28: Who dares to kill me? I dare!

The Chiyang High-ranking Officials exchanged glances, each seeing fear reflected in the other's eyes.

Self-execution.

They were unwilling.

Resistance.

They didn't dare!

Thus, they all turned their gazes toward Chen Shouyi and whispered,

“City Lord, what should we do?”

“You make the decision; we will all follow your lead!”

Before Chen Shouyi could answer...

Ye Lingxing's expression turned cold, and he barked,

“Giving you face, aren't I?”

“You're the City Lord, so we'll start with you.”

“Execute yourself!”

Ye Lingxing's eyes were icy as he stared at Chen Shouyi.

Behind him, the fourth-tier Mage Professional and seven or eight third-tier guards glared at Chen Shouyi like tigers watching their prey.

How overbearing!

These young masters from great families truly viewed human life as mere grass!

He was a City Lord appointed by the Empire, yet they talked of killing him just like that!

Fury ignited within Chen Shouyi's chest!

The Third-Tier Phantom Beast was already dead!

This ignorant brat was acting so arrogant based on nothing but a single fourth-tier Mage Professional!

Chen Shouyi's face was equally cold as he cupped his hands and said,

“I'm afraid I cannot obey.”

“I ask that Young Master Ye knows when to stop!”

“The corpse of the Third-Tier Phantom Beast hasn't even grown cold yet!”

“Threatening me?”

These commoners were trying to revolt!

Ye Lingxing's face flushed red then turned pale as he directly ordered,

“Kill them all!”

His guards, led by the fourth-tier Mage Professional with the other third-tier guards interspersed, simultaneously attacked Chen Shouyi and the others!

“Hmph!”

Chen Shouyi let out a cold snort.

If he didn't resist after being insulted to his face, he would have to stretch out his neck to be slaughtered!

He no longer hesitated.

Chen Shouyi moved into action immediately.

Zhang Chi and the other Chiyang High-ranking Officials were not people who would just sit and wait for death either!

They had already worked it out in their minds.

Without the You Beast to rely on, their opponents were not invincible.

To hell with your status as a young master or an Imperial City noble; if you want their lives, they can take yours too!

At worst...

They would just leave!

The number of Chiyang High-ranking Officials far exceeded Ye Lingxing's guards.

In a few moments, at the cost of a few lives, the Chiyang High-ranking Officials killed all of Ye Lingxing's third-tier guards.

The fourth-tier Mage Professional was heavily wounded and stood in front of Ye Lingxing to block them.

“Finish it!”

The Chiyang High-ranking Officials were not all useless.

They all understood that there was no turning back once the arrow was fired; they could only kill Ye Lingxing and his group to the last man!

Facing the crowd's assault...

Ye Lingxing remained unafraid!

The Sword Qi slashed out by Zhang Chi was about to hit Ye Lingxing's face.

“Stop!”

“Do you even know who Young Master Ye is?!”

“If Young Master Ye suffers even a scratch, the entire city will be buried with him!”

“Young Master Ye is...”

“The seventh son of the Imperial Prime Minister!”

The Imperial Prime Minister!

The Prime Minister of the Empire, Ye Zhetian!

A legendary powerhouse of the Empire, peerless in wisdom and strategy!

The small nations that had perished at his hands were countless!

Even the neighboring Great Tianyi Empire had suffered greatly at the Imperial Prime Minister's hands!

He was the idol of every Prodigy in the Empire!

Revered by the common people!

Feared by the officials!

Even the Emperor of the Empire had to respectfully address the Imperial Prime Minister as 'Teacher'!

Below one person, above ten thousand!

Holding absolute power, his influence was unparalleled!

This Young Master Ye was actually the most beloved youngest son of the Imperial Prime Minister!

This status was likely even more noble than that of a prince!

With such an identity, who would dare to act!

Just as the Mage guard said, once Young Master Ye was injured, the Imperial Prime Minister would surely be enraged!

When the Imperial Prime Minister is angry, a million corpses will fall!

A tiny Chiyang City could be wiped out with a flick of his hand!

And they, these Chiyang High-ranking Officials, would never escape the Imperial Prime Minister's pursuit no matter where they hid!

Even if they betrayed their country and fled to a neighboring nation!

The neighboring Emperor would likely fear the Imperial Prime Minister's strength and personally hand them over to him to be dealt with at his whim!

The weight of the Imperial Prime Minister's name was too staggering!

Seeing the Sword Qi he had unleashed about to strike Ye Lingxing's face...

Zhang Chi's face turned pale with shock as he forcibly diverted his attack, suffering the massive backflow of energy through his meridians.

Pfft~

He vomited a large mouthful of blood!

Zhang Chi immediately fell to his knees.

Chen Shouyi and the others knelt down one after another.

The timid ones were trembling all over like sifting chaff.

Unbelievable!

They thought he was just some young master from the capital.

They never expected him to be one of the small group of people standing at the very peak of the entire Empire.

They had caused a massive disaster!

But their hearts were stifled and gloomy!

Clearly, they were the victims, yet they were the ones begging for mercy.

“To offend Young Master Ye, this lowly one deserves ten thousand deaths!”

Ye Lingxing remained sullenly silent.

If it weren't for his father's name...

He would have been killed by this bunch of commoners!

A great humiliation submerged him like a tide.

Damn it!

Why didn't you commoners just execute yourselves to atone for your sins!

Why did you dare to resist!

Ye Lingxing kicked Zhang Chi over, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at him and asked:

“Weren't you going to kill this Young Master?”

“This lowly one wouldn't dare!”

Zhang Chi clutched his chest while spitting blood.

He wished he could tear Ye Lingxing into ten thousand pieces, but he didn't dare; he still had brothers and sisters and didn't want them to be implicated.

“And you?”

“Weren't you going to kill this Young Master too?!”

“And you, City Lord, looking into my eyes with such surging killing intent!”

Ye Lingxing grabbed Chen Shouyi by the throat and lifted him up.

“Why don't you do it then!”

The killing intent in Chen Shouyi's eyes did not diminish; it grew even more intense. He spoke with resentment, though his words were completely against his heart,

“This lowly one wouldn't dare.”

He was the City Lord!

He could die, but he couldn't implicate the entire city!

How much he wished he were alone, without any concerns, so he could definitely slay the Imperial Prime Minister's youngest son under his blade!

Unfortunately...

He could only endure it!

The revelation of his identity as The Youngest Son of the Imperial Minister...

Made everyone lose the courage to act!

No one could bear the guilt and consequences of killing the Imperial Prime Minister's youngest son!

“Hahaha!”

“A bunch of commoners!”

Ye Lingxing walked back and forth among the kneeling Chiyang High-ranking Officials, occasionally kicking one over.

“You all want to kill me!”

“But there's nothing you can do!”

“I'm telling you now, when I go back, I will bring the experts of my clan.”

He pointed at Chen Shouyi and the others,

“And I will wipe you all out!”

“Your relatives, your parents, your brothers and sisters—I will take them one by one, one by one, one by one, and execute them by a thousand cuts right in front of all of you!”

“Bastard!”

“You deserve to die!”

The eyes of the Chiyang High-ranking Officials were almost spitting fire!

They wished they could skin Ye Lingxing alive and hack him into eight pieces!

Ye Lingxing pulled out a saber from one person and handed it to him.

At the same time...

He offered his own neck to that person.

This person was already trembling with rage!

The blade was aimed at Ye Lingxing's carotid artery; he gestured ten times but couldn't bring himself to strike.

“Useless!”

Ye Lingxing took the saber and hacked off the man's left hand.

“A bunch of trash!”

“You want to kill me, but you don't dare to move!”

“But!”

“I want to kill all of you, including all your relatives, and unlike you, I mean what I say!”

“I really enjoy this—how you want to kill me, yet can't do a thing about it.”

“Like a dying stray dog!”

“Pitiful and pathetic!”

After saying all that...

Ye Lingxing felt refreshed!

So what if he was humiliated?

They would die!

So what if there was a Heaven-Defying monster?

If he killed it, it would be gone!

He was going to use raw power to crush people!

He just loved to see the pathetic sight of these people being insulted to death yet not daring to fight back!

“Who dares kill me!”

“Hahaha!”

Ye Lingxing laughed arrogantly.

But at that moment...

A pale white blade light flared brightly!

Aimed at his forehead, it slashed straight down!

How noisy.

The bone saber in Lu Chen's hand turned to sand and dissipated.