Chapter 18: Sword sheath
"Did you hear? The Gao family, the Sun family, and the Luo family were all annihilated—just like the Feng family! Long Chen is incredibly dangerous. You'd be crazy to mess with him!"
"Doesn't the Long family fear provoking public outrage with these actions? And what about City Lord Ji—doesn't he care?"
"Tsk tsk, don't you know? Right before the destruction of those families, the City Lord visited the Long family."
"If Lord Ji went there, how could such a tragedy still happen?"
"I don't know the full story, but I heard that after he left the Long family looking humiliated, Long Chen immediately led his clan to attack the Sun, Gao, and Luo residences."
"From that, can we assume the City Lord was defeated by Long Chen?"
"That's hard to believe. City Lord Ji has been in the Innate Realm for many years. He's the strongest man in Star City! Even the old patriarch of the Feng family never dared to act arrogantly in front of him. What kind of power does Long Chen have that could force the City Lord to back down?"
Countless people were talking, speculating wildly.
Though the truth was unclear, one thing was certain: Star City was changing.
What used to be a balance among four major families had now shifted—only the Long family remained standing.
Soon after—