The atmosphere in the City Lord Manor's main hall was filled with the aura of social death.
Zhang Jian and Liu Zhen were as embarrassed as could be. Just a moment ago, they had doubted someone's power, but as soon as the other party's breath leaked out, their side ended up kneeling directly.
The two exchanged a silent glance, their eyes seemingly speaking to each other.
Damn! Can't show my face anymore.
Bro too, so damn embarrassing.
The others in the hall were watching with great interest, knowing that a Second-Grade Expert was considered high-end combat power in Great Xia and even the world.
Little Fatty was undoubtedly the most excited among them.
How long has he known the boss? First, he exploded Xue Can, then eradicated a ferocious beast tide, and now with just a few casual words, he made two Second-Grade big shots kneel. Too awesome.
"Young brother really has great strength. Just now, we were too hasty," Liu Zhen said with a smile, bowing his hands, not daring to turn his face even though his inner self was dying of embarrassment.
Given the other party's youth and such capabilities, his background must be extraordinary, not someone Liu Zhen could afford to offend.
"No matter."
Luo Yu shook his head generously, not minding these details.
At this moment, the phones of all the officials in the room almost simultaneously emitted a notification sound.
Qian Han took out his phone to look, and his face changed dramatically.
"Boom!"
Liu Zhen, Zhang Jian, and several others couldn't control their breaths, which exploded outward in rage, their eyes wide with fury, as if they were about to devour someone.
"How dare they."
"Who did it!"
"Who did it!!!"
Luo Yu and Little Fatty were stunned, not understanding what had happened.
"City Lord Qian, could it be another attack by a ferocious beast?" Luo Yu asked.
Qian Han wore an extremely ugly expression, silent and not in the mood to explain further, he just handed over his cell phone.
The first thing that caught Luo Yu's eyes was a blood-red headline.
After reading it, Luo Yu's pupils constricted.
"Da Chuan Province, Jiang City annihilated!"
"Hundreds of thousands of people in the city, all wiped out."
"What happened?" Luo Yu's heart was in shock as he scrolled down the message to see a picture taken from the sky.
The entire Jiang City looked like a city of blood – everywhere were corpses, blood, the death scene was tragic.
He also noticed one detail: not only were creatures inside the city slaughtered, but even the tide of ferocious beasts outside the city were completely annihilated.
All the corpses were dried up, as if their essence had been sucked out.
"This..."
In an instant, Luo Yu clenched his fists, his teeth grinding together.
No normal person who saw this scene could remain unmoved; it was too bloody, too cruel.
He saw that in the city, there were even adults clutching children curled up in corners, their withered faces filled with terror, as if they had seen great horror before death.
The whole hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"Ugh——"
The sound of vomiting rang out one after another, and among them were Third-Grade Martial Artists who couldn' handle the ghastly scene.
"Hundreds of thousands of people of Great Xia."
"There were old people, there were children, all mercilessly slaughtered. Who could be so ruthless?" Liu Zhen trembled as he held the phone, his voice breaking with emotion.
Luo Yu kept staring at that picture, his heart pierced as if by needle points.
A wave of anger rose from his heart and almost instantly spread throughout his body.
He could hardly suppress his rage as he said:
"City Lord Qian, who do you think would do such a thing?"
Qian Han shook his head, "It's a martial artist's unspoken rule to keep commoners out of the slaughter. Committing such an atrocity as destroying a city is an unforgivable crime against the heaves; no foreign forces would dare to commit such an act.
"After all, if they slaughter ours, we can also slaughter theirs."
"Was it a ferocious beast?" Captain Kong Wu asked in anguish before negating his own question, "No, it could not have been a ferocious beast. Had it been a ferocious beast's doing, not a single bone would be left behind."
"This scene, it's like someone is practicing a sinister Technique."
Luo Yu's face darkened terribly, never in his life, had he been so angry.
In the defense of the city, he saw the unity of the soldiers and most of the city's innocent civilians. The thought of Jiang City's many lovely people suffering the same fate made it hard for him to calm down.
"If I find this person, I will make sure he dies a terrible death," Liu Zhen said fiercely, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Qian Han nodded, speaking in a deep tone:
"We're looking into it."
"The mastermind behind this, our Great Xia will definitely not let them off."
Zhang Jian, a Second-Grade Expert, looked slightly dazed, murmuring, "There were at least three Second-Grade Experts in Jiang City, and among the ferocious beasts attacking, it's unknown if there were any Second Rank or higher. If there were, that means Jiang City had gathered several Second-Grade Experts."
"And they all died. The person behind this is definitely First Grade or above."
Cheng Jinjin asked Kong Wu, "Captain Kong, what was the strength of the team sent by Chuan Province Martial University to support Jiang City this time?"
"Wait a second."
Kong Wu started checking his phone. Previously, he might not have given face to a newcomer like Cheng Jinjin.
But things are different now; since Cheng Jinjin is Luo Yu's underling, he can't be taken lightly.
"I've found it."
"Among the teams that went to Jiang City were two elite members of the student council leading the team whose strength is above mine, but not reaching Second Grade."
"Oh?" Luo Yu asked, "Who from the student council?"
"Vice President Xue Can, Minister Bai Xiao'e, and five other Fourth-Grade team members," Kong Wu answered, not yet aware of the grudge between Luo Yu and Xue Can.
"How is that possible?" Little Fatty exclaimed, "That Xue Can just got smashed into the hospital by my boss; he shouldn't be thinking about getting out of bed for ten days and a half month, let alone going on a mission."
He didn't believe that a villain like Xue Can could be so noble, practically disabled but still insisting on going to the battlefield with crutches to protect the people.