Chapter 226

Holding the wind-element divine sigil, Xiao Feng silently sensed the wind element and practiced cultivation.

The most basic skill of wind magic is "Micro Wind Blade"; one only needs to combine elements into a simple thin-blade structure to possess a certain cutting ability.

With the aid of a lesser god's divine sigil, the cultivation process naturally won't be too difficult.

Xiao Feng sat on the roof for a few minutes; wind elements swarmed toward the sigil, which he captured, and he began his practice.

The wind blade tore through the air, flying wildly across the roof.

Not far away, the artisans were still working hard to build houses.

A few minutes later, with a pleasant notification tone, Xiao Feng's willpower increased by 2.

After another hour, his first self-researched wind-system skill was born.

【Micro Wind Blade Technique】: Condense a wind blade, dealing spell damage equal to 40% of attack power to a single target, maximum range 30 meters, mana cost 5, cooldown 1.5 seconds.

Self-researched skills have very short cooldowns; as long as one's "brain speed" is fast enough, they can even ignore the CD.

This skill is amplified by the meteorologist mage's talent, allowing a maximum range of up to 600 meters, and the damage is quite considerable.

Xiao Feng sat on the roof of the manor's deepest part and unleashed a Wind Blade Technique.

With a whoosh, a cyan-green wind blade swept across hundreds of meters, cutting down a newly planted poppy flower in the distance.

"Emmm… it's so far, I can't even tell if I hit it." Xiao Feng felt a little embarrassed inside.

Actually, he had intended to strike the nearby tree, but his control was slightly off, and being too far away, he ended up throwing it into the flowerbed!

After grasping the skill, he didn't stop but continued meditating on elemental power.

Willpower grew slowly; without the aid of a Divine Soul Pearl, he only increased by about 5-7 points per hour.

However, at this rate, diligent practice for a dozen or so hours would reach 1000 points, which is actually not slow.

Three hours passed quickly, and Xiao Feng's willpower reached 847 points; he temporarily halted his cultivation.

Li Li and Zhulong, among others, had already sent messages inquiring about his whereabouts.

Xiao Feng disliked keeping people waiting; he hurriedly left Xiao Zhai and teleported to Stormwind City.

Upon arriving in Stormwind City, the surrounding clamor immediately caught his attention.

The Cheng Zhu Fu behind the teleportation plaza was actually surrounded by a large contingent of soldiers!

The soldiers each raised their weapons, assuming battle-ready stances, appearing as if they were about to go to war.

"What's going on? What are they doing?" Xiao Feng asked, puzzled.

Some passing players nearby shared his confusion, and one of them grabbed a passerby to ask the reason.

The passerby explained: "I heard that Stormwind City's grand marshal was corrupted by abyssal power, turned into a demon, and attacked the city lord and several high-ranking figures of the Stormwind Temple. Now the city defense forces, allied with the Stormwind Temple, are preparing to denounce the grand marshal."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng's mouth twitched.

Poor Airel, he ended up taking the blame!

Should we go help Airel explain things?

The deaths of Karius and Archbishop Norton, among others, were witnessed only by Airel and him.

In the absence of any witnesses, Airel couldn't make his explanation clear.

Recently his power surged, and he suddenly ascended to demigod status, making it easy for him to be suspected as the killer of five high-level NPCs.

However, Xiao Feng is a player, and speaking up might not even be effective.

"Eh? I almost forgot—I'm now the lord of War City!"

Xiao Feng suddenly recalled that he had just acquired a new identity, one of great authority.

With this identity, stepping forward to help Airel explain should still qualify him!

So he sent Li Li a message: "I'll take care of a small matter; I'll be over in five minutes!"

Then he headed straight for the Cheng Zhu Fu.

"The Cheng Zhu Fu is a restricted area; adventurers halt!" Before he even approached the gate, several NPC soldiers blocking the Cheng Zhu Fu stopped his path.

Xiao Feng immediately used the privilege function of the City Lord's Seal—hide information!

This function can conceal his player identity and alter it to NPC information.

【Player information hidden; please enter the identity information you require.】

Xiao Feng's thoughts moved, and he entered a line: Demigod·War City Lord—Xiao Fashen, level 280.

"Who is your leader? I want to see him." After changing his identity, Xiao Feng immediately began to act pompously.

The blocking soldier looked up and gasped: "Isn't this the big shot from War City!"

He immediately retreated in fear, respectfully saying: "Oh, it's Lord Xiao Fashen; our general and the standing army commander are currently discussing with the Temple Judges the matter of stripping Airel of his office. If you wish to see them, you may need to go to the Stormwind Temple."

This attitude, this tone—it's practically like seeing one's direct superior!

Xiao Feng secretly felt pleased, nodding and saying: "Well, no need to trouble you with directions; I'll go myself."

Then he headed straight for the Stormwind Temple.

The Stormwind Temple and Cheng Zhu Fu in Stormwind City are relatively close; he arrived shortly.

Upon reaching the gate, the temple knights saw his information, immediately sheathed their weapons, and saluted: "Greetings, great lord of War City!"

Xiao Feng glanced askance.

The one performing the most standard salute—wasn't that the very person who, when Xiao Feng first came to Stormwind City, blocked him from entering?

With this identity swapped, he's become much more obedient!

"Well, good kid, stand guard properly; I'll just wander around." He stepped forward, patted the temple knight's helmet, and said with a smiling squint.

"Uh..."

The temple knight stared blankly, watching his figure enter the Stormwind Temple.

After a moment, his face suddenly turned red; he scratched his head and told his companion: "The lord of War City actually touched my head? Goodness—this is even more glorious than being praised by the archbishop!"

His companions cast envious glances his way.

The lord of War City, that is a symbol of legendary status…

Being able to be the lord of a 2 Yi Ji Zhu Cheng means one's strength can be ranked among the top in the entire Zhu Shen Da Lu!

Although this new city lord looks young, he is already level 280, and his talent is absolutely strong. It won't be long before he becomes a god and overthrows all the Abyssal evil forces!

"Stand ready, stand ready! When the city lord comes out later, you must present your best spirit!" The knights all straightened up, chest out, spirited, standing ramrod straight.

……

Inside the Divine Temple.

Players were changing classes and doing quests in the Divine Temple's main hall, while the NPCs were absent.

Xiao Feng casually grabbed a cleric and asked about the big shots' whereabouts; hearing they were on the second floor, he immediately headed up the stairs.

A cleric had already gone ahead to give notice.

So when he arrived at the second floor, a group of Holy Land NPCs over level 200 had already come out to greet him respectfully.

"Divine Mage Xiao Feng!"

"We just heard the news of your appointment as the new lord of War City; we didn't expect you to come so soon!"

"The Storm Divine Temple is truly graced by your presence; it's a great honor!"

Several NPCs spoke flattering words.

Xiao Feng glanced around.

Those present were all of high status; the lowest were Divine Temple judges, while the others were basically senior bishops, divine generals, and the like.

There were also a few bigwigs from the Storm City military: the Standing Army Commander Parlas, the Standing Army Vice Commander Mero, and the City Defense Army General Batman.

Since they were officials of a 3 Yi Ji Zhu Cheng, they automatically dropped half a rank when meeting officials of a 2 Yi Ji Zhu Cheng, so they were especially polite after seeing Xiao Feng.

"I came here today specifically to clarify an important matter with everyone; I came in a hurry, so I brought no attendants." Xiao Feng got straight to the point.

Standing Army Commander Parlas cautiously asked: "My lord, do you also know what happened in our Storm City?"

Kaxius has been dead for nearly 10 hours; basically, the top NPCs of all the major cities already know about this.

Xiao Feng nodded and said: "I not only know, but I also witnessed the whole process myself."

"What? You saw it yourself!" Everyone was shocked.

Vice Commander Mero hurriedly asked: "Divine Mage Xiao Feng, was it Arixel who did it? Were Lord Kaxius and Archbishop Norton killed by that Arixel guy!?"

Xiao Feng shook his head with a light chuckle: "How could that be? Arixel is a pure melee knight—who could he possibly kill?"