All the parties rushed over and saw Jiang Xiu standing there with his hands behind him, looking completely indifferent. While the only one who could prevent him from becoming Jiang City's No. 1, Lin Zhenbei, laid dead.
Now, Jiang Xiu could proclaim Jiang City as his domain.
His gaze swept past everyone present there, each one of them quaked in fear. If they wished to dabble in Jiang City's underworld, they couldn't avoid Jiang Xiu. They would have to either withdraw from Jiang City similar to how Ye Yeliang had done before or bow down.
Tang Wenchong was extremely excited, "Mr. Jiang's skills are truly godly. Our Tang family is indebted to you for acting on our behalf. We shall be at Mr. Jiang's beck and call in Jiang City from today onwards, obeying any instructions without a doubt."
Big Lei also agreed, "Mr. Jiang shall rule over Jiang City."
"Mr. Jiang!"
"Mr. Jiang!"
"Mr. Jiang!"
All the other big shots made their position clear one after another.
Jiang Xiu's strength was too overpowered. If he had only killed Grandmaster Zhang, these people wouldn't have minded him much. They were already convinced when he had defeated Lin Jinnan and killed Uncle Fu. The way he had dealt with Lin Zhenbei had horrified them very much, it was too godly. They had no qualms about such a person unifying Jiang City's underworld powers.
Though it wasn't possible to obtain the fame, a man had only a single life. They weren't willing to dare pitch themselves against him.
Ye Yiliang hadn't expected that after 13 years, it'd all end in such a way, where he would have to either submit or leave Jiang City. 13 years ago, he was a lot younger than Tang Zhenshan when he pitched himself to view for the position of No. 1. But right now, Jiang Xiu was younger than him at that time while he had already grown older.
He cupped his hands, "Mr. Jiang!"
These underworld big shots were all people who cared about face. They wouldn't say implicative words and assume that kind of attitude. Calling him as Mr. Jiang was the utmost respect they could show.
Jiang Xiu's childhood friends were all excited. Their childhood friend had actually become the No. 1 person of Jiang City's underworld. All this felt like a dream.
"Jiang Xiu became Jiang City's Dao Soldier?"
Chu Qiancheng giggled. With the strength Jiang Xiu possessed, there was no need for him to find a patron since he himself was a super-patron.
"Really unbelievable."
In the Heavenly Dao Religion, each city had a Dao Soldier. When the Heavenly Dao Religion was flourishing, the intention behind the position of a Dao Soldier was that they were God's apostles. Their position was legendary and even above the officials, incurring the populace's veneration.
"Mr. Jiang, please return to the Heavenly Dao Temple and accept the Dao Soldier Medallion."
One of the big shots reminded him.
After returning to the Heavenly Dao Temple, Jiang Xiu entered the main hall.
The head priest was in charge of the Temple. He was quite aged and wore the clothes of a Daoist priest. Jiang Xiu checked him out and discovered that he was just an ordinary old man who didn't even possess an iota of cultivation, but his body was quite robust.
He was the acolyte in charge of taking care of the incense in the temple and had an apprentice somewhere around 10 years old.
"Normally, the incense doesn't burn that strongly, except for today."
The acolyte took out a medallion.
"This is the Dao Soldier Medallion. I request Mr. Jiang to return this medallion after 10 years…"
That acolyte didn't know what was the function of the medallion and had merely learned from his master that it was passed down from one generation to the next. His master had warned him to take extreme care of it and he passed it down to him.
There were occasions when the Dao Soldier Medallion got lost but it'd magically return back to the Heavenly Dao Temple.
Jiang Xiu held the Dao Soldier Medallion in his hand, it was refined in a similar manner as the mask. He judged that it was probably a keepsake when the Heavenly Dao Religion was at its peak. The Dao Soldier Medallion indeed had a glyph inscribed on it.
It was a Divine Transmission Glyph and that too a low-level one.
"Hehe!"
He couldn't help but laugh. The Heavenly Dao Religion's main sculpture of its God was in front of him. If he burned this medallion, the God behind the Heavenly Dao Religion would show himself before him. It was just that he wasn't sure whether that God would dare to construct his body here as he was really frightened last time.
No matter what, even if he didn't show himself, Jiang Xiu had several methods to make him appear.
The only way for him to escape would be if he was ready to abandon the Divine Faith due to his fear.
"Mr. Jiang!"
Boss Zhong's voice came through from outside the hall.
Jiang Xiu turned back to look. Boss Zhong's subordinates were holding two people, it was none other than Bao Lingyun and Pei Shuai. There were trembling all over due to the fear right now.
They had never imagined that the person who they had beaten up during their childhood would have become this powerful. Disregarding all those godly powers, they were scared shitless due to the way he dispatched people without batting an eye.
Killing a person in a single move.
Even more so, he was now the No. 1 person of Jiang City's underworld.
"Mr. Jiang, please spare our lives…"
They didn't possess the vigor they had when they had flaunted off their wealth before in front of Jiang Xiu.
"Humph!"
Jiang Xiu grunted indifferently. Boss Zhong who stood to the side felt his body go numb as those two were after all his subordinates. He was afraid he'd get implicated because of these two brats.
"Go to Chu Qiancheng, Da Nian, Little Min, Chen Xue and apologize to them."
Though these two had offended Jiang Xiu during his childhood, it hadn't left a deep impression on Jiang Xiu. His friends were the ones who held enmity towards them. It was most suitable to let them decide how to handle these two.
That'd let them settle their grievances a little.
After saying this, he turned back and threw the Dao Soldier Medallion into the censer, causing a blue flame to ignite inside it.
"Mr. Jiang…"
The acolyte was frightened. He wasn't expecting Jiang Xiu to burn the Dao Soldier Medallion.
After giving it a thought, he concluded that since the material was metal, it wouldn't burn much.
"You can retire."
The acolyte nodded and left along with his apprentice, closing the 4m tall wooden door as he left.
"Though a monk can run away, he can't carry the temple along with him."
A smile rose up on Jiang Xiu's face. Looks like there's a response, he must have felt safer as it is his own domain.
For Jiang Xiu to handle this kind of tiny God who lived off the power of faith, it was as easy as a martial arts expert handling an ordinary man. Actually, saying he was a tiny God alone as showing him high regard as he was a mere cultivator who borrowed faith energy.
Jiang Xiu raised his head and looked towards the giant sculpture of the God. A radiance flickered slightly on top of it as an avatar similar to before came out from it and Jiang Xiu had already leaped towards him.
"Let's see how you escape from this Deity this time."
The Old Immortal God shouted in alarm, "How is it you?!"
Jiang Xiu's index finger pointed at the sculpture and traced out a seal, his movements quite quick. The Divine Glyph completed itself by the time he landed on the ground.
"You…"
The Old Immortal God's body tried to struggle free but it was as if he was stuck on top of the sculpture and wasn't able to separate from it.
"Let go of this Deity… Let go…"
Jiang Xiu smiled coolly, his eyes turning pitch black, "Tell me. Are you a God or am I a God? If you're a God, then the price to become one is too cheap, right?"
"What do you want?"
The Old Immortal God was furious as well as shocked.
"It's quite simple. Though your cultivation isn't worth much, you're after all a soul. This Deity's cultivation shall rise by a lot after devouring you."
The Old Immortal God was completely frightened, "D-Don't eat me!"
He had cultivated for so many years but never heard it was possible to devour a soul.
However, Jiang Xiu really possessed this ability.
This was a skill only possessed by Primordial Divinities.
"Humph!"
Jiang Xiu opened his mouth, causing all light to converge there. The Old Immortal God was very alarmed, his divine avatar twisting over, and finally entering Jiang Xiu's mouth.
You're just a mere soul and you dare to call yourself as an Immortal God.
Jiang Xiu's entire spirit trembled after taking in a large energy. The divine force he had used up had all recovered. His blood pulsed and the Bloodline genes scrambled once again, showing the signs of another awakening.
All of this was under Jiang Xiu's expectations.
Boom!
The blood in his body seemed to explode, causing the Divine race's genes to awaken again. Another Divine Regalia appeared on his arm, causing his Divinity energy to soar up again.
He took a look at the Divine Regalia Pattern on his hand, it was still indecipherable.
"Hmm?"
As Jiang Xiu was planning to leave, he discovered that the soul he had devoured wasn't absorbed completely and that a part of the power had converged together. It resembled a Divine Spark. Jiang Xiu made that Divine Spark slowly appear to the surface.
This Divine Spark was something which didn't belong to the soul and was an external object, "A Divine Halo approved by the world. Its might isn't something weak so how did that weak soul get hold of such a Divine Halo? This is really strange."
He mumbled to himself and then merged this Divine Halo into his body slowly.
"This Divine Halo…"
"Is it a Godhood Halo?"