"Haha, I know the City Lord too," someone nearby mocked.
Anyone can claim to know the City Lord—how strange.
Miles Crane's tone turned cold. "Do you know what happens to those who pretend to know the City Lord? Six years ago, a Golden Immortal tried it and was personally slain by the City Lord. Five years ago, a cultivator named Lord Goldwin came here claiming to know the City Lord of Starhaven City, even daring to call the City Lord by name. He was nailed to death outside Starhaven Auxiliary City—by my own hand..."
By the end, Miles Crane's voice carried a trace of ferocity. Know the City Lord? Ha! A True Immortal and a mid-stage Domain Stage cultivator both claim to know the City Lord.
So what if you know the City Lord? Back in Threefold Immortal City, I met Joe Di too. I also know the City Lord, but I still needed Quentin Forde's sword to get in here.
"You killed Lord Goldwin..." Joanna Brooks murmured, her eyes filling with fear.
She realized her predicament. There was no way Miles Crane would report to Joe Di for her. Now that they claimed to know the City Lord, if she didn’t follow Miles Crane, she likely wouldn’t be able to leave at all.
Sean Zell was equally terrified. If Lord Goldwin was killed by Miles Crane, could they possibly leave alive?
Suddenly, Joanna Brooks darted sideways, drawing her longsword and striking at Starhaven Auxiliary City’s defensive array.
"Courting death..." Seeing Joanna Brooks dare attack the array, Miles Crane threw a punch at her. Joanna Brooks’s cultivation was far inferior; with just one blow, she was sent flying, spitting blood in midair.
If Miles Crane hadn’t held back, Joanna Brooks would have died from that punch.
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Joe Di examined the crimson array flag in his hand, feeling very satisfied. Three years ago, his array mastery reached sixth-grade Immortal Array Master. To break through to Array King, he spent three years immersed in array studies. In theory, he should have been able to set up a seventh-grade immortal array long ago, but his array flags had always lagged behind.
Only today did he finally refine his first seventh-grade immortal array flag.
Refining array flags is different from forging magical treasures. Joe Di’s success with the seventh-grade array flag didn’t mean he could craft top-grade immortal artifacts yet. However, now that he could refine seventh-grade flags, the conditions for forging top-grade immortal artifacts were ripe. Given time, Joe Di could definitely produce them himself.
For Joe Di, becoming a master artifact refiner was essential. His blade array needed upgrading, which required top-grade immortal artifacts. Buying them was unrealistic; once he upgraded the defensive arrays of Starhaven City, he could gather materials and refine them himself.
Joe Di hadn’t gone to Celestial Bamboo River yet, but he sensed his defensive array trembling again.
Was someone attacking Starhaven Auxiliary City again? Joe Di was furious. In a flash, he left the City Lord's Manor.
Before Joe Di even landed outside Starhaven Auxiliary City, he saw Miles Crane send Joanna Brooks flying, then reach out with a vital energy handprint to grab her.
Bang! Miles Crane’s vital energy handprint struck what felt like an invisible wall, instantly blocked.