“No!” Billy shook his head decisively.
The opponent was someone who had almost reached the fourth rank, and with Billy’s current strength, even if he used all his cards, he had no confidence to win.
“Boss, let’s go together!” Azure Fang said in a deep voice.
“No.” Billy shook his head. “Let me try first!”
After speaking, he looked up and said to the opponent, “I was thinking, if you were to fall here in the Kun Lun Mountains today, would your country’s lord feel a pang of pain?”
“You won’t be happy until you get yourself killed! Since it’s like this, I’ll grant your wish!” Hisham Hampton’s eyes narrowed, and his aura exploded.
“Everyone, retreat one kilometer!” Billy didn’t waste any more words with the opponent and turned to Casey and the others, speaking in a deep voice.
“Boss, we’ll go with you…” Casey spoke up.
“Do as I say!” Billy interrupted him.
“Alright then!” After replying, everyone quickly retreated.
“Commander Gardner, take care!” Arthur Fowler and Bessie Charleston shouted in unison before following suit and retreating a kilometer away.
They wanted to help, but they were well aware that they would only be a burden in the presence of such a powerful opponent, so they didn’t insist.
In the next moment, a figure flashed like a ghost towards Billy, at the same time raising his hand and unleashing several powerful gusts of wind, causing the surrounding air to churn violently.
“Hisham Hampton, you old immortal, how dare you come to our Glavale so brazenly? Do you really think that Glavale is defenseless?” Just then, an old man’s voice resounded in the air.
As the voice echoed, a majestic aura swept over like a hurricane, shattering rocks and trees as it passed, its momentum overwhelming.
“Hmm?!” Sensing the power of this attack, Hisham Hampton’s pupils contracted to the size of wheat grains. Immediately, he quickly activated all his strength and raised his hand to block.
Boom!
As deafening roar reverberated through the air, the resulting shockwave made Billy’s clothes flutter. At the same time, Hisham Hampton slid back for seventy to eighty meters before stabilizing, his face pale, and traces of blood seeping from the corners of his mouth.
“Who are you?!” After pausing for a moment, he frowned and looked at the side, speaking in a deep voice.
“The one who will kill you!” The old man’s voice rang out again, followed by the arrival of Elder Ernest Shepherd, stepping steadily.
After approaching a hundred meters away from Billy, he slightly bowed, “Commander Gardner, are you alright?”
“Thank you, Elder Shepherd, I’m fine.” Billy smiled and shook his head. He didn’t expect Ernest Shepherd to come here.
“Ernest Shepherd, is that you?!” Recognizing Ernest Shepherd, Hisham Hampton’s face flashed with a hint of fear.
After a slight pause, he continued, “How did you end up here?”
According to their plan today, anyone above the rank of Sovereign Realm in Glavale would have someone intercepting them. Even if they couldn’t win, they could at least hold the opponent back. That was why he dared to ambush Billy so blatantly. But now, the fact that Ernest Shepherd, the Elder of the Cabinet, had appeared here meant that all the people intercepting him had died.
“Are you asking why those old things from Oriana and Northfortia couldn’t keep me? Ernest Shepherd interrupted him. “You’ve never been anywhere, and I wouldn’t be wrong. If you think you can stir up a storm in Glavale with your bunch of trash, Glavale wouldn’t exist! I’ll make it clear to you today, none of you outsiders will leave the Kun Lun Mountains alive!”
“Do… do you have other helpers?” Hisham Hampton paused slightly, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.
“Ignorant!” Ernest Shepherd sneered. After speaking, he turned his head to Billy. “Commander Gardner, take a break on the side. I’ll deal with this trash first, then we can chat.”
“Thank you, Elder Shepherd!” Billy nodded and walked to the side. Since Ernest Shepherd was taking action, he didn’t insist on doing it himself.
“If you do it yourself, maybe you can leave with a complete corpse!” Ernest Shepherd then looked at Hisham Hampton and spoke in a deep voice.
“Humph!” Hisham Hampton snorted coldly. “You overestimate yourself, do you really think I’m afraid of you?”
With that said, his aura burst forth, and the oppressive force in the air became overwhelming. For a moment, the sky seemed to collapse and the earth crumble, with a mighty force that could overturn rivers and seas.
“Underestimate me!” Ernest Shepherd showed no signs of retreat in the face of Hisham Hampton’s full-powered attack. After speaking in a deep voice, an even stronger aura surged out, suffocating the entire void as if it had been sucked into a vacuum. Immediately, Ernest Shepherd’s hands continued to flip, and in no time, a shadowy Crescent Blade, about twenty to thirty meters long, floated in mid-air.
“Break!” Ernest Shepherd spoke in a deep voice, and the shadowy Crescent Blade, like a lightning bolt from the sky, slashed towards the eight-legged beast in front of him.
Boom!
After a loud explosion, the eight-legged beast was instantly slashed into nothingness, and the air surged with waves.
Hisham Hampton was shot out like a cannonball, flying hundreds of meters before crashing into a nearby slope, with blood gushing out of his mouth. With just one move, he was severely injured, clearly showing that the two of them were not in the same league in terms of strength.
“You… you actually broke through so quickly?” Hisham Hampton struggled to climb out of the slope, his face full of astonishment as he looked at Ernest Shepherd and spoke.
“Surprised?” Ernest Shepherd glanced at him dismissively. “You, the Oriana’s number one powerhouse, have been stuck at this level for almost five years, right?”
“With your little strength, you dare to come and provoke Glavale, truly ignorant of life and death!”
“Even if you can kill me, so what?” Hisham Hampton took a deep breath and spoke with difficulty.
“Today… not only will you fail to usher in your country’s fortune, but all four border regions of Glavale will suffer heavy damage. After today… Glavale’s national power will not only fail to improve, but instead will greatly decline…”
“You’re just an ignorant fool!” Ernest Shepherd replied in exasperation. “Enough of the nonsense, I’ll send you on your way!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he moved forward, raised his hand, and sent a powerful wave of energy crashing towards Hisham Hampton. Without any suspense, after the wave of energy passed, a mist of blood exploded, and Hisham Hampton was instantly reduced to nothingness.
The Oriana’s number one powerhouse had fallen.
Before coming to Glavale this time, Hisham Hampton never would have imagined this outcome. He was a powerhouse at the late-stage of the Third-rank, even if he couldn’t succeed, he should have no problem escaping with his life. But the result was that not even his corpse remained.
“Thank you, Elder Shepherd!” At this moment, Billy approached with the others.
“Not a problem, it’s my duty!” Ernest Shepherd smiled and replied.
“Arthur Fowler greets Elder Shepherd!”
“Bessie Charleston greets Elder Shepherd!”
Arthur Fowler and Bessie Charleston both bowed slightly to Ernest Shepherd.