551 A Matter of Life and Death (1/2)

In the past, he only knew about Mr. Nian and about Supreme Lord Spring Frost. When he was battling Supreme Lord Spring Frost back then, the latter was extremely difficult to be tackled, an incredible expert.

Until later, as the Five Venerable Lords emerged, he knew then that Supreme Lord Spring Frost was nothing much in comparison. The Five Venerable Lords were the true experts.

Now, he knew a deeper reality, perhaps the truth itself, that the Five Venerable Lords were only characters that could be disposed of at any time.

Then, what about the Four Seasons Tower's true pillars of forces?

Had they never appeared? Or were they living in this world in disguise?

In addition to that, Venerable Lord Ice said that there was not only one Mr. Nian; he had several manifestations. Each new piece of information gave Yun Yang another headache, another sleepless night.

”Who is it who's established this body of force that's become like a monster known as the Four Seasons Tower?”

Yun Yang must say, he was rather impressed by how well this organization had hidden itself. Since the beginning of time, there was only the Four Seasons Tower that could develop and grow an organization to this great extent. And off all the organizations he had crossed paths, he has personally become somewhat involved in this great one.

Each time he improved himself and set up scheme after scheme to cause damage to his nemesis, each time he thought he could finally fight and overthrow the tower, he was always shocked to find out that the strength the tower had shown was only the tip of the iceberg. Even when the status of nemesis had long been established, truthfully, only he would die while the tower stayed unaffected – he might not even have caused any major loss to them!

The differences in their capabilities was like the difference between heaven and earth.

Luckily he had always been able to vaguely perceive the foe's strength as it approached and avoided the crisis before an attack was actually launched. Otherwise, he would have long been dead!

In spite of this, how long could such good luck last?

Another night passed.

The brewing storm over Tiantang City did not stop, but instead, grew more devastating. Countless night crawlers flew above the city's sky, both coming and going. For a moment, the ghoulish wind cried; then, wraiths came in wisps; for a moment, killing intents soared upwards; then, the cries of ghosts were heard…

The officials in charge of law and order in Tiantang City almost aged a few years within a single night from the sheer weight of worrying.

”Why are there so many experts flocking to Tiantang City all of a sudden? Does this world really have so many experts?”

Facing such an unprecedented situation, they were helpless with worry. There was simply nothing they could do other than to let events take their course.

The saying that martial people violate the law with their martial skills had never just been a mere saying. Martial experts who were equipped with excellent cultivation base rarely regarded the so-called imperial law. They came and went as they pleased. Not only would they kill a few people to vent themselves when they were unhappy, they could kill a few more to celebrate when they were happy too. No reasons, fairness, or law…

”According to an old saying, one serves the emperor no matter what they learn, but now… sigh!”

”Many years ago, it was said that most of the martial artists were still proud to be an official of the imperial court. Such titles were a big attraction to these people. It's unknown exactly when, but the martial world forces grew and overcame the strength of such worldly empires. This caused the martial world people to disregard emperors, heaven, or justice; they only knew about doing things with their brute skills. The situation now was a result of forceful suppression and balancing by generations of emperors.”

”I wonder if such phenomena could be reversed in the future.”

An official sighed in his house.

”It's been a long time since the era of supreme imperialism. The reason the martial experts had initially submitted to the imperial court in the past was because they were greedy for wealth and fortune in this world. But such materialistic luxury is no more attractive to such high and mighty legendary figures.”

”Because now those are things they can easily acquire.”

”What can tempt them, or perhaps, what they are concerned with now, is being the only man standing at the top overlooking the world, immortality, and the eternal pride of lonesomeness.”