52: Chapter 52 Deposing the Town Mayor and Taking Control of the Situation

"Ah—! Town Mayors Son! My son!"

Town Mayor Zhao Hong knelt amidst the blurred flesh and blood, extending his trembling hands as if trying to piece together the fragments that had long lost their shape.

He wept one moment and laughed the next, appearing completely insane.

Having killed his only son with his own hands, this extreme pain and absurdity had already shattered his ambitious mind into pieces.

His spirit had completely collapsed.

Inside Wangjiang Tower, there was dead silence.

All the surviving Guest Elders and guards of the Town Mayors Office were like quails whose throats had been throttled, frozen in place, not daring to move an inch.

They looked at the Town Mayor, who was wailing while holding his son's corpse, and then at Gu Yan, who had remained indifferent from beginning to end, as if he had merely swatted a fly.

A chill originating from the depths of their Soul uncontrollably shot from the soles of their feet straight to their crowns.

Devil!

This man was absolutely not some "Old Immortal Gu"!

He was a... devil who could play with people's hearts in the palm of his hand and lead experts to their own destruction!

Gu Yan did not pay attention to the completely insane Town Mayor Zhao Hong.

He just walked calmly to Liu Ruyan's side and supported her.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly.

Liu Ruyan's face remained as pale as paper. Just now, in order to unleash that crucial strike, she had nearly exhausted all her Origin Profound Yin Qi, and she was now weak to the extreme.

But her peach-blossom eyes shone surprisingly bright when she looked at Gu Yan.

Within them, there was the relief of surviving a disaster, admiration for the man's wisdom and courage, and even more... a sense of pride in sharing his honor.

She shook her head gently: "I am fine."

Gu Yan nodded and channeled a wisp of gentle True Qi into her body, helping her stabilize her almost dissipating breath.

Then, he turned around, took a step, and walked step by step to the front of Town Mayor Zhao Hong, who was still crying while holding the minced meat.

In his eyes, there was not a shred of sympathy, nor a shred of pity.

When dealing with enemies, especially enemies who wanted to put him to death, any superfluous emotion was cruelty to oneself.

He knew very well that although Town Mayor Zhao Hong's mind had collapsed at this moment, his Level 8 Qi Refining cultivation base was still his greatest threat.

Cutting the grass requires pulling out the roots!

Seeing Gu Yan approach, the three Late Stage Guest Elders' expressions changed drastically, and they subconsciously wanted to step forward to stop him.

However, Gu Yan just glanced at them indifferently.

Just one glance.

The three Loose Cultivator experts, who could be considered notorious around Luoyun Town, felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured over their heads, chilling them from head to toe, and their footsteps instantly froze in place!

From that look, they saw a kind of... indifference that viewed all things as straw dogs!

They did not doubt for a second that if they dared to take one more step forward, their fate in the next moment would absolutely be no better than Town Mayors Son's!

Fear overwhelmed their professional ethics as Guest Elders.

The three of them retreated half a step simultaneously.

No one dared to block Gu Yan's path anymore.

Gu Yan walked to the front of Town Mayor Zhao Hong and slowly raised his right hand.

Then, under the horrified gaze of everyone.

With one palm, he gently pressed onto Town Mayor Zhao Hong's lower abdomen Dantian.

"No..."

Town Mayor Zhao Hong seemed to sense something, and a glimmer of clarity finally returned to his vacant eyes, replaced by endless fear!

He wanted to resist, he wanted to struggle!

However, it was already too late.

A domineering, incomparable, fiery True Qi surged in from Gu Yan's palm!

Like a hot knife through butter!

Town Mayor Zhao Hong's Dantian Qi Sea, which he had painstakingly cultivated for decades and had long since become incomparably condensed, was like paper in front of this even purer and more domineering True Qi!

Only a soft sound of "pop" was heard!

The Qi Sea was instantly pierced through!

Immediately following that was a collapse... like a landslide or tsunami!

Sss— sss— sss—

Town Mayor Zhao Hong's body was like a balloon punctured with countless holes.

The pure True Qi he had painstakingly cultivated for nearly a hundred years was, at this moment, uncontrollably leaking out frantically from the acupoints all over his body!

His body was rapidly aging at a speed visible to the naked eye, which was extremely terrifying!

His originally black hair turned gray and withered within a few short breaths, like weeds in late autumn.

The skin on his face, which was originally firm, quickly sagged, piled up, and became covered with deep gullies and wrinkles.

His originally upright body also quickly hunched over.

When Gu Yan withdrew his palm.

A moment ago, he was a high and mighty, awe-inspiring Level 8 Qi Refining expert, the local tyrant of Luoyun Town.

At this moment, he had already become an ordinary old man with white hair and beard, hollow eyes, and an aura of decay emanating from his whole body.

An old man in his twilight years whom even an ordinary strong man could easily push over.

Crippled.

Completely, thoroughly crippled.

After doing all this, Gu Yan did not even take another look at Town Mayor Zhao Hong, who was slumped on the ground as if all his spirit and energy had been drained away.

He turned around, his indifferent eyes slowly sweeping over everyone present.

Whether it was the guards holding swords and shields, or the three pale-faced Guest Elders.

Everyone his gaze swept over trembled violently in their hearts, subconsciously lowering their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.

An invisible, kingly pressure shrouded the entire Wangjiang Tower.

After a long while.

Gu Yan's emotionless voice slowly sounded.

"Submit."

"Or..."

"Die."

There was no third option.

After a brief silence.

Clang!

It was that Level 8 Qi Refining Guest Elder who was the first to throw away the long sword in his hand.

He felt his knees go weak before Gu Yan, and he respectfully knelt on the ground, his forehead slamming heavily onto the blood-stained floor.

"Junior... Junior Hu San is willing... willing to serve Senior Gu like a dog or horse!"

With the first person taking the lead, the remaining people no longer hesitated.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of weapons hitting the ground rang out in unison!

"We are willing to surrender!"

"Willing to die in the service of Senior Gu!"

Whoosh!

Inside Wangjiang Tower, dozens of elites from the Town Mayors Office, along with the three Late Stage experts, knelt down in a row!

They lowered their once-proud heads to the man who, all by himself, had annihilated the entire armed force of the Town Mayors Office.

Thus.

The old era of Luoyun Town came to a complete end.

And a new era, belonging to the Gu Family, officially, on this night...

Began.