"You can't kill me! My master is Zhang Hongyan, the personal disciple of the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect!"

Ye Shu wielded the Taiyin Sword and without hesitation, struck forward. With a squelch, blood splattered, and a head rolled to the ground.

Only three were left!

They showed despair; no matter what they said, the young man in the sky would not hesitate at all. When it was time to kill, he would kill.

"Sister Zhang! Save me! Save me quickly!"

One of them jumped off the stage and scrambled towards Zhang Hongyan.

"Bold! You still won't stop!"

In the span of a few breaths, Zhang Hongyan watched half of her male pets being slaughtered, her face turning livid with anger.

Seeing her male pet crawling towards her, she rushed over.

After all, this was her dog!

She couldn't let him be killed at will!

"If you want to die, you can keep moving forward."

Suddenly, a whisper came from beside her, sending chills down her spine, and her movements immediately halted.

As if under a spell, she looked at the woman covered with a veil.

From her, she felt an overwhelmingly powerful spiritual pressure.

Zhang Hongyan felt her knees go weak, with an impulse to kneel down and prostrate herself on the ground.

Forget about saving her male pet; even taking a single step was extremely difficult.

She was terrified.

Who on earth were these two people?

"It's over, it's over!"

Back on the stage.

Ye Shu used the Taiyin Sword again to kill the person who had just jumped off the stage, leaving only two male pets.

They realized the reality and quickly knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

"We were blind! Please, don't kill us!"

"It was all the big monkey's idea, and he's already dead now, we are innocent!"

The two kowtowed until their heads bled, wishing they could call him father, yet fearing he wouldn't acknowledge them as sons.

At the brink of death, they were willing to do anything.

Ye Shu hesitated: "Is that so? Are you two innocent?"

Hearing this, the two saw a glimmer of hope and quickly said:

"Yes! We are innocent, we are only at the Foundation Establishment stage, how could we dare to attack you!"

"Oh."

Ye Shu nodded, as if believing their words.

Then, with a snap, the necks of the two were severed by the sharp sword, unable to utter another word, and they fell down as corpses.

"Really thought you could play me for a fool, huh."

Ye Shu shook his head, walked up to them, and used their clothes to wipe the blood off the Taiyin Sword.

He felt no remorse for their deaths; they dared to attack him, wanted to cripple him, so none of them were innocent.

After finishing this, he sheathed his sword and flew off the stage with an air of nonchalance.

Watching this decisive figure, the crowd, previously stunned into silence, began to murmur.

"Who is this? He just killed six people without a second thought?"

"Today is the Lantern Festival, isn't he afraid of divine retribution for killing like this?"

"Don't talk about that, daring to kill within the inner city, does he not take the city lord seriously?"

"Wait and see, it won't be long before someone comes to deal with him!"

At the Lantern Festival, someone dared to kill, which was a great disrespect to the immortals and also a provocation to the city lord.

It wouldn't be long before the famous city lord of Luoyang City, renowned for hundreds of miles around, would come here to teach this reckless young man a lesson.

Ye Shu seemed not to hear these words.

He strolled leisurely back to Luo Jiuyan, tossing the flower ball in his hand, and said cheerfully: "Yan'er, I've kept my promise and grabbed the flower ball. Don't forget what you promised me!"

Luo Jiuyan was silent for a moment.

Thinking of what she had promised Ye Shu, her face turned red, but she nodded: "I know."

This time she had no intention of being perfunctory; since they were out here, there was no need to maintain the facade of a master, and besides, she had said it herself.

Seeing Zhang Hongyan, who was about to kneel before Luo Jiuyan, Ye Shu casually mentioned: "By the way, I just killed a few beasts, seems like it might cause some trouble."

"Trouble?"

Luo Jiuyan gently shook her head, calmly saying: "No trouble."

Killing a few beasts was nothing; even if it meant slaughtering the entire Luoyang City, it wouldn't be a bother to her.

Indeed, it wasn't troublesome.

"Who are you people!"

Zhang Hongyan asked again.

Hearing their nonchalant words, she couldn't help but shiver.

She felt that when she mentioned being the personal disciple of the Hehuan Sect's master, the other party didn't care at all.

They even found it laughable!

Who were they? Where did they get the audacity to act like this?

"You better pay your bet, don't forget the promise you just made!"

Ye Shu knew Luo Jiuyan was getting impatient and didn't have time to waste with her, so he quickly urged her to fulfill the previously agreed bet, to make Luo Jiuyan a bit happier.

"This..."

Thinking of the cost of losing, which was to call her master a sow ten times!

Zhang Hongyan was speechless, so ashamed she wished she could crawl into a hole.

Even if she could return safely, if her master found out about this, she wouldn't escape punishment!

But under Ye Shu's sharp gaze, she dared not refuse.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she grinned ferociously: "Screw it! You're doomed!"

She seemed to see someone arriving, smiling brightly and waving to the person in the distance.

"City Lord! Come quickly and get rid of these two scoundrels!"

Ye Shu turned to look.

In the night, a black figure flew over.

The newcomer was a middle-aged man, tall and sturdy, wearing a cloak and carrying a large black sword on his back, exuding a terrifying aura of murder.

Wherever he went, people stepped aside, not daring to approach.

This was Liu Dachun, the city lord of Luoyang City.

A cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage.

Once a bloodthirsty killer, he had left the demonic sect Blood Slaughter Sect eighty years ago for unknown reasons and came to this remote small city, ousted the corrupt officials, and took the position of city lord, starting to manage the city.

Unexpectedly, under his management, Luoyang City began to prosper and in recent years, it had become as flourishing as some large cities.

He was proud of this.

Thus, he loved the city as his own life.

Anyone who dared to cause destruction or kill and plunder in the city, once discovered, would be severely punished, or he would personally eliminate them!

Today, during the Lantern Festival, such an important day, he heard that someone was causing trouble and killing at the lantern viewing event.

He couldn't sit still and immediately rushed over.

Guided by enthusiastic onlookers, he targeted a strikingly handsome young man.

Liu Dachun glared at him: "Was it you causing trouble in my city?"

"Yes!"

Ye Shu did not deny it.