Billy and his companions’ destination this time was one of the three super cities in the Central Part, Skydragon City. Unlike the other four regions, the Central Polar Domain did not have the concept of a stronghold or a headquarters for any particular country. However, similar to the other regions, the Central Part had the concept of cities, with a total of twenty public cities of various sizes. Among them, there were three so-called super cities: Skydragon City, Mysthaven City, and Demonrealm City. Billy’s mother, Stephanie Stuart, resided in Skydragon City.
Unlike the other public cities in the Polar Domain, these three super cities were not unclaimed territories. Because there were three City Lord Mansions in each city, responsible for overseeing and managing all public affairs within the city. However, the City Lord Mansions in these super cities were fundamentally different from those in the strongholds of the other four regions.
The “city” was similar to an embassy of a country in the Polar Domain, and the people in the city were citizens of that country. The “City Lord Mansion” was the government institution of that country, and the people in the city unconditionally obey the arrangements of the City Lord Mansion. However, people living in these three super cities come from all over the world, with people of different races such as yellow, white, and black. The City Lord Mansion had no control over them; they only needed to abide by the minimum rules and regulations of the city.
Along the way, a look of longing and curiosity appeared on the faces of Judge and the others. Although the Central Part also belonged to a part of the Polar Domain, they were well aware that it could be a completely different world.
The Central Part was the largest of the five regions, occupying about one-third of the Polar Domain. It also had the highest population among the five regions, estimated to be at least two million people, yet the number of the people living here did not make the Central Part pressured as it covered a vast area.
Nearly twenty hours later, Billy and his companions stopped at a vast flat land at the entrance of Skydragon City. Along the way, they had a preliminary understanding of the differences between the Central Part and the other four areas. Since entering the Central Part, they occasionally saw people flying in the air, all of them powerful Saint realm experts. Furthermore, they encountered several waves of attacks from fierce beasts after entering this area, all of them being high-tier Demonic Beasts, including a Third-tier Spiritual Beast. Fortunately, for the current Billy, this level of Spiritual Beast was no longer a threat. Otherwise, just dealing with these Spiritual Beasts would have given them a headache.
“Dang! Did they dig a moat here?” After getting off the car, Soul Chaser looked at the scene in front of him and couldn’t help but exclaim.
“These people are really smart. This is much easier than building city walls, and it’s much more useful!” Azure Dragon replied.
In front of them, there was a wide icy trench about forty to fifty meters wide that encircled the entire city. It was deep and seemed bottomless. In terms of engineering, digging such a trench was indeed much simpler than building city walls, especially for late-stage Saint realm experts. It was obviously not a difficult task.
Not far from them, there was a city gate about forty to fifty meters high, with the words “Skydragon City” carved on the top in a majestic manner. Behind the city gate was a bridge that led to the opposite city district.
“So this is Skydragon City? It looks magnificent!” Judge looked up at the city gate and spoke.
“Why are there so many people?” Stout said at the same time.
Indeed, there were quite a few people at the entrance, bustling with activity and crowded with people, much more than the public cities in the other four regions. Not only on the ground, but also in the air, people kept flying in. Moreover, some people were riding unidentified flying birds, all of which were at least Spiritual Beast level. However, whether they were flying in the air or riding flying birds, once they arrived at the city gate, they would descend from the air and walk towards the city gate.
“Why don’t those people just fly over directly?” Stout asked in surprise.
“Stout, didn’t you hear Aunt Edie say it last time?” Felicia responded.
“In the airspace above the three super cities of the Central Part, except for the people from the City Lord Mansions, outsiders are prohibited from flying. Moreover, outsiders have to pay a medium-grade Spiritual Stone to enter each time. If they were to fly directly over, it would be considered fare evasion, and the consequences would be much worse than paying a medium-grade Spiritual Stone.”
“They don’t have to enter from here! With such a big city, they could just find an unguarded place and fly over.” Stout continued.
Night Orchid laughed and spoke up, “Stout, powerful Saints and those who can have a Spiritual Beast as a mount probably wouldn’t care about a mere medium-grade Spiritual Stone.”
“Seems like it!” Stout grinned.
“Let’s go, move forward!” Billy led the group ahead.
Upon reaching the entrance, Stout paid with over twenty Spiritual Stones and hurriedly rode the snow carriage across to the other side.
“No wonder it’s a super city in the Central Part, feels much more advanced than the other cities we’ve been to!” Felicia couldn’t help but exclaim as they walked a short distance after crossing the bridge.
The width of the streets, the flow of people, and the scale of the shops on both sides of the street were all several levels higher than the few large cities they had visited before. Moreover, from the aura emanating from the pedestrians, it was evident that they were strong martial artists, including many martial practitioners at the later stages of the Sovereign realm and above.
“Stout, slow down a bit, let’s take a moment to appreciate the scenery along the street,” Felicia continued.
“Sure thing!” Stout replied and slowed down the pace.
Just then, a sound of Fierce Beasts running came from behind the group, accompanied by a man’s voice shouting, “Get out of the way, all of you, move aside!”
Billy and the others turned their heads and saw a well-dressed Caucasian man riding a polar mastiff rushing ahead without any intention of slowing down, regardless of whether there were people ahead or not. Pedestrians on the street hurriedly moved to the sides, with many of them cursing as they dodged. However, halfway through their curses, it seemed like they recognized the man on the polar mastiff, and their faces changed as they quickly closed their mouths.
At the same time, not far ahead of Billy and the others, a girl of fifteen or sixteen was pushing a cart selling handmade crafts. Upon hearing the man’s voice, the girl quickly pushed the cart to the side of the road. But the polar mastiff’s speed was simply too fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was only ten meters away from the girl.
“Ah…” The girl turned pale with fright and sat down on the ground. The polar mastiff showed no signs of slowing down, charging straight towards the girl. She was just an ordinary martial practitioner. If she were hit, she would be either severely injured or even crippled.
Some of the pedestrians on the roadside initially had the ability to save the girl, but they seemed to be wary of the man, so they all put away their thoughts of helping.
Whoosh!
Just then, a cold light shot like lightning, swiftly passing through the polar mastiff’s tail. The next moment, the polar mastiff was cleaved into two, its flesh and blood splattering.