Chapter 1480 - 744: A Tiger Eats Its Cubs
"No matter what the consequences are, I’ll make you pay the price and see what kind of days the common people are living."
"You must be blind—bullying the people, is that what you call skill?"
As soon as Lin Beichen thought of this, his rage burned like fire.
Ignoring the guards trying to stop him, he charged straight into the main hall.
The City Lord hadn’t expected Lin Beichen to barge in at this moment.
Lin Beichen walked straight to the table and flipped everything on it onto the floor.
In an instant, the hall was a complete mess. Seeing Lin Beichen acting so crazily, the City Lord questioned angrily, "What are you going insane for? Who provoked you that you’re rampaging like this?"
"Now you’re overturning my table for no reason—do you still have this City Lord in your eyes at all? Your courage has grown too big."
"Hmph..."
Lin Beichen let out a cold snort at the City Lord’s words.
He clenched his fists in fury and closed in on the City Lord step by step.
"Flipping your table for no reason—you actually have the face to say that."
"You’re feasting on meat and fish here—do you have any idea what kind of life the people in the city are living?"
"Because of you, they can’t even eat. Some of them have even lost their lives. You’re worse than pigs and dogs."
"If I don’t teach you a good lesson today, you’ll really think no one will stand up for the people and you can bully them as you please."
As he spoke, Lin Beichen was about to strike, and the atmosphere instantly grew tense.
Seeing Lin Beichen about to lay hands on him and hearing what he said, the City Lord fell silent.
After all, the City Lord knew full well what the people’s lives were like now.
But as for going to relieve the people, he was utterly unwilling.
He had not expected Lin Beichen to speak up for the people, to be this furious, even overturning his table.
Though the City Lord was somewhat surprised by Lin Beichen’s arrival, he responded with composure, as if he had long been prepared. Just then, James stepped out from behind the curtain with a cold smile on his face.
As soon as Lin Beichen saw James, his anger surged; his expression turned gloomy.
James walked over unhurriedly, with six men from beyond the domain following behind him. Each of them was tall and burly, with full beards on their faces and dressed in strange foreign clothes.
These six men followed behind James with utmost respect, obeying his every word.
Lin Beichen also sensed that these six outsiders were highly skilled, but at this moment he had no time to worry about it.
He had already rushed up to the City Lord and was about to strike when the six men beside James quickly closed in, clearly very displeased with Lin Beichen’s intrusion.
Their eyes shone with murderous light as they stared fixedly at Lin Beichen.
Shielded by these six outsiders, the City Lord quickly broke free of Lin Beichen’s control.
In no time, Lin Beichen and the six outsiders were trading blows. Though Lin Beichen’s Power was profound, these six men were in no way inferior.
In the midst of the fight, the six outsiders even deployed a joint-attack Array, focusing all their strength on dealing with Lin Beichen.
While Lin Beichen was entangled with the six outsiders, the City Lord and James did not sit back and watch.
The City Lord kept summoning his subordinates, wanting to gather all forces to take down Lin Beichen.
Lin Beichen was already feeling strained fighting six outsiders on his own; the two sides were evenly matched for the moment, locked in a fierce struggle.
Seeing this, James burst out laughing and said, "Lin Beichen... I advise you not to overestimate yourself, or the City Lord will not treat you kindly."
"And don’t come here again. Some things are none of your business—don’t stick your nose where it doesn’t belong."
"Otherwise you’ll end up like you did today. My people will show you no mercy."
Looking at James’s sinister face, Lin Beichen roared in anger, "You bandits dare to squeeze the people dry—shameless."
"I won’t let you get your way. I’m taking this matter into my own hands. I’ll make you give the people an explanation."
"I will never let you squander and revel here while the people in the city starve and freeze."
Seeing that Lin Beichen refused to back down, the City Lord shouted angrily to his men, "Send more men. No matter what, we must capture him."
"Whoever catches him will be heavily rewarded."
Hearing the City Lord’s order, the guards grew even more ferocious and surged forward from all sides.
Seeing this, Lin Beichen knew he would gain no advantage in this confrontation.
He had already fought the six outsiders to a standstill; if more men joined in, he would be hard-pressed to handle it and might even be ambushed.
The quick-witted Lin Beichen thought of this and, while sparring with them, slowly began to withdraw.
When the City Lord and James saw Lin Beichen retreating and their men still failed to stop him, they were instantly furious.
The City Lord cursed angrily, "Trash... a bunch of useless trash."
"So many of you, and you can’t even beat one man. You even let him get away in one piece. This is a humiliation beyond belief."
"That Lin Beichen, with his temper, will never let this go. We let him gain an advantage this time; he’ll definitely look for a chance to take revenge."
After retreating, Lin Beichen felt extremely bitter. It was his first time speaking up for the people, yet he was suppressed by the City Lord. He hadn’t accomplished anything and had to pull out of the City Lord’s Mansion just like that. He was truly unwilling.
As for James at the City Lord’s side, Lin Beichen hated him to the bone. He felt it was James whispering in the City Lord’s ear that had made things deteriorate this badly.
Lin Beichen muttered angrily to himself, "Just you wait. I will never let this slide."
"For these people, I’ll definitely come back to settle the score with you. Next time, I won’t let you succeed so easily."
"I hope you don’t regret it. I refuse to believe you can live with yourselves and feel no pang of conscience."
Lin Beichen’s gaze was sharp as a blade as he stared fixedly in the direction of the City Lord’s Mansion, his heart filled with hatred.