The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2550: Chapter 2550: Won’t Be Fooled Twice

The expedition forces from Hongmeng City seem to lack any famous Immortal Venerables. Within Hongmeng City, aside from City Lord Jing Yan, there are several cultivators at the Immortal Venerable Peak Realm, but these cultivators have not appeared.

So, what is Hongmeng City’s intention? What plan does City Lord Jing Yan have?

Within the Hongmeng City Lord Mansion, Jing Yan took out the Communication Magical Treasure.

"Elder Gao, is there something you need?" Gao Zhenjiang from Golden Toad Commerce sent a message to Jing Yan, who responded with a smile.

"City Lord Jing Yan, I’ve heard some news. Is it true that the forces from Hongmeng City heading to Tiger Roar City for the expedition have already left the city?" Gao Zhenjiang asked.

The tone of Gao Zhenjiang was clearly filled with some confusion.

"Hmm, Elder Gao’s information is quite well-informed!" Jing Yan said with a smile.

"City Lord Jing Yan, are the forces that have left now just the Vanguard Army? Has the main force not been deployed yet?" Gao Zhenjiang asked again.

"No! The ones who just left are the main force." Jing Yan responded.

"This... but it seems there aren’t any particularly strong cultivators in the team! Aren’t the strongest Immortal Venerables from Hongmeng City still in the city?" Gao Zhenjiang’s voice became a bit more urgent as he inquired.

"To deal with the small Tiger Roar City, there’s no need to mobilize extensively. Just dispatch some cultivators, and it’s enough." Jing Yan said indifferently.

Far away at Golden Toad Commerce Headquarters, Gao Zhenjiang was stunned, even doubting if he had misheard. From City Lord Jing Yan’s tone, Gao Zhenjiang did not perceive any heaviness. This Hongmeng City’s City Lord seemed to not consider the matter seriously at all. To strike at Tiger Roar City, simply dispatching over a hundred cultivators from Hongmeng City could achieve victory?

"City Lord Jing Yan, don’t underestimate Tiger Roar City! The current City Lord of Tiger Roar City is someone named Zhan Huilan. This person’s strength isn’t very strong, but he is also of Late Stage Venerable Immortal Realm. Maybe one Zhan Huilan is nothing, but Tiger Roar City is the Eight Gods Pill Sect’s most important city in Thunder Domain. The Guardian Array of Tiger Roar City is quite strong and of a high level, even a strong late-stage Immortal Venerable would have difficulty breaking it head-on." Gao Zhenjiang described Tiger Roar City’s Big Array to Jing Yan. The level of the Tiger Roar City array is incomparable with cities like Windward City or Tianji City.

"Haha..."

"Elder Gao, just wait for the news from Tiger Roar City! If there’s nothing else, let’s leave it at that!" Jing Yan said, then cut off the communication with Gao Zhenjiang.

"Zhenjiang, how did it go?" asked Meng Kun, President of Golden Toad Commerce, immediately after Gao Zhenjiang ended the communication.

"I don’t quite understand. However, City Lord Jing Yan seems very confident in the expedition forces from Hongmeng City. City Lord Jing Yan is perhaps too overconfident? Tiger Roar City, it wouldn’t be that easy to take down?" Gao Zhenjiang shook his head, with a look of confusion on his face.

"Hmm. But, City Lord Jing Yan is not of an impulsive nature. Perhaps there’s something we don’t understand." Meng Kun first nodded and then shook his head.

In the Heavenly Domain, many major forces have sent dedicated personnel to keep an eye on Tiger Roar City. Most of the headquarters of these major forces are quite far from Thunder Domain, but they mostly have cities under their control in Thunder Domain, and sending people to Tiger Roar City to check the situation is just a matter of issuing an order. Some forces even have industries in Tiger Roar City, making it even easier for them to pay attention to the situation there.

Hongmeng City is only a few million miles away from Tiger Roar City, and Xu Yiming and others, even flying at a not very fast pace, didn’t take much time to reach Tiger Roar City.

Upon reaching Tiger Roar City, Xu Yiming didn’t attack Tiger Roar City immediately. He seemed to purposely give the Tiger Roar City Lord Mansion some preparation time. Xu Yiming and others temporarily camped outside Tiger Roar City.

Within the Tiger Roar City Lord’s Mansion, City Lord Zhan Huilan’s face was gloomy.

In front of Zhan Huilan was a group of high-ranking figures from Tiger Roar City. However, among the group, only Zhan Huilan had reached the Immortal Venerate Realm. The previous Chief Manager was also of the Immortal Venerate Realm but had already died at the hands of Hongmeng City’s Grand Steward Bai Han.

"City Lord, the people from Hongmeng City have arrived outside the city. How should we respond?" An Immortal Rhythm Peak Cultivator spoke up to ask Zhan Huilan.

"Wait!"

"With our strength, we can’t take the initiative to attack. The headquarters has already instructed that what we need to do is rely on the city’s Big Array to delay time as much as possible." Zhan Huilan glanced at the person asking and said.

"City Lord, this group of cultivators from Hongmeng City doesn’t seem very strong. Our intelligence personnel verified, and the person leading them is just a common Immortal Venerable. If we attack proactively, we might have an unexpected turnaround." A cultivator responsible for intelligence couldn’t help but say.

Zhan Huilan’s gaze suddenly became cold upon hearing this and glared at the other party.

"Do you think that Jing Yan is a fool? Would Jing Yan simply send a team led by an ordinary Immortal Venerable to attack Tiger Roar City? Hmph, if I haven’t guessed wrongly, the people we see outside the city now are just the bait thrown by that sly Jing Yan. Jing Yan is waiting for us to fall for it. Once we leave Tiger Roar City and attack proactively, and start killing this group of cultivators, I’m sure that strong cultivators from Hongmeng City will suddenly charge out. By then, Tiger Roar City will be finished." Zhan Huilan said in a deep voice.

He had already been tricked once!

Zhan Huilan would absolutely not be fooled a second time.

The Hongmeng City army they see now appears quite ordinary indeed, with the strongest being just three or four ordinary Immortal Venerables. However, secretly, there must be Immortal Venerable Peak personnel from Hongmeng City watching intently, waiting for Tiger Roar City people to take the bait, waiting for Tiger Roar City people to leave the city. The past ordeal with Chief Manager Che Sheng still vividly in his mind!

The others present also stopped talking after hearing Zhan Huilan’s words. They indeed also believed Zhan Huilan’s words made sense. Yes, Jing Yan isn’t a fool; how could he only send a group of people to Tiger Roar City to face death?

"So, what we need to do is to hold firm in Tiger Roar City. Reinforcements have already arrived from various places. As long as we can hold on for a month, keep Tiger Roar City under control for a month, we will win." Zhan Huilan continued.

"Yes!" everyone present responded.

Inside Tiger Roar City, there was only a slight chaos at this moment, but overall it was relatively orderly. The expedition forces from Hongmeng City have not yet launched an attack on Tiger Roar City, so business within Tiger Roar City is still operating normally. Moreover, even if the attack begins, it won’t affect industries owned by other forces significantly.