Looking at the white-clothed man smiling, Lin Feng coldly gazed at him. His sharp eyes showed no hint of retreat.

"Hahaha, let me tell you the truth. In the eyes of the Emperor, there is only his empire, and you, Lin Feng, pose a great threat to it. Since he sees you as a hidden danger, how could he trust you to manage the gateway to the Human Realm?"

"This is nothing but your nonsense."

Lin Feng said lightly. He simply could not believe that the Emperor had become so muddled; all this must be the doing of that traitor Shen Laoda.

Lin Feng then waved Wu Ping aside. Xue Nian intended to deal with Wu Ping. Although Xue Nian was seriously injured at that moment, dealing with an ordinary citizen was still more than enough for him.

Wu Tian saw Xue Nian going after Wu Ping and immediately got up to stop him.

The two of them immediately started fighting. Since both were injured, there wasn’t as much grandeur as before.

"Lin Feng, don’t be obstinate. If you want to deal with me, I will regard you as a traitor and show no mercy."

The white-clothed man dared to speak to Lin Feng like this because he had seen Lin Feng suffer an explosive injury earlier.

One must know that Xue Nian’s Black Demon Axe contained extremely powerful Black Demon Essence Blood and exceedingly turbid Shadow Magic Power.

No matter how capable Lin Feng was of suppressing this force within his body, he absolutely couldn’t dissolve it.

Not to mention Lin Feng, there were indeed very few people in the Six Realms who could achieve this.

Lin Feng could contend evenly with the white-clothed man at that moment because the pure energy emitted from his Innate Spiritual Seed suppressed the black undercurrent.

But if Lin Feng were to get injured again, the black undercurrent would likely break free from Lin Feng’s spiritual power restraint, thus damaging Lin Feng’s five viscera.

By then, with his meridians in chaos, no matter how skillful Lin Feng was, he would face a dead end.

Even so, Lin Feng was determined to fight the opponent to the death, not because he was excessively confident, but because he had no choice.

At this moment, a former subordinate mentioned his serious injury, and then his daughter fell into the hands of villains. As a former General and now the master of Peace City, he had no reason not to act. Moreover, the cause of all this was because of him.

If it weren’t for the Court’s intention to deal with Lin Feng, Wu Ping wouldn’t have come here so easily. Falling into the trap set by the white-clothed man, Lin Feng even began to realize that Wu Tian’s betrayal might have been a long-prepared conspiracy, but the mastermind behind the design could not be the white-clothed man in front of him.

Because if it were the white-clothed man, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to bring things to this point. From his response, it seemed he came out of hiding under compulsion. Could it be true that some unforeseen event happened, forcing the white-clothed man to react in advance?

Lin Feng had no time to think further at that moment.

Faced with an incoming palm strike from the white-clothed man, he immediately raised a vigorous defense.

The white-clothed man then thought of sweeping a kick at Lin Feng, a kick infused with infinite energy, causing the air around it to ripple with turbulence.

Lin Feng immediately launched an Extreme Shadow Kick, and their legs crossed without a clear winner.

Immediately, the two of them stepped back a few paces.

The white-clothed man smiled with his eyes, speaking with conviction.

"Lin Feng, if you continue to persist in your folly, I’m afraid the citizens of your city will suffer."

Hearing this, Lin Feng trembled slightly.

"Could it be that the Court has already dispatched troops to attack Peace City?"

At the moment Lin Feng’s thoughts were scattered, the black-clothed man immediately shot a palm at him. Lin Feng’s hasty defense didn’t prevent the residual force from hitting him, causing him to cough up blood again.

Hua Shengmi urgently said: "Lin Feng, are you okay?"

Lin Feng staggered backward for several steps before stopping.

Upon hearing Hua Shengmi’s inquiry, Lin Feng used his mind to answer: "I’m fine, I was just worried about the citizens in the city."

"You fool, your life is at stake. What do you have to protect the city’s citizens with?"

Lin Feng pondered Hua Shengmi’s words; if he died here, how could he save the citizens of Peace City? Only by surviving and leaving here could he have the opportunity to save them.

With this realization, Lin Feng’s resolve hardened. The spiritual power within him started circulating systematically again, stirring up a strong whirlwind around his body.

Watching the intense wind surge in front of Lin Feng, the white-clothed man was momentarily taken aback.

Although surprised, the white-clothed man quickly regained his composure. He channeled the True Yuan within him towards Lin Feng, meeting his strike with great ferocity.

At this moment, the two were engaged in a contest of inner strength.

The aura surrounding them was more magnificent than when Wu Tian and Xue Nian had clashed previously with axe and sword.

No external object could approach.

The iron-hard stone slabs beneath their feet began to shatter. Lin Feng resolutely closed his eyes, letting the vast spiritual power within him flow out, like a raging beast starting to howl and run. The thundering bang from under his feet seemed to echo throughout the sky.

This energy was hidden within Lin Feng in an ultimate beast spirit, a power essence forcibly infused into him by the Heavenly Star Formation when he was in the Snow Domain.