Lord of the Sky City

Gliding to Rocky's side, Toss looked at him with a sneer.

"Quite tough to deal with… huh!"

After sneering twice, he raised the longsword in his hand and aimed for Rocky's chest, a twisted expression reemerging on his face.

Although the exchange with Rocky had put unexpected pressure on Toss, the more pressure he felt, even danger, from his opponent, the more he relished it—not the battle with a strong adversary, but the thrill of killing one!

Therefore, when the moment to kill Rocky came, he felt an immense excitement. Indeed, Rocky was a feast that he enjoyed to the fullest!

In just the span of a breath, Toss thrust his longsword viciously towards Rocky's chest!

With a clink, the longsword hit the ground, and the immense force drove it half a foot into the earth, but… it did not hit Rocky!

In the instant the longsword was descending, Rocky, who had been lying on the ground almost indistinguishable from the dead, suddenly rolled to the side, causing the longsword to miss its mark!

"Wha…"

Toss was shocked that Rocky still had the energy to dodge, and it was during his moment of stupefaction that Rocky, who had evaded the lethal strike, suddenly burst up from the ground like a panther pouncing on its prey and lunged at him.

At the same time, Rocky's rune longsword swung into action, its tip glowing with rune light as it traced a perfect arc, slashing across Toss's neck in an instant!

With a swoosh, the longsword swept by, and Rocky stopped right in front of Toss. Then came a gurgling sound as Toss's head rolled off his neck and landed at Rocky's feet, tumbling there.

In the Air Pirate Group, Toss, known as the Butcher with a twisted killing desire, was dead!

As the head fell to the ground, Toss's body slowly toppled and with a thud knelt on the ground, with a large amount of fresh blood spurting from the bowl-sized wound on his neck moments later.

For some reason, an unusual amount of blood gushed from Toss's neck, shooting up two to three meters high. It looked like a fountain, and when the blood dispersed and fell, it completely turned into a blood rain.

The blood rain scattered, and Rocky, standing underneath, was drenched. Although it felt disgusting, he had to admit that the ecstasy brought on by slaughter was incomparable to anything else—even he felt a tinge of excitement at that moment.

Thankfully, Rocky quickly suppressed that hint of excitement, and then he looked down to see Toss's head lying at his feet—no, Toss's head.

Even in death, Toss's face still wore a look of surprise and confusion, which with the end of his life became eternal.

To his dying moment, Toss could not fathom one thing: how he died? Stay tuned to empire

How could Rocky, stricken by two Thunder Cannons, possibly have the ability to counter-kill? He was only wearing first-generation armor! The power of the Thunder Cannon was almost equal to a standard Magic Energy Cannon, and a direct hit should have, at least, severely wounded and knocked out Rocky on the spot.

So Toss died without ever understanding what happened; he just couldn't grasp how Rocky had reversed the situation on him.

But his bewilderment was natural, for Toss could never have known that Rocky's Armor, after being rune-enhanced, had reached a magic energy value of 900 points. This value was already on par with the average of second-generation armors. Therefore, in terms of magic energy value, Rocky was not at a significant disadvantage, and although injured by the Thunder Cannon, he was far from incapacitated.

Moreover, Toss had underestimated Rocky, thinking that wearing first-generation armor meant he didn't warrant serious attention. He didn't realize that it was with this very armor that Rocky had fought and survived encounters with great warriors like Baron Wolin!

Thus, Toss might have thought he had the upper hand over Rocky in terms of armor and strength, but in reality, he was not much superior in either aspect. Consequently, being counter-killed by Rocky was a logical outcome; Toss deserved to die with his eyes closed.

"Rocky!"

Just as Rocky was bending down to pick up Toss's head and remove the helmet of his Void Magic Armor, Liliya's voice came from above, and then a red figure landed beside him.

"Are you okay?"

Looking at the sorry state of Rocky and then at the body of Toss lying in a pool of blood, Liliya immediately understood what had happened and hurriedly asked.

"It's fine," Rocky said with a slight smile, shaking the severed head and helmet in his hand. "Look, my arms and legs are all intact."

"What do you mean, 'fine'!"

Liliya was no fool; she had hurried over precisely because she heard the booming of the Thunder Cannon, so Rocky's nonchalant attitude immediately angered her.

"Why didn't you call me for help!"

Glaring at Rocky, Liliya was genuinely angry this time, so much so that she didn't wait for him to retort and rattled on like a machine gun, "I'm your guard, and I should be the one to deal with the enemy! Why do you always do this, never considering my feelings! If this continues, let's just switch roles, so I don't have to worry about you all the time!"

"Fine, from now on, you be the City Lord, and I'll be your guard,"

Faced with Liliya's imposing anger, Rocky chuckled and started to play dumb...n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"You!"

Liliya was so infuriated by his shenanigans that she stomped her foot and, in a huff, just flew off.

"Monte and Lin Feng have already found the Air Pirate Group's headquarters, come if you want!"

After taking to the air, Liliya shouted at Rocky in a huff, then accelerated and flew away. Upon hearing her words, Rocky was delighted and quickly followed Liliya after instructing the surrounding guards to remove the Void Magic Armor from Toss and stash it away.

Following close behind Liliya, it didn't take long for him to see a horde of guards besieging a three-story building.

This building was obviously constructed by the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group, erected anew on the foundation of an abandoned site and turned into the group's headquarters.

At this moment, over a hundred guards were laying siege to the three-story building. Under Monte's command, warriors from the Guard Corps formed a line, each one holding up their shield high to defend against arrows and magic flying out from the building; meanwhile, the Guard Corps' archers and mages were constantly striking at the bandits inside from afar.

After the previous street battle, the bandits had indeed exerted some pressure and caused injuries to the Guard Corps, but they were still gradually forced back into their headquarters, signifying a lost cause. Nonetheless, the bandits were stubbornly resisting, making it difficult for the guard to break into their base for the time being.

In this situation, Monte chose a relatively secure tactic, which was to wear down the enemy, given the Guard Corps had a real ranged unit and wouldn't be at a disadvantage when exchanging arrow volleys and magic.

And it was at this moment that Rocky and Liliya arrived.

"How's it going?"

Rocky landed next to Monte and Lin Feng and immediately asked.

"Sir, these guys refuse to surrender; it seems they are waiting for a warship to come to their rescue," Monte replied, having already figured out the reason behind the bandits' stubborn resistance: they were simply hoping that Kilov could secure a victory in the aerial battle and come back to save them.

"Understood,"

Rocky nodded at Monte's explanation and then flew into the sky.

"You!"

Seeing him taking off on his own again, Liliya stomped her foot in exasperation, unable to do anything but hastily follow him.

However, once in the air, Rocky shouted at the bandits inside the building!

"You! Who knows this man?"

After the shout, Rocky raised the head of Toss!