Divine Emperor of Death

"…"

There was a moment of silence before the blue-robed woman's words elicited a huge uproar.

"What!?"

"Is that the City Lord's twenty-third son!?"

"How can it be!? I heard that the City Lord is an Immortal King! Someone dares to behead such an existence's son!?"

People were shocked beyond compare as this was a major matter that shook the Thirty-Fourth Fire Phoenix City. The people who were near the occurrence rapidly retreated, not wanting to be seen as an accomplice.

Guards quickly poured in from all directions as they surrounded the culprit, pointing their spears. They exuded immortal undulations, some even having unique armor as they seemed to enjoy a special position amidst the city patrol squad.

They appeared to be even more powerful.

At this time, Davis and Evelynn blinked at each other as they watched from a distance. They got to see what Myria meant when even while telling what truly happened, the people wouldn't risk their lives to support her and, therefore, never bothered explaining herself.

Not even one of them mildly cast a hint of support even when the blue-robed woman claimed that the son had committed a vile crime. Of course, they were well aware that she could be lying but looking at the bunch of women crying beside her, one could derive that there was some sort of altercation between the decadent son and the people in question before the blue-robed woman brought the blade of justice upon him.

No one knows what had truly happened except the people who had witnessed the commotion way earlier.

Nonetheless, the blue-robed woman simply stood as she looked at the giant, towering palace in front of her.

*Bzzzz!~*

Oppressive undulations emerged from the giant palace, covering the city as it made the people walking on the streets feel pressured. The people in the Central Plaza became aghast, retreating more amidst the pressure that sought to crush them. They felt like they were being watched by a terrifying beast, causing cold sweat to form on their foreheads.

Scarlet flames emerged from the top of the palace and descended.

The glorious wings of the fire phoenix spread into a fiery image as it appeared before the crowd, towering above all as the fiery image faded, replaced with a scarlet-haired golden-robed man with an exquisite phoenix pattern embroidered in many places. His eyes radiated utter coldness as he looked at the blue-robed woman, not even deigning to face down but lower his pupils as he gave her a disdainful stare.

"I'll give you three seconds. Kowtow to the head of my son and commit suicide. Otherwise, your entire family will be an-"

"Pui!~"

The blue-robed woman spat out at the severed head, staining it with her sputum.

"The son is a lazy pig while the father is an even more of a huge pig who had rolled in the mud for a long time."

"Die!"

A searing flame ball shot like an arrow as it headed towards the blue-robed woman. Her garment fluttered, especially the floating blue shawl around her neck that looked like a cloud raiment.

However, just as the people thought she was going to die along with all the other women standing beside her, the cloud raiment transformed into an icy light and struck the scarlet arrow, but before their clash could cause an explosion, the cloud raiment wrapped around the flames, causing it to become stale as the flames died down under its suppression.

"An Immortal King Artifact…?"

Everyone became dumbfounded at this sight, and even the Immortal King Fire Phoenix appeared shocked. However, not only was he shocked that an immortal possessed and was capable of controlling such an artifact but he was also astonished at another fact, his face turning into a greedy sneer.

"Hmph! You Blue Luans had already lost the war millions of years ago, beaten down to near extinction, but you're finally making a comeback? Just how many times do your lesser bird brains have to learn a lesson before you finally stay put at your inferior place? If it weren't for the covenant, your race would truly be driven to extinction by us phoenixes!"

The blue-robed woman trembled before she raised her head. Only her chin and dainty lips were visible, but at this moment, she grabbed her conical hat and caused it to disappear, revealing a beautiful face with crystal-blue pupils that shone lustrously under the blazing scarlet flames. Her blue hair fluttered in the breeze, giving her a transcendental look.

"My race lost and had conceded everything we possess to have a chance at life. I won't say anything about what my ancestors or what your ancestors did. The losers surrender to the winners. The weak obey the strong. Nothing has changed, as that is the essence of cultivation. The matters of the past; that is done and over. However, if you think you can bully me and the others in the present time without being prepared for consequences, you're very wrong."

Blue ice surged from the blue-robed woman's back as an icy wing appeared, spreading in a graceful arc as they lifted her up and caused the guards surrounding her to falter as they fell to their butts.

She appeared before the Immortal King Fire Phoenix face to face, and the latter couldn't help but frown.

"A Level Nine Immortal Beast thinks that she can act as she pleases without any concern for the city's law? You claim that my son had done such a thing, but where is the evidence? A bunch of women crying doesn't make up any kind of proof whatsoever. Anyone can blame anyone. Could it be that your lesser bird brain will go to aid anyone who calls out for help when there are many out there scamming or using kindness to gain an unfair advantage over the other?"

"First of all, they don't even dare to show their faces." The Immortal King Fire Phoenix sneered.

"Impudent." The Immortal Blue Luan waved her hand, "They have suffered, so of course, they wouldn't want their names to be spread in fear of oppression, not to mention their lives will end up being targeted by you. However, they swore with their names on the line to me under the witness of the heavens, which makes it so that their heavenly tribulations will become ruthless if they are false. Under normal circumstances, swearing as a mortal would only affect one's will, but swearing as an immortal, you very well know that it also affects one's heavenly tribulation."

The people couldn't help but look at the women who had their heads lowered, still trembling as tears stained the surface of the plaza.

They radiated immortal undulations at Level One and Level Two, but many people could sense that they were trash immortals who hadn't cultivated their mortal realm properly as their prowess seemed lower than the standard. Perhaps, they had their Immortal Vessels cracked after what they've gone through.

No one could say for sure, but everyone's gaze couldn't help but fall on the City Lord.

"Then swear you're not making this up by forcing them to cry in public. Otherwise, I will take it that you're intentionally causing trouble and rightfully execute you. As for your power, matters will be settled later when we deliver your corpse to your power. Whether I demand compensation or their heads is up to my sole discretion."

The Blue Luan Immortal had a cold expression on her face, but her lips slightly curved.

"I have nothing to say other than try it if you want to."

"You think you can depend on your Immortal King Artifact? How naive."

The City Lord cackled with amusement before he struck with his palm. The resulting force caused the air to sear as they instantly ignited into scarlet flames, seeking destruction as they surrounded the Blue Luan Immortal.

However, waves of water surged from her body and simultaneously froze the scarlet flames into ice.

*Crack!~*

The water that had encased the scarlet flames instantly caused a mist to appear, but before they could even spread, they aggressively turned into ice and shattered, leaving millions of shards falling down to the floor as they turned into water droplets like rain.

"…!"

The people became shocked beyond compare. How was this Blue Luan Immortal Beast able to compare to the Fire Phoenix Immortal King Beast!?

However, they were also dumbfounded about the City Lord's sneaky move.

As for the cloud raiment, an Immortal King Artifact, it was protecting the victims from that sneak attack disguised to be an area of effect attack. The scarlet flames unleashed secretly tried to burn them alive, but the cloud raiment had saved them. However, the immortal guards were unlucky as they got burned badly, almost dying if it weren't for the City Lord quickly extinguishing his phoenix flames.

Nonetheless, with the City Lord trying to kill the women before investigating them even after addressing the law, it became obvious to the people that these women were truly the victims who suffered under his son's evil hands.

The City Lord's expression turned ugly. He didn't expect the Blue Luan woman to counter his attack quickly, much less save the victims, as he expected to send her cloud raiment against him again. That meant her prowess was actually high despite not displaying any kind of King-Tier Bloodline undulations, which made him think that she also practiced her Essence Gathering Cultivation which many beasts didn't!

But still, he held back, not wanting to cause much damage to his city, but if it was going to be like this, his expression couldn't help but turn into one of anger.

"Courting death!"

Scarlet flames raged from his body, but the Blue Luan Immortal raised her hand and displayed something, causing his crimson pupils to dilate as his eyes turned wide.

The others couldn't help but turn shocked at this twist, recognizing the greenish-purple badge that the Blue Luan immortal held in her hand.

Described on it were the words: [Core]

"Tha- That's the Aurora Cloud Gate's Status Plate. She… she's a core disciple of that bizarre power…?"