Chapter 558: Invincible in This Place

On the walls of Chongcheng, the entire City Guard was stunned by the long-distance exchange between Xiang Xiang Yunshu and True Person Qingxu just moments ago.

Before they could react, they saw a figure dash toward the base of the wall at incredible speed.

"I am an Imperial Envoy, acting under the orders of the Great Lan Dynasty's State Preceptor to take control of Chongcheng!"

Li Fei's voice exploded into the night, carrying far into the distance.

"An Imperial Envoy?"

The City Guards on the wall looked at one another.

If not for the exchange between Xiang Xiang Yunshu and True Person Qingxu they had just witnessed, they might have found it hard to believe Li Fei's words.

But after such a display of overwhelming power that could not possibly have been faked, these men had no choice but to believe.

"Should we open the gate?"

"Should we ask our superiors for instructions first?"

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Before the City Guards could reach a decision, Li Fei had already leaped into the air, stepping off the protrusions on the wall to vault himself up to the top.

The wall was only about twenty meters high, which was no obstacle at all for a powerhouse at the Foundation Establishment realm.

To truly hinder a Foundation Establishment powerhouse, a wall would need to be over a hundred meters high and manned by a sufficient number of gunmen and martial artists to have any chance of stopping them from scaling it.

As for Martial Arts Masters, Grandmasters, and Martial Saints who were even higher in rank—

A mere stretch of city wall could not stop them.

To deal with such powerhouses, one would either need to deploy experts of the same level or a sufficiently large number of martial artists or troops.

Seeing Li Fei suddenly appear on the wall, the City Guards instinctively retreated.

Soon, one official after another from the Stop-Gong Pavilion also climbed onto the wall.

Among the twenty-nine officials, there were five Foundation Establishment powerhouses and twenty-four certified martial masters, all with cultivation bases at the mid-stage of Qi Transformation or higher; climbing the wall was not difficult for them.

"Which one of you is the leader?"

Li Fei swept his gaze over the City Guards present and asked.

A martial officer in full armor with a saber at his waist stepped out cautiously and bowed to Li Fei:

"Your subordinate, Hu Hua, Battalion Commander of the Chongcheng City Guard, greets the Imperial Envoy and all the lords."

"Take me to see your Chief."

Li Fei commanded bluntly.

"Yes, please follow me, my lords."

Hu Hua hurriedly turned around to lead the way personally.

Meanwhile, inside the residence of Chief Fu Fu Guangyong, Tong An received the news.

"An Imperial Envoy? Acting under the orders of the State Preceptor to take control of Chongcheng?"

Tong An felt uneasy.

He had seen the series of purple lightning bolts from within the city earlier; that majestic heavenly might had made him tremble even from such a distance!

So, it was likely that the State Preceptor really was fighting someone outside the city, and this Imperial Envoy was also genuine.

As for who the envoy was, Tong An, being in a small place like Chongcheng, was not well-informed about the major affairs of the central government and did not know that the person leading the team was Li Fei.

Fu Fu Guangyong, standing to the side, glanced at Tong An, a glimmer of hope flashing in his eyes.

"How many people came in total?"

Tong An asked.

"Thirty in total, all of them martial artists."

"Go notify the Wang family and tell Wang Wang Huaquan to bring all the Wang family's martial artists here immediately! Then go to the Court of Justice and ensure Dean Chen brings his men here personally! Also, mobilize everyone from the Stop-Gong Court!"

Tong An ordered sternly.

He still wanted to gamble; otherwise, he had only one path left: death!

Besides himself, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, there was an ancestor of a local noble family in the city who was also at the Foundation Establishment realm.

Furthermore, the Court of Justice had two Great Mages at the Possession stage who practiced the Daoist arts of the Great Luo Sect, possessing strength far exceeding ordinary Possession-stage cultivators.

With such a lineup, combined with the cooperation of his subordinates, as long as the Foundation Establishment powerhouses brought by the Imperial Envoy did not exceed five, they might just be able to kill them!

While Tong An began to "deploy his troops" and prepare a trap to kill them, Li Fei led the officials of the Stop-Gong Pavilion into Chongcheng.

He refused the carriage Hu Hua had arranged and led the group in a run through the streets.

Everyone was a martial artist with impressive cultivation, so their speed running through the city was no slower than a car.

"What is going on here?"

Passing by a plaza, Li Fei saw the crowds gathered there, along with inspectors guarding the perimeter with guns.

Hu Hua, who was leading the way, said cautiously: "This is the Chief's order, requiring people from several districts to leave their homes and gather together."

A flash of killing intent crossed Li Fei's eyes.

He immediately thought of a blood sacrifice.

Gather everyone together to make them easier to kill?

"The Chief's order?"

"Yes, the order came directly from the Chief, and the Inspection Court and City Guard are responsible for implementing it."

"Continue leading the way, pick up the pace."

"Yes."

After running for a distance, a seated official from the Stop-Gong Pavilion caught up to Li Fei's side and transmitted his voice using internal energy:

"Lord Li, I feel the situation is not right; I fear there are people arranged by the Great Luo Sect in this city."

This seated official did not know about the blood sacrifice, nor did he know that True Person Qingxu wanted to establish a Daoist state.

But from the orders Xiang Xiang Yunshu gave before leaving and the abnormal phenomena in the city, he sensed something was wrong.

"Correct, there are indeed people arranged by the Great Luo Sect in this city. A fight will likely break out shortly; go remind the others to be alert."

Li Fei replied calmly via voice transmission.

"Lord Li, shouldn't we make some preparations? If we just go to see the Chief like this, I worry we might walk into an ambush."

The seated official continued to warn him.

Li Fei glanced at him: "What is your name?"

"." Your subordinate is Lu Lu Wenxing."

As a man nearly fifty years old and a seated official of the imperial court, having to refer to himself as "your subordinate" in front of a young man not yet twenty felt very awkward.

It had been fine when Luo Shi was around, but now he felt truly uncomfortable.

Yet, fearing that they might fall into a trap due to Li Fei's lack of experience, he felt compelled to step forward and offer a reminder.

"Lord Lu, we must take control of this city as quickly as possible, so we have no time to dawdle with those people."

Li Fei explained briefly.

"But..."

"Lord Lu, no need to say more; there is nothing to worry about here."

Li Fei interrupted him.

He was not a person who refused to listen to advice, but he trusted Xiang Xiang Yunshu's judgment.

Since Xiang Xiang Yunshu had left him behind to lead the team in taking control of Chongcheng, it meant that no combat power at the level of a Martial Arts Master or True Person could exist within the city.

Otherwise, Xiang Xiang Yunshu would have left Luo Shi behind as well.

Moreover, Li Fei speculated that the people coming to "slaughter the city" would arrive soon, so he needed to take full control of Chongcheng as quickly as possible to ensure there would be no further issues within the city.

Lu Lu Wenxing was annoyed at being interrupted by Li Fei, but due to Li Fei's status as Imperial Envoy, he had to endure it.

His expression darkened as he retreated silently, turning his head to shake his head at the other seated officials:

"The brat is arrogant and conceited; he won't listen to advice."

"Normal. He dared to kick an Imperial Prince in the street; it would be strange if he weren't arrogant."

"Sigh, let's just stay vigilant ourselves; let's not capsize in this small mountain ditch."

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The seated officials exchanged words secretly using internal energy.

After the group ran for another ten minutes or so, they finally entered the Shangli District, where the Chief's residence was located.

The road surface here had turned to concrete, and the streets were noticeably wider.

As the group turned a street corner and was about to enter a street that was empty, with only streetlights illuminated.

Lu Lu Wenxing, who possessed sensory-type supernatural abilities, suddenly felt something abnormal and hurriedly spoke up:

"Li..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Fei, who was running at the front, had already left a lingering image in place and, like an arrow released from a bow, charged out!

Many windows of the houses on both sides of this street were open.

Gunmen were hiding behind these windows, but as Li Fei swept past the street, before these gunmen could even lean out, their bodies suddenly shook, and they collapsed in a faint.

Some gunmen further back did manage to lean out of the windows, but just as they raised their guns to aim and before they could fire, they also fainted instantly, tumbling out of the windows one after another and falling onto the street.

Wherever Li Fei passed, it was as if an invisible force swept across both sides of the street, clearing out all the gunmen who had been lying in ambush!

Seeing this, Lu Lu Wenxing and the others behind widened their eyes, revealing expressions of astonishment.

But this siege was not over yet.

Boom—

A sudden, rapid roar echoed in the air, as if a cannonball were flying through the sky at high speed.

An arrow shimmering with dark green light descended from the sky, falling toward Li Fei's head!

This arrow was a full two meters long and as thick as a wrist; rather than an arrow, it was more like a long spear.

Although the speed of this arrow was not as fast as a bullet, its power was far greater, and its piercing force was enough to break through the protective energy of a Foundation Establishment expert!

The person who shot the arrow was clearly a Foundation Establishment expert.

At the moment this loud roar erupted, a section of the roof ahead could not withstand the force of the recoil and directly shattered and collapsed.

A martial artist holding a giant bow leaped toward the roof of another building.

Bang!!!

The heavy giant arrow struck a glimmer of golden light, as if it had collided with a wall of diamond.

Following a dull, extremely heavy metallic explosion, the arrow shattered violently, bursting into wood chips that filled the sky!

Li Fei did not dodge or evade, instead employing the Primordial Diamond Force to forcefully withstand this arrow of astonishing momentum.

Just at this moment, in the air where the lingering echoes had not yet faded, another sharp, explosive sound rang out!

A fiery red sword light flew out from a grocery store, and as it passed through the wood chips dancing in the sky, it instantly ignited them all.

A flying sword!

Whoosh—

The wood chips circling around Li Fei were all ignited, leaving him completely enveloped in a sheet of flames!

But the flying sword, arriving at high speed, did not strike Li Fei from the front; instead, it suddenly changed direction.

The fiery red sword light, which had been under the eaves on the left a second ago, was already above a utility pole behind Li Fei the next instant.

The explosive sound coming from afar was now like a roar of wind and thunder, and this roar came from all directions, making it impossible to distinguish the source of the sound, and naturally, it was impossible to use sound to identify the position of the flying sword.

The air behind the sword light was pulled into long, fiery lines; these fiery lines crisscrossed, weaving a net of fire around Li Fei.

"Wind Fire Prairie Fire Sword!"

Behind him, Lu Wen recognized this flying sword technique.

This was the flying sword technique of the Great Luo Sect, and the person wielding it was a direct disciple of the Great Luo Sect, whose killing power far exceeded that of an ordinary Possession-stage Great Mage!

"Charging so fast, are you looking for death?"

Lu Wen cursed inwardly while quickly charging forward.

But before he and several other Foundation Establishment martial artists could reach him, the net of fire around Li Fei had already rapidly contracted.

The high temperature of nearly one thousand degrees Celsius scorched the ground to a charred black!

Li Fei was now surrounded by golden light, already clad in the Primordial Star Armor.

He allowed the fire net to contract, then suddenly turned and threw a punch to the right.

Bang!!!

The sound was like a great bell or chime.

The fist, wrapped in Primordial Diamond Force, accurately collided with the flying sword, which was only the size of a palm.

The flying sword was sent flying, and the contracting, tightening fire net was also shattered, turning into a sea of fire.

Slap—

Another dark green arrow light hit Li Fei and then exploded above his head.

It was the archer in the distance who had seized the opportunity to fire another arrow while Li Fei was turning to punch.

Unfortunately, it still failed to break his defense, though it left the Primordial Star Armor on the verge of shattering.

Before Li Fei could make any adjustments, the door of a noodle shop to his front-left exploded, and the nearby ground shook violently.

A man also radiating golden light from his entire body, holding a long-handled broadsword weighing over eight hundred catties, flew over with astonishing momentum and slashed down at Li Fei!

The man rushed through the flames and dancing wood chips that had not yet dissipated, arrived before Li Fei, raised the long-handled broadsword high with both hands, and swung it back to the limit; his whole body radiated brilliant golden light, looking dazzling and fierce to the extreme!

The newcomer was also a Foundation Establishment expert.

Facing the enemy who had leaped over with peerless, sharp momentum and who also cultivated metal-attribute force, Li Fei finally drew the Ghost Severing Blade.

Shing—

Two golden blade lights collided, emitting a muffled sound like a thunderclap.

Even though his weapon was heavier and he had the momentum of a running charge, the man holding the long-handled broadsword fell into a disadvantage in this direct clash.

The long-handled broadsword in his hands was instantly knocked backward, and the violently vibrating force on the handle surged directly along his arms into his body, leaving his arms numb and forcing him to stagger backward!

But he did not harbor any intention of retreating because the corner of his eye had already caught a glimpse of a dark green arrow light.

Not only that, but that fiery red flying sword was also stabbing toward Li Fei again!

Having first withstood so many attacks and then clashed head-on with himself, the man holding the long-handled broadsword believed that Li Fei's "breath" was nearly exhausted and that he was now at his weakest.

Ignoring his numb arms, he forcibly channeled his force, stopped the backward-tilting broadsword, and slashed forward again!

Slap—

The dark green arrow hit Li Fei first, and as it exploded, the Primordial Star Armor on Li Fei's body shattered along with it!

Li Fei's "breath" was indeed nearly exhausted.

But he did not pay attention to the flying sword behind him, instead taking a step forward to meet the blade light in front of him.

The next instant, the broadsword struck his left shoulder, the blade ultimately blocked by a pale golden, silk-like protective garment.

Li Fei's body sank downward, crushing the ground beneath his feet.

"Protective garment, at least level five!"

The man holding the long-handled broadsword immediately made his judgment.

Then he looked toward Li Fei's back with full anticipation.

Although the protective garment was of a high grade, it could not protect every part of the body; that flying sword would inevitably pierce Li Fei's head.

Now that his protective force had been broken, Li Fei would surely die!

Shing—

The next instant, the fiery red sword light flew past Li Fei's cheek, then wobbled and severed a utility pole by the roadside, finally falling into a shop like a drunken strongman.

"How could this be?"

The man holding the long-handled broadsword opened his eyes wide, completely unable to understand how Li Fei had managed it.

Before he could react, a sea of blood suddenly appeared before his eyes.

The next second, a blade light flashed.

The head of this Foundation Establishment expert flew high into the air!

"Sigh."

A sigh suddenly drifted out from a window on the second floor.

An old man wearing the white robes of the Sifa Academy appeared by the window.

He looked at the man whose head had been severed on the street below and shook his head with pity.

The person killed was Wang Wang Huaquan, the ancestor of the Wang family in Chongcheng; the Wang family was also a family secretly supported by the Great Luo Sect, but it was a pity that after finally cultivating a Foundation Establishment expert, he had died just like that.

The old man in the white robe shook his head while raising his hand to throw dozens of purple talisman papers onto the street below.

The next second, the old man's spiritual sense surged out in an instant, pouring into these dozens of talisman papers.

Because the release of power was too violent, blood seeped out from the corners of the old man's eyes and the wrinkles on his face, and he seemed to have aged ten years in an instant!

The old man was named Chen Chen Chuansheng, the dean of the Chongcheng Sifa Academy, and like the Possession-stage Great Mage who had just unleashed the "Wind Fire Prairie Fire" flying sword technique, he was also a direct disciple of the Great Luo Sect.

He had already seen that Lu Wen and the others following behind were all at the Foundation Establishment realm, and including Li Fei, there were a total of six Foundation Establishment experts.

And since one Foundation Establishment expert on his side had already died, this battle today would be very difficult to fight!

So he did not hesitate to damage his own body to employ more intense means.

The dozens of purple talisman papers drifting down from the second floor were all high-grade Daoist talismans, each one expensive.

These dozens of purple talisman papers vanished instantly, turning into strands of invisible power.

Boom—

A tornado storm generated out of thin air on the street, sweeping up all the miscellaneous items in the shops on both sides and shredding them in the air.

This tornado even forcibly "pulled" several utility poles by the roadside out of the ground; the steel was twisted into a pretzel shape in the air, and sparks flew as pieces collided rapidly!

This terrifyingly powerful tornado storm did not attack Li Fei but appeared behind him, blocking Lu Wen and the others who were charging over.

Chen Chen Chuansheng wanted to join forces with the others to kill Li Fei first!

At the same time the storm appeared, the flying sword that had been like a drunkard earlier flew out from the shop, once again turning into a fiery red sword light.

This time, the sword light did not keep changing direction to weave a fire net but crashed straight toward Li Fei, with scorching flames gushing out like a fire meteor!

Several implants within the flying sword were fully activated, driving the power of the flying sword to its peak!

On the other side, another dark green arrow fell toward the top of Li Fei's head.

Li Fei once again employed the Primordial Star Armor, ignoring the flying sword charging from behind, and charged forward while forcefully enduring the falling arrow.

Slap—

Bang!

The arrow exploded again, and the fire meteor struck Li Fei's back.

Li Fei's Primordial Star Armor once again developed cracks, standing on the verge of shattering.

He used the force to accelerate and charge forward.

His target was the grocery store from which the flying sword had originally emerged.

Just at this moment, a pitch-black flying sword, only the size of a finger and extremely thin, flew out silently from a patch of shadow.

This flying sword not only made no sound, but it didn't even have the slightest trace of magical fluctuation or sword energy!

Like a shadow, this flying sword landed silently on Li Fei's neck.

The next second, a blank space was devoured into the Primordial Star Armor at Li Fei's neck!

The flying sword drilled right in, stabbing toward Li Fei's neck.

"Got him!"

Chen Chen Chuansheng on the second floor revealed a look of pleasant surprise.

The talisman techniques he had just displayed were, firstly, to temporarily block Lu Lu Wenxing and the others, and secondly, to mislead Li Fei into thinking his strongest means was talisman arts.

In reality, that was not the case; his strongest means was also a flying sword!

The sword art he practiced was another peerless technique of the Great Luo Sect—the Shadowless Abyss Pool Sword.

This was a sword art most adept at sneak attacks and assassinations, capable of killing without a trace!

However, when that flying sword, only the size of a finger, stabbed into Li Fei's neck, it did not decapitate Li Fei as Chen Chen Chuansheng had imagined, but instead got stuck.

It could not advance even an inch!

"How is this possible?!"

Chen Chen Chuansheng looked at Li Fei in disbelief, filled with extreme shock and anger.

Just at this moment, Li Fei raised his head and glanced at him.

With just this understated glance, Chen Chen Chuansheng spat out a mouthful of blood, as if struck by a heavy blow!

He let out a muffled groan and, just like the gunmen before, tumbled directly out of the window and fell down.

After resolving Chen Chen Chuansheng, Li Fei had already arrived in front of the grocery store.

Inside, besides the Possession-stage Great Mage who had cast the 'Wind-Fire Prairie-Fire Sword', there were four Force-Refining martial artists from the Chongcheng Stop-Weapon Academy.

Before Li Fei could make a move, that fiery red sword light appeared above his head, then fell like a shooting star with astonishing momentum!

At this moment, Li Fei temporarily had no force protecting his body, but he did not dodge; instead, he used the 【Blood Might God】 he had recently created on this flying sword again.

Combining the power of intent and virtual thought, the 【Blood Might God】 had astonishing power, like an invisible heavy hammer, striking fiercely against the flying sword!

The flying sword not only carried the controller's virtual thought but also a spell-type implant.

Both were suppressed by the martial artist's power of intent, so after being hit by a 【Blood Might God】, both were affected.

The next instant, this sword light abruptly shuddered, and the trajectory of the sword path deviated.

Li Fei seized the opportunity to dodge to one side, easily avoiding this sword.

BOOM!!!

The concrete ground was blasted into a large pit by this sword; the earth shook, and gravel flew everywhere.

Li Fei seized the opportunity to rush into the grocery store.

The Possession-stage Great Mage hiding in the grocery store closed his eyes in despair.

Rumble—

With several loud bangs, the grocery store looked as if it had been bombed by artillery shells, turning into a ruin; the walls on both sides were shattered and collapsed.

Five corpses were sliced into two halves, mixed together with a pile of debris, emitting an extremely foul odor.

All of this seemed complex, but in reality, it all happened within a few short seconds.

Lu Lu Wenxing and the others had by this time broken through the storm tornado and rushed outside the grocery store.

In their complex gazes, Li Fei walked out of the chaotic grocery store unscathed.

Two Foundation Establishment-stage powerhouses, two Great Mages whose magic treasures were flying swords, and they were even direct disciples of the Great Luo Sect.

Facing such a death trap, Lu Lu Wenxing and the others admitted that if it were them, they would already be dead!

Yet Li Fei had broken this death trap simply and brutally in just over ten seconds.

Lu Lu Wenxing recalled what Li Fei had said to him earlier: "There is no need to worry about anything here."

So this sentence meant—

I am invincible here, so there is no need to worry about anything!

"Lord Lu."

Li Fei suddenly called out.

"Ah?"

Lord Lu snapped back to his senses, almost subconsciously cupping his hands and saying: "What are your orders, Lord Li?"

He no longer felt awkward.

"Trouble yourself to take someone to pursue that person and capture them."

Li Fei pointed at the Foundation Establishment-stage archer in the distance who saw that the situation was bad and was running away quickly.

"Yes!"

Lu Lu Wenxing accepted the order without the slightest hesitation.

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