Chapter 256

As the sun set, an enormous demonic fish, whose entire body glistened brightly all over, rammed the city gate ferociously . The steel city gate creaked, unable to bear the heavy ramming . It was about to collapse .

Inside the city, everyone was frightened again . The people all went back to hide in their homes; their fear and trepidation was growing in the face of the incoming disaster . The moment the steel city gate was destroyed by this demonic fish, the whole Southern City would genuinely enter a crisis .

Buzz…

A bizarre fluctuation surged as every city gate in Southern City started to flicker in a mysterious radiance . Afterwards, layers of light beams surged forth and formed a brightly lit cover over the whole Southern City .

This was the Southern City's protection array . This array was activated only when it was absolutely essential, since the resources needed to activate it were too enormous .

With this array protecting the city, the demonic fish was incapable of shaking up the gates even after a few rams . Afterwards, it gave up again, and its enormous body dove back down to the Dragon River . It slowly swam away .

Under this oppressive mood, night time descended . Within Southern City, lights started to flicker one after another, illuminating the night . The worried and frightened citizens finally let out a breath . Their hearts were a lot calmer .

Inside the Xiao Mansion, Bu Fang bid goodbye to the Xiao Keyun and his wife and returned to the side room Xiao Yu had prepared for him . This side room was a lot better than the previous guest room that had been allocated to him . At the very least, Bu Fang felt pretty good when he stayed here .

He sat on his bed and contemplated for a while . Since he could not taste the Pan-Fried Pork Buns, there was no significance for him to continue staying in the Xiao Mansion any longer . Therefore, he planned to leave tomorrow to continue his search for Southern City's delicious delicacies . If there was truly none of it, then it would be time for him to return home .

Of course, all of these were things that Bu Fang should be worrying about tomorrow . He yawned . Unlike other cultivators, he did not cultivate to replace his sleep . Instead, he simply laid downand peacefully slept .

Whitey stood inside the room quietly, mechanical eyes flickered unceasingly .

And this was how Bu Fang spent the night in Southern City .

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Light Wind Imperial City, early morning .

Xiao Xiaolong came over to Fang Fang's little store early in the morning . When he entered the kitchen, Yu Fu had already started preparing the necessary ingredients needed to practice her knife work and carving skills .

Yu Fu looked at the sleepy and drowsy-eyed Xiao Xiaolong . Immediately, she giggled and pointed to Xiao Xiaolong's cooking bench . What Yu Fu was trying to say was that she had already prepared all the necessary ingredients for Xiao Xiaolong .

"Senior Sister, you are really a woman who knows how to run the house . " Xiao Xiaolong yawned with his sleepy and drowsy eyes . He laughed and praised Yu Fu . Both of them had already gotten a lot more familiar with each other compared to before, at times they would even joke around .

Subsequently, the two of them arrived at the front of their own respective cooking bench and started brandishing their kitchen knives to practice their knife work and carving skills .

The fragrance of meat wafted around the kitchen . Xiao Xiaolong looked at the plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs in front of him with satisfaction . Bu Fang had already been teaching him for quite some time, and Xiao Xiaolong finally mastered the culinary skills needed to cook the Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs .

As Bu Fang instructed, Xiao Xiaolong took this plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs and walked out of the small store .

At the doorway, Blacky was the same as before, lying down on the floor in deep sleep . Bu Fang had instructed Xiao Xiaolong to cook a plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs every morning for this big black dog .

Xiao Xiaolong placed the plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs in front of Blacky and looked at it in expectation . He wanted to see the black dog finish this plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs .

The fast asleep Blacky twitched its nose and opened its eyes . It looked at the plate of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs placed in front of him . Immediately, its eyes brightened up .

Subsequently, under Xiao Xiaolong's excited gaze, it picked up the porcelain plate and started to gorge on the food .

However, Xiao Xiaolong's excitement did not last long . The fur on the big black dog's body stood on end . Then, its body stiffened .

The big black dog glanced at Xiao Xiaolong and opened its mouth . It then spat out a piece of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs, which landed in front of Xiao Xiaolong .

The big black dog harrumphed and went back to lying down on the ground before it fell back into deep sleep . It had basically ignored the blanked out Xiao Xiaolong who was standing at a distance from it .

Xiao Xiaolong wanted to cry but he had no tears . He had once again been scorned by that black dog .

Owner Bu had left for a faraway place so the small store's business had to rely on Xiao Xiaolong and Yu Fu . Both of them opened up the door shutter and waited for the customers to arrive . They also started on their busy day . Their culinary skills had not reached Bu Fang's level, but under his special training, the taste of the dishes were already good enough to satisfy a lot of diners .

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Bu Fang left the Xiao Mansion, and after bidding goodbye to Xiao Yanyu, he stayed in Southern City for another two days . He had tasted the majority of the delicious delicacies in Southern City . Some of the dishes were pretty decent, but others were nowhere as good .

Within these two days, the people in Southern City were also very anxious because the huge demonic fish did not leave . Occasionally, it would ram against the big array of the Southern City . By now, the radiance of the big array was starting to grow dull as if it could no longer endure the attacks .

The Southern City Lord had called out to all the big influential and wealthy families over to his City Lord Mansion just to discuss this matter . Ultimately, they were unable to come up with a plan .

As Bu Fang strolled down the main street of Southern City, he raised his head and looked at the sky that was gradually turning clear . This meant that the large protection array in Southern City was starting to fade away . Once the large array faded, the impact of the demonic fish ramming on the city gate would definitely reach a dreadful level . It would be hard to say if the city gate was even able to withstand the impact .

Along the main street, city guards patrolled the streets unceasingly in hopes of containing the citizens' mood .

Ultimately, the conclusion that all the big families reached was that each family were to send out a Battle-Emperor expert to deal with this demonic fish . There were no Battle-Saints in Southern City, but there were a lot of Battle-Emperors .

Every big wealthy family could bring out a Battle-Emperor, but that was already their limit .

Above the city walls, including Chang Shan, there were ten Battle-Emperors standing there . With the spring rain floating in the wind, the skies were rendered a little gray .

As the Battle-Emperor sent out by Xiao Family, Xiao Keyun's complexion was extremely grave as he solemnly stood above the city wall . He looked down at the enormous Burst-Dragon Demonic Fish . The fish opened its mouth and gave a piercing shriek, causing everyone's eardrums to tremble slightly .

Outside the Southern City, within the Ten-Mile Pavilion, there were five figures wearing light yarn hats who were paying close attention to all those experts about to stake everything in one throw . One after another, they laughed coarsely . There were traces of ridicule and hate in their laughter .

"Are they preparing to risk their lives? Southern City… it's about to fall into disorder soon!" A hoarse voice echoed out . Thereafter, a shadow suddenly separated itself from the five of them .

It was as if it had turned into a black thread as it sped toward the Dragon River in an extremely fast speed .

Above the city wall, Xiao Keyun and the other experts had also noticed the shadow . The energy released from the person's body was only at a Battle-Emperor's level, but it brought along a sense of uneasiness to all of them .

"Who is that person? What is he trying to do rushing toward the Dragon River?" Above the city wall, a Battle-Emperor frowned and asked suspiciously .

Xiao Keyun narrowed his eyes as unbounded killing intent burst forth . Astonishment filled his spirit . It was him!

That was the person who sold Xiao Keyun the poisonous pill, forcing his Xiao family into such a disadvantageous position .

Under everyone's gaze, that shadow reached the bank of the Dragon River and forcefully brought himself to a stop . He then turned his hand and a black jade bottle appeared . From the jade bottle, he poured out a dark red pill and pulverized it into fine powder on his hand .

That shadow raised his head . They couldn't see his face properly with the black conical bamboo hat, but Xiao Keyun and the others were able to feel that the person was apparently sneering at them .

Crash!

The fine powder was scattered . A wave of violent wind burst forth from that person's body as the dark red fine powder sprinkled into the Dragon River .

"Enjoy the final party! Southern City… it's time for you to be stirred restlessly!"

The shadow started to laugh heartily . His figure then shot out and flew away . The person soon disappeared from everyone's view .

Above the city wall, everyone's heart had a bad premonition as they narrowed their eyes and saw that the Dragon River water had started to boil .

Bang!!

The torrent surged with crashing sounds . The river water had practically turned into a large wave as it ferociously slammed the city gate . The gate swayed as water permeated through the cracks .

A berserk howl sounded out . Inside the large wave, two pairs of scarlet eyes appeared before everyone's eyes . Thereafter, the enormous Burst-Dragon Demonic Fish ferociously rammed the large protection array , which was no longer able to endure it, shattering and turning it into speckles .

Bang!!

Another frightening sound echoed . The steel city gate was once again rammed by the Burst-Dragon Demonic Fish . Finally, it was no longer able to bear the heavy impact as the bricks on the city wall collapsed and broke into pieces . A loud sound resonated . Debris fell and the city gate was directly rammed open .

The turbulent river water trickled through the split city gate and flowed in . The sounds of crashing water was deafening, resonating unendingly .

On the main street, all the citizens screamed as they started to flee in disarray . The city gate had been broken… Southern City was finished!

"Evil creature! Die!"

The ten Battle-Emperors above the city gate could not endure it any longer as they shouted one after another and made a move . They leaped off the city walls, weapons in hand, as they rushed toward that furious fish .

The river water surged forth violently as if it wanted to gobble up Bu Fang, who was standing on the main street .

Bu Fang's complexion was very calm . His toes tapped the floor and a formidable strength burst forth as he soared up into the sky . He landed on a black tile roof . Whitey's mechanical eyes flickered as it landed beside him, following Bu Fang's movement .

The both of them stood on the roof, looking at the main street that had been submerged by the large waves of river water . An ambiguous radiance flashed through Bu Fang's eyes .

Howl!!

At the city gate, a loud sound echoed .

Bu Fang subconsciously raised his head and looked over . He discovered that the enormous sinister-looking Burst-Dragon Demonic Fish was actually trying to squeeze itself through the city gate, but its body was too big . It got stuck between the city gates alive .

The enormous Burst-Dragon Demonic Fish kept swaying its body left and right, causing the whole city wall to start shaking . On the city walls, numerous cracks could be seen forming .

It seem that it wouldn't be long before this rampaging monster intruded completely and wreaked havoc in the flourishing Southern City, causing it to fall into total disorder .

Swish swish swish!

The Southern City experts all held onto their weapons and discharged their true energy as they unceasingly bombarded the Burst-Dragon Demonic Fish . This was their only chance to attack the stuck demonic fish at this current moment .

Xiao Keyun's eyes also turned red . Southern City was where his Xiao Family had established themselves in . The moment Southern City was destroyed, his Xiao Family would sink into panic . Therefore, for this battle, he had to put in all his efforts .

Hiss~ Hiss~!

Just as he had started to circulate his true energy and send out a few attacks, Xiao Keyun's true energy surged up within his body but his complexion turned uglier and uglier as a pitch-black dark energy that looked like small snakes scattered around his face .

Furthermore, an acute pain was spreading throughout his body!