56: Watch the boss leave and start cleaning the floor!

On the long street, the deathly silence was torn apart by a shrill scream, and then, like boiling oil poured into water, it completely exploded!

"Dead... a dead person!"

"It's Young Master Changsun from the Changsun family! The prime minister's own nephew!"

"Oh my god! The sky is falling!"

It was not uncommon for a few people to die in Taian City.

But the one who died, his surname was Changsun!

That was the prime minister of the Great Tang Dynasty, Prime Minister Changsun Wuji, who was beneath one person and above ten thousand, and this was his own nephew!

In the territory of Taian City, let alone killing him, even talking back to him on the street, one would have to weigh whether their head was hard enough!

Now, the person was lying stiffly on the street, with a bloody hole in his forehead, as dead as could be.

Next to him, an Innate expert was also lying!

This matter was huge!

It was probably going to pierce the sky!

"Run! Run!"

"The City Guard is about to seal the city! It'll be too late if you don't leave now!"

The crowd, like a receding tide, scattered and fled.

Shops closed their doors and locked up, and vendors didn't even bother to pack up their stalls, pushing their carts and rushing home.

In just a dozen breaths, the long street, which had been bustling with activity, was now empty, with only two still-warm corpses and a mess on the ground.

In the air, there was a nauseating smell of blood, and... the oppressive feeling of an impending storm.

The efficiency of the City Guard was unprecedentedly high.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the heavy sound of iron armor rubbing and the neat footsteps approached from afar.

A team of several hundred City Guards surrounded the entire street so tightly that not even a drop of water could get through.

Leading them was a middle-aged general with a resolute face, wearing fine iron armor, Li De, the Deputy General of the Taian City Guard.

When he saw the two corpses on the ground, especially Changsun Hao's unseeing face, even he, a seasoned general who had seen countless battles on the battlefield, couldn't help but gasp, feeling a chill rush from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!

"It's over!" Li De's mind was left with only these two words.

"General, everyone... everyone ran away." A personal guard tremblingly stepped forward to report, "According... according to a few common people who didn't run far, the culprit was a woman, she looked... she looked like a Heavenly Immortal, and... and with just one finger, Guest Elder Chen and Young Master Changsun, they... they both died."

One finger?

Li De's eyelids twitched wildly.

Guest Elder Chen, he knew him, a Guest Elder hired by the Changsun family with a hefty sum, a genuine Early Stage Innate expert!

He was killed with one finger?

What the hell was this!

He looked at the two corpses, silent, but cold sweat poured down his forehead like rain, unable to stop.

The thunderous wrath of the prime minister, Prime Minister Changsun Wuji... he dared not imagine!

Let alone him, a small Deputy General, even his direct superior, the Guardian of Taian City, would absolutely not be able to bear it!

The sky of Taian City was probably really going to collapse!

What to do?

Seal the city?

Search and arrest?

What to search with? What to arrest with?

Use the lives of these few hundred soldiers, most of whom weren't even Martial Artists, to fill a bottomless pit that could kill an Innate expert with one finger?!

Li De felt a chill down his neck, as if he had already seen Prime Minister Changsun Wuji's face filled with the word "kill."

He remained silent for a long time, so long that the air around him almost solidified.

Finally, he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Go... go invite the General!"

This matter had already far exceeded his scope of handling.

It must be decided personally by the Guardian!

At this moment, the instigator, Ling Ke'er, had already cast those two lives out of her mind.

She was still unhurriedly traversing the various markets, large and small, within Taian City.

Her clear, cold Phoenix eyes swept over rows of dazzling shelves, medicinal herbs, Ore, rare treasures, exotic artifacts... Unfortunately, what met her eyes were all mundane items.

Let alone Heaven And Earth Treasure containing ice-attributed Spiritual Qi, she couldn't even find a decent hundred-year-old medicinal herb.

Ling Ke'er was utterly disappointed.

"It seems I can only try my luck in those remote deep mountains and great rivers."

She made up her mind and stopped wasting time, turning to walk out of the market.

However, as soon as she stepped out of the market, her keen spiritual sense detected something amiss.

It was too quiet.

So quiet, it was a bit eerie.

The street, which had just been bustling with people, was now empty, so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched her shadow long, revealing an unspeakable desolation and... a killing intent.

"Oh? You came quite fast." Ling Ke'er's lips curved into a cold arc.

Not only was she not afraid, but a hint of Battle Intent ignited in her clear, cold Phoenix eyes.

Perfect, I'll use you ants to test the power of my Mystic Maiden Heart Sutra!

Without a change in expression, the magical power in her body, which had just Cultivated to Qi Refining Seventh Layer, had already begun to circulate quietly, and within three feet of her, the air seemed to become viscous.

She walked unhurriedly, step by step, towards the North Gate of the city.

One step, two steps... ten zhang, a hundred zhang... a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour... she walked for almost half an hour!

From the market in the south of the city, all the way to the majestic North Gate of Taian City!

Along the way, it was still empty!

No sneak attacks, no encirclement, not even a ghost's shadow was seen!

"Hmm?" Ling Ke'er's brows finally furrowed slightly, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes.

What's going on?

Where are the people?

Did I scare them away?

She stood under the empty city gate arch, somewhat at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

She had gathered all her strength, but... it was empty?

She shook her head, too lazy to delve deeper, and with a flicker of her figure, she transformed into a light blue afterimage, disappearing at the end of the official road, continuing to rush towards the heartland of the Great Tang Dynasty.

And not long after she left.

On the towering city walls of Taian City, two figures quietly appeared.

It was none other than the Deputy General of the City Guard, Li De, and the highest military officer of Taian City—the Guardian, Wang Kui.

Li De looked at Ling Ke'er's retreating back, his face filled with bewilderment and lingering fear, and he finally couldn't help but ask the Guardian beside him, whose aura was as steady as a mountain: "General, why... why didn't you capture her?"

"Capture?" Wang Kui glanced at him, his gaze no different from looking at an idiot, "Capture with what?"

"I've just entered the first-rate, you, Middle Stage second-rate. Didn't you see the two corpses on the street just now?"

"One is a good-for-nothing from the Changsun family, the other is a genuine Innate!"

"With one finger, she can kill an Innate! You tell me, if the two of us rush up, how many fingers will it take for her to kill us?"

Wang Kui's voice was not loud, but it made Li De feel a chill all over, cold sweat pouring down.

Yes...

What to capture with?

To fill it with lives?!

"But... but how do we explain to Prime Minister Changsun?" Li De's voice trembled.

Wang Kui snorted coldly, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes, "Explain? The person is dead, how can we explain?"

"You go and gather the brothers who came out today, take them to a desolate place outside the city, and let them rest in peace."

"Ah?!" Li De was greatly alarmed, "General, this..."

"What 'this'!" Wang Kui interrupted him sharply, "If you want to die, don't drag me along!"

"Listen carefully, this is how the report to the imperial court will be written:"

"A demonic woman suddenly appeared in Taian City, her strength unfathomable, committing murder on the street, beheading Young Master Changsun and the mansion's Guest Elder. Our Taian City Guard, to protect the nation's law and avenge the nation's hatred, engaged in a desperate battle with her! However, the demonic woman's strength was too terrifying, and our army... suffered heavy casualties, pursued her with all our might, and finally... exhausted and outmatched, she broke through and escaped!"

Wang Kui's voice echoed faintly on the city wall.

"As for evidence?" He pointed to the empty city below his feet, "This, this is the evidence!"

"Do you understand?"

Li De looked at his superior's cold and ruthless face, feeling a chill rise from the bottom of his heart, he swallowed with difficulty, and nodded heavily.

"Subordinate... understands!"