Lin Chen had gone on a killing spree once again.

Actually, he was being forced 'mad'.

As Lin Chen said, he wouldn't offend anyone unless they offended him.

However, since the game's invasion, Tianyue City had never truly received any friendship from the people of Longling.

Even Jin Qiang, the province lord, whose status was recognized by the king and the council, was merely using Tianyue City as a gun.

Even when Tianyue City was attacked time and time again, Jin Qiang defaulted.

His attitude was indifference.

He allowed those nobles to fight to the death with Tianyue City.

Jin Qiang's posture was that of a chess player.

And Tianyue City was his chess piece.

But now...

This chess piece seemed to be getting out of control.

In less than a month, he had soared from level 120 to level 180, and his soul cultivation had risen from the third and fourth ranks to the Divine Disciple realm... Now, he had even reached the mid-stage of First Revolution.

Then, with one sword strike, he had killed Wu Xing Tian, a peak Divine Disciple and peak Second Revolution expert!

Now the Wu brothers, Wu Xing Tian and Wu Xing Xia, were both dead.

The Wu family's retainers were either dead or had fled.

In this battle, the Wu family had been defeated!

Lin Chen had even led the Blue Star people in pursuit of the Wu family...

The battle that was supposed to crush Tianyue City had become a counterattack... Now the Wu family was being crushed!

The speed of Lin Chen's growth...

Was a bit fast!

No.

Not just a bit, but very fast!

Now, Jin Qiang wondered if he could retreat unscathed if he faced the sword strike Lin Chen used to kill Wu Xing Tian...

What if he was given more time to grow?

Could he still suppress him?

Jin Qiang's expression was unsightly.

At this moment, Jin Qiang, standing on the airship, looked down at Tianyue City.

Finally, his gaze fell on Kong Yan.

A Third Revolution expert.

A Divine Envoy!

Back then, it was because of her existence that Jin Qiang changed his original intention after arriving in Tianyue City... According to Jin Qiang's original idea, none of these Blue Star people should be left alive.

But who knew that Tianyue City would actually receive the support of the entire Bright Saintess Clan?

At that time, Jin Qiang didn't dare to act.

So, he changed his mind and adopted a policy of appeasement towards Tianyue City.

But later Jin Qiang discovered!

Whether it was the last time the De Clan attacked Tianyue City, or this time the Wu family battled Tianyue City, the Bright Saintess Clan had no intention of helping Tianyue City defend the city... Last time the De Clan attacked the mine, Kong Yan didn't take action either.

It was Kong Lin who took action.

With one strike, she severely injured Demi-God.

The Bright Saintess Clan publicly stated that they were only protecting their own territory.

The Tianyue City mine was the territory of the Bright Saintess Clan.

As long as there was no invasion, they wouldn't interfere with matters in Tianyue City.

Now Jin Qiang looked at Kong Yan with some resentment... If he had known this, he might not have allowed Lin Chen to grow up in the first place.

Now, Jin Qiang was hesitant.

Below, Lin Chen was still killing on all sides.

At this time, in the sky, the airships of some families had begun to move...

Two of the eight great families were going to be lost in Tianyue City this time.

The Huo family didn't come this time, who knew what happened...

That left five families.

Those five families all snorted at Jin Qiang, then left without saying goodbye.

The Wu family was gone.

Wu Xing Tian and Wu Xing Xia were dead.

All the Second Revolution retainers had fled.

All the First Revolution combat power had also been buried in Tianyue City.

At this time, the emotions of the five families could be imagined... But they didn't take action.

Because...

The God-Slaying Formation!

Knowing that Tianyue City had a God-Slaying Formation, and that there was also a Lin Chen who could kill a peak Second Revolution expert with one sword strike, they had to re-evaluate Tianyue City's strength... No one dared to be the first to stick their neck out!

After all, no one wanted their clan to be wiped out!

But another family was gone.

The nobles also felt anger in their hearts.

And when this anger had nowhere to vent, Jin Qiang, who they believed had always supported Tianyue City's joining Longling and allowing these Blue Star people to enjoy legal status in Longling, was undoubtedly the target they wanted to target...

All the dissatisfaction came towards Jin Qiang.

Each cold snort represented more than just dissatisfaction.

It was also these families' hostility and hatred towards Jin Qiang!

At this time, Jin Qiang's brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

He had a feeling...

That he had played himself!

Originally, Jin Qiang fancied himself as a chess player.

The entire Zhenhai Province should have been at his beck and call.

But what about now?

Before, Lin Chen had publicly questioned him.

This had already expressed an attitude... He, Lin Chen, could not be anyone's chess piece!

In other words, Lin Chen could no longer be used by him.

And now, the great families in Zhenhai Province had all expressed their dissatisfaction with him...

Now, Zhenhai Province had become a powder keg in his hands.

It felt like it could explode at any time!

Jin Qiang knew that these five families would definitely not let the matter rest.

They were probably going to find the Huo family together!

Now, these powerful families would definitely unite.

What would they do?

Attack Tianyue City together?

Or... impeach him together to the council?

Perhaps...

Both!

Jin Qiang's expression was very bad.

As for the matter related to the Empire Battlefield that he wanted to announce to Lin Chen, he had thrown it all to the back of his mind.

Now he had to deal with the immediate crisis.

"We're going back."

Jin Qiang spoke lightly, but his voice was a little dry.

"Province Lord, what do we do now?" Jin Mu asked.

He could also feel Jin Qiang's current predicament.

So, he looked worried.

"We can only tell the truth to His Majesty as quickly as possible, and let His Majesty send people to support us..."

Jin Qiang was obviously very headache, he pinched his brow, and said in a deep voice: "Who could have expected that Lin Chen would grow so fast, too fast! If we don't control him, I'm afraid we won't be able to control these Blue Star people. I heard that the Blue Star people in Lingnan Province are very honest... Jin Mu, we must gather all the Jin family army to Falling Leaf City. In case things go wrong, then we... at least have a way out!"

Lin Chen's growth rate was too fast.

So fast that even Jin Qiang, the province lord who once completely ignored Lin Chen, now felt threatened in just about a month.

But what made Jin Qiang even more afraid was the council, the king.

It was the complicated political situation!

The political situation in Longling had always been very complicated.

This was mainly due to the conflict between the nobles and the monarchy.

In fact, Jin Qiang was also part of the nobility.

However, he was loyal to the king, helped the king act, and recovered the territory.

The territory that had been eaten by the nobles!

In the eyes of the nobles, Jin Qiang was obviously a traitor.

He was a betrayer of interests.

At this time, how could Jin Qiang not feel threatened?

But how could a person like Jin Qiang not have a trump card?

The Jin family army was his trump card!

This was a force that had fought on the Empire Battlefield!

Jin Qiang came from the army, grew into a noble on the Empire Battlefield, and later, because of the Blue Star invasion plan, he was entrusted with an important task by the king to take charge of Zhenhai Province. To put it bluntly, Jin Qiang was now a regional governor.

The resources he could mobilize were not few.

"Once the council wants to move the province lord, our Jin family army will simply secede! In order to protect the province lord and protect the family, we will fight to the death!" Jin Mu said in a deep voice.

He had thought of the worst situation.

What a slip of the foot is an eternal regret!

Who would have thought that a Blue Star person who was only level 120 a month ago could force so many Second Revolution experts in Zhenhai Province to such a situation?

Now, because of a Lin Chen, a Tianyue City, even the province lord Jin Qiang felt that his position was in jeopardy.

Jin Mu and Jin Qiang's subordinates were still quite loyal.

They all expressed their loyalty to Jin Qiang.

Even...

They were even prepared to secede!

This was to break away from the control of Longling!

What was this?

This was rebellion!

But even though Jin Mu was full of confidence and confident that the Jin family army had the strength to secede, Jin Qiang's next sentence still made him at a loss.

Jin Qiang said in a deep voice: "If the council wants to move me, then we can indeed secede and not listen to them, but... what if His Majesty wants to move me?"

"His Majesty... how is that possible!"

Jin Mu was shocked.

What he said, the Jin family army's secession, must also have His Majesty's support.

And he also believed that His Majesty the King would support them.

Because...

The Jin family had always been loyal to him, and it was also for the king's power, to prevent the royal family from being backlashed by the increasingly inflated nobles, that they did all this!

How could His Majesty the King cross the river and tear down the bridge?

Once they lost the support of the king, Jin Qiang would be hated by both humans and gods.

But...

What did Jin Qiang do?

What heinous thing did he commit?

Was he determined to force him to such a dead end?

No!

What Jin Qiang did was to be loyal to the royal family, and it was also a major event that was conducive to the royal family's consolidation of power!

Recovering the territory and not letting the nobles continue to annex it endlessly was even a reform that was beneficial to the Longling Dynasty for generations to come!

But why did it become like this?

"Province Lord, if the king is really so昏庸, then this country is completely hopeless." Jin Mu said hatefully.

"You don't understand."

Jin Qiang shook his head.

There were still many things that Jin Mu didn't understand.

How could the struggle for power be completely covered up by some great principles?

Jin Qiang himself knew what he was doing.

He also knew what he was doing to offend these powerful people.

But didn't the king and the council know?

Didn't the Three Dukes and Thirteen Marquises know?

Everyone was clear!

It was just a struggle of interests, each serving his own master.

Everyone wanted to protect their own interests.

"Report to the council, Lin Chen of Tianyue City refused to fulfill his obligation to send troops to join the Empire Battlefield, and request the council to send people to镇压... As for the king, tell him everything as it is."

Jin Qiang said: "Jin Mu, if possible, I now... just want to take you brothers and be able to retreat completely."

Although that was what he said.

But from Jin Qiang's attitude...

He also knew that he was afraid it would not be easy to retreat.

Lin Chen didn't know that he had been given a fabricated crime by Jin Qiang.

He asked everyone to clean up the battlefield.

Then, Lin Chen looked at the airships of all parties that had gone away, and he was also pondering...

Today's sword strike was the first time he had punched his fist in front of all the forces in Zhenhai Province.

It was also the time he showed his fangs.

So, what would happen next?

Lin Chen couldn't predict it.

After all, his understanding of the entire Longling was only limited to the Zhenhai Province.

The only thing Lin Chen could do was to become stronger!

Now he had officially entered the mid-stage of First Revolution.

Soul cultivation was a bit slow.

This was normal.

After all, the Divine Disciple realm was to run through the two major realms of First Revolution and Second Revolution.

The equipment that Lin Chen could use could also be upgraded.

At present, First Revolution handmade equipment could not be made.

However, someone had a way.

Winter!

A merchant of the Longling Empire.

A pure speculator.

Lin Chen found Winter and asked him if he had any First Revolution equipment design drawings, as well as appraisal drawings for top-quality equipment.

"City Lord Lin, to be honest, the commercial exchange meeting that I discussed with you before may be postponed indefinitely... Today's battle will make the situation in Tianyue City very bad."

When Winter saw Lin Chen and was asked for these things, he had a look of sorrow, and he said: "This time I was wrong, I didn't know that you, City Lord Lin, could... could kill a peak Second Revolution expert with one sword strike! That's the peak of the Divine Disciple realm, which means that you already have the strength to threaten many people. Next, I'm afraid that the superiors will no longer treat Tianyue City favorably. So, this time the most loss is me, I transferred so many things to Tianyue City, it is possible to lose everything!"

Winter was very depressed.

He said that he had misread the situation, not because he had misread the potential of Tianyue City.

On the contrary, the commercial potential of Tianyue City had always been there.

The key was...

Winter himself did not expect that in this era, there would be someone whose growth rate would be so fast.

It was precisely because Lin Chen had emerged too quickly that the risk assessment of Tianyue City had been infinitely increased.

This was what Winter was most afraid of!

High risk meant that the city might not be able to be saved.

Then, wouldn't all his investments be in vain?

So, Winter now saw Lin Chen, no longer with a confident look, on the contrary, he was very worried.

All his investment might be gone!

God knew how many materials he had transferred because he was optimistic about Tianyue City?

Now, the business had not even started, and he was about to lose his basic disk.

Lin Chen smiled and said: "Mr. Winter, are you too worried? I think that with the complexity of the Longling dynasty, it should not be that even a small Tianyue City can not be accommodated, right?"

"City Lord Lin, what you said is right, but... please ask City Lord Lin, you killed Wu Xing Tian with one sword strike, and you are still a Blue Star person, and you are acting so high-profile, do you have someone in the court?" Winter asked.

Lin Chen was stunned, and then shook his head.

Someone in the court?

Where did he get people!

"If no one protects you, then why is City Lord Lin so sure that Tianyue City will not be besieged?"

Winter said, picked up the wine glasses between the two and put them up: "This is His Majesty the King, this is the Council, this is the Three Dukes and Thirteen Marquises... City Lord Lin, these three forces, may I ask if you can have the confidence to let one of them protect you, protect Tianyue City?"

"No." Lin Chen shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I don't have the ability to help you contact any of these forces..."

Winter said regretfully: "City Lord Lin, I have the things you want, but I'm afraid that you can't afford the price."

"You can just ask." Lin Chen's eyes lit up.

Winter said: "I can give you a thousand design drawings for First Revolution handmade equipment, and I can also give you a thousand First Revolution top-quality equipment appraisal talismans, but these things are worth 3 billion gold coins... Can City Lord Lin afford it?"

Obviously, Winter did not know Lin Chen's financial resources.

This was normal.

After he came to Tianyue City, he had been doing business with the residents of Tianyue City, that is, the Blue Star people.

Most of these Blue Star people were earning some gold coins and soul crystals by mining. Everyone's leveling, including eating and accommodation, required money, so they had to be careful. Although the market was very good, Winter did not see that they were very rich.

Naturally, he thought that Lin Chen should not have much money either.

But Lin Chen smiled and said: "No problem, in addition... there is also the Sky Palace secret realm, and what good things you have, I can want all of them, including special formation materials. By the way, design drawings for handmade equipment, higher than level 120, including appraisal talismans for top-quality equipment, I want all of them, you can just name a price!"

"What?"

Winter was shocked!

With what he had in his hand, the price of these things that Lin Chen said would be more than 10 billion gold coins!

Was Lin Chen so rich?

"My wealth, can only say, will exceed your imagination!" Lin Chen smiled.

Then, he threw a space ring to Winter.

It was densely packed with gold coins!

At least... 10 billion!

Then, another space ring.

It was full of soul crystals.

Ordinary ones.

There were also tens of millions of them!

"Is it enough? If it's not enough, I still have..." Lin Chen asked lightly.

"Enough, too enough!"

Winter said happily: "If I had known that you were so rich, City Lord Lin, then what would I worry about?"

"No, you still have to worry, after all, according to what you said, maybe the entire Longling is jealous of me now... To be honest, I have a lot of wealth, but now... I may have to run away with these wealth." Lin Chen said half-flatteringly.

He knew that Winter was a very pure businessman.

What was the essence of a pure businessman?

Wealth!

He was greedy for money.

Now, Lin Chen showed his financial resources.

That was what he had spent tens of millions to exchange for before the game's invasion. It was almost half of all the wealth created by the players in the entire "New World" online game in twenty years!

Lin Chen was very rich!

But now, Longling could not tolerate him.

Lin Chen said that he wanted to run away.

However, facing such a God of Wealth, Winter refused. He quickly said: "City Lord Lin, I will have those things you want sent over now! In addition, City Lord Lin, you don't have to worry. I have a way that may guarantee that your Tianyue City will retreat completely from this storm... I don't know, have you ever heard of Princess Qingyue?"

"Never heard of it." Lin Chen shook his head.

"I can help you get in touch with Princess Qingyue. If you can satisfy her, City Lord Lin, perhaps... she can protect you and the entire Tianyue City!"

Winter also finally revealed a trump card that made him thrive in Longling: "To be honest, the boss behind me is Princess Qingyue, the younger sister of the King of Longling!"

The drama began to be staged.

Lin Chen showed his fangs.

How could a Blue Star person who was naturally hostile to the entire country retreat completely from the competition for power?

Please look forward to it!

Also, don't say that I'm watering anymore.

The protagonist is about to rush to the universe soon, and it's not even 300,000 words yet!

(End of this chapter)