In the current situation, Billy didn’t have much choice. He had to withstand the attack from the Sovereign Realm expert while simultaneously defending Harleen and her daughter from the other assailant. Otherwise, the outcome for Harleen and Tasha was obvious.
“Billy, don’t worry about us!” Harleen seemed to have guessed Billy’s thoughts and shouted loudly just as Billy was about to make a move.
While speaking, she took a few large steps forward, placing Tasha behind her. Without any tricks, she raised her hand and struck out at the Emperor Realm expert who had attacked them.
Boom!
After a deafening roar, the opponent’s attack was instantly shattered. Harleen’s palm wind, undiminished in force, struck the opponent’s chest, and the woman flew out like falling leaves in the autumn wind. After flying several hundred meters, she crashed heavily onto the top of a car parked on the side of the road, instantly shattering the vehicle.
“How… how is this possible? How can you be so strong?” The woman, looking at Harleen with an expression of pain and intense shock, managed to speak.
Before this, the information she received was that although Harleen was a martial artist, her strength was only at the level of a War Grandmaster. She hadn’t taken Harleen seriously at all, believing that her attack just now was enough to take the lives of Harleen and her daughter.
Her goal was simple: to kill Billy’s loved ones in front of him and let him taste the pain of losing family. However, the result was something she found incredibly hard to accept. Not only was she unable to kill Harleen, but she was severely injured herself. Her bones and meridians were shattered, and she was barely hanging on to life.
Bang!
Almost simultaneously, the Sovereign Realm expert’s palm force struck Billy. Billy was sent flying several steps to the side, blood staining the corner of his mouth, and his aura slightly disturbed. Because he never planned to confront the opponent head-on, even when Harleen shouted, he couldn’t react in time to retaliate against the opponent.
However, he had activated his defensive aura to its fullest extent from the beginning. With his current cultivation, under the protection of his defensive aura, he could withstand an attack from a First-Rank Sovereign Realm expert. Although he was injured, it wasn’t severe.
“Hmm?” the elder was shocked to find that Billy, even after being injured, could contend with him on equal terms. After a slight pause, he didn’t hesitate much and turned to run towards the woman lying a few hundred meters away.
“Miss, hold on, I’ll save you!” He ran towards her while shouting.
However, before he could reach her, the woman opened her mouth, and a large amount of blood gushed out. Then, after convulsing a few times, she fell silent, eyes wide open and unblinking, lifeless.
“Miss!” The old man shouted in pain. Then, with rage burning in his eyes, he rushed towards Harleen. “You wicked woman, you actually killed Miss, die!”
While roaring, he raised his hand and struck out several powerful palm winds.
However, Billy couldn’t let him succeed. Just as the old man rushed halfway, violent palm winds roared from Billy’s hand, surging with waves of energy.
“Don’t overestimate yourself!” The old man didn’t take Billy’s attack seriously.
Boom!
After a loud noise, the two were forced back dozens of steps each, and both of their auras were slightly chaotic. At first glance, it seemed like they were evenly matched after that exchange. This was because Billy had been injured by the opponent earlier; otherwise, the old man would have probably already fallen.
“Hmm?” The old man didn’t expect Billy, who was injured, to be evenly matched with him. After a slight pause, without much hesitation, he turned and ran towards the outskirts of the city.
He knew very well that this assassination had completely failed. If he stayed, death awaited him. He had heard that Billy, in his prime state, could even kill a Second-Rank Sovereign Realm expert, not to mention someone like him, a First-Rank Sovereign Realm.
When Billy had slightly recovered his strength, the old man wouldn’t have the chance to escape.
“Harleen, how are you?” Billy glanced at the old man and then quickly walked towards Harleen.
“I’m fine, are you injured?” Harleen asked with some concern.
“It’s nothing!” Billy shook his head.
“Billy, don’t worry about Tasha and me. Quickly, after him!” Harleen loudly said. “Don’t let him escape; this kind of Sovereign is a menace to Ozin!”
Harleen had released her spiritual power to investigate Billy’s injuries and knew that he was only slightly injured, so she could relax.
“Commander, Ms Knight, what happened?” At this moment, a group of SHADOW guards hurried over.
“Get more people here to watch over this place!” Billy looked at the leading brother and then turned to Harleen. “Take Tasha home, Harleen.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly rushed towards the direction where the old man had fled. As Harleen said, a Sovereign Realm expert hiding in the shadows was undoubtedly a huge hidden danger. No one could predict when he might launch a fatal attack.
So, for Billy, if there was a choice, he would never let the opponent escape.
However, the teleportation speed of a Sovereign was far beyond that of a War God-Emperor. It seemed like catching up to the opponent wouldn’t be easy. Fortunately, the opponent had to unleash his martial power to run at high speed, making it difficult to conceal his martial aura. Therefore, Billy didn’t have to worry about losing track of him.
About twenty minutes later, following the aura, Billy arrived at the eastern outskirts of the city, at the foot of a mountain. Looking from afar, the old man was standing still.
“Aren’t you running anymore?” Billy strolled over and spoke lightly.
“Did you think I ran away because I was afraid of you?” The old man sneered. “You overestimate yourself!”
“You think by luring me here, you guys have a chance of winning?” Billy smiled lightly and looked towards a small forest not far away on the right. “Come out; I’m already here. Don’t you show yourselves?”
With his current level of spiritual power, Billy had long sensed that someone was hiding in the forest.
“Not bad, Commander Gardner!” Subsequently, three old men walked out.
Later, three elderly figures emerged from the small grove, the speaker among them being the lead, a white-haired old man.
“You folks seem to hold me in high regard!” Billy glanced at the trio, his pupils narrowing slightly.
All three were all Sovereigns, with one of them even possessing the cultivation of a Second-Rank.
“Elder Russell, what about Miss?” The white-haired elder turned to the elder who had brought Billy here and inquired.
“Elder Poole, Miss was killed by his woman!” The elder surnamed Russell clenched his teeth, pointing accusingly at Billy in response.
“What?!” The other three elders exclaimed simultaneously.