32 A Heavenly Warrior Emerges (1/2)

Manager Su did not respond, but he did continue to step forward. It seemed slow, but every single step was taken right after another, and he constantly sped up.

There was no hint of martial arts behind his movements, and there was no gracious flair to the steps he took. Every single step was basic but seemed to contain a myriad of different powers.

Xue Wei looked on in shock before an excited and genuine smile spread on his face. Manager Su had broken through to the Heavenly Warrior realm.

It seemed that He Tong had finally grasped the same knowledge, and his eyes were filled with disbelief as he tried to back away from Manager Su; yet the entire aura had locked down upon him, making it near impossible to even make the slightest movement.

The higher one reached in rank, the larger the gap was between the realms. Although He Tong was in the last layers of the Sky Warrior rank, he was a realm below Manager Su, which in return caused the man to be like an ant in front of an elephant.

Xue Wei was excited. He did not believe in showing mercy to his enemies, and from the look on Manager Su's face, he did not look favorably on that subject either.

Just as Manager Su finally reached out his hand and was about to grasp He Tong's neck, a snort sounded out. Someone's arm shot forward, grasping Manager Su's hand and stopping his advance.

Manager Su looked at the hand that had stopped him. His eyes traveled from the hand to the shoulder before it landed on Li Fang's face.

”What gives you the right to interfere?” Manager Su asked with a chill in his voice. ”This man has hunted down my young master through all of Tiankong City. There are plenty of witnesses. I cannot allow such a person to continue living. Who knows when he will descend into madness again and once more try to attack my young master?”

Hearing this train of questions, Li Fang's face turned ugly. ”Well said!” Shen Bingwen appeared from the side. All of a sudden, all three Heavenly Warriors present in Tiankong City were gathered in one place.

”I sensed the fluctuations in the air; it seemed that a Heavenly Warrior was emerging. Who could have expected that it was old Manager Su?” Shen Bingwen said with a friendly smile, completely ignoring that Li Fang held his hand in a firm grip and that He Tong was standing trembling on the ground not far away.

He Tong seemed to have reached the end of his wits. His eyes were darting from one side to another, focusing briefly on Shen Bingwen, Li Fang, and Manager Su.

Li Fang's face was ugly. He too had felt the fluctuations in the air, indicating that someone was breaking into the Heavenly Warrior rank. Upon realizing that the man in question was the servant of Xiao Lei, he had felt uncomfortable.

Although Xiao Lei had never before wanted to engage in the fight for the City Lord's position, he had often supported Shen Bingwen. And now that his house had two Heavenly Warriors, it was likely that it would be even more difficult for Li Fang to take over.

Not only this, He Tong, although not the strongest supporter, was a supporter to Li Fang. The fact that he had done such unbecoming actions like hunting down a younger generation member – and even failed at it – proved that he and his followers would take a severe hit in their credibility.

All families within Tiankong City, nobles or not, earned their money from farms and fields outside the city, shops, and restaurants within the city.

The commoners were perfectly well aware of which shops belonged to which families, and they were very likely to decide not to support one faction if they did something unacceptable. To lure customers back, they needed to sell rare materials and items, or they had to lower the prices so that people would pick their shop for a bargain.

Either decision they made would make them lose money, and losing money meant that they would be unable to make a move on the City Lord position for some time.

If this continued, then more of Li Fang's supporters would support Shen Bingwen instead. Not to mention that the commoners would support Shen Bingwen since he had the backing of two Heavenly Warriors.

The appearance of a Heavenly Warrior was indeed something that brought great joy to Shen Bingwen and much agony to Li Fang.

”So we need to decide what to do with He Tong,” Shen Bingwen said. He was partly depressed that they had arrived so fast, as there was no chance for He Tong to die now. However, at the same time, he also knew that if He Tong were killed, then uncertainty and disturbances would appear in Tiankong City.

”Take him to court,” Manager Su sneered. ”Lock him up and don't let him out. He aimed to kill my young master. With intent to kill a younger generation member who has yet to fight the Fierce and Primordial Beasts, I am sure that the charge is rather harsh. Crippling his dantian, perhaps?”