Chapter 82: Condemned by a Thousand, Spurned by the Masses

Zhang Butou's face was pale, residual blood stained the corners of his mouth, and his black clothes had been blasted into tatters, exposing his flesh in many places; he looked extremely disheveled.

At this moment, his internal organs had all been displaced by the shock; he had to use True Qi to protect his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys—these five vital organs—and needed to regulate them with True Qi as soon as possible, otherwise, it would cause irreparable internal injuries.

Having used the Artifact Demon-binding Rope several times in succession just now, his current amount of True Qi was reduced to only sixty percent of his peak period; he was now using ten percent of his True Qi to protect his internal organs and another ten percent to suppress the spread of the poison, which meant he could now exert at most forty percent of his combat power.

Zhang Butou hurriedly swallowed a Qi Replenishing Pill to quickly recover his True Qi; as long as he was given one minute, he could refine the pill and recover another twenty percent of his True Qi, which would allow him to exert sixty percent of his combat power.

"I cannot stay here." Just as Zhang Butou was preparing to retreat, he saw Meng Yifan holding an Elm Cannon, quickly crossing the smoke-filled battlefield, appearing one hundred meters away from him, the pitch-black muzzle already aimed at him.

"Boom!" The Elm Cannon let out a roar, sparks flew from the muzzle, and a scorching Iron Ball surged out, smashing toward Zhang Butou's head.

"This is too much!" Zhang Butou shouted in anger, once again mobilizing ten percent of his True Qi to channel into the Binding Demon Rope, activating the fine net at the tip of the Binding Demon Rope.

"Whoosh!" The Binding Demon Rope shook violently, fast as lightning, just like a Strange Python Turns Body; the fine net, two meters in length and width, was like the blood-red maw of a strange python, instantly biting onto an Iron Ball.

The Iron Ball contained powerful kinetic energy and continued to charge forward, yet it was tightly bound by that net as thin as a strand of hair, completely unable to break free.

"Boom! Boom!" After firing one Elm Cannon, Meng Yifan used his fastest speed to fire the other two Elm Cannons as well.

Two more Iron Balls flew over; Zhang Butou gritted his teeth, input another ten percent of his True Qi, and continued to drive the Binding Demon Rope. With a flick of the Binding Demon Rope, the air exploded, and it lashed fiercely against the two Iron Balls, knocking their trajectories off course.

"Go to hell!" Zhang Butou shouted loudly, driving the Eight-Step Cicada-Catching Technique lightness skill, his body charging toward Meng Yifan at a speed of 260 meters per second; as long as he could get within ten meters of Meng Yifan, he would be able to use the Binding Demon Rope to bind Meng Yifan, and at that time, this brat would only be at his mercy.

Meng Yifan smiled contemptuously, then circulated his True Qi and unleashed the Lingbo Microsteps lightness skill; his body speed instantly soared to 400 meters per second, his toes tapped the ground, and his body retreated at supersonic speed, with a 'whoosh', retreating more than two hundred meters.

"How is this possible? How can his speed be so fast?" Zhang Butou was dumbfounded; he had erupted with his maximum speed, only to find he couldn't catch up to Meng Yifan at all—how was he supposed to fight like this?

Meng Yifan returned to the courtyard at supersonic speed, then picked up one loaded Elm Cannon and rushed out again with two more Elm Cannons on his back.

"Not good!" Zhang Butou was shocked; he could now only exert twenty percent of his True Qi, and he had intended to use this last bit of True Qi to kill Meng Yifan in a counterattack, but that little guy had carried out three more cannons—how was he supposed to fight this? This was too bullying.

Zhang Butou retreated at a speed of 260 meters per second, while Meng Yifan, carrying three Elm Cannons, inevitably had his speed affected, with his maximum speed only able to be maintained at 320 meters per second, yet it was still far beyond Zhang Butou; Meng Yifan would absolutely not let go of the opportunity to kill a powerful enemy and pursued him at his fastest speed.

"My Lord, save me!" Zhang Butou soon approached within two hundred meters of Lv Dazhi; Lv Dazhi saw the battered Zhang Butou and also saw Meng Yifan pursuing from behind, knowing that the battle had reached its most critical moment.

Zhang Butou was a Third Grade Lower Tier Martial Artist and a trump card under Lv Dazhi; no matter what, he could not watch Zhang Butou be beaten to death.

"You are deeply sinful, why not surrender!" Lv Dazhi circulated his Vast Righteous Qi, gripped the County Magistrate Seal, and let out a shout that was like a thunderclap in a clear sky, stunning Meng Yifan for a moment.

In his heart, a feeling involuntarily arose that it was wrong for him to resist the government like this; the government coming to arrest him was upholding the law, and he should kneel and surrender, waiting to be judged by the law—if he deserved to be beheaded, he would be beheaded, and if he deserved to be subjected to Lingchi, he would just wait to endure those three thousand-plus cuts.

"Something is wrong!" Meng Yifan bit the tip of his tongue hard and finally sobered up; he had clearly made up his mind long ago to rebel, so why did he suddenly feel guilty just now, wanting to stop resisting and let others judge him?

"What kind of power is this? It can actually influence a person's mind." Meng Yifan looked in surprise at Lv Dazhi, who was wearing green official robes; he had not expected this pot-bellied civil official to possess such mysterious power that acted directly upon a person's mental will—this was simply too inconceivable.

Zhang Butou had wanted to take advantage of the moment Lv Dazhi was unleashing his Vast Righteous Qi to sneak an attack, but seeing that Meng Yifan had only been stunned for a moment before sobering up, and that the pitch-black muzzle was aimed at his direction again, Zhang Butou could only helplessly give up on this sneak attack.

Lv Dazhi discovered that his shout had actually failed to make this stubborn brat repent, knowing that this brat's willpower was very firm and would not easily change his ways; since that was the case, he would let him taste what it meant to be pointed at by a thousand people and spurned by the masses.

Lv Dazhi channeled his own Vast Righteous Qi into the County Magistrate Seal; that County Magistrate Seal, made of turquoise, suddenly hovered in mid-air, emitting a faint white light that enveloped the entire Luolong County city.

Those white rays of light were very magical, connecting with many residents within Luolong County city; as long as the residents still recognized the rule of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, they could be connected by the white light emitted by the County Magistrate Seal.

After the residents were connected, it seemed that a very special energy was gathered and entered into the County Magistrate Seal, making this seal, which represented the majesty of the government, even more brilliant and sacredly inviolable.

"Sigh! Is it only one-third of the common people who recognize the rule of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty now?" Lv Dazhi sighed in his heart; during the peak of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, this Luolong County Magistrate Seal, when fully activated, could cover the entire territory of Luolong County.

As long as the common people within the territory were respectful to the County Magistrate Seal, but now the Dynasty Luck was exhausted, the light could only cover Luolong County city, and even among the common people in the city, two-thirds were already alienated from the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty; such a situation was already very serious.

"There are more than ten thousand people among the one-third of the common people in the city, that is enough." Lv Dazhi could not afford to think too much; holding the brilliantly shining County Magistrate Seal, he pointed at Meng Yifan and shouted loudly: "You are guilty, your crimes are heinous, you deserve to be subjected to Lingchi; this official will give you a chance, commit suicide to atone for your crimes."