"How is this possible?"
"Luo Jiu is one of the Third Young Master's guards, an Earth Soul Realm powerhouse. How could he be so weak?"
"Who on earth is this kid? He's so damn bold!"
The stunning scene unfolding before their eyes made everyone exclaim in shock.
Even the Third Young Master of the Luo Family furrowed his brows, his expression gradually turning grim. "How audacious. To think soone in Celestial Net City would dare to harm one of my n."
He glanced at the other n behind him and said flatly, "What are you gawking at? Get him. Kill that little bastard. As for the young lady, don't you dare harm a single hair on her head. Tonight, this young master will have her in my bed."
"Yes, sir!"
The other five guards behind him answered in unison.
All five of them attacked at once.
Among these five, a shocking three of them were Earth Soul Realm powerhouses.
For a re Third Young Master to have four Earth Soul Realm powerhouses as guards when he went out... The Luo Family's strength was truly sothing else. In a small place like Shishui City, a single Earth Soul Realm powerhouse was an Elder Level existence within their respective families.
But here, they were rely guards.
"Ti to die, brat!"
"Heh heh, that little lady behind him is a real beauty! Tsk tsk, once the young master is tired of her, maybe he'll let us have a taste!"
"Then what's with all the chatter? Luo Jiu was useless. Let's just cripple this kid first."
The five n attacked at once.
Hong Yu snorted, his expression turning frigid.
'How could I possibly tolerate this Third Young Master Luo daring to set his sights on Yun ngyao?'
He executed the Wandering Dragon Body Technique. His footwork was profound and unpredictable, as ethereal as a deity's stroll. Afterimages flickered as his fists lashed out. Each punch landed with perfect precision, striking the guards hard enough to inflict grievous, near-fatal injuries, yet deliberately stopping short of killing them.
In the blink of an eye...
"ARGH!"
Amidst a series of bloodcurdling screams, the guards were sent flying one after another.
None of them could get back up. Any part of their bodies Hong Yu had struck was now wracked with excruciating pain.
Hong Yu's punches contained a trace of Vibrating Power.
These Luo Family guards, long accustod to bullying the weak and rampaging without restraint, had all had their Primordial Spirits crippled, reducing them to useless invalids. They writhed and wailed on the ground, a scattered ss that created a shocking visual spectacle.
The Third Young Master Luo's expression changed abruptly, a flicker of fear flashing in the depths of his eyes.
Miss Liu, nestled in his arms, went pale, her eyes widening in disbelief. "H-How could this hick be so powerful?"
Hong Yu stepped over the groaning Luo Family guards and walked straight up to the Third Young Master Luo.
Sizing up the pale-faced, richly dressed young man before him, Hong Yu pointed at Huhu, who had been passed into the man's grasp. "Let it go!"
"..."
The Third Young Master Luo froze, then exploded with rage.
In his twenty-odd years of life, the Third Young Master Luo had never experienced anything like this. Who in Celestial Net City would dare provoke him? Who would dare defy his will? Even the princes and princesses of the Royal Family had to show him deference when they were in Celestial Net City.
He had just been taking his n out for a late-night snack when he happened upon a drunken Huhu. It was only because of Miss Liu's tearful pleas that he'd had his n seize the creature.
In his mind, it was a trivial matter. Never mind a pet—even if he decided to abduct a person, no one would dare to defy him.
But he never expected to run into such a tough opponent tonight!
The Third Young Master Luo glared furiously at Hong Yu. "Do you have any fucking idea who I am? Let tell you, in Celestial Net City, my Luo Family is the law! We are the absolute rulers! You dare to offend ? Believe it or not, I can have the City Guard Army here in minutes to kill you!"
"That's right! If you know what's good for you, get on your knees and beg the Third Young Master for forgiveness right now! He might just spare your pathetic life!" Miss Liu added, her nose in the air.
Only then did Hong Yu even notice Miss Liu.
He narrowed his eyes and said coolly, "So it was you."
"Hm? You know each other?" the Third Young Master Luo's eyes widened.
Miss Liu stamred, "Third Young Master, th-this is that hick I told you about."
"Oh?"
The Third Young Master Luo paused. He rembered Miss Liu crying to him earlier, complaining that so guy with a Purple Gold Card worth one million Gold Coins had made her lose face. He had taken his n to the tailor's shop to find the man, but Hong Yu was already gone. He never expected to run into him here.
A card with one million Gold Coins... Even the Third Young Master Luo felt a stir of temptation. 'A kid who can casually flash a Purple Gold Card worth a million Gold Coins must have even more Treasures on him.'
A flicker of greed surfaced in his eyes. The Third Young Master Luo cleared his throat. "I'll give you one chance. Obediently offer up ten million Gold Coins and hand over that little beauty behind you. Do that, and I can let today's events slide. Otherwise..."
The Third Young Master Luo's expression turned sinister. He pulled an object resembling a firecracker from his robes. "The mont I set off this Skyrocket," he said coldly, "the entire City Guard Legion of Celestial Net City will descend upon this place. No matter how powerful you are, you'll be captured. The choice is yours!"
Hong Yu frowned, ignoring the Third Young Master Luo completely. "Huhu, if you keep playing dead, I'm done with you."
"Hoo?"
Huhu, who had been dangling upside down from the Third Young Master Luo's hand as if asleep, suddenly shuddered. In a flash, it escaped his grasp before anyone could see how. It reappeared on Hong Yu's shoulder as a streak of black and white light, where it snarled and bared its fangs at the Third Young Master before rubbing its furry body against Hong Yu's neck, trying to curry favor.
"You little rascal," Hong Yu said, though he was fighting a smile. "If you embarrass like that again, I swear I'll throw you in a pigpen."
"Huhu!"
The little creature covered its eyes with its paws as if embarrassed, though its own eyes darted about mischievously. Suddenly, with a flick of its paw, a bulging coin purse appeared in its grasp.
It held the coin purse out to Hong Yu with both paws in a clear attempt to curry favor.
Hong Yu: "..."
Yun ngyao: "..."
Everyone: "..."
This Little Beast was simply defying belief.
Not only could it drink, but it could also steal, and it even knew how to appease its master. No one had ever seen or heard of such an intelligent and spiritual Little Beast!
The Third Young Master Luo's eyes burned with desire. 'If I had such an amusing Little Beast, wouldn't seducing won be a piece of cake?' he thought. At that, he pointed at Hong Yu and declared, "I've decided. I'll be taking that Little Beast as well. Otherwise, you can forget about leaving Celestial Net City alive today."
"Y-Young Master," Miss Liu suddenly stamred, her eyes wide, "th-that... that's your coin purse!"
"Huh?"
The Third Young Master Luo froze. He looked closely and realized the coin purse was, in fact, his own.
His pale face instantly turned beet red.
He recalled how he had just been admiring the Little Beast's cleverness, only to realize it had stolen from *him*. The humiliation infuriated the Third Young Master Luo. He raised the Skyrocket, pulled the trigger, and a blinding Command Arrow shot toward the heavens, lighting up half the night sky.
The Third Young Master Luo's face was a mask of malice. "Brat, you're finished."
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A rumbling sound grew closer, coming from far away.
Within minutes, the City Guard Legion, numbering over ten thousand strong, had assembled and surrounded the tavern completely.
The one leading them was the Third Young Master Luo's uncle, Luo Buping!
A Peak Earth Soul Realm Powerhouse and commander of the City Guard Corps, his cultivation was on par with Hong Yuanfeng's.
Luo Buping looked at his nephew and asked coolly, "Who dares cause trouble on Luo Family territory?"
The Third Young Master Luo rushed forward. "Second Uncle, it's this little bastard right here! Look, he seriously injured Luo Jiu and the others, and he was completely disrespectful to our Luo Family! You have to teach him a lesson."
Luo Buping, clad in Cold Light Armor, swept a harsh glare over Hong Yu. "A newborn calf truly isn't afraid of the tiger. The youth these days have no sense of propriety. To dare offend the Luo Family..." He brandished his sword. "City Guard Corps, hear my order! All troops, advance! Eliminate this fiend!"
"First echelon, advance!"
In the Fengyue Kingdom, a legion was composed of ten thousand soldiers, a grand battalion of one thousand, and an echelon of one hundred.
One hundred soldiers, wielding Cold Light Weapons and radiating killing intent, charged at Hong Yu.
Hong Yu frowned. "Wait a mont, I'm..." Although a ten-thousand-strong City Guard Corps wasn't enough to intimidate him, blades had no eyes. Hong Yu worried that Yun ngyao might be hard in the ensuing battle, so he decided to reveal his identity and settle the matter peacefully.
However...
Luo Buping snorted. "Even if you were a Prince of the Royal Family, you'd still pay the price for offending the Luo Family. In front of my family, no one gets special treatnt!"
"Second and Third Echelons, get ready! Prevent the enemy's escape."
The entire City Guard Corps mobilized at once.
Hong Yu rubbed his nose, feeling thoroughly infuriated.
He had been on the defensive from the very beginning and had never provoked anyone, yet the Luo Family was this arrogant and tyrannical. They had repeatedly targeted Yun ngyao, and now they had mobilized the City Guard Corps to attack without any regard for right or wrong.
All of this had clearly crossed Hong Yu's bottom line.
"Since you insist on forcing my hand, then don't bla for what happens next!"
Hong Yu roared in anger.
He activated the Eight Desolates Saint Slaying Technique. A faint golden light shimred into existence, forming the Flowing Light Golden Armor around him—majestic and domineering, magnificent and flamboyant.
As the golden light flared...
Hong Yu executed his Wandering Dragon footwork, his fists a blur. He instantly whipped up a powerful Martial Dao hurricane that threatened to engulf everything. Wherever the potent force of his punches passed, the well-equipped soldiers of the City Guard Legion were tossed about like scarecrows in a tempest, thrown into the air and knocked unconscious.
He tore through them with unstoppable force!
In just a few breaths, Hong Yu had completely and utterly defeated the first echelon of one hundred n.
After all, the Primordial Core Realm expert Wang Jiankun had once single-handedly swept through a million-man legion. Although Hong Yu was only at the Earth Soul Realm, his opponents were hardly the battle-hardened elites of the Celestial Star Kingdom's army. An opponent of this caliber was clearly not enough to pose a significant threat.
Watching their City Guard Legion collapse like an avalanche, Luo Buping and the Third Young Master Luo stared at each other, raw terror flooding their eyes.
"Is... is he even human?"
"Damn it, what kind of monster did I just provoke?"
The uncle and nephew swallowed nervously, the thought of retreat already blooming in their minds.
Amidst the frenzy of battle, Hong Yu's gaze sharpened. A cyan light swirled in his left eye, condensing into several rays of erald brilliance. The hundred or so City Guard soldiers caught in that verdant gaze froze, their bodies trembling and stiffening like wood. In that instant, Hong Yu disengaged, appeared before Luo Buping and the Third Young Master Luo, and seized them both by the neck, lifting them off the ground.
"Y-You... let go."
"Hero, hero, spare ! I-I'm Luo Buping, the Second Master of the Luo Family! Our Patriarch is an Elder of the Cyan Nether Sword Sect! Please, Hero, spare my life for his sake..."
Even though Luo Buping was a Peak Earth Soul Realm expert, he felt utterly hopeless in Hong Yu's grip. His Power of Primordial Spirit was suppressed, impossible to circulate. All he could do was beg for his life.
'So it really is that Elder Luo,' Hong Yu thought.
Hong Yu sighed inwardly. He took a deep breath and said coolly, "Sorry. Anyone who offends my little sister must face the consequences. And I don't care whose reputation is at stake."
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