“You old immortal, you’re quite cunning!” Bob spoke up. “Do you really think the capital of Glavale is your backyard, where you can come and go as you please? Since you’ve shown up today, don’t even think about leaving here live!”
“Commander Gardner, do you have the courage to fight me?” The old man ignored Bob and continued to ask Billy.
“Boss, ignore him. I’ll let Elder Hum take care of him!” Bob said.
The ‘Elder Hum’ he mentioned was the minister of Central Sky Office, Otis Hum. Although Bob didn’t know Otis Hum’s true strength, he roughly estimated that he was most likely at the Sovereign Realm.
“Fine!” Billy waved his hand to Bob and then looked at the old man. “We need to add another condition. If you lose, I need to know information about the other people from Northfortia who are lurking in the capital!”
“Commander Gardner, you’re overthinking!” The old man replied. “I guarantee with my integrity that, besides me, there are no other people from Northfortia stationed in Glavale!”
“Very well!” Billy smiled faintly. “Then follow me. The space here is limited; let’s find another place!”
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the gate of Central Sky Office.
“Good!” The old man responded and followed.
“Bob, you guys stay here. I’ll go check.” Ivy said to Bob and rushed towards the gate.
Ten minutes later, Billy led the old man to an open area several kilometers away from the Central Sky Office.
“Billy, be careful!” Ivy’s figure appeared a few hundred meters away.
“Don’t worry.” Billy smiled and looked at the old man. “Let’s not waste time, determine the outcome with one move!”
“Alright!” The old man said in a deep voice.
As he spoke, a powerful momentum soared into the sky, instantly shrouding the entire area. Even Ivy, standing a few hundred meters away, could sense a suffocating pressure.
Half-Step Sovereign, truly extraordinary.
Then, the old man took a few steps forward, and his hands drew more than ten afterimages. The surrounding air quickly became turbulent, forming a rapidly rotating air vortex, resembling a tornado soaring into the sky. His clothes were shaken by the force, making a rustling sound.
“Heaven-Slaying Illusory Sovereign!”
Following his words, a skeleton-like figure appeared in mid-air. It held a phantom long spear, and a strong aura of death pervaded its entire being.
With the appearance of this skeleton figure, the temperature of the entire space dropped to freezing point. The drizzling rain condensed into hard ice particles, falling to the ground with a crisp sound.
“Go!” After a slight pause, the old man spoke in a deep voice, pushing both hands forward.
The skeleton figure, like a real person, wielded the long spear and attacked Billy. Wherever it passed, the wind and clouds surged, showing signs of an impending storm.
Even before the old man launched his attack, Billy also made his move. During this period, he had been practicing Domineering Blade Art. It was rare to encounter such a high-level opponent, providing a perfect opportunity to test the effectiveness of his cultivation.
Activating the mental formula, Billy swung the Bloodshadow Fury Blade, creating a series of blood-red blade lights in the air.
“Face my blade!” As the Blade Art took shape, Billy also spoke.
A blood-red curtain descended from the sky, splitting the void in half. The air was filled with a sense of oppression, and the temperature of the surroundings dropped drastically, turning ice particles into drizzling rain once again.
With the swing of Billy’s blade, the temperature in the domain rose once again, and the ice particles turned into a fine rain, gently falling.
Having retreated to a distance of a kilometer, Ivy witnessed this scene, her beautiful eyes filled with waves of amazement. Although she had heard that Domineering Blade Art was the supreme skill of the Blade Sect and knew that Billy had practiced it during his last visit to the Blade Sect, she had never seen it with her own eyes. Even with some psychological preparation, witnessing its power still left her profoundly shocked.
The momentum alone was absolutely incomparable to the techniques of the God-Emperor Realm!. She even felt that it could rival the Five Elements Secret Arts.
Boom!
A loud noise echoed through the void, and a powerful shockwave rapidly spread. In the woods two or three kilometers away, many birds and beasts had not reacted in time, and they all perished instantly. In mid-air, the old man’s skeletal figure had no chance of resisting, instantly dissipating into nothingness.
The blade descended, splitting a small mountain peak in half. The ground shook, and a terrifying ravine appeared on the hard mountain surface. The power of this slash surpassed even the one displayed by Blade Lord a few days ago.
Within a radius of dozens of kilometers, martial artists sensed this aura and rushed out of their houses, looking up at the sky with expressions of incredible shock. They realized that such movement could only be produced by a powerhouse at the late stage of the War God-Emperor Realm. Was there another peerless expert causing trouble in the capital?
At this moment, the old man spat out a large mouthful of blood, flying out like a kite with a broken string. After flying several hundred meters, he crashed to the ground, creating a large pit. He lay there motionless for a long time.
Billy’s figure stopped after being shaken back ten or so steps. There was a faint trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. Apparently, with his current cultivation, he still suffered some backlash.
However, judging from his aura, it was within a bearable range.
“Billy, are you okay?” Ivy quickly ran over, her face showing concern.
“Uh-huh.” Billy wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly.
“Really okay?” Ivy spoke while releasing her spiritual power to check Billy’s body. She could finally relax a bit.
“I’m really okay.” Billy smiled again. Afterward, he walked steadily towards the old man.
“You… you can actually activate the battle power of the Sovereign Realm…” At this moment, the old man’s meridians were broken, and he was left with only a breath, hanging on by a thread.
“It’s surprising, isn’t it?” Billy casually said.
“God has favored Glavale… by sending this Qilin, it seems that God wants Glavale to rise again.” The old man struggled to speak. After pausing for a moment, he continued, “I lost… it’s not unjust to die in the hands of a genius like you. If possible… please spare Princess Linda’s life. She is just an inexperienced girl…”
As soon as his completed his words, a burst of blood mist erupted from his heart, convulsing a few times before falling silent.
“Not bad, quite dignified!” Billy squinted his eyes.
Then, he looked at Ivy and said, “Ivy, call Bob and the others. Tell them to go directly to SHADOW.”
“Alright!” Ivy nodded and took out her phone to make the call.