Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 798 - 580 Overwhelming!

"What choice are you going to make?"

"General Bai, what are you talking about?"

Perhaps due to sluggish reactions, or perhaps wanting to hear a definitive answer from Bai E's mouth, many attendees in the hall looked at Bai E, who stood near the City Lord, with alarm and confusion and asked.

"General Bai!" The City Lord, completely ignored by Bai E, glared with fury in his eyes as waves of Spiritual Energy burst out in agitation. His massive figure suddenly levitated into the air, forcibly flying away from Bai E's vicinity.

At the same time, his voice, filled with rage, thundered across the entire hall: "Take him down!"

Having been in a position of power for many years, though his own combat prowess hadn't severely waned, his noble station made even a trade of minor injury for victory an unacceptable cost.

More so, having refrained from direct combat for years, the City Lord wouldn't willingly grapple with the city's cutting-edge "War God," who was sharp and ruthless. He valued his safety too much to entangle himself with such an opponent.

The City Lord's value lay in the fact that he could wield the entire strength of the city as his own.

Why bother with a one-on-one duel when mobbing works?

Yet, despite the command, no one else in the hall took any decisive action.

Bai E, who rose from the ranks of ordinary artificial beings, achieved his current stature entirely through raw strength, earned with fists and kicks.

His reputation, both within the military and the city, was built over a mountain of opponents' blood, tears, and corpses.

Those who fell to him included beastmen, intelligent machines, and insectoids—all who had the foresight to avoid crossing him unless absolutely necessary. None wanted to be his enemy.

Moreover, most of those present were merely representatives of various factions. Even organizations focused on combat, like the Mechanical Court and the Arbitration Place, needed delegates to represent their views.

These were politicians, not warriors; they felt no obligation to follow such combat orders.

Even if the City Lord ultimately escaped and triumphed, there was no reason for them to be blamed for inaction.

Aside from some mechanically augmented warriors equipped with exoskeletons, who surged into the hall upon the City Lord's command.

These were standard Mechanical Court warriors; after all, mecha couldn't possibly be equipped all the time.

Roughly two squads of Mechanical Court warriors coordinated, combining close- and long-range tactics.

Some used the jet-powered boosters on their exoskeletons to leap high into the air, drawing sharp combat knives to strike down toward Bai E; others brandished specialized machine guns, sniper rifles, and even individual grenade launchers, aiming to shoot at Bai E.

The startled nobles preemptively evaded, retreating to corners to avoid the stray assault waves.

Some had already bet their chips on Bai E and yelled from the sidelines as they backed away: "Bai E, you damned rogue, don't get ahead of yourself! You'd better beat the City Lord's personal guard first! They're the most trusted fighting force under the City Lord, only by defeating them do you even have a chance at rebellion!"

These warriors, long selected from various sources into the Mechanical Court, not only served as mech pilots but had undergone body modifications and were equipped with the city's most advanced single-unit weaponry. They doubled as the City Lord's personal guard.

In fact, one could argue that this was the true purpose of the division.

The City Lord relied on the overwhelming power and command over this city's highest-grade combat organization to maintain his absolute dominance.

Before this, no one had dared to challenge the authority of the Mechanical Court warriors.

And now, Bai E had taken the first step nobody dared to tread.

He summoned his Longsword with a wave, enveloping his actions in the flow of his spirit.

He possessed no magical blade designed specifically to counter humans, but he didn't need one.

With only his own capabilities, the Longsword in his hand was already indestructible.

Infused with Spiritual Energy, the gleaming mystical weapon radiated an enchanting glow of enchantment.

In the next moment, faster than anyone's eyes could follow, Bai E unleashed his full strength, moving like a phantom as he wove through the incoming Mechanical Court warriors.

Thin red lines gradually appeared on the warriors' bodies, Bai E's figure only emerging behind all of them.

The ground and sky alike were littered with the scattered remains of two squads of warriors, collapsing one after another with dull thuds.

The bodies of mechanically modified soldiers, having little blood left in them, displayed only feeble oozes at their wounds, avoiding overly grisly scenes.

None paid attention to the field strewn with decaying corpses.

Yet in the next instant, a torrent of immense and untainted spiritual energy descended upon Bai E.

Though higher-level Spiritual Energy users from the Spiritual Power Managers Center didn't follow the City Lord closely at all times, they had already arrived from nearby moments after the City Lord gave his command.

On this turbulent night, they had been standing vigilant within a certain radius of the City Lord's location, fully prepared.

This was a habit, and also a display of authority.

None had ever imagined these individuals would truly act, but today that moment had arrived.

A tangible pressure bore down directly on Bai E, the sheer overwhelming force applied by several third-tier Spiritual Energy users working in unison threatened to crush him into pulp.

However, even more formidable was the mental confrontation—fatal illusions and psychic strikes caused Bai E to experience unfathomable psychic trauma in an instant.

But under the cleansing flow of his "spiritual stream," all these mental impacts transformed into nothing but accumulating flames in his core.

The clash with his fellow humans already filled Bai E with profound grief and rage, and the next instant, a retaliatory explosion blossomed from Bai E's center with a deafening roar.