Four to five hundred people gathered, including Billy and his group, as well as the strong fighters from the City Lord’s Mansion and various factions of Phoenix City.
About half an hour later, the five hundred people landed on a barren mountainside, several kilometers away from the teleportation portal leading from Heavenly City to Phoenix City.
Aside from Billy’s group, everyone else wore solemn expressions, their faces tense.
“Mr. Billy, can you activate the Nine Dragons Cauldron for combat?” Shepherd Frost from the Alchemists’ Alliance asked Billy.
Hearing his question, most people turned to look at Billy simultaneously.
Everyone shared Shepherd Frost’s assumption that Billy’s confidence in intercepting the people from Asura City must rely solely on the Nine Dragons Cauldron.
Otherwise, there would be no chance of victory, especially since the other side had a mid-stage Entering Ancestry Realm expert!
“No, I can’t,” Billy replied with a faint smile.
“Can’t?” Shepherd Frost was taken aback. “Then what do you mean, Mr. Billy?”
As he spoke, he glanced subconsciously at White Feather not far away.
He had witnessed White Feather’s combat prowess before; it was indeed formidable. However, in his view, even if White Feather went all out, it would still be difficult to contend with a mid-stage Entering Ancestry Realm opponent!
“Don’t worry, I have my ways,” Billy smiled again.
“Mr. Billy, Ironclad Fury is not to be underestimated!” Garrett Cooper chimed in.
“I know,” Billy responded once more.
“Mr. Billy, if we can’t win, don’t force it!” Isabell took a deep breath and said, “It’s not easy for them to take down our Phoenix City.”
“Understood,” Billy nodded.
Time passed quickly; two or three hours flew by in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, a powerful aura erupted from the teleportation portal’s exit, overwhelming everything.
Soon after, figures emerged one by one, clad in iron armor, wearing ghostly masks and wielding curved scimitars-one hundred Ironclad Fury warriors!
With their appearance, the entire space seemed to be vacuumed out, causing Phoenix City’s people to feel suffocated.
“Elder Finley, can you detect the cultivation levels of the leaders?” Casey asked Finley.
“The foremost person is undetectable,” Finley replied.
“Besides that person, their high-end combat force includes two second-rank Entering Ancestry Realm experts, two first-rank Entering Ancestry Realm experts, and two half-step Entering Ancestry Realm experts!”
“There are also four late-stage Breaking Emptiness Realm experts, ten mid-early stage Breaking Emptiness Realm experts, and the rest are mid-late stage Perfection Emptiness Realm experts!”
Hearing this, a collective gasp echoed around.
This lineup was despair-inducing just to hear about!
“Boss, this is tough,” Casey said to Billy.
Although he knew his boss could use the Heavenly Xuan Array Compass, their opponents were simply too many!
“Indeed,” Billy squinted slightly.
He hadn’t expected their high-end combat force to be this formidable!
“Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, take Felicia and Night Orchid and fall back!” Billy instructed Vermilion Bird and the others.
In their opponent’s camp, the lowest cultivation level was fourth-rank Perfection Emptiness Realm. Vermilion Bird and his group were only at Entering Emptiness Realm; staying would only lead to their deaths.
“Understood!” Vermilion Bird and the others didn’t insist on staying. They responded and retreated tens of kilometers towards the city.
“Who is the Lord of Phoenix City?” The leading elder from the opposing side asked loudly.
“What do you want?” Isabell responded.
“It seems you already know about Heavenly City’s situation?” The elder looked at Isabell.
“In that case, I’ll get straight to the point. You have two choices: submit to us and live or refuse and die!”
“You have ten seconds to decide!”
“Asura City has quite an ambition!” Isabell frowned. “Aren’t you worried about the other three forces in the sixth-tier star domain…”
“I advise you not to waste your breath!” Another elder interrupted her sternly.
“If you don’t submit after ten seconds, I’ll send you down to join the people of Heavenly City!”
“Don’t push us too far. We’ll fight you to the death…” A second-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm elder from Phoenix City shouted angrily.
Before he could finish speaking or anyone saw how it happened, he turned into a cloud of blood mist in an instant.
Seeing this, Phoenix City’s people gasped in shock.
A Breaking Emptiness Realm expert was eliminated in an instant?
This was terrifying!
“Three seconds left!” The leading elder continued to look at Isabell.
As he spoke, a despair-inducing aura emanated from him, causing many around to shiver involuntarily with fear.
“Asura City couldn’t make it in the sixth-tier star domain, so you’re hiding in the fifth-tier star domain?” Billy said calmly.
Hearing his words, all hundred of their opponents turned to look at him simultaneously.
“What did you say? Say it again?” An eighth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm man glared at Billy angrily.
“Didn’t understand me?” Billy continued. “You couldn’t make it in the sixth-tier star domain. Even if you come to the fifth-tier star domain, you’ll only be struggling for survival!”
“You’ve got a death wish!” The eighth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm elder responded coldly. “So arrogant. I’ll put you to death!”
As he spoke, he flashed forward, forming seals with his hands and sending a whirlwind towards Billy.
“Mr. Billy, be careful!” Isabell shouted loudly.
As everyone shouted warnings, Billy gripped his blade tightly and executed a Phantom Blade Technique slash.
A loud bang echoed through the void as a figure was sent flying a thousand meters away, spraying an arc of blood into the air.
It was the eighth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm elder!
After one slash, his combat power dropped by forty to fifty percent!
Originally, with his strength, if he hadn’t underestimated his opponent, even if Billy activated his bloodline power, he could at most fight him to a draw.
This outcome was clearly due to underestimating Billy; he had only used seventy to eighty percent of his power and naturally wasn’t a match for Billy.
It wasn’t entirely his fault; Billy’s combat prowess was highly deceptive!
Who would have thought that someone at eighth-rank Perfection Emptiness Realm could send an eighth-rank Breaking Emptiness Realm expert flying with one slash?!
“Hmm?!”
Seeing this scene, exclamations of surprise arose from their camp as they looked shocked.
“You’ve surprised me. Someone at Perfection Emptiness Realm has such combat power!”
A first-rank Entering Ancestry Realm elder said coldly. “Let me see how strong you really are!”
“You? Not even close!” Billy replied indifferently.
“Arrogant!” The elder’s tone turned cold. “I’ll put you to death!”
“Stop!” At that moment, their leading elder intervened.
After speaking, he turned to Isabell. “What did you call him just now? Billy?”
“Heard of me?” Billy smiled faintly at him.
This was clearly intentional on his part-to draw their attention towards him!
“You’re Billy?!” The elder’s pupils contracted slightly.