There were nine people in total, dressed in splendid robes with flame patterns printed on them—the unique mark of the Fire God Temple.
However, their clothing style differed from that of Jiang Yizhou and the others, and they did not have runes engraved.
All nine were powerful Nine-Star Destiny Warriors. As soon as they appeared, the space distorted slightly, waves of heat surged, making people feel as if they were inside a furnace.
The leader was fair-skinned and full of pride, carrying a long sword on his back. He staggered toward Long Chen with every step, his expression sinister as he said:
"Long Chen, I thought you would always hide and never come out, but I didn't expect you to have the courage to come to my Cao family's territory. You've got quite some nerve."
Originally, Long Chen had focused all his attention on that stone, but when these nine appeared, a look of surprise appeared on his face as he pushed the stone in his hand toward the stall owner.
The stall owner saw the situation and immediately sensed something was wrong. He quickly stepped back a few paces. He didn't recognize Long Chen or Mo Nian, but he recognized the Fire God Temple's attire—this was someone he couldn't afford to mess with.
"Are you the Cao Yuyang who issued the challenge?" Long Chen asked.
The man laughed heartily and said, "You received the challenge?" Haha, how does it taste? In fact, that challenge was on behalf of my family..."
"Nothing else matters. Answer me, are you Cao Yuyang? Did you sign the challenge letter?" Long Chen interrupted him impatiently.
"That's right, I am Cao Yuyang. I issued the challenge letter on behalf of my young master..." the man said proudly. He was none other than Cao Guofeng's youngest son, Cao Yuyang.
"Then it's not wrong, right?" Long Chen looked at Mo Nian.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Mo Nian replied.
"Smack!"
Long Chen suddenly struck like lightning, slapping Cao Yuyang across the face. At such close range, Cao Yuyang couldn't react at all.
Most importantly, the entire Fumo City was a martial arts ban zone. Even as the son of the city guard, he had to follow this rule. Yet he hadn't expected Long Chen to act directly.
That slap stunned Cao Yuyang completely. However, Long Chen wasn't very strong and feared a single slap would kill him. While Cao Yuyang and the others were stunned, Long Chen grabbed Cao Yuyang's hair with one hand and grabbed Cao Yuyang's chin with the other, pulling him downward.
"Crack!"
Cao Yuyang's jaw dislocated, and his mouth opened in an instant.
"Be gentle, if you keep pushing hard, he's going to pull his chin off for you." Mo Nian complained as she reached out and stuffed a round ball into Cao Yuyang's mouth.
When she saw the sphere Mo Nian had stuffed into Cao Yuyang's mouth, Yu Tong covered her cherry lips with her jade-like hand. She had seen that sphere before—it was the one Mo Nian had compressed into endless flames.
"Smack!"
Long Chen closed Cao Yuyang's mouth, and Mo Nian casually slapped out a rune, sealing Cao Yuyang's mouth. The rune instantly melted, forming the character "seal."
Then Long Chen and Mo Nian pulled the sisters Yutong and Yufei aside, covering their ears with both hands, and simultaneously counted down: "
Three,
"Two."
Cao Yuyang was stunned by Long Chen's slap. By the time he regained consciousness, the two had already masterfully completed all their coordination. The Fire God Hall disciples who had come with Cao Yuyang now had weapons in hand, but didn't know whether to kill or rescue them.
With a loud explosion, Cao Yuyang's head exploded, blood splattering in the sky. The Fire God Temple disciples beside him were covered in blood, and everyone was stunned.
Originally, Cao Yuyang and the others had come in full force, drawing the attention of countless powerful figures to see what conflicts were between the two sides.
Unexpectedly, after just a few words, Long Chen and Mo Nian suddenly struck and killed Cao Yuyang outright. Not only did they fight in Fumo City, but they also killed the son of the city guardian.
"Wow, these firecrackers are really loud!"
Only then did Mo Nian and Long Chen lower their hands covering their ears. At that moment, Cao Yuyang's corpse slowly collapsed, splashing up a small cloud of dust with a thud.
"Harming others ultimately harms yourself. If you weren't so vicious, if you had attached soul flames to the flames, you would have been wounded, not killed." Long Chen looked at Cao Yuyang's corpse, shrugged helplessly, and said.
In fact, Long Chen hadn't expected Cao Yuyang to die. He didn't know that the flame contained soul flames, since it was sealed by Mo Nian. The two were simply returning the favor with the other.
A Fire God Temple disciple roared, "How dare you kill someone from my Fire God Temple! You ...!"
"Puff puff puff puff..."
A flash of divine light sent eight heads flying into the sky. Mo Nian waved his arm, seemingly holding a strange weapon in his hand. The weapon flashed and vanished, Even Long Chen couldn't see what that thing was.
"If you're so angry, why not just go down with him?" Mo Nian said calmly.
Everyone was stunned, staring at Long Chen and Mo Nian as if they were monsters. Even Yu Tong and Yu Fei were stunned.
They usually saw Mo Nian always smiling as if he would never get angry, but they never expected him to be so ruthless—killing so many people without batting an eye.
"Boss, how much is this stone worth?"
Long Chen waved his hand, pushing away the surrounding blood energy, then turned to look at the stall owner. At that moment, the eight heads and eight headless corpses were all lying on Long Chen's back. The stall owner was so terrified his face turned green.
"No, no, no, it's free, I'll give it to you directly." The stall owner's voice trembled. He tossed the stone to Long Chen, waved his hand, and took everything from the stall, then spun around and fled like the wind.
"I have to take the money. I'm not a bandit." Long Chen took the stone, waved his hand, and a small pouch flew out, instantly landing beside the old man.
The old man reached out and grabbed it, neither checking much nor thanking him, and in the blink of an eye, he vanished.
When Long Chen looked back at the other stalls, he saw that the other vendors were all packing up their stalls in the same way. He hurriedly called out, "
Hey, everyone, don't be nervous, don't close up, we still need to buy something."
"How dare you kill my son? Bring your life!"
At that moment, a murderous roar filled the air. Cao Guofeng, like a raging lion, descended from the sky, wielding a blood-red giant sword, slashing fiercely at Long Chen.
"Boom!"
But just as he appeared, a tall figure blocked his path. A punch smashed onto his giant sword. With a loud explosion, the shockwave churned as Cao Guofeng spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and was sent flying.
"City Lord!"
When they saw that towering figure, countless people cried out in shock. They couldn't believe that City Lord Xing Wujiang would actually step in to protect Long Chen and the others.
"Xing Wujiang, if you shield Long Chen like this, I'll fight you to the end."
Cao Guofeng, grieving over the loss of his beloved son, looked like he was in a mad state. Seeing Xing Wujiang blocking his way, his face twisted with rage, his whole body exposedHis bloodline burned, and blazing flames wrapped around him.
"Cao Guofeng is trying to destroy everything together." Someone exclaimed that Cao Guofeng was burning his essence blood to boost his strength. For someone his age, using this move would be too costly.
"With me, Xing Wujiang, here, no one can harm even a single hair on my two brothers. You're no match for me. I advise you to endure it!" Facing Cao Guofeng, who was burning with blood essence, Xing Wujiang stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.
"So what if we join together?"
At that moment, three voices rang out simultaneously, and in that instant, the entire Demon-Subduing City trembled.
"Are the four city guards going to take on the city lord together?"
The powerful figures inside Demon Subduing City were stunned by the sudden turn of events.