“Ivy, why did you come?” Billy turned his head to look.
“I’m here to help you!” Ivy Chandler rushed over quickly.
“Don’t come closer!” Billy shouted loudly. After a brief pause, he continued, “Give me your sword!”
He was well aware of Death’s current strength, which had undoubtedly restored to its peak, if not surpassed it. Despite Ivy Chandler’s ability to challenge opponents above her level, she would find it challenging to withstand a single move from Death.
“Alright!” Ivy hesitated for a moment and then tossed her ancient sword to Billy.
“Stay a kilometer away!” Billy caught the sword and instructed seriously.
“Be careful!” Ivy’s face showed a hint of worry.
“Don’t worry!” Billy spoke again.
“Death’s Sacrifice!”
At that moment, Death shouted, activating his most potent card. This time, the God-Emperor’s might above his head was not the fierce beast from before but a skeletal figure. It wore a robe and held a seven-foot scythe, resembling the standard depiction of a grim reaper.
“Kill!”
Following Death’s yell, the skeletal figure, like a living being, wielded the scythe and charged towards Billy.
“Stuart Sword Art!”
Simultaneously, Billy unleashed another trump card. Instantly, a sky full of sword shadows filled the area within a kilometer, displaying a formidable and relentless sword force.
The two deputy sanctum masters, who had just gotten up, hadn’t reacted yet and were instantly cut open by numerous bloody slashes. Their mouths opened wide, unable to make a sound, before collapsing to the ground, lifeless.
“Combine!” In a short time, Billy uttered a low word. The myriad sword shadows rapidly merged, forming a massive illusionary ancient sword in midair. Following that, the illusory sword shot toward the skeletal Death figure with thunderous force.
Boom!
A thunderous roar echoed once again as the illusory ancient sword, accompanied by an overwhelming force, pierced through the heart of the skeletal reaper. The skeletal figure instantly dissipated.
The illusory sword, with an unabated momentum, continued and swept past Death’s shoulder.
Death’s right arm detached from his body, flying into the air with blood spraying.
“Hmm…” Death grunted before flying backward once again and flew out for a hundred meters before crashing to the ground, somersaulting several times. Eventually, he lay on the ground like mud, his aura dwindling.
This attack not only severed one of his arms but also shattered several meridians, leaving him with barely half a life.
Clearly, Billy had shown mercy; otherwise, the sword would have severed more than just an arm.
In contrast, after using the Mourning Sword Technique to cut off Death’s arm, Billy slid backward dozens of meters, spewing a large mouthful of blood. His face looked a bit pale.
“Billy, how are you? Are you okay?” Ivy Chandler ran over with a worried expression.
Arriving in front of him, she took out a healing pill from her body and handed it to Billy. “Billy, take this pill quickly!”
“I’m fine, just a minor injury.” Billy smiled, took the pill, and swallowed it.
“With injuries like this, you call it a minor injury?” Ivy, after checking Billy’s injuries slightly, furrowed her brows. After a brief pause, she took out a few silver needles and said, “Sit down cross-legged, I’ll help you heal.”
“I really am fine!” Billy smiled again. “Let’s discuss this later when we’re back at Rakshasa Hall. Let’s handle the main matter first.”
“Alright then.” Ivy thought for a moment and didn’t insist.
“How’s the situation in the front yard?” Billy pointed to the direction of the estate’s entrance.
“It’s fine now! The other deputy sanctum masters and all the elders from Dark Cabinet have been cut down. The remaining people are no longer a concern.”
“Good!” Billy nodded slightly.
Afterward, the two walked toward Death.
“Give me a clean death!” Death took a deep breath and looked at Billy. At this moment, he no longer had the demeanor of a Sanctum of Darkness sanctum master. His face showed a look of despair, and his eyes were hollow and lifeless.
The mask on his head had been shattered by the sword energy, revealing an ordinary Western face. It was challenging to discern his actual age just from his appearance, as cultivators who lived for two or three hundred years often looked no different from someone in their forties or fifties.
“Before, you asked me what I came for, do you still remember?” asked Billy while ignoring his command.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if you came for the Five Elements Jade Pendant of Glavale, right?”
“Oh?” Billy was slightly stunned. “From your words, Sanctum of Darkness indeed has a Five Elements Jade Pendant?”
Over a month ago, Aquilandia’s prime minister conveyed the message from their country lord, informing that the fifth pendant was in Sanctum of Darkness. Although Billy believed that the information shouldn’t be false, he came to Sanctum of Darkness this time with a trial mentality.
Now, hearing Death’s words seemed to confirm the matter.
“Your information is quite accurate. Indeed, Sanctum of Darkness has one of the Five Elements Jade Pendants of Glavale.” Death paused briefly before continuing,
“Hand over the pendant, and I’ll give you a swift death.”
“But you’re too late!” Death responded.
“What do you mean?” Billy was slightly puzzled.
“A few days ago, someone broke into Sanctum of Darkness and took the pendant!” Death took a deep breath and replied.
“Hmm?” Billy frowned. From Death’s eyes, he could tell that the other party was probably not lying.
“What kind of person can steal something from your Sanctum of Darkness?” Ivy asked with a slightly wrinkled brow.
“I don’t know who he is!” Death shook his head. “But the person who came here is very powerful. He can kill thousands of people in my Ink Pavilion with just a raise of his hand. I myself was severely injured before I could even make a single move in his hands! He didn’t have any intention of killing me at that time, otherwise, I would have been dead a few days ago!”
“A War God-Emperor in the perfection realm?” asked Ivy.
Someone who could severely damage a strong War God-Emperor in the pinnacle realm with one move was obviously at the perfection level.
Of course, except for special cases like Billy!
“At least the perfection realm, maybe even higher!”Death nodded in response.
“Did he leave any words?” Billy frowned again.
“No!” Death shook his head in response. “Perhaps he was worried that speaking would reveal his origins, so he never said a word from beginning to end. I didn’t know why he came at first. Later, he handed me a picture with the Five Elements Jade Pendants, and I knew his intention.”
“When and where did you get that pendant?” Billy paused for a moment and continued to ask.