I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 162 - 124 Still haven’t had enough of killing? [One more!]

Chapter 162: Chapter 124 Still haven’t had enough of killing? [One more!]

The gates of the inner city were forcefully flung open.

Deputy Commander Zhou Yuan of the Observatory, graceful and composed, stood with his hands clasped behind him.

His Qi Refining Realm cultivation was, in this moment, indisputably displayed.

The City Defense Army all stepped back.

Even the Great Commander, responsible for the defense of the inner city’s southern gate, couldn’t help but reveal a look of shock and retreated.

"Zhou Yuan, don’t say it’s you, even if it were the Commander of the Observatory, you can’t attack the city by force; today, you have caused a serious incident!"

At that moment, from a distance, a sonorous and powerful voice suddenly rang out, shouting, "All of you, step back! I’ll personally meet this Deputy Commander of the Observatory!"

The one arriving was the Great General in charge of the southern gate’s defense in High Willow City!

He oversaw all defense matters, both within the inner city and the outer city.

The Great Commander of the outer city’s southern gate, Zhao Zhou, and the Great Commander of the inner city’s southern gate, Gu Chang, were both his right-hand men.

"Great General Bai, you’re in charge of the southern gate’s defense of the inner city. Although you haven’t taken part in the graft case of city wall expansion, the materials transported to the south all pass through your jurisdiction,"

Deputy Commander Zhou said with one hand behind his back and the other pointing forward, slowly speaking, "Today, at the very least, you’ll be charged with dereliction of duty!"

Boom!!!

Two streams of True Qi suddenly exploded!

A violent wind arose, sweeping in every direction.

The two buildings closest to the clash even suffered from the aftershocks of the True Qi collision, as the wind tore down walls and ripped up roof tiles.

"Have you of the Observatory lost your minds!"

The Great General Bai shouted angrily, "What on earth are you trying to accomplish by causing trouble without reason today?"

"It is my duty to oversee the entire city, to eliminate all illegal activities, to capture all outlaws,"

Deputy Commander Zhou spoke slowly, "Anyone who dares to obstruct me, kill!"

He pointed forward, saying, "I promised the General Flag Envoy behind me to take over his duties tonight!"

"The General Flag Envoy behind you?"

Great General Bai was taken aback.

"..."

Deputy Commander Zhou suddenly looked astounded and involuntarily glanced behind him.

Wu Chang, who should have been standing behind him, ready to return to the Outer South Bureau, had vanished without a trace.

"Where is he?"

"Earlier..."

Just then, atop the city wall, the middle-aged Martial Artist spoke up, "While you were clashing with the Great General, he picked up his sword and went to the left."

"..."

Deputy Commander Zhou fell silent for a moment, then turned to Great General Bai and said, "Let’s put aside your dereliction of duty for now; first, let me pass to look for him."

"You have overturned the city gates, which is a capital offense!"

Great General Bai stated sternly, "And you think you can just leave?"

Deputy Commander Zhou spoke slowly, "If I remember correctly, to the left is the southern district’s granary?"

"So what if it is?" Great General Bai raised his eyebrows.

"He’s gone to the granary." Deputy Commander Zhou continued slowly, "On the list, there’s a direct descendant from the Bai family who has been appointed as the Southern District Granary Envoy at the City Guard Mansion. All the grain to be transported outside the southern gate must be temporarily stored in the granary!"

"What do you mean?" Great General Bai was taken aback.

"He’s out to kill," Deputy Commander Zhou said aloud, "He didn’t return to the outer city because he’s already killed all those who needed to be killed there."

"..." Great General Bai fell silent.

"If you block me for a moment, ten more of the Bai family will die." Deputy Commander Zhou spoke in an even tone, slowly saying, "I intended to capture them all and determine their punishment according to their crimes—death for those deserving death, hard labor for those deserving labor... but in his eyes, these people all deserve to die!"

"Is this how your people of the Observatory handle cases now?" Great General Bai angrily said, "According to him, shouldn’t my entire Bai family be slaughtered?"

"Not necessarily—for you, this proud and self-righteous man, have not participated in this case and have committed no capital crime. At worst, for dereliction of duty, you’d lose a hand." Deputy Commander Zhou pondered and then added, "But in his eyes, perhaps half of the entire Bai family deserves death."

Then, with a smile, Deputy Commander Zhou continued, "Looking around the inner city, aside from me and the Commander, I’m afraid no one can persuade him! If you still want to argue about the gate incident..."

"Then what are you wasting words for?!"

Great General Bai immediately stepped aside, shouting, "Well, go now!"

Deputy Commander Zhou chuckled and moved forward.

"Hold on!"

"What now?"

"How fast can you run on two legs? Take my steed, and quickly chase him down!"

"Fair enough."

Deputy Commander Zhou mounted the horse and rode off towards the inner city.

Great General Bai, from the Bai family, heaved a sigh and looked at the ground littered with severed heads before the city gate.

He walked forward and picked up one of the gruesomely disfigured heads, lamenting, "Yuexi... "

"Great General could have pursued the General Flag Envoy Wu Chang himself; why did you let Deputy Commander Zhou go instead?"

The middle-aged Martial Artist came closer and inquired in a low voice.

"The expansion of the city walls involves the safety of the Human Clan. Those who embezzled materials indeed deserve death,"

The Great General said with a complex expression, speaking slowly, "But after all, I am from the Bai family, and I cannot bring myself to do it."

He held the head in his arms and whispered, "If I were to pursue him, I would have to avenge ’Yuexi’!"

"You don’t wish to seek revenge?" The middle-aged Martial Artist was taken aback.

"Is the General Flag Envoy’s killing tonight not a crime worthy of death?" The Great General suddenly asked.

"..." The middle-aged Martial Artist became silent.

"Speak freely." The Great General urged.

"To carry out justice and law impartially would be esteemed as a great merit," the middle-aged Martial Artist pondered aloud.

"So, how could you ask me to kill him?"

Great General Bai put away the head and continued, "When I was younger, I took pride in being born into the Bai family of the inner city and ascended quickly because of it."

"But tonight, I am envious of you, for you don’t have too many entanglements behind you."

"If not for being born into the Bai family..."

The Great General looked at the middle-aged Martial Artist and said, "Then tonight, at least twenty officers of the city’s defense would have had their heads severed by me!"

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