total.

In the end, they could only continue to be controlled for the time being, waiting for Monsoon to wake up and see if this force could be utilized effectively.

After all, if they were to truly take Control of the entire Star City, they would still need a large number of Awakened Ones.

Finally, everyone emptied the Furnace's warehouse.

Meanwhile, after Minister Yue returned, he paced back and forth in his office, sighing constantly.

"Minister, the people from The Watchers are taking over the resources of Divine Gene and the Furnace Fighting Arena..." a subordinate reported in a low voice.

"I know!" Minister Yue waved his hand irritably.

If he hadn't harbored petty thoughts and had instead rushed to support them quickly, he could have obtained a portion of these resources.

Although he was envious now, he wouldn't dare to snatch them even if given ten times the courage.

That man named Zhou Xing had killed Hou Yao, a Control expert, with such ease.

Although he considered himself slightly stronger than Hou Yao, he wouldn't be able to hold out for long either.

Finally, he sat down dejectedly. "Issue an announcement... From today onwards, the entire Dragon City will be led and managed by The Watchers. The Officials... will cooperate with their work."

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