Chasing Light City, city center.

At the top of the towering Steel Building, flying cars constantly shuttled back and forth. As one flying car slowly docked on the rooftop, Lin Qi stepped out, instantly becoming the center of attention.

The rooftop of the association building, which originally shouldn't have had many Bone Forging Realm masters, was now gathered with over two hundred Bone Forging Realm masters. These masters were of various races, and each one had a strength above the Middle Tier of the Bone Forging Realm. The chilling aura they exuded would make the heart of even an Extreme High Tier Martial Artist tremble involuntarily.

"Why are the people from Star Tower City here?" Lin Qi scanned around, full of surprise.

Although the Bone Forging Realm masters before him were of various races, the Tier Two Battle Armor they wore was emblazoned with the Star Tower City Defense Corps emblem, confirming that these masters were indeed people from the Star Tower City Defense Corps.

Just as Lin Qi felt puzzled, a tall human male suddenly stepped forward from the crowd.

This man was none other than Wu Zhuoqun, the captain of the Chasing Light City Defense Corps. However, Wu Zhuoqun was no longer an Extreme High Tier Martial Artist, but a genuine Bone Forging Realm martial artist. However, Wu Zhuoqun had clearly just broken through not long ago, his dense Qi and blood unable to be restrained, as if ready to fight at any moment.

"Hall Master Lin, the City Lord and the others have been waiting for a long time," Wu Zhuoqun said respectfully as he approached Lin Qi. "There is a special situation in the city now, and Elder Xiang arranged for me to guide you."

"Special situation? Is it because of these people from Star Tower City?" Lin Qi followed beside Wu Zhuoqun, glancing at the surrounding Star Tower City Bone Forging Realm masters who all had unfriendly expressions.

"Yes." Wu Zhuoqun nodded, his expression somewhat solemn as he spoke, "Just half a day ago, the City Lord of Star Tower City suddenly arrived at the association with a large group of Bone Forging Realm masters, demanding the City Lord abdicate and leave Chasing Light City with their race, while other races hand over half of their existing resources. They can keep control of half of their original area and continue living in Chasing Light City; otherwise, it would be an all-out war."

"If there's no compromise, it's an all-out war? Is Star Tower City so certain they can swallow Chasing Light City?" Lin Qi couldn't help but be slightly surprised upon hearing this.

Although Fred's information had already indicated that Star Tower City intended to act against Chasing Light City, he hadn't expected it to be this fast, not even waiting for the arrival of winter and the monster outbreak. It was indeed beyond his expectations.

The strength of each city in the Mist Mountain Region has always been in balance, almost equally matched. Even if Star Tower City gained an extra Blood Coagulation Realm expert, Chasing Light City's City Lord surely wasn't a fool and would definitely pay the price to ally with other city lords for resistance.

After all, if Star Tower City devoured a second city and wasn't satisfied, it might even go for a third. The other city lords, unless they were fools, would certainly prevent Star Tower City from growing too big.

"A day ago, Domain City issued a command not to allow the City Lord and those of their level to participate in this city contest," Wu Zhuoqun sighed. "Originally, it was a good thing. Our number of Bone Forging Realm masters in Chasing Light City is comparable to Star Tower City's. If the Bone Forging Realm forces were to fight, neither side would gain much. Even if they won, it would be a Pyrrhic victory, detrimental to both cities. But Star Tower City's side invited external reinforcements unexpectedly."

"Star Tower City invited external reinforcements, and we didn't?" Lin Qi asked curiously.

With Blood Coagulation Realm experts not allowed to take action, hiring external reinforcements is indeed the best solution to avoid significant city losses. If Star Tower City can do it, there's no reason Chasing Light City can't.

"Once the people from Star Tower City arrived, the City Lord immediately went to invite reinforcements," Wu Zhuoqun chuckled wryly. "But no one is willing to come."

"No one is willing to come?" Lin Qi was surprised. "The City Lord wouldn't be stingy at such a moment, would he?"

As the ruler of a city, the City Lord had full control over the large Energy Ore Vein. Sixty percent of the extracted Energy Ore and Energy Crystal Stone went to the City Lord's pocket, with the remaining forty percent distributed among various races.

Even though the human race had Elder Liu, as an ordinary race in Chasing Light City, they only received one percent of the forty percent from the large Energy Ore Vein each year.

The top ten powerful races each received half of those forty percent, or twenty percent overall. And these were just from the city's mining revenues. The City Lord also took half of all city taxes, with the rest allocated for city expenses. It's easy to imagine how wealthy a City Lord is.

Hiring Bone Forging Realm masters should not be an issue as long as they're willing to spend money. Just like Gang Leader Ithaca of the White Feather Gang, who could hire the Red Moon Commerce just by spending some Energy Crystal Stones.

If the City Lord couldn't hire Bone Forging Realm masters, it could only mean he was unwilling to spend the money.

"It's not that the City Lord is unwilling to spend money. To combat Star Tower City, the City Lord was willing to offer half of his fortunes this time, but after understanding the situation, those invited Bone Forging Realm masters all refused," Wu Zhuoqun explained.

"Even with half of the City Lord's fortune, no one is willing to come?" Lin Qi was astonished.

Such wealth could potentially even hire a Blood Coagulation Realm expert, and it's hard to imagine that Bone Forging Realm masters wouldn't be tempted.

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