Chapter 770: Difficulties Part 2 (1/2)
Southern Blue was a major transportation hub through which many of the Eastern Sea products had to pass. As trade was the city’s lifeline, its doors were kept wide open to all visitors despite the tension. The Southern Blue city lord was still one step away from the divine champion rank. He couldn’t make the city independent like Su Dingqian but had maintained good social relationships with all the other powers. It wasn’t that easy for him to reach his current status.
Just as Qianye was about to thank the passerby and leave, he saw another group of soldiers rushing toward the city gates. This unit consisted of about fifty people and wore the colors of the Wolf King. There, they worked together to lift a city defense cannon onto the newly constructed turret.
A question emerged in Qianye’s mind. “Wasn’t it said that Southern Blue is only the Wolf King’s in name? How come his troops are stationed here?”
“The Wolf King maintains a small squad in the city. There are only a couple hundred of them, but they represent the Wolf King. If not the Wolf King, this place will be occupied by the Spider Emperor, what difference is there? The Wolf King is a human power at the very least,” the passerby said self-deprecatingly.
Qianye nodded—the Wolf King was a subordinate of Zhang Buzhou and could be thought of as someone working for the human race.
At this moment, a commotion broke out nearby, accompanied by a cacophony of shouting and wailing. Qianye glanced over to find two groups arguing on the streets, one of which was made up of two conspicuous arachne.
“You crashed into my car and broke it, this won’t end so easily.” An arachne was swinging his arms and roaring from above.
A middle-aged man shouted back with a furious expression, “Your people had clearly taken up the entire road. We don’t have any place to dodge even if we wanted to, don’t tell me we have to crash into the wall?”
The arachne revealed a nasty smile. “Then you should’ve crashed into the wall!”
Fuming, the middle-aged man broke into a laugh. “This is the funniest thing I’ve heard of! Now that I’ve crashed into your car, speak, what do you want to do about it?”
While speaking, the middle-aged man released his champion-level aura.
The arachne grinned as black mist shrouded his body; he was actually a viscount. In terms of origin power, the middle-aged man was a level higher, but the arachne was inherently powerful. Additionally, the arachne’s heavy axe was an extraordinary weapon whose quality far exceeded the middle-aged man’s sword. There was no way to tell the outcome if they were to start fighting.
Being able to wield such a high-grade axe meant that this viscount’s status wasn’t low. That was also the reason why the middle-aged man was quite restrained despite being furious. He was hoping the other party would back off and act reasonably.
However, the arachne had no intention of letting things be. He pointed at the man’s sword and said, “Give me that sword as compensation for damaging my car.”
The middle-aged man was livid and, at the extremes of anger, broke into a laugh. He fished out an emblem and flashed it at the arachne, saying, “Look, I’m from the Mountain Hunter Corps! I’ll advise you to make more reasonable demands.”
“Mountain Hunter? What’s that?” Apparently, the arachne viscount hadn’t heard of this name. Someone beside him said, “The Mountain Hunter Corps can be considered the external guard of Southern Blue. Judging from his cultivation, this person might be a vice-commander.”
The arachne viscount snorted. “So they’re from the city guard.”
The middle-aged man relaxed a bit upon seeing some apprehension in the enemy’s eyes. He was just about to say something when the arachne viscount raised his axe and swung down!
The attack contained the force of wind and thunder, an all-out blow!
The middle-aged man was shocked out of his wits, not expecting the spider to launch a sneak attack. He was caught off-guard and failed to use his full power in defending against the blow. As the weapons came into contact, the sword was immediately bent out of shape and the middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering back and almost losing his footing.
Apprehension flashed past the arachne’s face as he took a step back. He had gone all out to launch a sneak attack, yet he wasn’t able to kill this middle-aged man. He was even forced back a step, lightly injured and with his origin power shaken. If this were a fair showdown, the other party might be at an advantage.
The middle-aged man’s companions were livid. They all drew their weapons, ready to fight to the death. However, the man forced himself to take a deep breath and shouted, “Stop!”
After keeping everyone restrained, the middle-aged man said to the arachne viscount, “I’m the vice-captain of the Mountain Hunter Corps, Tian Jin. How do I address you? I’ll admit defeat this time. What happened today will be repaid one day.”
The arachne viscount sneered, “Weak humans, you’re not worthy of knowing my name.”
Southern Blue was, after all, a human city. The arachne’s words stirred the crowds and exacerbated the commotion.
The spider scanned everyone around him. “Is shouting all you can do? Is this all you lowlifes are capable of?”
Unable to endure, someone wanted to challenge the arachne. However, his companions pulled him back, saying, “Don’t be rash, his identity isn’t simple.”
At this point, two military vehicles charged over and came to a screeching halt nearby. A werewolf with a striking scar across his face jumped off the vehicle. “Tian Jin, what’s going on?”
The soldiers coming down from the car were all from the Wolf King’s Corps. Their arrival gave everyone here some measure of confidence. Tian Jin immediately described what had happened a while ago, and in the end, he said, “Sir, you must uphold justice for us.”
The Wolf King’s soldiers in Southern Blue were few in number, but they represented the king’s face. This werewolf possessed the strength of a viscount and was the commander of the Wolf King’s forces here.
He shot a glance at the arachne viscount and said with a cold smile, “Meir, you’re growing more arrogant by the day, it looks like your injuries have healed?”