The King of Urban Mercenaries

"Stop joking. With him here, you still need to be a spy? You think I’m stupid?" Qiu Qian spoke. How could he not understand—since the dragon was here, there was no need for such unnecessary tricks at all!

"So you’re not totally dense. Little Black, let her go. We still have to work together after all." Lin Fei said. His plan was about to be carried out; he could only hope this Qiu Qian wouldn’t drag him down.

Little Black understood what Lin Fei meant, so he immediately released City Lord Qiu Qian, then returned to Lin Fei’s side. Lin Fei walked toward Qiu Qian, stopped in front of him. The two locked eyes, then Lin Fei said, "City Lord, I should have already proved what I said, right?"

Qiu Qian nodded. "That’s right, you did prove it. Speak. What’s your plan, and what’s your goal?"

Lin Fei chuckled. "My goal is very simple. When I passed through the Azure Dragon Empire, they wouldn’t let me in, wouldn’t let me pass, and even captured me and threatened me into coming here to assassinate you. To be honest, what I hate most are the people who threaten me like that, so..."

"Hahahaha, so you want revenge on him? Want him to get killed by his own schemes?" Qiu Qian asked.

"Exactly. City Lord, your guess is spot on. That’s exactly what I have in mind, so I hope you can lend me a hand. After all, this isn’t a bad thing for you either. Once we deal with him, I’ll go my way, you continue being your City Lord—we won’t interfere with each other. How about it?" Lin Fei said.

"You don’t want any payment?" Qiu Qian asked.

"Heh, no need. But those two Elixir Pills I still want back. Even if I give them to you, you wouldn’t dare eat them anyway, so just hand them over to me. The effect of that kind of pill needs a medicinal primer to trigger, so if afterwards Fang Ba uses something like those petals, City Lord, you only need to pretend you’re poisoned."

"So that’s how it is." Qiu Qian nodded.

At this moment, Lin Fei had already finished discussing things with Qiu Qian and began to set the trap. He sent out the signal, letting Fang Ba commence the attack.

Meanwhile, Fang Ba hesitated for a moment when he saw the signal, thinking about whether he should go in or not. After all, Lin Fei had indeed sent the signal, but!

Before setting out, Fang Ba had also given those two servants following Lin Fei an item, something equivalent to a signal device to transmit messages. Now there was only Lin Fei, which made him suspicious.

Then suddenly, a signal shot up into the sky.

"Heh heh, it worked after all. Today we’ll take Gu Jiang City in one stroke! Attack!" After seeing that signal, Fang Ba immediately ordered the attack.

The City Defense Army hadn’t expected the enemy to come so suddenly. Without realizing it, they had already reached the outside of the city walls. When they hurriedly scrambled up, they discovered many had already been killed. Clearly Fang Ba had led people into the city first and massacred the City Defense Army. The main force then took advantage of the empty defenses and streamed straight toward the City Lord Mansion.

"What did you just fire off?" Lin Fei asked, puzzled.

Jiang Ming smiled. "Reporting to Master, it was a signal flare from those two men. Probably Fang Ba General’s double-guarantee measure."

Lin Fei nodded. He hadn’t expected this Fang Ba to not be stupid, actually knowing to set up a dual safety mechanism. Not bad. But now it was all for nothing. He could already hear the sounds of battle from all around spreading in this direction.

Very soon, Fang Ba charged up to the City Lord Mansion. When he saw Lin Fei, he asked, "Did the City Lord take that Elixir Pill?"

Lin Fei nodded, but Fang Ba quickly noticed that the two servants of his weren’t behind Lin Fei. His brows furrowed. But at a time like this retreat was impossible, so Fang Ba made a snap decision and directly led the soldiers into the City Lord Mansion, heading straight for the City Lord Hall.

The ease along the way made Fang Ba harbor some doubts. But so what? As long as he personally took action, nothing would be a problem. Besides, he still had a backup plan in hand, so there shouldn’t be an issue.

"You finally came." Qiu Qian said.

"So you knew I was coming?" Fang Ba’s heart jolted, but even if that was the case, so what?

"I heard. But what are you doing here? You think you can beat me?" Qiu Qian asked. He was extremely confident in his own strength. In his view, Fang Ba had never been his equal. Now that Fang Ba was standing in front of him, he was even less of a match. As for the soldiers behind him, they were nothing. As long as he killed Fang Ba, everything would collapse without a fight.

"You took the Elixir Pill I gave you?" Fang Ba asked.

Hearing Fang Ba’s words, Qiu Qian nodded slightly and didn’t respond further. At this moment, Fang Ba still didn’t quite believe it, but he nevertheless took some petals out of his pocket, crushed them, and threw them toward City Lord Qiu Qian.

Qiu Qian smelled the faint fragrance and immediately acted as if his body felt unwell, then collapsed to the ground.

"Hahaha! So it really works. Looks like that brat Lin Fei didn’t lie to me. In that case, I’ll kill you, the City Lord, first!" Fang Ba finished speaking, raised the large blade in his hand high, and chopped down toward the City Lord.

At that moment, City Lord Qiu Qian snorted coldly, suddenly sprang up from the ground, and charged straight at Fang Ba.

"I knew you were putting on an act! That bastard Lin Fei really teamed up with you to screw me over!" Fang Ba shouted, then roared angrily as he brought the raised blade down at Qiu Qian.

Swish!

A heaven-reaching blade aura slashed straight down at the center of City Lord Qiu Qian. However, Qiu Qian suddenly twisted sideways, his body sweeping across the air, dodging Fang Ba’s attack, then lunged straight at Fang Ba.

Fang Ba brought his blade up to block in front of himself.

Clang!

With a thunderous crash, Fang Ba was kicked flying by Qiu Qian. On Qiu Qian’s foot there was actually a weapon, and it even sliced open the skin on Fang Ba’s wrist, drawing blood.

"You’re dead for sure today!"

After Qiu Qian spoke, he gave a loud command. The soldiers hidden in ambush instantly rushed out and attacked the troops Fang Ba had brought. A large number of them were cut down in no time. Fang Ba’s eyes turned bloodshot. This loss would definitely be enough to keep him from ever rising again!

"Your turn!"

Qiu Qian let out a cold shout. Light flashed in his hand as he struck out with a palm. In an instant, an attack condensed of True Qi surged like a fountain, rushing straight at Fang Ba.

Fang Ba instantly unleashed his True Qi, forming a layer of defense in front of him to block the attack. But at this moment, Qiu Qian refused to follow the usual pattern and actually condensed a longsword, controlling it to attack Fang Ba while he himself pressed forward—doing two things at once!