Chapter 161: 161: The Situation Worsens

Chapter 161: Chapter 161: The Situation Worsens

A large swarm of imperial guards charged up, their momentum fierce and threatening.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

“Bang bang bang!”

“Ahh ahh ahh!”

Feng Wuchen quickly maneuvered out of the way, his figure transformed into a series of flickering black shadows. Everywhere he passed, dull thuds and screams of pain followed, as guards were sent flying one after another.

Against these guards, Feng Wuchen didn’t even need to use his True Yuan.

In a short moment, more than a dozen guards had been struck and sent flying, not even knowing how they ended up in flight.

Of course, Feng Wuchen exercised restraint with his attacks; he didn’t kill a single one, merely inflicting heavy injuries.

“Hmph!” Watching guard after guard get injured, the City Lord snorted coldly and, charging up his True Yuan, he rushed out to join the fray.

The City Lord’s cultivation was not weak; he was at the Third Layer of the Yuandan Realm.

Feng Wuchen was only a little more than ten meters away when the City Lord appeared in a blink of an eye and delivered a ferocious punch to Feng Wuchen’s back.

“Bang!”

With the City Lord’s punch landing, a loud thump resonated; at that moment, the entire scene fell deathly silent, and the faces of all the onlookers showed a mix of horror and disbelief.

The City Lord, at the Third Layer of the Yuandan Realm, couldn’t make Feng Wuchen budge even half a step with such a powerful punch!

Feng Wuchen had been aware of the City Lord’s attack; he simply didn’t take it seriously as he was busy dealing with the guards.

“How… how is this possible…” The City Lord stood in utter shock, completely dumbfounded.

“Who on earth is that kid? His strength is terrifying; the City Lord can’t even move him!”

“The might of the Yuandan Realm Third Layer can’t even shake that kid!”

“How could this be! What’s the kid’s cultivation level?”

The onlooking crowd was engulfed in terror, their eyes fixed on Feng Wuchen in horror.

The imperial guards, who had been attacking Feng Wuchen, stepped back in fright upon witnessing this sight; if the City Lord couldn’t do anything, what chance did they stand?

Feng Wuchen slowly turned around, his gaze coldly fixed on the City Lord, terrifying the lord so much that he trembled all over.

“Boom!”

“Pugh!”

Suddenly, Feng Wuchen threw a punch, the explosive sound of impact echoed as the City Lord was struck with such a brutal force that he coughed up blood and was sent flying back like a black line shooting through the air.

The City Lord smashed into the city wall, causing the surface to crack and splinter with impact.

With a single punch, the City Lord was severely injured!

“City Lord!” The guards were thrown into a panic.

The crowd at the city gate grew even more fearful, a youth of merely seventeen or eighteen, possessing such terrifying strength.

“Does this kid have no regard for his life? This is the Imperial Capital, after all!”

“The brave are emboldened by their abilities. With such prowess at a young age, he must have an impressive background.”

“Why haven’t the Ni family’s powerhouses made a move? Ni Han and the others are here!”

The crowd once again buzzed with questions, and some had noticed the Ni family’s strong presence. However, they were puzzled as to why the Ni family’s powerhouses hadn’t taken action.

A youth of seventeen or eighteen dared to injure so many people within the Imperial Capital, and in front of Yang Tian, no less. If he wasn’t a fool, then he must certainly have a significant background!

Even Yang Tian wasn’t foolish; he too saw that Feng Wuchen was someone of status, since nobody else would dare cause such upheaval in the Imperial Capital!

Yet, having injured so many people, how could Yang Tian let Feng Wuchen off so easily?

Feng Wuchen’s indifferent gaze turned toward Yang Tian and he said, “I have urgent matters to tend to. If you wish to pursue this further, we can resolve it slowly afterward!”

Having said that, Feng Wuchen intended to leave, not wanting to waste more time or make a bigger scene over what was, in essence, a trivial matter.

But leaving wasn’t going to be easy for Feng Wuchen.

“You disrespectful brat, you think you can just walk away after offending Yang Tian?” Just as Feng Wuchen was about to leave, a cold and icy voice sounded.

On the street opposite the city gates, a man who seemed to be an Empire general was leading a large contingent of soldiers, several hundred strong.

The hundreds of soldiers spread out in formation, encircling Feng Wuchen once more, cutting off his escape route.

“The Yang Family Army! The Yang Family Army has arrived!”

“That kid is done for now! With General Yang here, there’s no escaping!”

Seeing the multitude of soldiers arriving, people near the city gate exclaimed in alarm.

The Yang Family Army wasn’t part of the Empire’s soldiers but merely the Yang family’s private troops.

“Lord Yang, are you alright? I rushed here as soon as I learned something had happened to you!” The leading general, Yang Yan, promptly asked.

“I’m fine.” With the Yang Family Army’s arrival, Yang Tian felt considerably more at ease.

“Isn’t Yang Yan overdoing it? Such an overblown response for a minor issue, mobilizing the entire Yang Family Army!” A Ni family powerhouse expressed disdain.

Ni Han spoke coolly, “If they seek death, there’s no need for us to stop them. The Yang family has indeed been too arrogant these years! It’s about time the Grand Commander taught them a lesson. Crossing the Grand Commander has severe consequences.”

Towards the end, Ni Han’s face could not help but reveal a schadenfreude grin.

No sooner had Ni Han’s words fallen, Yang Yan’s gaze swept over, and his voice heavy, he said, “Ni Han, if the Ni family won’t make a move, can you give me a reason? If anything happens to Lord Yang, can your Ni family afford the consequences?”

Ni Han’s face remained cold and unresponsive, completely ignoring Yang Yan; none of the Ni family’s strongmen offered an answer.

Feng Wuchen had also noticed Ni Han early on, but since Ni Han hadn’t intervened, he understood what Ni Han meant.

Ni Han’s disregard caused Yang Yan’s complexion to darken, a trace of hardly noticeable killing intent flashing in his eyes.

“You stinky brat, you’ve got some skills, but you won’t be able to escape even if you sprouted wings today!” Yang Yan glanced at the badly injured City Lord of the Imperial City before turning to Feng Wuchen with a cold voice.

Yang Yan’s strength was merely at the peak of the Yuan Dan Realm Third Layer; the reason he dared to speak so confidently was that there were more than a dozen Yuan Dan Realm experts in the Yang Family Army!

Feng Wuchen swept his indifferent gaze over Yang Yan and remained silent.

It seemed Feng Wuchen wouldn’t be leaving easily this time, but he wasn’t worried at all, even less so about escalating the situation.

Since Mr. Yang was being so aggressive, Feng Wuchen would not show any courtesy.

“Big brother, this kid is extremely arrogant, but he’s not weak. Even the City Lord was no match for him,” a Yuan Dan Realm deputy commander said.

Yang Yan’s face darkened; as a general of the Yang Family Army, when had he ever been ignored like this?

“Let’s kill him together!” Yang Yan gritted his teeth and said in anger, his eyes narrowing as a chilling murderous aura spread out.

“Attack!” a deputy commander bellowed, and more than a dozen Yuan Dan Realm experts made their move together.

A powerful force of True Yuan surged forth, majestic and overwhelming.

“If you want to die, I’ll oblige!” Feng Wuchen smirked slightly, said with a wicked smile, and clenched his fist.

“Bang!”

Stepping on the ground, Feng Wuchen triggered a muffled explosion, shattering the ground and forming a large crater; by then, he had already turned into a Black Shadow and shot out at a terrifying speed.

“Boom!”

“Pugh!”

In the blink of an eye, with a booming explosion, a deputy commander spat out blood and flew out, severely wounded and fell unconscious on the ground.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

“Pugh! Pugh! Pugh!”

Feng Wuchen hit even harder, and several deputy commanders were sent flying one after another, all with the same result—knocked out cold on the spot!

Feng Wuchen’s figure flickered like a ghostly apparition, and the deputy commanders had no idea where he was. They didn’t even see him before they were sent flying.

“You stinky brat! Don’t get cocky!” Yang Yan shouted angrily, his potent True Yuan condensing onto his palm as he launched an attack at Feng Wuchen!

“Boom!”

“Crack!”

“Pugh!”

Feng Wuchen wheeled around abruptly and met the attack with his palm. Following the bang of the collision, the sound of bone-cracking resonated. Yang Yan’s face suddenly contorted, and then he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and was flung away.

From this head-on clash, Yang Yan’s arm was rendered useless!

The excruciating pain spread throughout his body instantly; Yang Yan couldn’t bear it and began to scream.

“General Yang!” The soldiers grew increasingly terrified as they watched.

One after another, the deputy commanders suffered severe injuries, and even Yang Yan couldn’t withstand a single palm strike from Feng Wuchen!

Mr. Yang became even more panicked. More than a dozen high-level Yuan Dan Realm experts were taken out by Feng Wuchen with a mere punch each, as if striking tofu.

The hundreds of soldiers didn’t dare to rush forward. Faced with such a fearsome enemy, they had no intention of approaching and courting death.

More than a dozen high-level Yuan Dan Realm experts were nearly all defeated in the blink of an eye by Feng Wuchen, with Yang Yan’s arm broken and the other deputy commanders all knocked out cold—they were simply no contest.

With a cold glare at Mr. Yang, Feng Wuchen scoffed, “Got anyone stronger? Bring it on! I’ll play along with you slowly!”

Since Mr. Yang didn’t want to drop the matter, Feng Wuchen would play with him to the end!

Mr. Yang’s face was dark and ferocious as he shouted furiously, “Send for Tianlin!”

“Yes, Mr. Yang!” a soldier replied respectfully and ran back in panic.

The soldier had just left when a group of men appeared on the street to the left of the city gate, a sizeable number.

“That’s Commander Liu! Commander Liu has arrived!”

“And Elder Star Plucking!”

The crowd and the Yang Family Army began to buzz, and everyone turned their gazes in that direction.

Feng Wuchen also turned his head to look, simply appraising Commander Liu before his gaze finally settled on Elder Star Plucking.

“Fifth Level of the Yuan Dan Realm,” Feng Wuchen muttered inwardly, “The Imperial Capital indeed has an abundance of strong fighters.”

During the great battle with Tianyun Sect, the Emperor did not mobilize the powerful subordinates of his officials. As high-ranking Empire officials, which one didn’t have some strength?

Commander Liu was donning an official robe, appearing to be in his fifties. His official rank was not low—while not on par with Mr. Yang, he was nonetheless a seventh-grade official!

“Greetings, Mr. Yang,” Commander Liu bowed respectfully, then said, “When I learned Mr. Yang was in trouble, I rushed here immediately.”

“You stinky brat, the Imperial City is not a place you can come and go as you please!” Mr. Yang glared at Feng Wuchen angrily.

“Is that so, just with them?” Feng Wuchen asked with a slight sneer, looking disdainfully at Mr. Yang.

“You brazen child! You’ve injured so many people, you indeed have some strength. But this is the end for you!” Elder Star Plucking scolded coldly, as the tremendous aura of a Fifth Level of the Yuan Dan Realm burst forth, terrifyingly strong.

“Oh? Is that so?” Feng Wuchen asked with a cold laugh, showing no fear.

With Feng Wuchen’s current cultivation level, he truly didn’t consider the Fifth Level of the Yuan Dan Realm to be much of a threat!

“Buzz! Buzz!”

The fearsome power of the Fifth Level of the Yuan Dan Realm erupted, causing the ground to vibrate ominously, and cracks spread out from Elder Star Plucking’s feet, scaring the bystanders into retreating in terror.

“Elder Star Plucking, hold off a moment,” just as Elder Star Plucking was about to make his move, a voice filled with icy killing intent came through, “When my father has been insulted, there’s no need for Elder Star Plucking to act.”

More than a dozen figures rapidly approached from the street opposite the city gate, each with strong auras, one of which had already reached the Fourth Layer of the Yuan Dan Realm!

The powerhouse at the Fourth Layer of the Yuan Dan Realm was the son of Mr. Yang, Yang Tianlin!