"Roar!"

As if sensing his majesty being challenged, the Demon Dragon Rhino roared, and a mouthful of dark red flames erupted towards the city. Feeling the scorching temperature and suffocating smell of the flames, everyone on the city wall was stunned, although this was not the strongest blow of the Demon Dragon Rhino, but even this blow was only a handful of people on the city wall who could block it.

There was no trace of panic on the face of the golden-robed old man at the head, his right hand was raised slightly, and a huge wall of ice suddenly appeared in front of the fireball. The ice wall seems to be only about ten centimeters thick, and it has a very rich blue color. The moment the ice wall appeared, the burning sensation brought by the flames to the people on the city wall suddenly disappeared, and the next moment a biting cold swept through the space, although everyone on the city wall understood that the old man was not going to target them, but their hearts still couldn't help but tremble.

"It's him!" Amand Delon muttered, but his voice was very small, and no one around him heard it except Jing Chen, and at this moment, the eyes of others were focused on the battlefield between the golden-robed leader and the demon dragon rhinoceros, and they didn't notice the change in Amand Delon at that moment.

"Boom!"

There was a loud bang, the ice wall collided with the fireball, and a large amount of white vapor rose up, and most people couldn't see what was going on inside, except for some masters. They clearly saw what was happening within the white vapor, and at the moment of collision, the dark red fireball contracted for a moment, and then quickly swelled and finally exploded.

This series of changes, even if ordinary people see it, they will think that the explosion is the result of the collision between the two, but the master understands that the golden-robed leader was calculated this time, and the fireball was not done by the demon dragon rhinoceros at random, but guessed the reaction of the golden-robed leader and designed a trap.

The two people who did all this naturally knew it, and they saw a smile of successful conspiracy flashing in the eyes of the demon dragon rhinoceros, but the corners of the mouth of the golden-robed leader twitched. Obviously, he had already suffered some minor injuries in the fight just now, but he couldn't show it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Turning his head to look at Amand Delon on the city wall, feeling the old man's gaze, Armand Delon hesitated slightly, and nodded slowly, at this moment, the two seemed to have reached some kind of agreement.

"Old fellow, does my Burst Poison Flame Bomb taste good, how does it feel now?" the Demon Dragon Rhino Yin smiled and looked at the golden-robed leader on the city wall whose face had already calmed down, obviously, he didn't want the old man to hide his injury so easily.

Sure enough, its purpose was achieved, and just as the Demon Dragon Rhino's voice fell, there was inevitably a commotion on the city wall. No one would believe that the powerful golden-robed leader had been injured, but when they turned their heads to look at the old man in anticipation of his denial, the old man snorted coldly. He said, "To deal with you, my little injury is nothing." As he spoke, he walked slowly into the air, and countless ice crystals appeared under his feet, as if they were holding the old man's body and walking in mid-air.

"Ice Path! It's Ice Venerable!" I don't know who was the first to recognize the identity of the old man, and then, an extremely excited voice sounded, although Jing Chen didn't know what kind of person this golden robe leader known as the Ice Venerable was, but seeing the excited and awe-inspiring looks of those soldiers on the city wall, it was not difficult to imagine its great strength, on this continent, only the strong people could be so respected, and they were also the peak powerhouses.

"I didn't expect it to be an ice condensator!" there was a hint of surprise in Ríos's voice, obviously, even Rios was a little jealous of the old man's profession.

"Teacher, what is an Ice Condensation Master?" this profession Jing Chen had heard of for the first time. Of course, Jingchen also understood that in the tens of thousands of years of history of the mainland, there have been many powerful professions, and some of them are even anti-heaven. It's a pity that most of those professions have not been passed down, not because no one wants to, but because the cultivation requirements of those professions are too harsh. When he heard the appearance of the Ice Condenser in Ríos's mouth, he naturally thought of this.

"Alas. Rios didn't answer Jingchen's words immediately, but let out a long sigh and pondered for a long time before he said slowly, "Ice Condensation Master, an exceptionally powerful profession, is also one of the very few professions that can possess the Demon Domain at the eighth level, although its cultivation conditions are extremely harsh, its strength is also recognized. ”

After a pause, Rios continued, "Maybe you haven't heard the word Demon Domain, but you must know the Domain. ”

Hearing Rios mention the realm, Jingchen's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, the realm, that is something exclusive to God, and since Rios mentioned the two, there must be some kind of connection between the two, is it ......

Thinking of this, Jingchen didn't dare to continue thinking about it, only listening to Rios continue, " The similarity between the Demon Domain and the Domain is that they can open up a relatively independent space, within the Domain, the controller of the Domain is the rule, and the words are the Rules, so to speak, within the Domain, the Divine Mansion represents the supreme rule, and the Demon Domain is not the case, although it is also a relatively independent space, but the role of the Demon Domain can only limit or suppress the strength of the target, and the strength of the controller has been improved to a certain extent, and the strength of the controller is ......

Rios didn't continue, but the meaning he wanted to express was very clear, Jingchen of course also understood what Rios meant, but at this moment he still couldn't believe it, just imagine, if one of the two strong men with similar strength had the Demon Domain, and the other didn't, what kind of picture would it be.

"Boom!"

A loud bang under the city interrupted Jingchen's thoughts, and he looked at the source of the sound, only to see that the golden-robed old man who was the leader had already fought with the demon dragon rhinoceros, and there was already an extra cold and shining ice spear in the old man's hand. His eyes fell on the ice spear, and Jing Chen couldn't help but be stunned, the ice spear was not the holy weapon or even an artifact that Jing Chen thought, it looked like it was condensed by the old man.

Although the weapon was cold, it did not have the slightest aura of an enchanter, obviously, it was not an enchanted weapon, seeing this, Jing Chen couldn't help but have a puzzle in his heart, he couldn't understand why the old man would use this kind of weapon.

As if sensing Jingchen's doubts, Rios slowly explained, "Don't guess, the weapons of the Ice Condensation Master are all this kind of thing, don't underestimate this weapon, although this is condensed by the Ice Condensation Master using cold ice, but this kind of ice is not ordinary cold ice, but the ice seed condensed in the body by the Ice Condensation Master from the moment he began to cultivate, just like the source of the mage's magic power, the warrior's Dou Qi Crystal, and the spiritual heart of the auxiliary system, if this ice seed is completely destroyed, the Ice Condensation Master will almost be abolished." ”

"Then they're not afraid that someone will destroy this ice species?" Since the ice species is so important, Jing Chen really doesn't understand how these ice condensation masters can take out such an important thing as a weapon.

"Huh. Rios's laughter came from his mind, "Xiao Chen, this ice seed is the essence of the Ice Condensation Master's cultivation, let's just say this eighth-level Ice Condensation Master, his Ice Seed weapon, even if it is not inferior to your Wild Pillar, its sturdiness can be imagined." Besides, the degree of compatibility between this ice species and the Ice Condensator is far from comparable to those of us who fight with the help of foreign weapons. ”

Hearing Rios's words, Jing Chen also understood a rough idea, and at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh that the predecessor who created the profession of Ice Condensation Master at the beginning was a genius, even if he could be called a peerless genius.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

In the middle of the field, the sound of the ice spear and the demon dragon rhino's body colliding was constantly heard, obviously, both of them were strong men who were good at close combat, and the excitement of their fights was far from being comparable to the boring confrontation in the duel between those magicians. I saw that you and I collided with each other, and the fight was very lively.

"Boom!"

There was another loud bang, and I saw that the spear in the old man's hand smashed right on the complete horn of the demon dragon rhinoceros, and a light mixed with dark blue and dark red suddenly rose, and the huge shock wave instantly formed a ripple, pushing the old man and the demon dragon rhino to both sides abruptly.

Suddenly, the eyes of the demon dragon rhinoceros flashed, and the four hooves smashed the ground desperately, with a loud "bang", and the four hooves were inserted into the ground more than half a meter deep. Then, the four hooves of the demon dragon rhinoceros exerted their strength again, and the whole body was like a lightning bolt that smashed straight towards the old man, and a red and black light lit up from the demon dragon rhino's body, and in the blink of an eye, it had come to the old man.

"Coax!"

Seeing this scene, all the people standing on the city wall watching the battle exclaimed in surprise, no one expected that the demon dragon rhinoceros would have such a hand. Of course, this person does not include the old man who was made the Ice Venerable.

In the face of the sudden attack of the demon dragon rhinoceros, the Ice Venerable's eyes froze, and his hands waved, and the spear condensed by the ice species was thrown into the air by him in an instant, and with a soft sound, the spear had been shattered into countless ice cubes, at this moment, these ice cubes were glowing with a dark color, which was the color that would only have those 10,000-year-old dark ice, but at this moment it appeared in the old man's hand.

It was too late, it was too late, the dark ice cube had just formed, and the demon dragon rhinoceros had already attacked, and in an instant, the two rays of light collided, and the expected huge explosion did not appear, and a touch of darkness that seemed to be able to swallow everything suddenly rose from the place where the two collided, and the next moment it suddenly disappeared, but this collision was not as chic as before.

The people on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the Ice Venerable was fine, although Amand Delon was also a grandmaster-level powerhouse, but after all, he had been staying in Zeus Academy and rarely came out to walk around, so there were very few people who knew him, and few people present knew him.

"I really didn't expect that this beast tide not only sent so many low-level demonic beasts, but also let you, a xenomorph with ancient blood, lead the team, which is really bloody. After the separation, the Ice Venerable did not immediately launch an attack, a pair of eyes that were originally slightly dim, but at this moment, they also shot a shocking cold light, and his eyes fell on the demon dragon rhinoceros, and said slowly.

"Old fellow, it feels good to be hurt and injured, don't you? I know, you just want to delay time, you want to kill the cub I brought this time, but unfortunately, you are destined to miscalculate. After speaking, he stopped saying a word and slammed into the Ice Venerable again.

Ice Venerable's eyes froze, the Demon Dragon Rhino was right, now that he was injured twice, the injuries were superimposed, which had some impact on his ability to continue fighting. Moreover, this demon dragon rhinoceros itself has reached the peak of the lord level, and it is only one step away from the prince level, so he can't take advantage of the battle, and he just wants to delay some time at the moment and recover from his injuries.

In March 9004 of the continental calendar, in this early spring season, most parts of the eastern continent can still see a little snow that has not completely melted, Gama Province, this region that has just experienced the baptism of war, but presents a completely different scene, in the other three provinces that originally belonged to the Gama Kingdom, still waiting lifelessly for the officials of the Holy Spirit Empire to take office, this territory that was rewarded by Emperor Lingjia to the three princes of the empire, Jingchen, is a thriving and busy scene.

Since that day, after the meeting that decided most of the city's administrative and military leadership, most of the families who had obtained administrative or military power hurriedly returned to the cities under their jurisdiction, of course, with them, there was also the special puppet that Jingchen mentioned, although the strength of this puppet was not as strong as the puppet who sent them invitations, but still no one dared to underestimate the strength of these puppets.

I don't know why, the momentum of these puppets is completely outward, and those with keen perception can even feel the breath of these puppets from a few hundred meters away, but being able to perceive and be able to deal with them are two different things, in the current Gama Province, there are no ones who can compete with these puppets, I dare not say that there is no such thing at all, but there are very few.

Come to think of it, those strong people who can fight with these puppets may not be okay to offend Jing Chen, after all, Jing Chen's hands still have that kind of pale golden terrifying puppet, with the strength of that kind of puppet, not to mention the sixth-level peak powerhouse, even if it is an ordinary seventh-level powerhouse, I am afraid it will not be able to please it, and what is even more terrifying is that no one knows how many such terrifying and powerful puppets Jingchen has in his hands.

This is also a sharp sword hanging in the hearts of all families, and everyone works diligently, for fear of annoying the new lord and making himself an example for him.

Of course, there is another reason for these families to be full of energy, that is, the tax revenue in the first year is only equivalent to 60% of last year, which undoubtedly makes many families who are worried about not being able to pay enough taxes put their hearts back in their stomachs. I remember that when they left, Jingchen announced the news that made them very excited, and everyone was stunned in place, sixty percent, this number is too small.

You know, except for Gamma City, although other places have experienced this war, but there is not much damage, not to mention that most of the original defenders of Gamma saw the Holy Spirit Army, they abandoned the city and fled, and the military discipline of the Holy Spirit Army is extremely strict, along the way, no matter how small the city, no matter how large the Holy Spirit Empire team passes, there is no Holy Spirit soldier harassing the people, so the place has hardly suffered any loss.

It didn't suffer much loss, which made those ruling families not need to spend too much financial resources to build city defenses, and the tax cut, which undoubtedly gave them more room for development, so that these families had more room to do what they wanted to do, or what they needed to do, such as competing for resources in the city.

The original intention of these families to govern is to become the largest family in the city, if it was in the past, this may just be an expectation, but now it is not impossible, to become the city lord of the city, and it is also the city lord who Jingchen has given a lot of power, and the heat they have is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and even some of the chambers of commerce that originally supported the largest family in the city have begun to defect one after another, no matter what, everyone wants to cooperate with the strong.

People are very realistic, just like the current form in the province of Gama, those families who were not particularly strong in the original strength, using the power given by Jingchen, only took more than a month to complete the integration of the power of the city, and it was at this moment that those big families who were originally entrenched in various cities and wanted to rise through the troubled times were also completely suppressed.

In fact, there is nothing surprising about all this, the new officials will inevitably win over a group of their own forces when they take office, and at this time to choke the lifeblood of reform, it can be said that there is no essential mistake in the approach of these big families, they just want to fight for the greatest interests for their own families.

But they were on the wrong side, because they didn't see through Jingchen, and they didn't expect that Jingchen, a young man who was not yet twenty years old, could be so unremarkable, and even let these big families have no chance to fight back.

Whenever the leader changes, there will always be some people who are on the wrong team, and these people who are on the wrong team will not end up much better, just like those big families in various cities now, their life at the moment can only be described as dire and miserable, and even dire and dire is not enough to describe them.

The decline of these family forces, after countless original partners have dissolved their relations with them, is only a matter of time for them, of course, it is also as they imagined at the beginning, this kind of decline is definitely the kind that will never turn over.

The Lord's House of Gama City, Study.

At this moment, there are two people sitting in this spacious study, Jingchen and Yueran, since that day, Yueran hasn't seen Jingchen for a while, and today Jingchen sent someone to the mansion to let him see him, Yueran also had some doubts in his heart. Generally speaking, there was nothing important that Jingchen would not summon him, and now Yue Ran really couldn't see that there was something important happening in the Gama Province.

After the two sat down, Jingchen asked, "Uncle Yue, there hasn't been any trouble in the territory recently, right?"

Hearing this, Yue Ran glanced at Jing Chen a little inexplicably, since the withdrawal of the imperial army, this area has returned to calm for several years, but without tungstenite, the income must have decreased sharply, but Yue Ran also knew that what Jing Chen was referring to was definitely not this aspect of the matter.

His brows furrowed slightly, and suddenly Yue Ran remembered one thing, the bizarre death of civilians and the evil spirit, if you have to say that there has been any chaos in this area, I think it must be these two things, thinking of these two points, Yue Ran is more and more sure, Jing Chen must be asking about this matter, and immediately replied, "Xiao Chen, do you want to ask about the strange deaths of civilians and evil spirits before, have these two things reappeared?"

Nodding slightly, Jing Chen's face also showed a look of worry, on the occasion of only two people, Jing Chen did not need to hide his thoughts, he was indeed worried about the two things that Yue Ran said, after all, there are the figures of the Beast Court behind these two things, although the loss of the Beast Court this time is not small, but those little people of the fourth or fifth level are really not in the eyes of the Beast Court, and if they lose, they will lose, and they will not reach the point where the Beast Court will hurt their muscles and bones.

Seeing Jingchen nodding, Yue Ran shook her head and said, "I didn't find this, the remnants of those beast courts seemed to have disappeared overnight, and I don't know where they went." When the words fell, Yue Ran's face also flashed with a look of worry, although he didn't know much about the strength of the Beast Court, but just looking at the Nangong family and the Star Clan were both subordinate to the Beast Court, Yue Ran could also guess that this Beast Court was definitely not ordinary.

After a slight hesitation, Jing Chen said in a deep voice, "Despite this, we still can't neglect to grasp the movements of the Beast Court. "The reason why Jingchen arranged it like this is very simple, the Beast Court can almost be said to be Jingchen's mortal enemy, and now Jingchen can have this strength, to a large extent, it is forced out by the ghostly pursuit of the Beast Court.

Suddenly, as if she remembered something, Yue Ran spoke, "Xiao Chen, there is another thing, it is the reaction of the following ruling families, recently, some families have used the power of the ruling family to formulate local tax laws, benefits, etc., to adjust the tax rate of their city very low, but the welfare is very good, which makes many residents who originally belonged to other cities have moved over, should this situation be controlled?"

At this moment, Yueran was a little hesitant, although this kind of competition seems to be a bit cruel, but it is undoubtedly a kind of survival of the fittest, for the quality of the territory, it mainly depends on Jingchen's thoughts, if Jingchen doesn't want some local families to become bigger, it is necessary to control this vicious competition, otherwise, everyone flocks to those cities with good treatment, then wouldn't it be empty of Jingchen, the lord? But on the other hand, if Jingchen wants to run a powerful territory, this kind of competition is inevitable, and without the movement of people, the actual effect of the power distributed to the ruling family will be greatly reduced.

Smiling indifferently, Jingchen said slowly, "It's nothing, where there are interests, there is competition, if in this kind of competition, some families can't survive, it can only mean that these families are not enough to take on such a big responsibility." Immediately, the silver light flashed in Jingchen's hand, and the communicator left for Jingchen when Sedum and Yuelu left instantly appeared in Jingchen's hand.

Seeing that Jing Chen sensed it slightly, he said to the communicator, "Archon, come over to my study." After speaking, Jingchen turned off the communicator.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, Jingchen said "come in", and saw a middle-aged man who looked very shrewd and capable walked out from outside, came to Jingchen and gave a deep salute, and said, "I've seen my lord." ”

"Well, sit aside. As he spoke, he gestured to the chair beside Yueran.

This consul is also a core member of the Yue family, and is now mainly responsible for the issuance of large and small decrees in the territory, and has already dealt with some daily problems and decisions, and can be regarded as the number one person in the current Gama Province.

After the people sat down, Jingchen spoke, "You help me issue two decrees, the first one, the lord's mansion will not interfere with the taxes promulgated anywhere in principle, In the area of welfare, as long as they do not contradict the decrees promulgated by the empire and the lord's office, all laws and regulations promulgated by the local government have the right to enjoy the recognition of the lord's office; second, in order to promote the balance of military power among the various cities, a great competition between the cities will be held at the end of the year, and the top three cities will have corresponding military subsidies, and the bottom three cities will decide whether to stay or stay of their military leadership families according to the results of the actual assessment in each city. ”

As soon as these two decrees came out, Yue Ran and the consul of the lord's mansion were stunned, first of all, let's talk about the first article, which undoubtedly means that Jingchen has recognized the identity of those low tax and high welfare decrees, which is undoubtedly telling the ruling families of various cities that Jingchen acquiesced to this competition. Secondly, although this second decree is a bit vague, it at least makes it clear to those families who have taken military power that taking military power does not mean that military power will always be in their hands, and there is competition.

After a pause, Jingchen spoke again, "Article 3, in principle, it is forbidden for the families who are in power or hold military power in the territory to use the power in their hands to annex and exclude other families in the city, and the lord's mansion advocates fair competition. ”

As soon as this third decree came out, Yue Ran and the consul who came out of his own family couldn't help but glance at each other, none of them expected that Jingchen would issue such a decree, the promulgation of this third article undoubtedly destroyed the original expectations of many families, but this kind of destruction is the best result for Jingchen, only if there are some forces in the local area that can balance it, can these families be prepared for danger and work hard for Jingchen in peace.

Otherwise, when those families that can compete with them are eliminated by various means, the binding force in Jingchen's hands will undoubtedly be greatly weakened, although the puppet is also a way, but that method is not as good as having a family in the local area that can threaten its existence, this threat is actual, after all, people are forgetful and greedy.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

Jingchen was slightly stunned and said, "Come in." ”

I saw an attendant walk in, bowed and said, "My lord, there is a person outside the mansion who claims to be Zeus Academy who asks to see him, and he says that his name is Anton." ”