Chapter 537: Pigeon Among Cats
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
There were at least 6000 warriors gathered at the plaza outside. Another over twenty or thirty thousand were observing Lu Li with psychic powers. Some of them were so strong that Lu Li could not sense he was been watched.
Within many psychic powers, there contained many killing intents. Some were intense and some were well-hidden.
Lu Li felt he was being stared at by tens of thousands of dreadful monsters and had fallen into an ice cellar. He sensed he might come to the end of his life at any moment now.
To join the Demon-slaying Hall, warriors must be at least of the Noble Lord Realm. Here, there were more Human Sovereign Realm warriors than Lu Li could count and many Earthly Immortal Realm. Only patriarchs of the Demon-slaying Hall would know the exact numbers.
There were simply too many powerful warriors, many of whom could simply slap Lu Li to death. Lu Li had constant feelings of fatal danger from the depth of his soul. Hence, he yelled as soon as he was out and used Dragon Roar.
Dragon Roar wouldn't exert a big influence upon powerful warriors but one benefit of the skill was that his voice would be so loud that it could shake heaven and earth and could spread across every corner of the Demon-slaying City.
After he finished his words, Lu Li sensed more psychic power. There might be some old freaks who had been cultivating and were alarmed so they were checking.
"What are you yelling at?"
A cold voice came up and then a strong man appeared from nowhere, a man with an appearance of a middle-aged man even though he was most definitely old. It was Jiang Qiling's grandpa, Jiang Tianshun.
The first patriarch to come was Jiang Tianshun? Lu Li was surprised. It should have been Law Enforcement Patriarch.
Jiang Tianshun glanced at Lu Li coldly and said to Jiang Qiling, "Ling-er, come here and go back with me."
"No!"
Jiang Qiling stood behind Lu Li stubbornly. She even grabbed Lu Li with one hand and said, "I want to be with Lu Li. If he dies, I will not live alone!"
"What~"
Jiang Qiling's words caused quite a sensation. She was the future chosen warrior and she sided with Lu Li? Did he already win her over? How else would she threaten everyone with her life?
"Nonsense!"
Jiang Tianshun snorted. Then he moved behind her. He was so fast that he already slapped her neck before Lu Li and Jiang Qiling could tell what was going on. Rolling her eyes, she fainted.
"Whoosh~"
Jiang Tianshun picked her up and dashed outside. They disappeared from the hall before Lu Li could have any reaction.
"Hmm, hmm!"
Lu Li sneered. By the end of the day, he was still not good enough for her as far as Jiang Tianshun could see it. He would not allow Jiang Qiling to be a couple with Lu Li.
On second thought, Lu Li actually understood Jiang Tianshun's action.
Jiang Tianshun might be furious at Ji Mengtian, Yang Xuan, Lu Suan and the rest for colluding against Jiang Qiling but clearly, he wouldn't want to offend the four forces openly over this. That would put the Pavilion of Delicacy between Scylla and Charybdis, which would be detrimental to the interests of Pavilion of Delicacy.
Or…
The four forces had struck a deal with the Pavilion of Delicacy and arrangements were made. Jiang Tianshun was making no statement, which was the position of the Pavilion of Delicacy. Not only didn't he side with Lu Li, he had made it clear that he would stay out of this.
Everything was possible!
Lu Li was not enraged by this. He was hoping to leave Jiang Qiling out. He wouldn't want her to be harmed. He was already greatly indebted to her.
He actually felt the burden being lifted off after Jiang Qiling was taken away. He was alone now. He was not afraid of anything now. If worst came to worst, he would take the others away with him to death.
He had made up his mind. Glancing outside coldly, Lu Li poured Xuan Energy over the Ding of Barbarian God. Little White's horns began to generate electric arcs. Lu Li yelled with a sad smile, "Where is the Grand Master of Demon-slaying Hall? If you don't handle this matter well, I will take the several young masters and young ladies with me to the nether world!"
Lu Li yelled using Dragon Roar. As soon as his words were finished, there sprang up many angry rebukes.
"How dare you~"
"Punk, your crimes are not to be pardoned to be so rude to the Grand Master!"
"Ignorant, audacious, your death is not to be regretted…"
"Courting death!"
"…"
Bouts of profanities were hurled from all directions. Lu Li was so arrogant that he dared to challenge the authority of the Demon-slaying Hall in public. If it were anyone else that were bold enough to roar at the Demon-slaying Hall like this, they would have been smashed to death.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Facing the angry accusations, Lu Li didn't feel any fear. Instead, he laughed out loud as he said, "Demon-slaying Hall represents a guardian god for the human race and is revered by billions of civilians. Members of the Demon-slaying Hall are alleged to be the most powerful of human races, the pioneers and people of distinction. You are standing at the peak of the world and you have lived for such a long time that you should have a broad mind."
"I am only 17. Are you, elders and forefathers, really not able to tolerate some unrestrained behavior from a kid like me? I am yelling here at the Demon-slaying City but all I want is justice. If you cannot even grant that to me, I will not be able to lie still in my grave!"
Lu Li was ready to risk everything. Worst came to worst, he would be killed. Jiang Qiling had been taken away and both Law Enforcement Patriarch and the Master were no show here. Lu Li felt he had lost control of the situation.
Therefore, he had to make a risky move and make this a bigger scene than it already was!
Lu Li was tactical in his choice of words. He had elevated the seniors to a high position and taken advantage of his young age. If those old men punished him because of his bad manners, then the bunch of old guys would be regarded as not tolerant enough, which would expose them to ridicule.
"Hmm!"
However, this was just Lu Li's wishful thinking. A sneer sounded in his soul. The sound was so loud that Lu Li felt dizzy. Then he felt a gentle breeze, following that, he realized the space around him was frozen. Not only the space, as a matter of fact, at the moment he sensed the time had frozen inside the hall.
"Swish~"
A hand reached out from space. Lu Li saw how it took the Ding of Barbarian God and then retracted back into space.
By the time the hand disappeared, the space was unfrozen and time began to flow again. The only thing changed was the disappearance of Lu Li's Ding of Barbarian God.
"Swish, swish, swish~"
Lu Li's face was dead pale. It had been moving toward the worst possible direction. The only bargain Lu Li could rely on was taken away. He had underestimated the methods and approaches those old men were capable of.
"Whoosh~"
With another gentle breeze, a man emerged next to Lu Li. It was a hard, skinny old man who grabbed Lu Li's shoulder and dragged him out.
The old man only grabbed Lu Li's shoulder but the latter felt like he was immobilized. He couldn't even move his finger. Little White was standing on his other shoulder and it could not move, either, no matter how hard it tried.
"It's over now…"
Lu Li forced a smile. He had reckoned many possible scenarios when he was still in the base camp of the small battlefield and had come up with many coping methods.
Yet at this moment, when he found himself in front of absolute power, he was no different than a puny insect. Every method he thought of was ineffective now.
He was a pigeon among a crowd of cats. The worst had come.