Chapter 2013: Nothing Special

"A Level 5 Powerhouse? Nothing special." Chen Yu parted his right hand, and Lichen appeared in his grasp; a streak of Sword Qi tore through the void, hovering above the man's head.

The City Lord dared not speak; he could see that this strike from Chen Yu was a strike sufficient to take his Life.

He lay on the ground, trembling, his scalp tingling as he waited for Chen Yu's strike to fall.

"Why aren't you resisting anymore?" Chen Yu asked.

The City Lord's lips quivered; it took a long time for him to lift his head, staring fixedly at Chen Yu as he said, "I am no match for you. If you are still a man, then give me a swift end."

"Heh, City Lord, nothing special." Chen Yu laughed heartily: "It seems District 12 is nothing special; the strongest Level 5 Powerhouse is practically unable to withstand a single blow before me."

"You..." A trace of anger welled up in the City Lord's eyes; he tightly shut his mouth, his expression extremely ugly.

"You aren't convinced?" Chen Yu looked at him with amusement.

"Things have reached this point, what does it matter if I am not convinced?" the City Lord said angrily.

"That's good. If you are convinced, we can talk." Chen Yu smiled slightly.

"I don't know what there is for us to talk about." The City Lord turned his head to the side.

"What is your ambition?" Chen Yu asked.

"To restore the foundation of my Great Qing." The City Lord lifted his head: "That is my ambition."

"Impractical." Chen Yu slowly shook his head and said: "This ideal and aspiration of yours is something that can never be realized."

"Heh, cannot be realized?" The City Lord laughed loudly: "If I die, there is still my son; if my son dies, there is still my grandson."

"My descendants will persist forever."

"But this is also futile. Let me give you a piece of advice: do something practical." Chen Yu slowly shook his head.

"My father told me that I must restore the glorious undertaking of the Great Qing, for the son to inherit the father's business." The City Lord's eyes were red.

"So he died." Chen Yu spread his hands, saying with some helplessness: "Why must you listen to the words of a dead man?"

"Does a person not live in this world for their own sake? You have been brainwashed by him too severely. Lay your hand on your own conscience and tell me, do you think you can succeed? Do you think the Great Qing can ever return?"

The City Lord stopped speaking; these few sentences from Chen Yu had practically pierced into the depths of his heart. Yes, the Great Qing could no longer return.

In truth, he knew better than anyone that wanting to restore the former golden age was almost impossible, yet he was somewhat unwilling to give up.

Because these matters were things his father had entrusted to him.

"What exactly do you want?" The City Lord lifted his head to stare at Chen Yu: "If you want to kill me, I will say nothing."

"Today, I will not kill you." Chen Yu shook his head: "I didn't come here to kill you either; I just saw that you were trapped in a vicious cycle, so I thought I would offer you a few words of advice, but you, why are you so unreasonable?"

"You don't need to advise me. Everyone has their own path and destiny; the things you believe in are not necessarily suited for me." The City Lord shook his head.

"It seems you are quite clear-headed." Chen Yu smiled slightly: "You also feel that your father's dying wish cannot succeed, right?"

"How could it possibly succeed?" A bitter expression appeared on the City Lord's face: "This world is no longer the world he was familiar with."

"Because our family were staunch supporters of the Qing Palace, we were forced to drift and live in this place."

"If I hadn't accidentally obtained a sliver of spatial power and achieved the path of a powerhouse, our Cheng Family would likely have been wiped out long ago."

"Very good, you have recognized your error quite clearly." Chen Yu nodded slightly: "So, do you still intend to persist?"

"If I don't persist, what else can I do?" The City Lord snorted: "All this time, I have been gathering powerhouses, hoping that one day I could overturn this world."

"But... all of this has been ruined by you."

"City Lord..." Jieni, who was to the side, said tremblingly: "I followed your instructions to bring the powerhouses I thought were useful here; I didn't know things would develop to this point."

Jieni was truly scared to death; he had never dreamed that things would turn out like this.

After all, he had previously only thought that Chen Yu was stronger than him, but that Chen Yu definitely could not defeat the City Lord, who was known as a Level 5 Powerhouse. However, he had not expected that his so-called City Lord would not even have the strength to fight back in front of Chen Yu.

He also knew the City Lord's character well; if he thought he had handled things wrongly, he would be subjected to very severe punishment.

"You don't need to be afraid; this matter has nothing to do with you." The City Lord said quite reasonably: "Blame only me for underestimating the enemy."

"Thank you, City Lord." Jieni finally let out a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but look at Chen Yu again; now, in his eyes, Chen Yu was already an unreachable existence.

After all, this person before them could even defeat their City Lord—was this even human? This was already a monster.

"Let's talk about the matter between us." Chen Yu smiled slightly: "Don't keep kneeling on the ground; you make me feel very embarrassed. Get up and speak."

The City Lord glared at Chen Yu with hatred, then struggled to stand up. It wasn't that he wanted to kneel here, but that Chen Yu had beaten him until he couldn't get up.

"What exactly do you want? Or rather, is there any way I can help you? I will try my best to help, and once I'm done helping you, hurry up and leave." The City Lord said.

He could see that Chen Yu had no malicious intent; Chen Yu must have had his own business to attend to by coming here. As long as the other party finished their business, they likely wouldn't make things difficult for him.

"Your place has people from all walks of life, right?" Chen Yu asked with a smile.

"Yes, are you looking for someone?" The City Lord looked up at Chen Yu: "As long as you tell me who the other party is, I will definitely find a way to find them."

"He is one of the Pope's people, but he has rebelled now." Chen Yu said with some helplessness: "The matter is a bit complicated to explain, but it is definitely not a difficult task."

"One of the Pope's people?" The City Lord looked at Xueli with some confusion; the only person from the Pope he knew was Xueli.

But listening to Chen Yu's meaning, it seemed there were other people from the Pope here.

"Correct, a very strong enemy."

"I will give the order; before tonight, there will definitely be news of him." The City Lord replied.

Although he didn't know who the other party was, he had confidence in finding them; after all, this territory was his territory.

"No, we are not trying to find him." Chen Yu shook his head and said: "Rather, they will be conducting a transaction in your territory."