Chapter 4566
“Why do we have to check before entering the city?” Kai asked.
“It’s to prevent other tribes from entering Beast City,” the youngest sister explained. “In the past, humans and demons who managed to get into Beast City were all imprisoned.
“Also, anyone with a violent temperament isn’t allowed entry to avoid causing trouble. There are many rules here. Since you don’t visit Beast City often, you’ll need to pay extra attention.”
Kai nodded thoughtfully. He was beginning to grasp the situation. Beast City was inhabited entirely by beast cultivators, with most of the surrounding areas dominated by them as well. However, it wasn’t unusual to find some human and demon cultivators mixed in. When the territory was originally divided, some from the human and demon tribes must have been caught within its boundaries.
The entire region was sealed off by powerful illusion arrays. Neither human nor demon cultivators could leave.
“You’ve got it wrong! I’m not human—how could I be human?”
The sound of a heated argument drew Kai’s attention. At the city gate, a towering, muscular man was quarreling with the Beast City guards.
“Look at my build and the aura of a beastman! How could I possibly be human?” the man protested.
The guards quickly surrounded him, but he continued arguing.
“No matter how much you reek of beastman aura, it can’t hide the faint trace of human energy within you,” the guard captain said coldly. “Don’t think you can fool us. Surrender now!”
Kai observed the man closely. Judging by his power, which was at the eighth level of the Tribulation Realm, he was undoubtedly a formidable figure.
“If you’re accusing me of being human, then I suppose I can’t enter the city,” the man muttered, turning as if to leave.
“Sorry, you’re not free to go,” the captain declared. “You’ll have to come with us.”
“Why should I? What if I refuse?” the man challenged, standing his ground.
“You watchdogs are only at the fifth rank of the Tribulation Realm. Do you really think you can stop me?”
The sturdy man let out a booming laugh, and his aura erupted in an instant.
Boom!
The sheer force of his aura sent the surrounding guards flying. At the same time, his human aura was fully revealed, leaving no doubt—he was a human cultivator!
Without wasting a moment, the man dashed away, attempting to flee the area.
Surprisingly, the guards didn’t pursue him. Instead, they stood still, watching him escape.
“This guy is done for,” the youngest sister remarked, shaking her head. “If he’s human, why even bother trying to sneak into the city?”
As soon as she finished speaking, a sudden flash of white light streaked across the sky, targeting the fleeing man.
Pfft!
The white light struck him before he could react. The eighth-rank Tribulation Realm cultivator was pierced through instantly. His massive body collapsed to the ground, destroyed both physically and spiritually. He was dead in an instant.
Even in death, his eyes and mouth remained wide open in disbelief. Killing an eighth-rank cultivator in the Tribulation Realm so effortlessly was no small feat.
After the man fell, a figure in white descended gracefully from the city wall. The cultivator retrieved a storage bag from the man’s lifeless body and, with a casual wave of his hand, reduced the corpse to ashes.
“Why bother…” the white-clad cultivator murmured softly before leaping back onto the city wall.
Flying was prohibited within a hundred miles of Beast City, yet this individual moved freely as if the rules didn’t apply to him.
“Who is that? How can he fly?” Kai asked, confused.
“That’s the gate commander of Beast City,” his youngest sister explained. “Of course, he can fly. The city’s rules are meant for ordinary cultivators, not for officials or soldiers of the City Lord’s Mansion.”
“So, the authorities can light fires while the people aren’t even allowed to hold lamps?” Kai muttered, speechless.