Boom!
In the next moment, a loud noise reverberated through the air. Northfortia’s team leader was sent flying several hundred meters away, crashing into the ground and creating a huge crater.
“How… how is this possible… you… you’re already…” he struggled to utter a few words before his head tilted, lifeless, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
The sound of jaws dropping could be heard all around. People found it hard to believe that a late eighth-rank Sovereign had been instantly annihilated by a young woman with a single palm strike. Could anything be more insane than this? If it wasn’t witnessed with their own eyes, none of them would believe it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At the same time that Opal made her move, Ernest Shepherd and the other two were already clashing with the representatives of the other ten countries.
“Aquilandia, attack!” the Aquilandia team leader shouted after a brief moment of thought, then swiftly charged towards the Northfortia team.
“Kill!” the Aquilandia experts followed suit.
“Damn it! Are you trying to destroy your country?” Northfortia’s vice team leader shouted angrily.
“You’re shameless! You can try!” the Aquilandia team leader responded loudly.
“You bastard, I’ll kill you first!” Northfortia’s vice team leader fought against Ernest Shepherd for a moment before quickly running at Aquilandia’s team leader. However, just as he reached halfway, a terrifying gust of wind swept in from the side, overwhelming and unstoppable.
“Have mercy…” realizing the power of this move, the man cried out for mercy. Before he could finish his plea, his voice abruptly cut off. After the gust of wind passed, only a cloud of blood mist remained in the air.
“Attempting to disrupt the competition, with such malicious intentions, everyone, kill them!” the one who made the move was none other than Opal. After obliterating her opponent with a single palm strike, she quickly moved on to the others. With her joining the battle, those hundred or so so-called experts on the other side were no different from ants. In the blink of an eye, she took down twenty or thirty of them, all of whom were experts in the late ninth rank.
“Have mercy!”
At the same time, pleas for mercy could be heard constantly from the platform. In just a short moment, more than half of the remaining two to three hundred people on the platform had fallen, leaving only a few dozen struggling to hold on.
“The moment you agreed to step onto the platform for the challenge, your fate was sealed!” Billy’s voice echoed across the platform.
“A hundred years ago, all of our people from Glavale, without exception, were left behind by the representatives of your ten countries at the competition. Blood debts must be repaid in blood, and today is the day when your ten countries pay back the debts to my fellow comrades! You shall all perish!”
As Billy’s words fell, his gaze turned cold, and the weapons in the air attacked once again, with even greater momentum than before.
“Your Highness, we’ll cover you, run!” Four men from Veridiania protected Liz as they ran towards the edge of the platform.
In that moment, Princess Liz’s confidence had vanished, her face pale and filled with horror.
“I told you, today, none of you will escape!” Billy’s voice echoed in their ears. As his words fell, two sharp swords swiftly slashed across the throats of the four men, blood spraying out like fountains.
“… ”
The four men opened their mouths, but then, simultaneously collapsed, convulsing for a moment before going still. With fear in her eyes, Princess Liz swiftly jumped down from the platform. But just as she was in mid-air, a spear swiftly pierced through her heart, blood gushing out in torrents. Soon after, she crashed heavily onto the ground, her pupils dilating rapidly, life leaving her in an instant. In that moment, an overwhelming sense of regret flooded her heart. If she had known this would be the outcome, she would never have joined this spectacle. Billy was challenging the representatives from the nine Western countries, and she had wanted to avenge her master and friend, so she had willingly stepped onto the platform. Otherwise, she might have still had a chance to survive today.
Soon after, several muffled sounds rang out. On the platform, only Billy remained standing, while everyone else had fallen, not a single one left alive.
The arrogant Thomas, the first genius of Northfortia, had been cleaved in half by a giant sword, sprawled on the ground in a mess of flesh and blood.
In the meantime, below the platform.
The leaders and staff from the nine countries of Northfortia, led by the Aquilandia team, had all been decimated by Opal Fraley and Ernest Shepherd, not a single one left alive. Now, among the top ten ranked countries, aside from Aquilandia, the representatives sent to the competition from the other nine countries, only the princess of Northfortia and the two hundred or so who had voluntarily surrendered earlier remained. Everyone else had been killed.
Commander Gardner never spoke falsely. When he said he would kill all the representatives of the nine countries, he meant it.
“You… you’ve gone too far!” Several members of the organizing committee arrived at the scene, their faces so grim it seemed like water might drip from them. Among them, the majority were from the top ten ranked countries. Watching all their countrymen being killed, their moods naturally couldn’t be good. They had wanted to intervene earlier, but Opal’s skills had left them in extreme awe. Even the chief organizer of this event, an elder from Northfortia, a true ninth-rank expert, didn’t have the courage to confront her.
“Have we gone too far?” Otis Hum looked at the group of people.
“Our Lord Dragon, one against four hundred. This was something that your organizing committee agreed to, right? And these ten countries below the platform, they were excited at the thought of having their people join forces to kill Lord Dragon of Glavale right from the start. But when they realized their people were no match, they wanted to interfere with the competition. According to the rules of the competition, should these people be executed?”
“But there’s no need for such brutality!” Another elder from Xidengia angrily retorted.
“They provoked us first, we were just defending ourselves. Where’s the brutality in that?” Ernest Shepherd coldly replied.
“You’re twisting the facts!” The elder was furious.
“Enough with the nonsense. If you have any objections and want to take action, we’re ready anytime!” Opal spoke in a serious tone. “If you don’t dare to act, then shut up!”
“You…” The elder was speechless with anger.
“Lord Peter, let it go. Let’s continue with the competition!” Another elder took a deep breath and advised.
Two minutes later, the members of the organizing committee left in anger.
“Dear, are you okay?” Harleen asked with concern as Billy stepped off the platform. Ivy and the others also looked over.
“I’m fine!” Billy replied with a smile. Then, he turned to Opal and smiled, “Thank you, Opal!”
Today’s events were the result of their joint discussion, with Billy in control from the very beginning. Billy knew that if he were to face hundreds of opponents on the platform and go on a killing spree, the leaders of those countries would definitely not stand idly by. They would surely take action to save their people. After all, the participants in this competition were all the cream of the crop from each country. It would be a huge loss for any country if they were all killed. And as long as they dared to make a move, Opal Fraley would have a reason to intervene. With her skills, it wouldn’t be too difficult to kill those people.
In the end, everything went according to his plan.