A Man Like None Other

After all, as far as the city lord mansion was concerned, every prisoner was a resource. If someone died, it was a waste, and Ricky didn’t want that responsibility on his shoulders.

He had seen countless brawls in his time, but the way Jared had effortlessly dispatched over a dozen cultivators was unlike anything he’d witnessed before.

“Wait a second,” Ricky muttered to himself. “I’ve seen this guy before. He came here once… to visit someone.” He turned to the guard beside him. “What’s this kid’s story again?”

“He got locked up for hitting Niel Buckley, the son of the Buckley family,” the guard explained.

“They arrested him on the spot.”

“Hitting Niel? That sounds like he was asking for trouble,” Ricky said, frowning.

sure about that. After he was locked up, Mr. Reese, the one who bought the celestial crystals, sent over five hundred purple spirit coins,” the guard continued. “Even Mr. Reese coughed up money to get him out. Everyone knows how tightfisted that guy

piece the puzzle together. “Hmm. Maybe

Claude go at it…” The

someone’s finally going to knock him down a peg, let it

how will we explain

in ages. Who

at Ricky’s

disappeared. In his absence, his three beast generals had taken over, but their constant disagreements left the city’s administration

opportunities to line their pockets. Bribes for releasing prisoners or allowing visits were routine. Even Donovan, the official in charge of celestial

no one

without a care for the damage he caused. But how