As the tall, thin soldier spoke, the crowd behind Ye Ling also became restless.
A middle-aged man in his twenties behind Ye Ling frowned and said unhappily, "Hey! Brother! You're not allowed to use any items or equipment that hide identity attributes when entering the Royal City. If you don't know the rules, hurry up and leave. We behind you still need to enter the city!"
Seeing the dissatisfaction on the faces of the people queuing behind him, Ye Ling didn't want to cause trouble here. He was about to leave the queue and find another way to enter the city.
"Hold it!"
However, before Ye Ling could leave, the two city guards blocked his path again.
"What's wrong now?" Ye Ling frowned slightly, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes.
"We suspect you are a spy from an enemy country. Unless you take out your identity-hiding items now, you can't leave!" the bearded guard said to Ye Ling.
"What if I can't?" Ye Ling frowned. "Are you going to detain me here?"
"Can't take it out?"
The bearded guard raised his eyebrows slightly and secretly gave the tall, thin guard a look. The tall, thin guard immediately understood, a wicked smile playing on his lips, and said to Ye Ling, "I think this matter isn't that simple to resolve. The people behind are waiting to enter the city. You come with me to the side, and we'll resolve it properly."
"Alright."
Ye Ling didn't intend to be unreasonable. He followed the tall, thin guard away from the queue and to the other side of the city gate.
Seeing that he was away from the crowd, the tall, thin guard smiled at Ye Ling and said, "Brother, I see you have your difficulties. We won't make it hard for you. If you can show some sincerity, we can turn a blind eye to today's events and pretend nothing happened."
Seeing that the tall, thin guard wanted to extort money, Ye Ling also smiled slightly and asked, "How much do you want?"
"That depends on how much sincerity you have," the tall, thin guard smiled. "To tell you the truth, we've been catching spies strictly lately. Your purpose in coming to the Royal City is obviously impure. If we catch you and hand you over to the higher-ups, all the money you have will be useless."
Hearing the tall, thin guard's words, Ye Ling understood.
This guy had no intention of letting him go. He probably would still be arrested as a spy even after paying.
These two city guards had a sudden impulse to extort a large sum from Ye Ling before he died.
"I don't have money to give you," Ye Ling replied decisively, speaking the truth.
"No money?" The tall, thin guard's eyes narrowed. "Kid, I treated you as a smart person, but you've treated us like fools time and again?"
"Someone who can afford identity-hiding items wouldn't be without money?"
"I said I don't have any," Ye Ling said quickly. "This time, consider me ignorant of the rules, and I'm at fault. Therefore, I won't pursue your offenses. Next, I will leave the city gate. If you dare to stop me again, things won't be so easily contained."
Ye Ling still intended to give the tall, thin guard another chance and turned to leave.
"Trying to leave?"
Seeing Ye Ling trying to leave, the tall, thin guard's eyes flashed with ferocity. He grabbed Ye Ling's shoulder with his hand. "You're going to die today anyway, so you have to pay me the money before you die!"
"Alas..."
Ye Ling looked at the tall, thin guard's hand, sighed slightly, and shook his head repeatedly. "Why bother? Isn't it good to be alive?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Barton crawled out of Ye Ling's sleeve and bit the tall, thin guard's arm!
Almost instantly, the tall, thin guard's arm turned purplish-blue, and his veins bulged!
"Aaaaaah!"
The tall, thin guard's screams instantly attracted the attention of everyone outside the city gate!
"Old Dai!!!"
The bearded guard's pupils contracted sharply when he saw the tall, thin guard bitten by a purple snake. He immediately pulled down the alarm at the city gate and rushed towards Ye Ling with his weapon, intending to save the tall, thin guard!
By this time, Barton had already given up. After making its move, it didn't think any further, treating both the tall, thin guard and the bearded guard as targets for its anger!
"Since I'm going to die anyway, I'll take a few more with me!"
Barton's eyes flashed with ferocity, and it lunged at the bearded guard, biting his face!
"Aaaaaah!"
Another rough scream echoed at the city gate!
Barton's venom could kill even gods. These two guards at the gate were just ordinary people at level thirty. After being invaded by Barton's venom, their deaths were sealed.
The people queuing at the city gate were all terrified when they saw someone daring to kill wantonly outside the Royal City. They all scattered and fled, moving away from Ye Ling.
After making his move, Ye Ling no longer intended to hide. He stepped over the bodies of the bearded guard, let Barton climb back onto his shoulder, and walked to the city gate.
At this time, all the guards on the city wall had rushed down, and Ye Ling was surrounded by dozens of heavily armored guards at level thirty and above.
"Bold villain, how dare you commit murder in the Royal City in broad daylight?"
A guard captain at level forty stepped out from the heavily armored guards, his sharp eyes under his helmet fixed on Ye Ling, and he shouted sternly.
"I just wanted to enter the city quietly, and the person I'm looking for has nothing to do with you mortals." Ye Ling said indifferently, with no killing intent in his eyes.
"Let your god come out, and I won't kill you."
As he spoke, Barton on Ye Ling's shoulder rapidly enlarged. Its massive serpentine body coiled around Ye Ling, staring at the heavily armored guards at the city gate, flicking its tongue, its eyes filled with ferocity.
"The, the legendary serpent?"
The guard captain immediately recognized Barton's identity, his eyes filled with infinite fear, and he was so scared that he sat down on the ground.
The guards behind him also retreated, their weapon-wielding hands trembling slightly.
Barton was a mythical creature, possessing the bloodline of the Purple Luo Main God, and had once been a high-level god!
Such an supreme being, for the mortals present, only existed in myths and legends. The sudden appearance of Barton at the gate of the Purple Luo Royal City was imaginable.
Barton was wailing internally at this moment, but it dared not diminish Ye Ling's prestige, so it could only show its ferocity as much as possible, making Ye Ling appear as a fierce god!
Barton knew clearly that its only role was to help Ye Ling show off. Whether it lived or died now depended on the pleasure of this Lord Ye Ling!
As Barton revealed its true form, its intimidation effect was exceptionally good. The guards at the gate and the surrounding civilians were all scared out of their wits.
No one dared to block Ye Ling's path anymore, and the news of Barton and a mysterious young man appearing at the Royal City gate spread like wings throughout the Royal City, reaching the palace!
The entire Royal City, at this moment, was completely stirred up!