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Chapter 585 - 451: The True Faces of the Ten Great Giant Cities

Chapter 585: Chapter 451: The True Faces of the Ten Great Giant Cities

Witnessing the shadowy figure shift, when it reappeared, Lei Leian and Su Yu were already standing at the entrance of a sky-blue palace.

At the entrance of the palace, four guards, dressed in the same sky-blue armor, were standing. Seeing Lei Leian and Su Yu appear suddenly, they were slightly taken aback. However, upon recognizing Lei Leian, they immediately paid their respects, saying, "Inspector General."

Su Yu smiled faintly. Clearly, Lei Leian had visited this place before in her capacity as the ’Sky Main City’s’ Inspector General, therefore, these people remembered her. However, they were unaware that Lei Leian, the current Inspector General, had been promoted to the position of the City Lord of the ’Sky Main City’.

Soon, a guard sent up the notification. Before long, the City Lord of ’Star Moon City’, respectfully came to meet them.

If the guards by her side were unaware of Lei Leian’s current position as the City Lord, how could this ’Star Moon City Lord’ not know?

Listening to Lei Leian explain, Su Yu learned that ’Star Moon City’ was the closest place she could teleport to from ’Tears of Timis’. Leaving the power zone of this city would mean stepping into the area where ’White Tiger’ had absolute ruling power.

Lei Leian didn’t bother with formalities with the ’Star Moon City Lord’. She directly asked him to prepare two Black Dragon horses and some dry rations, then, she and Su Yu, each riding a Black Dragon horse, left ’Star Moon City’.

The City Lord of Star Moon City escorted them to the outskirts of the city. Watching their figures gradually fade into the distance, his brow furrowed slightly. He had been the City Lord of Star Moon City for many years, considered one of the Elders in ’Sky Main City’, so he knew a bit about Lei Leian’s background. Seeing the direction they were heading now, the City Lord of Star Moon City felt uneasy since their destination was neither hostile nor friendly towards their ’Sky Main City’.

Lei Leian was a valuable asset. If anything would happen on this journey, it would spell trouble.

After some consideration, still feeling concerned, he reported this news to the ’Sky Main City’.

The elderly man in the white robe and bare feet who received this news was greatly surprised.

Before Lei Leian and Su Yu departed, they had told him about their plans, but they had only mentioned that Su Yu was called to meet her ’Aunt Feng’. This elderly man believed in Lei Leian and didn’t bother to confirm the story with the City Lord of the ’Ocean Main City’, Aunt Feng.

Now that he had heard the ’Star Moon City Lord’s’ report, the elderly man in the white robe and bare feet realized what was happening. To think that Lei Leian would choose to go to such a sensitive area; if there were to be an outbreak of conflict, it could lead to serious trouble.

This elderly man, who could be considered the steward of the ’Sky Main City’, had watched Lei Leian grow up. His affection for her was heartfelt, his concern for her was no less than that of his biological daughter. Realizing that going after them would be too late and Lei Leian wouldn’t listen to his advice, he decided to inform Feng Ming, the mature and beautiful wife who was the City Lord of the ’Ocean Main City’.

Now, the only person who could still make Lei Leian obey would probably be her Aunt Feng Ming. Even the words of the Ancestor would probably not work.

Lei Leian and Su Yu tided their super-fast Black Dragon horses separately. Lei Leian covered most of her face with a long scarf, revealing only her beautiful eyes. At the moment, by the side of the road, there were continuous rolling mountains, beyond the mountains, Su Yu saw a big river, and across the river, he saw vast, dense forests. This scene looked familiar, and Su Yu suddenly thought of the ’Heavenly Pit Forest’ and ’River of Oblivion’.

"Lei Leian, is that the River of Oblivion and the Heavenly Pit Forest over there?" Su Yu’s sense of direction was not too great. Besides, having been teleported to ’Star Moon City’, he had absolutely no idea of its precise location or its relation to his ’Black Iron City’. The only thing he was aware of was that the distant view looked familiar. Surely, he wasn’t near the ’River of Oblivion’ and ’Heavenly Pit Forest’ close to the ’Black Iron City’? Wouldn’t that mean they were very close to ’Black Iron City’?

Lei Leian laughed gleefully. "Yes, that’s right! Su Yu, you’re really smart. That is indeed the ’River of Oblivion’ and ’Heavenly Pit Forest’. However... it’s not the ’River of Oblivion’ and ’Heavenly Pit Forest’ that you are thinking about next to your ’Black Iron City’. This ’Star Moon City’ is at least more than one million kilometers away from your ’Black Iron City’. Without the help of a teleportation scroll, relying solely on foot power, who knows how many days it would take to get there."

Su Yu gasped, "Is this place already a hundred kilometers away from Black Iron City?" Clearly, the River of Oblivion and Heavenly Pit Forest here are not the ones he had seen before in Freedom Village. He finally remembered what Ada once said, that there were many Heavenly Pit Forests in this world. The one he had been in before was one of them, while the one he saw far away was obviously another.

"Lei Leian, your Sky Main City rules over a hundred cities, how many Heavenly Pit Forests are there within your domain?" Su Yu thought for a while and asked.

"In our Sky Main City... Well, not much, just twenty-five Heavenly Pit Forests in total."

Su Yu nodded and said, "From your Sky Main City, can the situations within every Heavenly Pit Forest be detected?" When he thought of the year to come, if all the humans really fell into the numerous Heavenly Pit Forests in this world, it would be incredibly difficult to find his parents among billions of people.

Just below the Sky Main City, there were twenty-five Heavenly Pit Forests, and by now, Su Yu knew there were at least five main cities: Sky Main City, Ocean Main City, Fire Hell Main City, Sand City, and Great Landlord City. Assuming that each Main City had twenty-five Heavenly Pit Forests, that would mean a total of a hundred and twenty-five Heavenly Pit Forests.

To find his relatives in so many Heavenly Pit Forests as quickly as possible was a task too daunting to imagine.

"There is such device, which is the entitlement of the Sky Main City, but it consumes a significant amount of energy. And each time, it can only search one Heavenly Pit Forest. Generally speaking, we don’t randomly check these forests. It’s better to let nature take its course. My ancestor, who has been the City Lord for so many years, has hardly used such device. After all, the people above have ways to periodically scout all the Heavenly Pit Forests, so we do not have to worry about this."

"Above?" Su Yu pondered before showing a smile, "Ah, Lei Leian, I forgot to ask you. Is the family governing the Sky Main City, your own? Your family governs several main cities, don’t they? These main cities form an entity similar to an empire, no?"

One Sky Main City governed a hundred cities and twenty-five Heavenly Pit Forests. The domain under its control was unimaginably vast as seen from the multi-million kilometer distance between Star Moon City and his Black Iron City. Lei Leian’s brother Lance was the lord of the Fire Hell Main City, and her aunt Feng Ming was the lord of Ocean Main City. That meant Lei Leian’s family controlled three major cities and probably all belonged to a single family. Combined together, didn’t the territories ruled by these main cities actually make up an empire far beyond imagination?

In response to Su Yu’s speculation, Lei Leian smiled faintly, "We don’t talk about families... we talk about... races."

Ada added nonchalantly, "They don’t call it an empire... but a giant city."

"Giant City?" Su Yu was surprised, "The Ten Great Giant Cities?"

Lei Leian nodded slightly with a gentle smile, "Yes, Ada is quite intelligent... The Ten Great Giant Cities refer to the true rulers of the Black Iron World. Our race is one of them."

Lei Leian’s tone remained calm, not ostentatious at all. Yet when Su Yu heard this, he felt stirred. Now, he finally understood what the often-mentioned "Ten Great Giant Cities" were, the real rulers of the Black Iron World. He had first heard about "Ten Great Giant Cities" from Meng Ting. Now thinking back, Meng Ting probably learnt this from Dragon Kid. As Category 5 Lifeforms, they must all know about the rulers of the Black Iron World - the "Ten Great Giant Cities", hence the rumors were widely spread.

But as for which ten cities make up the "Ten Great Giant Cities", even Ada didn’t know. Because it is said that the "Ten Great Giant Cities" change every era, Ada started hibernating from the previous era and didn’t know which entities the "Ten Great Giant Cities" represented this time.

"Lei Leian, could you... become the City Lord of Sky Main City?" Su Yu couldn’t help shaking his head. Only then did he realize the true identity of Lei Leian, which was incredibly terrifying. The backing behind Lei Leian was one of the ’Ten Great Giant Cities’ which ruled the Black Iron World.

"Anyone with strong abilities can be a City Lord, but a Main City Lord must be a specific individual... And those who govern these Main City Lords are the Giant Cities... In this world, there are ten such Giant City powers all together," said Su Yu slowly. For the first time, he had a preliminary understanding of the power structure of the entire Black Iron World.

It was clear that Sky Main City, Ocean Main City, and Fire Hell Main City were all under the authority of one ’Giant City’ as they were blood-related. Regarding the Sand City, it must belong to another ’Giant City’, hence the intent to come to meddle and disrupt Lei Leian’s ritual. Indeed, peace didn’t seem to exist among the ’Ten Great Giant Cities’. (To be continued... To know more, please visit www.qidian.com. There are more Chapters and please support the author and legitimate reading!)