Chapter 2004: I Will Spare Your Life

The Heavenly Eagle Imperial City was filled with panic everywhere.

News arrived: Lü Yan, the Celestial Venerable and city lord of the Five Firmaments Grand Capital, issued a Celestial Venerable Decree in his capacity as city lord.

Within the domain of the Five Firmaments Grand Capital, all one hundred and eighty-seven imperial capitals—every martial artist above the Divine Realm—were to assemble at the Nine Xu Imperial Capital!

A Celestial Venerable Decree was the supreme command within the scope of a grand capital.

Cities that received the order had to set aside all affairs and obey unconditionally.

However, such a decree might not be invoked even once in a million years.

And this time, Celestial Venerable Lü Yan had invoked it!

His goal: to deal with a single imperial city!

One must understand that each of the one hundred and eighty-seven imperial capitals had at least ten or more True God Realm experts.

Some high-level imperial capitals even had dozens of True God Realm experts.

What a terrifying force this was!

"Has Celestial Venerable Lü Yan gone mad? To deal with our small imperial city, he actually mobilizes thousands of True God Realm experts?"

"This... how can we fight? Even if each of us had three heads and six arms, we couldn't possibly win!"

"Counting Lord Ye Yuan, and Lord Bai Guang who just broke through, Lord Leng Qiuling, and Lord Ning Tianping, the True God Realm experts in the city total only six. Six against thousands?"

...

Everyone was in despair!

This disparity in power was utterly despairing.

For an imperial city, a single True God Realm was enough to make everyone look up to him.

But now, thousands of True God Realm experts were coming at once—the shock was beyond words.

Only one thought filled everyone's mind: Celestial Venerable Lü Yan had gone mad!

Driven mad by Lord Ye Yuan's provocation!

Inside the city lord's mansion, gloom hung heavy; frost covered everyone's faces, their expressions grim and stern.

"I never imagined Celestial Venerable Lü Yan would be so insane, mobilizing thousands of True God Realm experts at once. He's forcing us into a corner!" Jiang Yutang lamented.

All remained silent, not knowing how to respond.

Before absolute power, all efforts were futile.

Even if Ye Yuan's alchemy was peerless, he couldn't create thousands of True God Realm experts in such a short time!

Not to mention that among these thousands of True God Realm experts, some were terrifying existences at the Ninth Heaven of True God Realm.

Any one of them alone would be more than the Heavenly Eagle Imperial City could handle.

"You, you all say something! This... this is suffocating me!" Bai Guang paced back and forth, looking extremely anxious.

These people had always had blind faith in Ye Yuan.

But this time was different!

No matter how capable Ye Yuan was, he couldn't deal with these thousands of True God Realm martial artists!

The others, hearing Bai Guang's words, sighed one after another but still said nothing.

They had no idea what to say.

Just then, someone suddenly reported that a powerful figure in a loose black cloak had arrived at the door, his face unclear.

Everyone exchanged glances. At a time like this, who would come seeking an audience?

"Let him in," Ye Yuan said indifferently.

Before long, a powerful figure buried in a black cloak appeared before them.

Ye Yuan studied him and said with slight surprise, "So it's City Lord Yu. Why are you here? At this moment, you should be avoiding us Sky Eagles like the plague."

The man removed his cloak, revealing himself, and looked at Ye Yuan in shock.

His disguise had been seen through at a glance?

The visitor was none other than Yu Wenfeng, the city lord of Nine Xu Imperial Capital!

Yu Wenfeng's arrival caught everyone off guard. They all looked at him, wondering what he was up to.

Yu Wenfeng smiled bitterly. "Brother Ye, your methods are truly impressive. It seems my guess was right—you wouldn't just sit and wait for death."

Ye Yuan chuckled. "City Lord Yu, we are currently on opposing sides. Aren't you afraid I'll detain you?"

To everyone's surprise, Yu Wenfeng sighed slightly. "Brother Ye, to be honest, I came to ask for your mercy. Under the Heavenly Lord's decree, as the city lord of Nine Xu, I had no choice but to oppose you. If possible, I truly don't wish to be your enemy."

Yu Wenfeng's words astonished the Sky Eagle high-ranking officials present.

Had this guy been kicked in the head by a donkey?

With such a disparity in strength, he came to ask Ye Yuan for mercy?

Did he not understand the situation?

Ye Yuan laughed. "City Lord Yu, have you got it wrong? Thousands of True God realm experts are enough to raze Sky Eagle dozens of times over, leaving not even a trace. And you're asking me to show mercy?"

But Yu Wenfeng said seriously, "Others don't know your identity, but I do! When you were still in the Heavenly God realm, you became the Chief Grand Elder of the Dan Chen Pavilion. How could you not have Heavenly Lord experts backing you? With the Wanbao Tower's influence, it's not impossible to contend with Heavenly Lord Lü Yan. So I knew you wouldn't just sit and wait for death!"

Ye Yuan looked at Yu Wenfeng with a half-smile. "Is that what you're worried about? Then I can tell you, there's no need. The Heavenly Lord experts of Wanbao Tower won't help me."

Yu Wenfeng was taken aback, clearly finding this very unexpected.

But after a moment of silence, he insisted, "Brother Ye, I know you're no ordinary man and must have other means. In any case, I came to tell you that my Nine Xu Imperial Capital will take a perfunctory stance toward this Heavenly Lord's decree. I only hope Brother Ye will show mercy when the time comes!"

Ye Yuan hadn't expected that when the whole world was against him, Yu Wenfeng would actually believe in him and take a huge risk to ask for mercy.

This time, he saw Yu Wenfeng in a new light.

Yu Wenfeng's guess was correct—he, Ye Yuan, was never one to sit and wait for death.

Lü Yan had made such a big show, thinking it would intimidate him and drive him to despair.

But he was wrong.

Ye Yuan nodded slowly and said calmly, "Alright, I understand. I'll spare your life."

Yu Wenfeng's pupils contracted, then he nodded and clasped his hands to Ye Yuan. "Thank you, Brother Ye. I'm in the spotlight now and can't stay long. I'll take my leave! After this matter, I will personally come to thank you!"

Ye Yuan nodded slightly. Yu Wenfeng, inwardly shocked, took his leave and departed.

After Yu Wenfeng left, the others looked at Ye Yuan with extremely strange expressions.

Bai Guang jumped up and shouted, "Big brother, you've kept us in the dark! So you already had a plan—why didn't you say so earlier?"

Ye Yuan laughed. "You blockhead, you've followed me for so many years. Don't you know me yet?"

Bai Guang slapped his forehead and said gloomily, "I... I was stunned this time. I've never encountered such a big move before! Big brother, what exactly are your methods? Could it be... you've invited a Heavenly Lord expert?"

Ye Yuan chuckled. "Invite a Heavenly Lord expert? I don't have that ability! But... we can create a Heavenly Lord expert ourselves!"