Chapter 692 - 424: Becoming Stronger is the Best Answer!!

Chapter 692: Chapter 424: Becoming Stronger is the Best Answer!!

"Huh?!!!"

Wu Xiong and Purple Claw jerked their heads up at the sky. They saw two middle-aged men hovering in mid-air as if on solid ground, staring down at them expressionlessly. Both men emanated the Spiritual Energy Waves of third-tier Initial Stage Cultivators.

’It’s over. We can’t get away.’ Upon seeing Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun, Wu Xiong and Purple Claw immediately abandoned any thought of escape.

After all, trying to force an escape under the watch of two experts at the third-tier Initial Stage was simply courting death.

"Where’s the other one?" Liu Yuancheng scanned the area, but he didn’t see the masked assailant he was most concerned about. So, he asked Wu Xiong and Purple Claw.

"I don’t know. In the blink of an eye, that masked assailant vanished without a trace," Wu Xiong, a trusted confidant of the Wu Family Patriarch, replied to Liu Yuancheng’s question with neither arrogance nor humility.

In truth, Liu Yuancheng had already suspected as much when he couldn’t find the masked assailant. He had likely escaped using some unknown method, just like last time. Thus, he showed no surprise at Wu Xiong’s answer.

Zhang Zhichun, his temples streaked with gray, questioned Wu Xiong and Purple Claw with a stony expression.

"The nerve of you! How dare you violate the decree issued by the Lord City Lord, fighting in public and causing this much destruction."

Wu Xiong and Purple Claw grew anxious at his words. They weren’t about to take the fall for this.

"Commander Zhang, you can’t pin this on us. We’re victims too.

That masked assailant attacked openly, and we only fought him to stop him," Wu Xiong explained.

Though he didn’t speak, Purple Claw, who stood beside him, nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun exchanged a look, their minds already in agreement.

"Both of you will return with us to the government office for questioning. If things are as you say, we will naturally let you go."

"Yes." Wu Xiong breathed an inward sigh of relief. After all, he was one of the Wu Family’s men. As long as he answered truthfully when questioned by the two Commanders at the government office, no one would give him trouble.

However, Purple Claw, who stood nearby, suddenly became frantic. He was an assassin from the Blood Killing Sect.

’If I go back to the government office for questioning with two Commander Level experts and my identity is exposed, I’ll be thrown into a dungeon to be judged!’

Having relaxed, Wu Xiong noticed that Purple Claw of the Blood Killing Sect had grown agitated. He thought for a moment and understood why.

’This whole incident was started by that masked assailant who disappeared. After we get to the government office, there shouldn’t be any problems as long as I recount everything in detail.’

’But if Purple Claw acts impulsively now and does something irreversible—like trying to flee right in front of Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun—then the situation will take a drastic turn.’

To put Purple Claw’s mind at ease, Wu Xiong quickly spoke, giving him a subtle hint.

"Relax. We haven’t done anything wrong. The authorities have always been impartial, so you don’t need to worry about them giving us trouble.

In a moment, I’ll have someone from the Red Blood Gang send a message back. Once my master learns what happened, he will immediately make the necessary arrangements..."

At Wu Xiong’s words, Purple Claw’s anxiety immediately subsided.

’The Wu Family Patriarch wields considerable power in Dongwu City. As long as he pulls a few strings, hiding my identity as a Blood Killing Sect assassin should be no problem at all.’

In the sky, the hovering Liu Yuancheng and Zhang Zhichun looked down at the wrecked docks, then at the many buildings in the distance being consumed by the raging inferno.

They thought, ’We have to find a way to catch that lawless masked assailant soon. We can’t let him continue to cause such wanton destruction in Dongwu City.’

As the battle between the three Cultivators subsided, the panicked crowd began to calm down.

Now, all that was left was to extinguish the sea of flames engulfing the docks, and this incident could be considered temporarily concluded.

"Hurry, hurry! You guys, get over there and suppress the flames! Don’t let them spread to the residential district!" the captain of the fire brigade shouted to his team.

"Captain, the fire’s too big! It’s going to be extremely difficult for just the few of us to contain it," a member of the brigade said anxiously.

The captain was well aware of his subordinate’s anxiety. He calmly addressed the team members present.

"Everyone, just follow my orders and do your jobs.

If we can hold on for another three to five minutes, reinforcements will arrive. When they do, we’ll be able to put out this blaze."

The brigade members had great faith in their captain. Hearing his words, they all responded in unison, "Yes, Captain!"

WHOOSH...

It never rains but it pours. Just as the fire captain finished his words of encouragement, a fierce gust of wind suddenly blew in from the river, heading straight for the inferno on the docks.

As the sudden gale swept into the conflagration, the ferocious flames instantly swelled in intensity.

"Captain, a Fire Tornado has formed in the blaze!" a member of the brigade shouted in terror, pointing a trembling finger at a swirling vortex of flames that had appeared in the distance.