Gu Changqing glanced contemptuously at the servants of the city lord's mansion, snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Those who don't want to die, get out of here."
Upon hearing this, they were shocked and scattered like rabbits without saying a word, fearing that they would be the next to suffer.
"I deliberately spared the city lord's life; you can deal with him yourself," Gu Changqing said casually with a slight smile.
"Brother, you've thought of everything. Thank you so much. I want to kill him with my own hands every moment, otherwise I can't quell the hatred in my heart, and the humiliation I've suffered is hard to quell." The middle-aged man said indignantly while thanking Gu Changqing for his kindness.
The middle-aged man hated the city lord to the core and had long wanted to kill him with his own hands. Gu Changqing took this into consideration, which is why he didn't kill him. Otherwise, the city lord would have been dead and disappeared long ago.
"I never thought the arrogant city lord would be in such a sorry state. He's so pathetic! I'm so happy and relieved!" the middle-aged man said excitedly, gloating.
"Song Qinglong, what right do you have to laugh at me, the city lord? You can't even touch a hair on my head, yet you dare to laugh at me? This is outrageous! Don't be so smug. Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!" The city lord said, extremely unwilling and resentful.
"Hahaha, what a joke! Lord City Lord, you're already in this state, yet you still won't give up and want to drag me down with you. How ridiculous!" The middle-aged man said dismissively. He believed that the City Lord was just talking nonsense at this moment. The City Lord was half-dead, how could he possibly have the ability to kill him?
Little did they know, the city lord had somehow acquired a black bomb, about the size of an egg, in his hand.
Don't underestimate the bomb's small size; it's incredibly powerful, capable of killing even a Great Emperor-level cultivator. Song Qinglong is merely a Quasi-Emperor, so under normal circumstances, it should be able to kill him.
While Song Qinglong was not paying attention, the city lord's eyes turned extremely sinister and vicious. Without saying a word, he raised the bomb in his hand and threw it at him.
Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man was so terrified that he forgot to dodge and watched helplessly as the bomb hurtled towards him.
"Not good!" At that moment, Gu Changqing saw the city lord's movements and quickly stepped in front of the middle-aged man, Song Qinglong.
The next second, the bomb landed squarely on Gu Changqing.
With a loud "bang," sand and stones flew, the earth shook, and the ground trembled, as if a fierce dragon were crossing a river. In an instant, thick smoke billowed and filled the surroundings, as if we were in a fog.
As the smoke slowly dissipated, the surroundings became clearly visible, revealing cracks blasted into the ground.
To their surprise, Gu Changqing was completely unharmed.
"You scared me to death! People thought something had happened to you." The woman in white buried her face in Gu Changqing's arms, her voice trembling with fear as she spoke.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Look, I'm standing here unharmed. It's just a tiny bomb. I, Gu, don't even consider it a threat. It's not worth mentioning at all," Gu Changqing said calmly with a slight smile.
It was just a broken bomb; it didn't even blow a hair off him. Besides, he's now a powerful being in the Transcendent Realm. How could he be afraid of a tiny bomb? You're kidding, if he were afraid, he wouldn't have gone to block it.
"Brother, thank you so much for taking the bomb for me and saving my life." The middle-aged man quickly stepped forward and said with tears of gratitude.
"Well, it wasn't unreasonable for me to ask for two treasure maps from you back then, was it? I did my best to get what I wanted from you!" Gu Changqing said casually with a slight smile.
"Not at all, not at all, you're really too kind, brother! Thank you so much, you're truly my benefactor!" the middle-aged man said hurriedly, his attitude extremely respectful.
Then the middle-aged man walked up to the city lord and began punching and kicking him.
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me..." The city lord had lost his previous noble image and kept begging for mercy.
The middle-aged man ignored all of this and kept hitting him until he vented his anger. He never expected that the city lord would be so despicable. Even when he was about to die, he still dared to launch a sneak attack and plot against him. Fortunately, he was lucky. Otherwise, he would have been buried here and blown to bits, leaving not even a complete corpse.
After being beaten up, the city lord was extremely weak, gasping for breath, and looked as if he might die at any moment.
“Brother, the city lord is too despicable. Why don’t you vent your anger and then kill him?” the middle-aged man suggested with a slight smile.
“Excellent, that’s exactly what I was thinking.” Gu Changqing smiled faintly and said directly.
"Senior, I am willing to offer you double the wealth that Song Qinglong gave you, I only beg you to have mercy and spare my life," the city lord pleaded weakly.
"At this point, do you think there's any point in you living? For both public and private reasons, I, Gu, will not spare you today, so don't even dream about it. However, I can give you a quick death."
"No, no! I don't want to die! Someone, please save me!" Upon hearing this, the city lord suddenly regained his senses and began to shout.
He wouldn't turn back until the very last moment, even if he hit a brick wall, still fantasizing that someone would save him.
But he didn't consider that if even he, the Celestial Emperor, couldn't deal with such a powerful figure, how could his subordinates possibly defeat him? Even if they came, they would only be there to die.
Not only would they be too afraid to come, but even if they did come to help, they would be powerless to do so.
"Shut up!" Gu Changqing said impatiently, his ears ringing from the noise.
Without saying a word, he waved his hand and flew towards the city lord with lightning speed.
"No..." the city lord exclaimed in utter astonishment, his pupils dilating wide.
"Boom!"
With a single punch, a deafening explosion resounded through the sky. The boundless power within his body was like the Big Bang, and the terrifying fluctuations of his blood energy were like a dam bursting its banks, extremely frightening.
The punch slammed into the city lord, and his head instantly exploded into a riot of colors, with all sorts of red and white substances gushing out like waves, splattering all over the ground!
However, before this terrifying power could fully dissipate, it gradually engulfed the city lord's body. His overburdened body could not withstand it and with a "crack," it exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist. Immediately afterwards, the wall was also affected, cracking inch by inch, and collapsed with a thud, as if a wall had fallen and everyone was pushing it down.
Just like that, the once glorious, arrogant, powerful, and powerful city lord, who was at the level of an immortal emperor, vanished in an instant, as if he had never been there.
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