19: Chapter 19 Anyone who dares to block the way, beat them up!

"Breakthrough." Lei Lie looked at his hands, tiger eyes brimming with tears, but his tone was extremely calm.

He turned slowly to face Zhou Yun, then clenched his right fist against his chest, knelt on one knee, and lowered his head deeply.

Thirteen years, thirteen City Lords of Flower City, none had brought a future to Flower City, leaving him only with regret and pain.

He had no regrets, but he was not resigned.

Thus, he welcomed the 14th City Lord.

And it was this 14th City Lord who brought him rebirth!

"Lei Lie, hereby swears, to pledge loyalty to you! In this life and this world, I will not regret even if I die ten thousand times!"

Not a word was spoken aloud, but the oath was already carved into his Soul.

It was not just Lei Lie.

The other Professionals also felt their strength had made a leap forward!

Power!

Unprecedented power filled every person's body!

They looked at their hands, feeling the energy in their bodies that seemed about to explode, their eyes red like rabbits, hot air puffing from their nostrils.

"I can't take it anymore! I can't hold it back!"

A warrior tore off his top, revealing his thin upper body, and shouted:

"I'm not waiting for you guys! I'm going to get to work! Otherwise, I feel like I'm going to explode!"

"Me too! I feel like I could punch a mountain to pieces right now!"

"Brothers! We've eaten so many good things from the City Lord, and our strength has increased so much. If we still build the city at the original speed, are we even human?!"

"Embarrassing! Too embarrassing!"

"Yeah! At this turtle speed, when will the City Lord be able to live in the new City Lord's mansion?"

"I propose! Stop sleeping! Let's work overtime and strive to build the new city in seven days!"

"Seven days?!" Someone said dissatisfiedly: "Too slow! Three days! Let's get it done in three days! How about that?!"

"Good idea!"

"It's settled!"

"Three days!"

"Three days! I like that number!"

"Move it!!"

"Ugh ah!!!!"

Without needing anyone to command, more than ten thousand energetic Professionals, along with forty thousand quasi-Professionals whose bodies had been strengthened, like a group of tigers released from their cages, rushed crazily toward the construction site!

However, Tie Shan, who had been standing not far away in charge of the overall planning, just smiled and shook his head seeing this scene.

"Three days? These kids are thinking about building a city too simply!"

As an old craftsman who had dealt with stone and metal his whole life, he had long calculated the construction period clearly.

This new city was one kilometer wide and ten kilometers long, a grand scale.

Adding in the buildings within...

Normally, using fifty thousand laborers, just for ramming earth, quarrying, transporting, and masonry, considering weather and accidents, it would be impossible to finish in less than two or three years.

"Although there are now over ten thousand Professionals, and those treasure tools that cut through iron like mud..."

Elder Tie stroked his beard and calculated silently in his heart:

"Efficiency can indeed increase several times. But even if everyone works without sleep, I estimate it will take... about three months to complete!"

Three months to build a giant city.

This was already shocking to the outside world!

As for three days?

That was purely delusional talk after everyone had eaten too much.

Meanwhile, a craze for apprenticeship had already started on the construction site.

Those newly awakened novice Professionals were humbly asking for advice from the "Seniors" who had awakened last night.

"Brother Wang! How do you use Wind Blade to shave tree bark so cleanly like you?"

"Uncle Li, how can I smash this stone into pieces with one slash?"

"Sister Mei, I can't keep my direction stable when I charge, what should I do?"

Just as this heated construction was in full swing...

"It's endless, isn't it?!"

Minister Wang Fugui sat on a sedan chair, with two huge dark circles under his eyes, his eyeballs bloodshot, and he was on the verge of madness.

He already had poor sleep quality and would wake up at the slightest disturbance.

But last night!

That bunch of bumpkins outside the city had been tossing and turning all night!

At first, it was the clanging sound of chiseling stones, then inexplicable cheers.

Finally, he managed to endure until morning, thinking it had finally calmed down.

But as soon as he climbed into bed to nap for a while, there was another loud shout outside, which scared him so much he jumped up like a zombie!!

Afterward, there was a collective roar from tens of thousands of people, shaking the dust off his roof beams!

"Too much deception! Simply too much deception!"

Minister Wang Fugui gritted his teeth, slapped the sedan pole hard, "Do they really think that with a Destined City Lord backing them, they can ride on my head and shit?"

"So what if he is a Destined City Lord?"

"Can a Destined City Lord stop people from sleeping??"

"Come here! Everyone follow me!"

"Today, I must find that Zhou guy and demand an explanation!"

Behind him, thousands of people followed darkly.

In addition to the chamber of commerce clerks and domestic servants, even the tenant farmers were dragged along.

And walking at the very front were forty Professionals!

They all looked arrogant, exuding an Aura of 'keep away'.

This was the trump card led by Minister Wang Fugui, heavily funded by the chamber of commerce, a guard team of forty Black Iron Rank Professionals!

In a small F-grade city like Flower City, this was a force capable of sweeping everything!

"Master! Master, you can't!"

Just as the team was about to set off, a mud-covered figure rushed over and hugged the sedan pole tightly.

It was the scout General Zhang Tie.

He shouted with a face full of horror: "You can't go! You really can't go!"

"I just went to look again! They... they are no longer the bumpkins they were before!"

"Changed! Everything has changed!"

"Last night... just last night! Thousands more of them awakened! Now it's full of Professionals over there!"

"Us going over there is just sending ourselves to death, Master!"

However, what he saw with his own eyes fell on Minister Wang Fugui's ears as the most ridiculous nonsense.

"Thousands awakened?" Minister Wang Fugui kicked General Zhang Tie in the face, "Are you not awake, you bastard? Or were you bribed by that brat Zhou Yun to scare me?"

"Thousands awakened in one night? You can even make up such ghost stories? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child!"

In this Flower City, anyone with a little bit of strength had already left!

He knew exactly what kind of trash was left behind.

Thousands Awakening at the same time?

Even novels wouldn't dare to write like that!

"Master! It's true! Everything I said is true!" General Zhang Tie continued to shout.

"Plug his mouth! Tie him up!" Minister Wang Fugui shouted sternly: "Disturbing my morale! I'll deal with you when I get back!"

Several servants immediately stepped forward, stuffed General Zhang Tie's mouth with rags, and threw him aside after tying him up tightly.

"Mmm! Mmm mmm!"

General Zhang Tie opened his eyes wide in despair, struggling desperately, but could only watch helplessly as Minister Wang Fugui waved his hand and led a large group of people, aggressively killing their way to the west of the city.

"Listen well!"

"After we leave the city gate later, no matter who you see, show your Aura first!"

"Whoever dares to block the way, just beat them!"

When they were about to reach the West City Gate, Minister Wang Fugui was still spitting and giving a pep talk on the sedan chair.

The forty Black Iron Rank Professionals guarding him were also cracking their fingers, with vicious smiles on their faces.

They also didn't believe General Zhang Tie's claim that thousands had awakened.

However, the news couldn't be completely fabricated; perhaps a few people had indeed become Professionals after eating spirit rice.

It's just that, could a bunch of bumpkins, even if one or two got lucky and awakened, really turn the world upside down?

They led the way out of the West City Gate with Minister Wang Fugui.

And then... and then they stopped.

Because they saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

In the construction site ahead, the light of various Professional skills flashed frequently.

Fireball!

Wind Blade!

Angry Slash!

Charge!

Looking around, everywhere were Professionals releasing skills!

One thousand? Two thousand?

No... those dense crowds, those connected surges of spiritual power, were at least ten thousand people!

And everyone was full of passion and energy!

Gulp.

The Guard Captain hired by Minister Wang Fugui with heavy money swallowed hard, his face pale as paper, and his legs couldn't stop shaking.

"Ma... Master..."

"General Zhang Tie seems to have... been conservative?"

The reason they dared to come earlier was purely because they felt their side had superior strength!

Even though Lei Lie was strong, he was only one person.

Adding the 20 City Guards, that was only 21 people!

Even if a few people accidentally awakened into Professionals, it would be at most 30 people!

And they had 40 proper Professionals!

Plus the four thousand people behind them!

It could be said to be a crushing force!

But what about now?

The other side had over ten thousand Professionals alone!

What kind of joke is this!

Still crushing them?

Being crushed is more like it!!

Let alone their forty Black Iron Ranks, even if four hundred more came, they wouldn't even make a ripple if thrown in!

Just at this moment, Lei Lie's voice exploded in their ears.

"Yo, isn't this Minister Wang Fugui?"

Lei Lie, who had just broken through to Silver Rank, had a sneer on his face and walked over with big strides.

"What? Bringing so many people, holding knives, guns, and sticks..."

His eyes were like knives, sweeping across Minister Wang Fugui's face, "Are you here to pick a fight?"

"How... how could that be?" Minister Wang Fugui was so scared he couldn't speak clearly.

"I... I saw that everyone was working so hard, so I specifically brought people... to see if there is any place I can help!"

"Help?" Lei Lie sneered: "You guys?"

Then his face sank, "No need! Get lost!"

"Alright!"

Minister Wang Fugui followed the suggestion, turned around, and was about to take people and run, without any disobedience.

"Wait!" Just then, a gentle voice came from the city wall.

Zhou Yun walked down from the city wall quickly and greeted: "Isn't this Minister Wang Fugui? Why did you bring so many people?"

Lei Lie snorted: "City Lord, this old guy said he came to help. I think he is clearly here to pick a fight! I already told him to get lost!"

"Eh!" Zhou Yun shook his head slightly and said earnestly: "Minister Wang Fugui has the heart to help and contribute to Flower City, that's a good thing!"

"But this bastard clearly has ill intentions!" Lei Lie pointed at the group behind Minister Wang Fugui and said: "You didn't see, they were aggressive just now..."

Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly choked.

Because at this moment, the thousands of people brought by Minister Wang Fugui, whether they were the fierce thugs usually or the arrogant guards, were now all bowing their heads, hands hanging down, with harmless smiles on their faces.

Where was the aggressiveness from just now?

They were completely a group of docile little kittens.

"See," Zhou Yun smiled: "They look like they are here to help sincerely! How can we push people's good intentions away?"

"Lei Lie, hurry! Don't just stand there! Since Minister Wang Fugui is so enthusiastic, then trouble you to take them to see Elder Tie and let Elder Tie distribute tasks to everyone!"

Hearing this, Minister Wang Fugui was stunned.

He opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at Zhou Yun's sincere smiling face.

Didn't I just say it casually?

That was just an excuse!

Understand an excuse?!

Who the hell really wants to work?!

The group behind him was also stunned.

What happened?

Weren't we here to show support?

Why are we going to work?

Is this a joke?

Who wants to work for no reason?

Are they full and bored?

Just when everyone was looking at each other, hesitant...

"Clang!"

A clear sword chime rang out suddenly.

Lei Lie suddenly drew the sword at his waist and slashed casually at the open space in front of the crowd.

Swish!!!

The hard frozen earth was instantly torn apart into a huge trench several meters long!

The power of this slash made the eyes of those forty Black Iron Rank guards almost pop out!

This was definitely not combat power that Bronze Rank could possess!

Silver Rank!

Definitely Silver Rank!!

Hadn't Lei Lie been stuck at Bronze Rank Nine Stars and unable to advance?

How did he suddenly break through??

Lei Lie sheathed his sword, with a kind smile on his face, but his eyes and tone were extremely cold,

"Why are you all stunned?"

"I see your complexions are not very good. It couldn't be... that you... REGRET... it, right?!"

Everyone was so scared that their hair stood on end!

Where was this asking?

This was clearly a naked threat!

As if whoever dared to say half a word of "no", the blade would probably appear on their head in the next second!!

Minister Wang Fugui shivered all over, his face instantly filled with a fawning smile, shaking his head like a rattle-drum,

"A promise is a promise! If we said we would help, we would help. How could we regret it?"

"It is our honor to be able to serve the City Lord!"

Saying this, he turned to the people behind him and asked loudly:

"Besides, we were here to help sincerely, right??"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" Everyone echoed in unison.

"Help! Must help!"

"Going now! Going now!"

"I love working the most!"