Fairy, please step aside, I've taken a liking to your man.

Such a short playing time?

Shen Bai was speechless, but he still immediately summoned his subordinates to the steps of the arena.

Upon arriving at the location, they discovered that the steps of the arena had been cordoned off by the Enforcement Hall with a restriction. Shen Bai showed his jade token and led Huang Ying, Huang Feng, and Bai Lu inside.

"What time did this happen?"

Shen Bai looked at a captain from the Enforcement Hall. He was burly and had an upright demeanor. When the captain saw that it was Shen Bai, he came over to greet him.

"I am Yue Changyuan, the captain of the 69th squad of the Imperial Capital Law Enforcement Hall. The body was discovered at 7:00 this morning. It is presumed that he died at 2:00 last night. Because no one applied to challenge him in the arena last night, no one noticed his presence."

Shen Bai leaned down to the corpse of Zang Jian Leng Shao. His death was extremely gruesome, as if he had been slowly sliced ​​countless times with a flying sword.

It's clear that Leng Shao must have endured extremely painful torment before his death.

"Let me in! I need to see our young master!"

A voice suddenly came, and Shen Bai turned around to see a woman in a pure white fairy dress standing outside the barrier, her eyes fixed on Leng Shao's corpse.

Shen Bai looked at Yue Changyuan. Generally, before criminal cases are transferred to the Night Fiend Hall, the power to enforce the law rests with the Law Enforcement Hall, so he had to respect Yue Changyuan's opinion.

Yue Changyuan nodded and instructed his men to activate the restriction.

"Young Master!"

The woman cried out in anguish and lunged at Leng Shao's corpse, but was stopped by a barrier: "Until the murderer is identified, you can only observe from close range."

Yue Changyuan asked, "Who are you?"

The woman suppressed her grief: "I am a sword maiden from the Burial Sword Manor. Yesterday, I received a summons from my young master, who said that a great enemy was plotting against him and asked me to come and protect him."

"The biggest nemesis? Who is it?"

Yue Changyuan's spirits lifted, and Shen Bai also breathed a sigh of relief; having a worthy adversary provided a direction for the investigation.

"A Night Fiend named Shen Bai from the Night Fiend Hall."

The name uttered by the swordswoman startled everyone present: "Who did you say?"

"Chen Bai!"

The swordswoman gritted her teeth and said, "My young master said that this is an extremely wicked spoiled brat with immense power."

Yue Changyuan looked at Shen Bai with a strange expression. Huang Ying, Huang Feng, and Bai Lu also looked at Shen Bai, unable to suppress their laughter.

Shen Bai stroked his smooth chin and looked at the swordswoman with a sincere expression: "I am the Shen Bai you mentioned. I don't know if I'm evil or not, but I'm quite handsome."

With a cry, the swordswoman summoned a pure white flying sword. As soon as the sword was summoned, everyone immediately felt an extremely sharp sword intent.

"So it was you who killed my young master!"

The swordswoman drew her sword, ready to kill Shen Bai, but Huang Ying raised her hand and released her own Huang Ying. The powerful aura caused a hint of solemnity to appear on the swordswoman's pure face: "As expected, you wield immense power, even having a master of power protecting you. However, don't underestimate me, the swordswoman!"

Seeing that this innocent idiot was about to fight him to the death, Shen Bai waved his hand with a headache and said, "Are you sure I killed your young master based on just one person's account?"

The swordswoman paused for a moment: "What else can I do? He said you were trying to harm him."

Shen Bai ignored this naive and innocent girl and looked at Yue Changyuan: "Have you tried summoning the spirit?"

"The methods were extremely sophisticated; after torturing him to death, they would sever his three souls and six spirits."

Generally speaking, such cases are essentially unsolved, but now that the victim has arrived, we have to deal with them.

"I have already informed the master of our Burial Sword Manor, and he will be here soon."

The swordswoman stared intently at Shen Bai, her eyes filled with resentment: "You can't escape."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "I wasn't planning on running away either."

A moment later, hundreds of sword intents soared into the sky and flew in from the horizon. Seeing the enemy's aggressive approach, Shen Bai's eyes also became more solemn. He took out a communication talisman to contact someone, but found that communication in this area had been cut off.

"How dare you forcibly restrict communications in the capital! What is your punishment?"

The sword energy within Shen Bai's body was stirring restlessly, and Yue Changyuan's face darkened: "Immediately lift the restriction, or your Burial Sword Manor will be jointly wanted by the Enforcement Hall and the Night Fiend Hall!"

"My son has been murdered, why would I care about your Enforcement Hall and Night Fury Hall?"

An aged voice rang out above the crowd. Shen Bai looked up and saw an old man with completely white hair and beard staring sharply at him: "You are Shen Bai?"

"Good, good, very good!"

If Shen Bai still doesn't understand at this point, then he's a fool.

He realized he had been framed.

Judging from the unreasonable behavior of the Burial Sword Manor, from the inside out to the top and bottom, it's clear that the knife they've chosen to use to kill someone else is extremely useful.

"I am now formally warning you that the restriction will be lifted within three breaths."

Shen Bai knew there was nothing to say to the other party and was too lazy to explain anything. He looked at Yue Changyuan and the others and said, "Prepare for battle."

The dozen or so guards from the Law Enforcement Hall and Shen Bai's dozen or so subordinates immediately drew their flying swords.

"What? You killed someone, and now you want to use your power to intimidate others?"

With a single glance from the old man, the two protective barriers that the Enforcement Hall had placed around Leng Yan's corpse were completely broken, and Leng Yan's corpse flew towards the old man.

Seeing the countless sword wounds on Leng Yan's corpse, a tear rolled down the old man's cheek: "This is my only son. You're going to completely sever the lineage of my Burial Sword Manor!"

Before the tears of grief and indignation could fall to the ground, they transformed into a sharp water sword, slashing towards Shen Bai.

"ban!"

Shen Bai reacted quickly, throwing out an array plate that instantly transformed a ten-meter radius around the area into a spirit-restricting zone.

"A spirit-suppressing formation?"

This was the first time the old man had ever seen someone use a spirit-suppressing array to protect themselves. Looking at Shen Bai, who was coldly staring at him from within the array, he felt a surge of anger: "You think that just because you're hiding inside this spirit-suppressing array, I can't do anything to you?"

"You've missed your chance to kill me."

Shen Bai ignored him: "Ten, nine, eight..."

Upon hearing Shen Bai's countdown, the old man sensed something was wrong. Just as he was about to forcefully break the spirit-suppressing array, he realized that his restriction had been torn apart by a violent force.

"Who dares to invoke the communication ban in the capital?"

Gu Zheng Zhenjun appeared above the challenge platform. Upon seeing the old man, Gu Zheng Zhenjun's face showed anger: "Leng Yuanliang, you have quite the nerve!"

Upon seeing Gu Zheng Zhenjun, the hundreds of sword cultivators from Burial Sword Manor showed no intention of sheathing their flying swords. Leng Yuanliang's face was filled with anger: "My only son was killed by this little Night Fiend named Shen Bai. Tell me, shouldn't I be audacious?"

"Are you sure you want to make enemies of the Night Fiend Gang?"

Gu Zheng Zhenjun made no attempt to defend Shen Bai. He stood in mid-air, his boundless power pressing down on the hundreds of sword cultivators of Burial Sword Manor.

This is not the time to reason. The challenge arena is now surrounded by sword cultivators from all over the world. With so many people watching, if the Night Fiend Hall is suppressed by a mere Burial Sword Manor, then the Night Fiend Hall will surely lose all its prestige.

"Are you sure you want to cover up the murderer?"

Leng Yuanliang's soaring sword intent surged into the sky, forcefully colliding with the overwhelming power emanating from Gu Zheng Zhenjun.

"How dare you!"

Gu Zheng Zhenjun was furious. How dare they confront him, the deputy head of the Night Fiend Hall in the capital, in front of everyone? It seems that the Burial Sword Manor no longer needs to exist.

Ancient True Monarch pressed down with both hands, and a pitch-black cage suddenly appeared between heaven and earth: "Imprison!"

The soaring sword intent had just risen when it was imprisoned by the black cage. Leng Yuanliang's expression finally changed: "Very well, sword-burial warriors, set up the sword-burial formation."

Hundreds of sword cultivators responded simultaneously, and nearly a thousand flying swords suddenly shot into the air, spreading an aura of destruction and death.

"Very well, today your Burial Sword Manor has defied the law with your lives, so stay in the capital and don't even think about going back!"

As Gu Zheng Zhenjun raised his hand and unleashed a secret technique, an even larger cage suddenly descended above the challenge platform.

"A sixth-order formation!"

Sensing the aura of rules permeating the cage, a hint of fear finally appeared in Leng Yuanliang's eyes.

The difference between the fifth and sixth tiers lies in the aura of rules. No matter how powerful a Nascent Soul True Monarch is, he is still just a monarch.

The sixth-tier avatar easily crushed the Nascent Soul True Monarch, relying on the overwhelming power of the rule's aura.

He gritted his teeth, about to unleash the trump card of Burial Sword Manor, when a voice suddenly drifted down from below: "Manor Lord, are you sure you want all the men of Burial Sword Manor to die here?"

Leng Yuanliang looked down and saw the little Night Fiend hiding in the spirit-suppressing array, looking at him with a mocking expression: "Stop now, and at most you'll be punished. If you beg True Monarch Gu Zheng, you'll probably only be fined some spirit stones. But if you dare to resist again, it'll be a fight to the death. Are you sure you want to be an enemy of the Empire?"

Leng Yuanliang remained silent. The anger and grief in his heart subsided slightly at this moment. He looked up at his sons. Although they all fearlessly unleashed the Burial Sword Formation, there was a trace of sadness and helplessness deep in their eyes.

Leng Yuanliang sighed dejectedly, "Stop!"

Hundreds of sword cultivators breathed a sigh of relief as the destructive aura that filled the sky vanished instantly.

"Arrest them all!"

Gu Zheng Zhenjun looked at him coldly and indifferently: "Do you think that paying a fine will solve the problem?"

"To kill someone based on mere rumors not only violates the no-weapon policy issued by my Night Fiend Hall, but also audaciously cuts off communication between the Law Enforcement Hall and the Night Fiend Hall. And just now you dared to openly defy the law. With multiple crimes punished concurrently, do you think your Burial Sword Manor can still exist in the Empire?"

Leng Yuanliang angrily asked, "What are you going to do about my son's tragic death?"

Gu Zheng Zhenjun snorted, "Investigating the murderer is our business. Regardless of whether Shen Bai killed him or not, even if he did, you have no right to interrogate him on behalf of my Night Fiend Hall."

These domineering words were not only spoken to True Monarch Gu Zheng, but all the sword cultivators present also understood True Monarch Gu Zheng's meaning.

This imperial capital is the capital of the Xuan Yuan Empire.

As long as the Night Fiend Hall exists, no one is allowed to act recklessly in the capital.

Leng Yuanliang was filled with grief and indignation, but he could only suppress his anger. He said bitterly, "If the Night Fiend Hall cannot give me an explanation, I, Leng Yuanliang, swear to..."

"Shut up!" A cold shout suddenly came, interrupting him.