Supreme Warrior in the City

The five Saint Venerables were on the verge of spitting blood. Along their journey, they searched through a dozen other Saint Venerables to get a small stash, and now it was all handed over to Su Yang.

However, they had no choice. If this matter blew up, it wouldn’t just be about those items; their lives might be at stake.

The five Saint Venerables followed Su Yang. The leading Saint Venerable originally intended to pick up the Space Artifact that Su Yang had discarded in the air.

But as Su Yang passed by the Space Artifact, he casually picked it up as well and tossed it to Long Qiu.

”Long Qiu, put it away!” Su Yang said, ”This is a token of appreciation from our fellow brothers. They are truly generous. Go, bring out my good wine. I want to have a few drinks with our brothers!”

The five Saint Venerables were almost spitting blood from anger, feeling that Su Yang was truly shameless. Both Space Artifacts were taken, didn’t he dismiss the first one?

And we offered so many treasures, and in the end, you invite us for drinks? What wine could compare to these treasures?

Yet, despite their resentment, none dared to utter a word.

Su Yang was a peculiar Saint Venerable unlike any they had encountered before, and they really didn’t dare provoke him any further.

They led the five Saint Venerables away and arranged a feast for them. However, while eating and drinking, it felt like chewing tasteless wax to them.

Still, in front of Su Yang, they had to put on a happy face. What else could they do when Su Yang held their lifelines in his hand?

During the feasting, the leading Saint Venerable tentatively asked Su Yang to delete the footage, but Su Yang refused. Clearly, Su Yang intended to use the footage to extort them further, and they had no recourse. After all, they couldn’t even defeat Su Yang, so what else could be said?

In the end, the five Saint Venerables could only leave Su Yang’s territory reluctantly, but not before leaving him with shocking news: The Saint King wanted to summon him!

Or rather, it wasn’t just that the Saint King wanted to summon him; many Saint Venerables were being summoned, and Su Yang was just one among them.

According to Long Qiu’s introduction, the Saint King overseeing this region was called the Jinghong Saint King, with about three to four hundred Saint Venerables under him. And Su Yang was just one of those three to four hundred.

This time, when the Jinghong Saint King summoned the lower Saint Venerables, he only summoned a few representative ones. For instance, in Su Yang’s area, only Su Yang was summoned; the other Saint Venerables didn’t even qualify to meet the Saint King.

Such scenarios had occurred before. Every hundred years, the Jinghong Saint King would summon the lower Saint Venerables, similar to how ancient ministers would visit the emperor, constituting a routine summons without anything too significant.

The key issue, however, was that this time Su Yang was going to meet the Saint King, and that was what truly made him uneasy.

This was the Saint King! Should Su Yang reveal any flaw, wouldn’t he be doomed? Not only would he perish, but the entire Nine Realms would also be jeopardized!

However, since the Saint King Order had been issued, Su Yang could only obediently go to meet the Saint King. If he refused, he would only die quicker. Disobeying the Saint King’s order was tantamount to rebelling against the Saint King, and certain death.

With no other option, Su Yang could only summon Long Qiu to thoroughly investigate matters pertaining to the Jinghong Saint King. Su Yang committed all the information about the Jinghong Saint King to memory, including his personality and traits, before setting out.

Yet, after Long Qiu’s investigation, one statement eased Su Yang’s mind considerably.

Among the Saint Venerables going to visit the Jinghong Saint King, several had never even met the Jinghong Saint King once. They knew nothing about him, so Su Yang needn’t worry about revealing any cracks.

After receiving this information, Su Yang felt much bolder. Memorizing the intel collected by Long Qiu, Su Yang set off towards Jinghong City.

Of course, before departing, Su Yang also gave clear instructions regarding the matters in the Nine Realms.

There were plenty of Saint Venerable experts in the Nine Realms now, and even if Su Yang left, there wouldn’t be any issues. The key was whether the Beast Tamers would increase their offensive; as long as they didn’t, no unexpected problems would arise.

From the intelligence that Long Qiu gathered, Su Yang gained some understanding of Jinghong City.

Jinghong City, like the Unihorn Saint Venerable’s city, was a massive city standing in the Void. However, Jinghong City was a thousand times larger than the Unihorn Saint Venerable’s city.

The Unihorn Saint Venerable’s city was already comparable in size to a Human World.

So, Jinghong City was as large as a thousand Human Worlds, and the vastness was unimaginable.

Yet upon truly reaching Jinghong City, Su Yang was still shocked beyond measure.

Arriving here, seeing it all at once, Su Yang was utterly dumbfounded.

The immense size of the city was simply terrifying!

Su Yang estimated internally that this must be akin to an Intermediate World?

Such an enormous city, organized so meticulously, was what truly amazed him.

Even before Su Yang descended into Jinghong City, a dozen armored Demon Beasts flew up from below. Leading them were two Saint Venerables, with Holy Beasts following behind.

Seeing Su Yang, the leading Saint Venerable immediately asked, ”Who goes there?”

”Saint Venerable Jiushi!” Su Yang replied loudly, ”Summoned by the Saint King, I hereby come to pay my respects to the Saint King!”

”So, it’s the Saint Venerable Jiushi!” the leading Saint Venerable nodded, ”May I see the invitation for the Saint Venerable?”

Su Yang presented the invitation previously given by the Envoys. The Saint Venerable examined it and slowly nodded, ”Saint Venerable Jiushi, please follow me!”

Su Yang followed this Saint Venerable, descending into Jinghong City.

Inside Jinghong City, all residents were Demon Beasts. The bodies of these Demon Beasts were immensely large. Consequently, the buildings here were also extraordinarily tall.

Any casual building was as high as a mountain. And the larger buildings towered like high mountains reaching tens of thousands of miles.

In the center of the city, there was a range of towering edifices, likely the residence of the Jinghong Saint King.

The Saint Venerable led Su Yang into the city, and immediately several Demon Beasts approached, accompanying Su Yang further into the city’s depths. The two Saint Venerables then withdrew, evidently as the city’s gatekeepers.

Su Yang was equally astounded internally. The fact that even gatekeepers of this city were Saint Venerables spoke volumes of the Saint King’s might!

Guided by the demon beasts, Su Yang journeyed forward to a courtyard not far from the Jinghong Saint King Palace.

”Lord Jiushi, this is a resting place specially provided by the Saint King for visiting Saint Venerables. Here, you may rest for a while. When it’s time for the audience, someone will come to lead you to the palace to meet the King!” A demon beast bowed and said, ”If you have any orders, feel free to instruct the demon beasts here at your will, Lord Jiushi!”