Chapter 485: Commotion, deterrence by strength and yielding

Xia Hong did not know how many Frost-Resistant-level people there were in Yan Ling City.

This kind of cultivation data involved the secrets of the vassal state. Generally speaking, only a very small number of core high-level officials knew about it, and normal people could at most make an estimate.

Xia Hong had only been in Yan Ling Commandery for a month in total, and in order to prevent his identity from being leaked, he had stayed in the Jiang residence from beginning to end without going out, so naturally, he had no way to estimate.

However, although he could not estimate, Hearing Ji Hong, who had stayed for three years, could.

Hearing Ji Hong had already told him about the situation in Yan Ling Commandery.

The total population of Yan Ling Commandery was over 2.8 million, with 1.8 million in the Commandery City, and the remaining 1 million scattered throughout the Commandery. Counting all regional garrison troops in the entire Commandery, including the Commandery City, the total number of Frost-Resistant-level people was over 250,000.

And of these 250,000-plus Frost-Resistant-level people, three-fifths were stationed in the Commandery City, so the Frost-Resistant-level population of the Commandery City was probably over 150,000.

With 1.8 million people living in the Commandery City and 150,000 Frost-Resistant-level people, they probably accounted for one-twelfth of the total population, which was not too many and not too few.

Once humans break through to the Frost-Resistant level, they can move in the sunlight and do not need to hide during the day. Naturally, their daily routine will change.

Generally speaking, Frost-Resistant-level people will set their sleep time in the last four hours of the night, and they will wake up when the sky is almost bright to start daytime activities.

Thinking about it carefully, such a routine is actually quite reasonable.

In the Frozen Abyss, it is bright for only two hours, while the night lasts for 10 hours. After nightfall, humans below the Frost-Resistant level will start activities, either hunting, gathering, or working, and Frost-Resistant-level people, as their pillars, need to accompany or even lead the team at this time, so naturally, they cannot go to sleep.

Moreover, cold beasts are naturally fond of cold. Affected by the cold light during the day, the temperature in the first half of the night is lower, and the activities of cold beasts will be relatively frequent. Hunting at this time will also yield much higher results than usual.

The watershed of human routine is the Frost-Resistant level.

For humans below the Frost-Resistant level, firstly, it is safer to go out, and secondly, to avoid the cold light during the day. Their routine time basically follows the Frost-Resistant level. The only difference is that they have two more hours during the day, and their sleep time will be longer.

Therefore, in the last four hours before dawn, almost everyone is immersed in dreams.

And the timing of Xia Hong's sudden uprising at the Jiang residence is less than two hours before dawn, which is exactly when everyone in the city is sleeping the soundest.

"I will definitely kill you today. Even if Commandery Governor Chu comes, he won't be able to protect you!"

Xia Hong's last sentence was not only arrogant in tone but even deliberately increased in volume. Although the Jiang residence was in the outer area of the Chengdong, there were many mansions of noble families around, and many people were instantly awakened.

Boom...

There were already many fires in the city at night. Those who were awakened quickly ordered their servants to light fires for illumination. Instantly, the entire area around the Jiang residence lit up, and more than ten people even rose into the air quickly, looking at the Jiang residence with focused eyes.

Bang!

"It is the Head of the Jiang family!"

"Committing murder in the city, are you crazy?"

"Is someone trying to kill him?"

"The Head of the Jiang family is a retainer of the Chen Military Advisor's residence!"

"No, there are many people in the Jiang residence, look."

"It is the First Prince, Xuanfeng!"

"The Second Prince, Xuange, and the Third Prince, Renjie, have all come."

"The two Military Advisors, Zhao and Chen, are also here. The Xianyang-level experts of the Commandery Office have all come!"

"Several heads of the Six Departments have also come!"

The Xianyang-level experts who were awakened around them saw Jiang Xinfan, who was standing in the air and vomiting blood, and the more than fifty Xianyang-level experts surrounding him. Their faces were full of shock and astonishment.

Swish...

Just as they were suspicious and uncertain, a star river sword energy suddenly shot out from the main building of the Jiang residence, ignoring the group of Xianyang-level experts and rushing straight toward Jiang Xinfan in the middle.

"Audacious madman, stop now!"

Seeing the star river sword energy, Chu Xuanfeng's face narrowed slightly, and a look of horror flashed in his pupils. However, seeing Xia Hong's sword, he still did not choose to retreat, but shouted angrily and drew his sword to block in front of Jiang Xinfan.

At the same time, the more than fifty people who came with him tonight drew their weapons and rushed toward Xia Hong from both sides.

It was not just weapons. Some people's arms suddenly stretched for dozens of meters, binding toward Xia Hong like ropes; some threw with bare hands, condensing an invisible sharp spear out of thin air and shooting it toward Xia Hong's brow; some pointed their long swords, shooting a cyan sword energy from the air, which forced its way to Xia Hong's face in an instant; others had their chests bulging high, taking a deep breath and blowing it toward Xia Hong, blowing out a black gale that swept toward Xia Hong...

Clearly, these people knew Xia Hong's true strength before they came, so seeing him about to kill, they immediately brought out their housekeeping skills.

"A bunch of rabble, you want to stop me too!"

Facing more than fifty people, Xia Hong not only did not show any fear, but instead, a look of arrogance rose on his face. He directly ignored the strange means of dozens of people, accompanied by the star river sword energy, and soared for more than a hundred meters. In an instant, he was already in front of Chu Xuanfeng.

Swish...

What arrived before the person was the sword edge!

The sword edge pierced through. The energy in Xia Hong's bones exploded completely. The sword edge, which was originally no more than three or four meters wide, suddenly expanded to more than ten meters. The strange means of dozens of Xianyang-level experts in Yan Ling City were all broken in an instant. Everyone was cut by the diffused sword energy, a flush of red appeared on their faces, and some of the weaker ones even spat out blood, their pupils full of horror and panic.

As for Chu Xuanfeng, who bore the brunt, it went without saying.

He was the one who just pointed out the cyan sword energy from the void. The cyan sword energy he pointed out, facing Xia Hong's star river sword edge, let alone blocking it, could not even delay its speed by a bit, and it was broken in an instant.

Pfft... Crack...

The sword edge pierced through the body. Let alone skin, flesh, and blood, even the bones were pierced at once. Chu Xuanfeng's pupils trembled violently, a breath of death rushed into his nose, a flush of red rose on his face, and he retreated directly to escape.

But then again, Chu Xuanfeng's strength was insufficient, but his brain was very clear. He did not run away alone, but pulled Jiang Xinfan behind him.

"Stop him!"

At his order, the dozens of Xianyang-level experts who had just been shaken away moved at the order and surrounded him again in an instant.

At the same time, the Xianyang-level experts who were watching the fun around the Jiang residence also rushed over immediately. Not only them, but more than a hundred powerful auras rose one after another in the entire Chengdong, including the location of the inner city department office, and flew quickly toward the Jiang residence in the Chengdong.

"With your strength, you want to protect him!"

Xia Hong was wearing a Zhu wood mask, so he was wearing a plain middle-aged face. Seeing all the Xianyang-level experts in the city gathering, he was not only not panicked but seemed to have an even bigger temper. After a roar, his body suddenly ejected, and the next second he appeared behind Chu Xuanfeng.

Bang!

Xia Hong did not draw his sword this time, but kicked Chu Xuanfeng in the back with his foot.

"76 Jun of basic strength, plus 50% of the holy pattern, that is 114 Jun; plus the extreme bone enhancement of the Fen Gu Pill, it can reach 171 Jun; even without the perfect-level Che Tian Sword Art, using only the Huajing Long Fist, with a 30% strength increase, my strength can reach over 220 Jun. What are you using to escape!"

With dozens of Xianyang-level experts besieging him, and so many strange means, Xia Hong was still a bit strenuous without using the Sui Hua Divine Light, so he used the Che Tian Sword Art directly for the first time, using his strongest strength.

The perfect-level Che Tian Sword Art, like other martial arts, also increased his strength by 50%, so the first sword he performed just now had a strength as high as 256 Jun. This was his confidence in being able to ignore those strange means and force back more than fifty Xianyang-level experts with one sword. ===== CHAPTER 486 =====