Chapter 374: The Great Purge of Cloud City!
The Black Blood Cavalry is almost the largest and most elite armed force in Sky City. And the Black Blood Castle is the last and biggest barrier in Cloud City.
There are five castle guards around Sky City, but the Black Blood Castle is undoubtedly the largest. Once the Black Blood Castle is lost, it will also mean the fall of Cloud City.
When any city lord of Cloud City took office, he would hold the Black Blood Castle tightly in his hands, and now Yang Dingtian actually wanted to hand over the Black Blood Castle to his biggest enemy, Ximen Wei.
Everyone was puzzled!
In fact, at this time, the Black Blood Castle was completely in the hands of the Northwest Qin City. Although there is still the banner of Cloud City on it, every warrior in the castle is from Northwest Qin City, and he is only known as a warrior of Cloud City.
Moreover, at this time, the nominal leader of the Black Blood Castle was still Ximen Lie. It's just that at this time, he must not be able to enter the Black Blood Castle, and he can't even command a samurai inside.
And since Yang Zheng was exposed, the relationship between Northwest Qincheng and Yang Yan has definitely changed. Qin Huaiyu must have been wary of Yang Yan, so Ximen Wei became the only spokesperson for the interests of Northwest Qincheng in Yunxiao City, after all, he was the son-in-law of Northwest Qincheng.
Therefore, as soon as Yang Dingtian's mention came out, Yang Yan and the others' faces changed, and they didn't want to see this situation. However, the few elders who had been inserted by Qincheng in the northwest were overjoyed.
After Ximen Nu and Ximen Yan were finished, there were still nine elders left in Cloud City.
They are Da Yang Yan, Yang Peipei, Ximen Lie, the lord of the Black Blood Castle, Ximen Wei, the head of internal affairs, Tang Bozhao, the head of external affairs, Yan Bieli, the elder of the law enforcement, Xiao Yan, the elder of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and Zuo Boning, the beast whisperer and the pill pharmacist. Elder Ren Xuancang!
Among them, Zuo Boning entered the Council of Elders as a replacement for the beast whisperer of Cloud City after Ximen Ningning disappeared. The origin of this person is mysterious, but there is no doubt that he was infiltrated by the Northwest Qin City.
And the Elder Ren Duancang has always been in Cloud City. The cultivation is also quite not weak, but it has been very low-key before. It was also after Simon was gone. Suddenly rising. According to Mrs. Ximen's description, Ximen Wuya once said that Ren Duancang was a long-term undercover agent in Yunxiao City in Northwest Qincheng.
So at this time, the entire Elder Council of Cloud City was divided into three factions.
Yangdingtian faction, under the banner is Yang Peipei and Ximen Lie.
Yang Yan's faction, under which is Tang Bozhao and Yan Bieli.
The Qincheng faction in the northwest is Ximen Fear, Ren Duancang and Zuo Boning.
And the elders of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion almost never appeared. Absolute neutrality.
Therefore, in the Presbyterian Church, the three factions are completely evenly matched. And Yang Dingtian proposed to add all the snake tail Jiao and Mu Liancheng as members of the Elders, so that Yang Dingtian would have four members of the Elders, plus him, the city lord, then he would be completely dominant in the Elders.
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"Snake Tail Jiao's new entry into Cloud City is very inappropriate. Yang Yan said: "Please think twice about the Lord of Yang City." β
Yang Dingtian looked at Zuo Boning, who was quite a bit immortal. He said with a smile: "Elder Zuo also only joined my Cloud City last year and became a member of the Council of Elders. Why can't the snake tail Jiao?"
Yang Yan said: "Because after the disappearance of Ximen Ningning, our Cloud City has lost the Beast Whisperer and the Pill Medicine Master. And the beast whisperers in the whole world are very rare, Master Zuo is a beast whisperer and a master of pills, as a special talent, it is natural to become a member of the Elders. And the snake tail is delicate. I don't have any special talents, and the martial arts I practice are not my Cloud City, so it's really not appropriate to become a member of the Council of Elders. β
Yang Dingtian said with a smile: "Of course, Snake Tail Jiao has special talents, which are snake control and poison making. β
Tang Bozhao sneered: "Joke." My Yunxiao City's famous sect is also going to be poisoned like the three indiscriminate sects?"
Yang Dingtian said: "It can make drugs, it doesn't have to be poisonous, it can be used to prevent poison." Now the form of struggle is more complicated, in the past in the great war between the Heavenly Dao Alliance and the Evil Dao, how can the warriors of our Heavenly Dao Alliance die under the poison, and the matter of anti-poison is completely urgent. Therefore, Snake Tail Jiao can completely become a person who has a special talent to introduce me to the Cloud City Elders' Church. β
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of many elders looking at Yang Dingtian suddenly became slightly surprised.
In the past, their impression of Yang Dingtian was completely upright and simple, of course, this is a nice speech, and if it is ugly, it is stupid and naΓ―ve.
Now, in order to promote the snake tail Jiao to the members of the Council of Elders, Yang Dingtian is forced to fight against the evil way. It seems that if the snake tail is not included in the membership of the Council of Elders, it will delay the strategy of fighting against the evil way.
Among the members of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, the struggle against the evil Dao is the highest justice and absolute political correctness. As long as anyone sacrifices this weapon of great destruction, basically no one can refute the theory.
Therefore, after Yang Dingtian pulled out the great cause of anti-poison, the elders present immediately quieted down. Everyone looked at Yang Yan one after another, hoping that he could find an upright reason to prevent Snake Tail Jiao from entering the Council of Elders.
Great Elder Yang Yan stared at Yang Dingtian deeply, and then said with a smile, "Anti-poison is indeed related to the great cause of the struggle against the Evil Demon Dao, and it involves the life and death of my Cloud City. This time, however, two presbyterian seats were vacated. The fall of Simon Fury can't affect the operation of the Abyss Castle, so what is the City Lord's opinion on the new Lord of the Abyss Castle?"
Of course, Yang Dingtian knew what Yang Yan meant, and he proposed an exchange, wanting Yang Zheng to enter the Council of Elders and become the new Lord of the Abyss Castle.
"Just let Yang Zheng go. Yang Dingtian said: "Senior Brother Yang Zheng is a descendant disciple of Yunxiao City, and his cultivation is strong, more than twice as strong as Ximen Nu, so it is most suitable for him to guard the border of Yunxiao City." β
"The lord of the city is wise. Yang Yan bowed and saluted.
"Well, those two things are settled. Yang Ding Tiandao: "The Anti-Poison Pavilion was established in Cloud City, and the first Pavilion Master was Lady Snake Tail Jiao, who was included in the Council of Elders. Yang Zheng served as the new Lord of the Abyss Castle and was included in the Council of Elders. Do you have any objections, do you need a vote?"
Also vote a fart.
Yang Dingtian and Yang Yan had already made a deal, and among the three factions, both factions agreed. If the vote is taken, the nine members of the Presbyterian Church will be in favor of it. And Yang Dingtian, as the lord of the city, has absolute veto power.
The members of the Presbyterian Church looked at each other a few times. He bowed and saluted, "Obey the order of the city lord!"
The first step of Yang Dingtian's adjustment is officially in place.
Let the snake tail Jiaoshun enter the presbytery, and of course, as a compromise, the enemy Yang Zheng also entered the presbytery.
The Yangding Heaven family has three members of the Presbyterian Church.
However, Yang Yan's family also has four members of the Council of Elders.
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Yang Dingtian took a sip of clean water. Then he said, "Next, let's move on to the second topic." Simon is afraid to resign as the head of the internal affairs department and become the lord of the Black Blood Castle, do you have any objections?"
Of course, Simon will not have any objections, when he is of the same mind as the city lord, the head of internal affairs is a beautiful difference. But when you don't have the same heart with the city lord, the position of the head of internal affairs is to find guilt.
And becoming the lord of the Black Blood Castle will become the real second person in the entire Cloud City.
Of course, Yang Yan wanted to oppose this mention, but in the transaction just now. Yang Yan's family has already taken advantage. Now, Yang Dingtian wants to trade with the Northwest Qincheng family, but Yang Yan can't come out to oppose it. Everyone has to get the benefits together, and you can't go alone.
"We will obey the orders of the city lord. The members of the Presbyterian Council bowed down one after another.
"Good. Yang Dingtian nodded and said: "So, who is the vacated housekeeper to be the right person?" I think Mu Liancheng is very suitable, he is old and absolutely loyal." And he is the sword attendant of the lord of the West Gate. As for the suspicion that he is not cultivated enough, the housekeeper is in charge of internal affairs. You don't need to be strong in cultivation. β
At this time, everyone's gaze towards Yang Dingtian was even more strange.
This new city lord is very sophisticated, and after trading with Yang Yan and the first family, he will trade with Ximen and the first family, and one person will monopolize two benefits.
However, if he succeeds. Then among the members of the Council of Elders, Yang Dingtian has four members of the Council of Elders, plus his veto power as the city lord, then he has an absolute advantage in Cloud City. This is undoubtedly something that neither Yang Yan nor Ximen is afraid of seeing.
Yang Yan frowned slightly and said, "City Lord, this is probably wrong. After all, Mu Liancheng had been away from Cloud City for too long. And the key is that there are only two places vacated for the membership of the Council of Elders, and Snake Tail Jiao and Yang Zheng have already been added. If Mu Liancheng also entered the Council of Elders, there would undoubtedly be an additional place in the Council of Elders. β
Ximen was afraid and said lightly: "City Lord, I also think it's inappropriate!"
At this point, Yang Yan and Ximen were very unified, opposing Yang Dingtian adding another member of the Presbyterian Church.
Yang Dingtian took a deep breath.
If Ximen Wei and Yang Yan oppose at the same time, Yang Dingtian will basically have nothing to do. As the Lord of Cloud City, he has absolute veto power, but he does not have absolute communication power. Therefore, there is no doubt that this mention of yì cannot be passed.
Yang Dingtian took a deep breath and said, "In this case, Mu Liancheng will serve as the deputy head of internal affairs in Yunxiao City. How about Ximen Lie serving as the commander of the defenders of Cloud City and the acting head of internal affairs?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately gasped.
It turned out that Yang Dingtian's purpose turned out to be here. It is to fully seize the military power of Cloud City, and he also has the ill intention to let Ximen Lie temporarily act as the head of internal affairs. The meaning is very obvious, sooner or later, Mu Liancheng will have to be corrected, and when the time comes, Mu Liancheng will still be added to the members of the Council of Elders.
But at this time, there were few reasons for the people present to object.
As the former lord of the Black Blood Castle, Ximen Lie was more than enough to serve as the commander of the defenders of Cloud City, and he was also wronged. You must know that this position used to belong to Ximenyan, and it is completely vacant at this time. And this position, whether it is Ximen Wei or Yang Yan, cannot find a suitable person to fill it.
Therefore, it is completely reasonable to let Ximen Lie serve as the position.
As for letting Mu Liancheng serve as the deputy head of internal affairs, he can't find fault with it.
Suddenly, Ximen Wei and Yang Yan's eyes looking at Yang Dingtian were full of vigilance. I used to think that this new city owner was a chick and it was easy to control. Who knows, the tricks are very sophisticated, and the two of them are almost impossible to stop.
"Alright, that's all for today's deliberations. Next, let's implement today's resolution in the shortest possible time. Yang Dingtian said: "Disperse." β
Then, he stood up and walked straight away.
After Yang Dingtian left, Ximen Lie Yang Peipei and Snake Tail Jiao also left.
Yang Yan came to Ximen and said with a smile: "The Yang City Lord is very wise and wise. β
Simon nodded.
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After the small building of the Yangding Sky Flame, she found that there was a petite and delicate girl beside her.
According to the height of the earth, it is about 160 centimeters. The small face is slightly baby fat, the eyes are large, and the appearance is very delicate and beautiful. He looked like he was only about fourteen or fifteen years old. But the delicate curve of the body is already very mature, convex and backward, exquisite.
Seeing Yang Dingtian coming in, the girl's little face flashed a trace of shyness, but her big eyes still looked at Yang Dingtian secretly.
This is a girl who looks a little timid, but a little cunning.
"Slave Li Long'er. Meet the lord of the castle. The girl stepped forward and bowed.
Yang Dingtian smiled at him and said, "You are from Rose Mountain Villa." β
"Yes, Li Zhongjian is my father. Li Long'er said.
Among the dozens of princes' forces in the territory of Cloud City, Rose Mountain Villa was the only one that was loyal to Yang Dingtian. Yang Dingtian's eyes suddenly became more cordial, and he said with a smile: "Welcome to Cloud City, you have to have some fun." β
"I'm not here to be a guest. Li Long'er said.
Yang Dingtian was slightly stunned, but he didn't understand what this meant.
At this time, the voice of the snake tail Jiao's son Wolf Warrior sounded outside. Said: "Master, the owner of Rose Villa Li Zhuang came to visit. β
"Ask him to wait, and I'll come. "Yangding Heavenly Dao.
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"Li Zhongjian, meet the city lord. When the owner of Rose Mountain Villa saw Yang Dingtian, he immediately knelt down and saluted.
Yang Dingtian hurriedly stepped forward, helped him up, and said, "Privately, please Uncle Li don't make this big gift." β
Li Zhongjian got up. His eyes were blazing and he said: "I have heard about the deliberations in the Cloud Palace, and the city lord turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands for rain. Your Majesty is really full of admiration, and I believe that soon, the entire Sky City will be completely under the control of the City Lord, and you will definitely be able to inherit the legacy of the City Lord of the West Gate and lead the Cloud City to become more powerful. β
Yang Dingtian said with a smile: "It's not enough to talk about it, as long as you don't completely expel Northwest Qin City from the territory of Cloud City for a day." Cloud City can't be truly peaceful for a day. Compromise and bargaining can only solve the temporary crisis, but cannot completely solve the situation. β
Then, Yang Dingtian said: "Uncle Li came to see me, but what's the matter?"
"I'm here to bid farewell to the lord of the city. Li Zhongjian said.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"This time. Most of the princes' forces in the territory of Yunxiao City are against the city lord, except for me, I am worried that there will be changes in the villa, so I have to go back early to make relevant arrangements. Li Zhongjian said.
Yang Dingtian nodded and said, "Okay, I won't keep you." If there is any urgency in Rose Villa, please ask Uncle Li to send someone to report immediately, and I will do my best to help. β
"Yes, City Lord. Li Zhongjian bowed and saluted, "In addition, I have another request, please ask the city lord to grant it." β
"What's the matter?"
"I want to leave my little daughter Li Long'er as the lady-in-waiting of the city lord's wife. Li Zhongjian said.
Yang Dingtian was a little embarrassed.
It is the custom of the Chaos Continent for the princes within the territory to leave their children in the suzerain's castle. For example, the daughter of the head of the largest force in the territory of the Yin Yang Sect is the sword attendant of Dongfang Bingling.
This is a kind of allegiance, and the sun can't stop it. But Li Long'er did a good job in Miss Rose Villa, but now she wants to come to Cloud City to be a slave, which is too unfair to her.
"This may be too unfair for Senior Sister Long'er. Yang Dingtian said: "Moreover, she is so young, she left your side, I am afraid that she will be even more reluctant." β
Li Zhongjian said: "The little girl is smart and active, curious, Rose Villa has long been tired, and she can stay in Cloud City, I'm afraid she will still be eager to stay." β
Yang Dingtian said: "That's good, then she will stay." But don't be our maid, be the sword servant of Flame. β
The identity of the swordsman is higher than that of the maid.
"Thank you for the cultivation. Li Zhongjian bowed and saluted.
Then, after Yang Dingtian accompanied Li Zhongjian for a meal, Li Zhongjian left Yunxiao City with his men and horses, leaving his daughter Li Long'er in Yunxiao City.
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In the next time, there was generally nothing wrong in Cloud City.
Yang Dingtian spent most of his time cultivating, and the rest of the time, he used the purple Xuan veins of the Naga clan to transform the Xuan veins for Ximen Lie and Wolf Warrior.
Ximen Lie, on the other hand, began the cleaning steps in Cloud City. After he took charge of the defense of Sky City, he began a large-scale adjustment and replacement.
Completely clear out all the officers with the background of Qincheng in the northwest, and change the positions of the officers who are not in the lineage. Then, let most of the Black Blood Cavalry be filled into the defenses of Cloud City.
In this way, less than half a month later, the military strength in the entire Cloud City was purged. Yang Dingtian basically controlled the entire defensive army of Yunxiao City.
After completing this part, Yang Dingtian began to reach out to the castles around Cloud City.
First of all, Yang Dingtian, in the name of the city lord, ordered a rotation system for the garrison in addition to the Black Blood Castle.
Undoubtedly, this matter was resisted by the top officers of the various castles.
Thereupon. After getting a secret tip, Yang Dingtian suddenly appeared in a castle for a private visit.
As a result, the castle owner at the time of military training was sleeping with a woman in his bed, and the woman he slept with, officially the wife of his subordinate officers.
So, Yang Dingtian was furious and directly cut off the head of the castle owner in public. Then, it was publicly announced that one of the officers in the castle who had been refrigerated was the new owner. And this officer was a descendant of Simon Wuya before.
By the time Yang Yan and the others reacted, a qiΔ had become an established fact.
After Yang Dingtian cut off the head of one of the castle owners, the castle owners of the remaining three castles also began to be scared and began to agree to the rotation of the garrison.
In the process of rotation, Yang Dingtian used great means to plug the sand, change the soup without changing the medicine, and change the medicine without changing the soup. Promote officers who were once marginalized and loyal to Simon Boundless. When these castle owners arrive at the new castle, they are unable to command the armies in the castle.
That's it. Less than half a month later.
Yang Dingtian cleaned up the old officers in the four castles around Yunxiao City, and adjusted the descendants of Ximen Wuya, who were originally refrigerated, to important positions, and gradually mastered the military power of the four surrounding castles.
Because Yang Dingtian occupied the position of the city lord, and he was not directly afraid of Ximen, Yang Yan and the others tore their faces. Therefore, in the whole process, although the cleaning of Yang Dingtian has been hindered to a certain extent. But basically, Yang Yan and others are difficult to stop.
In addition to adjusting the military power of the surrounding castles, Yang Dingtian spent most of the rest of his time communicating with the young disciples of Cloud City, practicing martial arts together without any shelf, and instructing many disciples in martial arts.
The young disciples of Cloud City were originally full of jealousy and dissatisfaction with Yang Dingtian. But at this time, this jealousy and disobedience completely turned into admiration.
Therefore, Yang Dingtian used a very fast speed to gradually win back the hearts of the young disciples of Cloud City.
In just one or two months, Yang Dingtian quickly regained the hearts and powers of Cloud City in a silent way.
At that time, with the cooperation of Yang Yan and Ximen Wei, the penetration speed of Northwest Qin City into Yunxiao City was very fast.
At this time, the speed of Yang Dingtian's recapture was also accelerated. To put it bluntly, this kind of competition for people's hearts mainly depends on who stands on the side of true righteousness. The young disciples of Cloud City are not blind, no matter what angle they stand on, Yang Dingtian is on the side of righteousness.
No matter how much Ximen Wei and Yang Yan covered up, they could not wash away the suspicion of colluding with foreign enemies.
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Two months later, inside a house in a remote valley.
Inside, there were several people sitting, namely Ximen Wei, Qin Huaiyu, Yang Zheng, Yang Yan, and Tang Bozhao.
"I looked away, I thought this kid was stupid and straight, who knew that he was so powerful, the small pockets looked at one after another, every means was unstoppable, in just two months, this kid actually took all the four castles around Cloud City. Tang Bozhao said: "It's really blind, this kid is not as ruthless as Ximen Wuya, but he is much more yin than him." β
"yes, it's out of sight. Yang Yan said lightly: "I can't go on like this, I can't deal with it passively like this." Otherwise, it won't take a year, and the entire Thousand Miles of Cloud City territory will be cleaned by him. β
"Then what should I do?" Tang Bozhao said: "We both joined forces to suppress him at the meeting. No matter what he mentioned, he would directly veto it. We are united, and the votes are overwhelming. β
Yang Yan shook his head and said, "It's useless, this kid does a lot of things without going through the Council of Elders." It's all about letting things happen first, then solving them at lightning speed, and waiting until the Presbyterian Church is an established fact. β
"Then let the people in the territory of Cloud City rebel. Tang Bozhao said: "Within this thousand-mile territory, the only one who is loyal to this dog mongrel is the Rose Mountain Villa, let the Iron Sword Gate take the lead and all rebel." Let that dog mongrel run for his life, and finally it will be out of control, and then we will come forward and put down the rebellion. β
"It's an idea, but it's not straightforward enough. Qin Huaiyu suddenly spoke: "The most direct way is to kill him." β
"Kill him?" Yang Yan said, "Unless the Grandmaster-level powerhouse in Northwest Qincheng makes a move, we won't be able to kill him with our strength alone." On their side, there are already four martial honorable level powerhouses. And the Grandmaster of Northwest Qin City entered Yunxiao City to kill Yang Dingtian, and he was afraid that the world would shake, and it would be difficult for all of us present to get out, and we would not be able to face the anger of Dongfang Bingling. Moreover, at this time, he was basically in Cloud City, and if he wanted to kill him in Cloud City, even if he was a grandmaster-level powerhouse, he might not be able to do it. β
"Lure him out of Clouds, of course, and kill him in the name of the enemy. Qin Huaiyu said.
"How, in whose name?" Yang Yan said.
"The barbarians of the Sunset Mountains, the marauding forces, the terrorists. Qin Huaiyu said.
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Seven days later, a shocking news came from the territory of Cloud City.
The cannibal barbarians of the Sunset Mountain Range descended the mountain and slaughtered into the territory of Cloud City, and in just two days, they entered the territory of Cloud City for more than 100 miles.
Within a hundred miles, everyone, whether they were warriors or desperate, were all slaughtered, and all the people became the food in the belly of the cannibal barbarians.
Within a hundred miles, it was burned to a white ground.
Wherever these cannibals passed, there was hardly a single person left, a single grass or tree.
Suddenly, the entire territory of Cloud City was in turmoil, and the millions of people in the territory fell into the greatest fear.
In just three days, four small and medium-sized forces in the territory of Cloud City were directly wiped out.
For a time, countless messenger cavalry rushed between various places and Cloud City.
Yang Dingtian used the fastest speed to send a flying messenger to report to the Northwest Branch of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, requesting support.
On the fifth day, thousands of barbarians besieged Rose Villa.
As the only Rose Mountain Villa loyal to Yang Dingtian, it sent nineteen waves of messengers to Yang Dingtian for help, but only two of them successfully rushed to Cloud City, and the remaining seventeen people were all killed on the way.
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On this day, Yang Dingtian was closing his eyes and cultivating.
At this time, his cultivation was just at the most critical point.
With Xuanhuo and Yin Yang Qi Determination, his cultivation speed is much faster than that of ordinary people. However, after becoming a city lord, it was difficult for him to achieve twenty-four hours of uninterrupted cultivation, in fact, he could only cultivate for a maximum of eight hours a day.
But even so, two months later, he was still on the verge of breaking through.
He clearly felt that his sea of qi began to expand, expand.
Inflated to the extreme.
Suddenly, within the sea of qi, a white light flashed.
Then within the body, a qiΔ falls into nothingness.
Just a few minutes later, a qiΔ began to recover again.
Yang Dingtian successfully broke through the two-star Martial Venerable-level powerhouse.
"Wolf warrior, please let me in. Outside, Li Long'er heard the sound of crying.
"No, I can't. Wolf Warrior said categorically: "The master is in the critical period of cultivation, and no one can enter it." β
"However, my father is about to be killed, and our Rose Villa is about to be destroyed, and the city lord can't see death without saving him. Li Long'er cried.
The wolf paused for a moment, and then said, "The master will naturally have a plan, you can't go in." β
When he said this, the wolf warrior was also a little weak in his heart, and he had no confidence.
In fact, during this time, the morale of Yunxiao City was very low, and many hot-blooded young disciples had already become dissatisfied with Yangdingtian, feeling that Yangdingtian was too weak, and the barbarian forces slaughtered the people of Yunxiao City, and Yangdingtian, as the city lord, could not save him.
Although they haven't said it yet, the anger in their hearts has already erupted, and their trust in Yang Dingtian is already a little shaky.
Yang Dingtian took a deep breath and said, "Wolf warrior, let Long'er come in!"
Then, he whispered to himself: "It's time to end, Yang Yan, Ximen Wei, Tang Bozhao, Yang Zheng, I don't know how many I can kill this time, it's better to kill them all!"
The hunter is going to hunt the prey, but it is really difficult to say who is the hunter and who is the prey. (To be continued......)
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