Part 2
But the result? The so-called Vice City Lord was really just a vice. City Lord Xuan said before long, they might welcome a true City Lord to replace him. City Lord Xuan even said he was only temporarily acting as City Lord, and sooner or later this position would be returned to someone else.
Anselm was mad. For so many years, he had never seen any other City Lord. City Lord Xuan just didn’t want to give the City Lord position to him. Since he wouldn’t give it… then he would take it himself.
Anselm stared sullenly at Ning Yunyi beside him. Was he the new City Lord City Lord Xuan spoke of?
Anselm lowered his eyes. For the rest of the way, he didn’t play any tricks. The opponent’s strength indeed made him dare not gamble. If he lost the bet, he would die immediately; if he took them to see City Lord Xuan, maybe there was still a chance. After all, most of his confidants were there.
Coming out of the eight-story building, Anselm was still thinking when a hovercar suddenly appeared in front of him. Before he could recover, he was pushed directly in.
Once inside, Ning Yunyi didn’t hesitate this time. He pressed the gun directly against Anselm’s temple, letting him speak: “Which way? Speak.”
Anselm then realized he could actually speak. He was even more unwilling regarding Ning Yunyi’s abnormal strength: “Who exactly are you?”
Ning Yunyi: “If you don’t point the way, I’m the one who wants your life.”
Anselm took a deep breath and started pointing the way honestly. After all, this person in front of him pulled a gun at the slightest disagreement. He couldn’t afford to provoke him, really couldn’t afford it. Wait until they reached the castle where City Lord Xuan was imprisoned; his people were everywhere. Just wait for him then.
Because Anselm pointed the way honestly, their journey went very smoothly. But even so, it took nearly half an hour to reach the innermost part of this Underground City.
Similar to the Underground City design on the Garbage Star, except for the area, it was different tunes played with equal skill. A very large city gate stood, separating the inner and outer main cities. There were guards in front. Once opened, inside should be the two castles City Lord Bai mentioned earlier.
Didn’t expect this person to lock City Lord Xuan in the castle. Thinking about it, it was a good place. Since these two castles were City Lord Bai’s private property, when he built them, it should have been to better hide the secret of Young Master Bai being a half-beast. So the surroundings should be walls of copper and iron with strict defense, even isolating sound and smell. Naturally, it was a good place to imprison people.
Ning Yunyi pressed the gun against Anselm’s temple, let him show his face, and just in case, made him unable to speak again.
Anselm stared at the city gate ahead, a gloomy light flashing in his eyes. Even if this person was powerful, he was just one person after all. could he beat his dozens of confidants?
As soon as Anselm showed his face, the guards let them pass without hesitation. As the heavy city gate slowly opened, revealing the suddenly open world inside, sure enough, bionic lawn was paved ahead, full of vitality everywhere. At the very end were two castles built under the cliff. They were located on two sides respectively, facing each other from a distance, not far or near, about ten minutes’ journey.
Ning Yunyi thought that one of them was about to be his, and his mood became even better.
The city gate behind closed clumsily and slowly again. With a thud, it seemed to knock on Anselm’s heart. He pursed his lips, his eyes rolling around, thinking about how to make someone bear the bomb in his hand later. He didn’t know if this rope was real or fake. In case he couldn’t use spiritual power, his confidants could capture the small one first. That looked like this redhead’s son at a glance.
This brat dared to capture the leader first; he would take drastic measures to catch the small one first.
Ning Yunyi watched the hovercar moving forward. He didn’t even need to look at Anselm to guess his thoughts. Looking at the scenery outside, his voice carried a pleasant smile: “Do you think this is your territory, your subordinates are all here, and you’ll find a way to control my cub later and exchange my cub for your freedom?”
Anselm looked over honestly and gently: What are you saying? Why can’t I understand?
Ning Yunyi scrutinized him carefully: “It would be feasible usually, but there is a prerequisite first: your subordinates must have the ability to snatch my cub from my hands.”
Anselm, having his thoughts exposed, returned to calmness and looked at Ning Yunyi silently. He really dared to talk big. He admitted the person in front of him was strong, but his subordinates were all battle-hardened experts, and there was no lack of high-level spiritual ability users. How could there be no chance of winning?
Ning Yunyi played with the gun in his hand, looking at a castle getting closer and closer. Because this was a completely independent secret base, it was City Lord Bai’s territory before, and City Lord Xuan rarely set foot here. Now that Anselm locked City Lord Xuan and others here, there was no one else except Anselm’s people.
When encountering Star Pirates on the spaceship, the reason Ning Yunyi took a roundabout way to capture the pirates without exposing his strength was simply because he didn’t want to be too high-profile. There were only a few hundred 3S-level spiritual power users in the entire First Star, and a 3S-level spiritual power user couldn’t solve ten S-level spiritual power users at once. Once he acted alone, it was in front of so many strange First Star citizens on the spaceship at that time. Once leaked, he would be monitored immediately after getting off the spaceship.
After all, even half-beasts were scarce enough to have to hide, showing that strength was also what the higher-ups wanted to rope in and incorporate. A high spiritual power user who could deal with an entire Star Pirate group alone, even accomplishing something a 3S-level spiritual power user couldn’t do, then the fake identity Ning Yunyi was using now would immediately be investigated by the higher-ups. Either forcibly incorporated or investigated how he rose from an A-level spiritual power user to 3S in a short time.
It wasn’t convenient before because there were outsiders present, but it was different now. This was the secret base of the F District Underground City. Except for Ning Yunyi, Young Master Bai, and a few others present, the remaining ones outside who could still move were only Anselm and his… confidants.
Then he didn’t need to hide it. After all, with Anselm’s identity as a traitor, City Lord Xuan wouldn’t give him a chance to appear in front of the world again. Ning Yunyi wouldn’t let him say things he shouldn’t say. Then it didn’t matter whether he knew or not.
Anselm looked at the young man who kept silent, then at the getting closer castle. For some reason, he felt inexplicably uneasy. He wanted to twist a bit but found he still couldn’t move.
Just when the hovercar was a few hundred meters away from the castle ahead, five people immediately stepped forward and stopped the hovercar.
“Who goes there?” The leading man was polite. This was a base; outsiders couldn’t enter, so it could only be the new City Lord. But usually, the new City Lord didn’t drive a hovercar. Just in case, he stopped it in advance.
As the man’s voice fell, the hovercar door opened, and something was suddenly kicked down, smashing heavily in front of him.
The man looked down and his face changed: “City Lord!”
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