Sky Lambert and the other two were all at the late stage of Sovereign Realm. Among them, Edric Crowe had reached the Seventh-rank realm, while Sky Lambert and the elder from Genesis Sect were both solid eight-rank Sovereigns.
“Commander Gardner, don’t blame us for outnumbering you and using our seniority against you. It’s all because you forced our hand!” Sky Lambert spoke again. In fact, he had already investigated Billy’s cultivation level, which was at the sixth-rank realm. And as an eight-rank realm expert himself, he didn’t think it was necessary to team up with Edric Crowe to deal with Billy purely based on martial strength. He knew that Billy could challenge opponents of higher realms, but he didn’t believe Billy had any chance of defeating him.
The reason they teamed up was clearly because of Billy’s identity. Today, whether they killed Billy directly or crippled him, both Ether Mountain and the capital city would hold them accountable. Sky Lambert’s Wind & Cloud Holy Sect alone wouldn’t be able to withstand the pressure, so he had to involve Yin Yang Shrine Sect and Genesis Sect.
“Make your move! If you can survive under my blade, I’ll spare your Wind & Cloud Holy Sect!” Billy calmly said.
“Very well, don’t blame us then!” Sky Lambert responded, and his aura surged once again. He quickly unleashed a series of palm strikes, creating more than ten afterimages. His hands were enveloped in a fireball, and the surrounding air temperature immediately rose several degrees. The fireball grew larger and larger, expanding to a diameter of two to three meters in no time.
At the same time, Edric Crowe also made his move. Above his head, a Yin Yang Door appeared, with thick mist swirling and lightning crackling. The Yin Yang Door activated by a seventh-rank Sovereign was obviously something that the other members of Yin Yang Shrine Sect couldn’t compare to.
In the blink of an eye, all movable objects on the ground flew into the air, including trees that were uprooted and sent flying towards the yin-yang gate. The onlookers felt a powerful suction force and involuntarily retreated, many of them losing their weapons in the process. The elder from Genesis Sect narrowed his eyes, a strong aura emanating from his body. He extended his hand towards a nearby artificial mountain, causing it to slowly rise into the air as if under a magical spell.
“Attack!” The three of them shouted in unison.
In the next moment, their attacks blasted towards Billy, causing the entire void to tremble. But just as they were about to unleash their attacks, Billy made his move too. However, his movements were not grand, and he didn’t even activate the Domineering Blade Art. He simply took two steps forward, flicked his wrist, and unleashed his blade with Bloodshadow Blade Technique. A blood-red arc of blade energy slashed towards Edric Crowe. At the same time, an invisible ripple emanated from between Billy’s eyebrows, sweeping towards the three opponents at an incredible speed.
Immediately, the crowd standing a kilometer away witnessed a miraculous scene.
The fireball containing immense energy unleashed by Sky Lambert and the artificial mountain summoned by Genesis Sect elder came to a halt in mid-air as if someone had pressed a pause button, then crashed to the ground with a loud bang. The swirling mist within Edric Crowe’s yin-yang gate also stopped, and all the trees, swords, and other objects in mid-air fell to the ground.
With a sharp sound, Billy’s blood-red blade energy seemingly entered Edric Crowe’s chest without any obstruction. In the next moment, Billy didn’t hesitate at all and swiftly pulled out his sword, slashing a cold light towards Sky Lambert.
“Hmm?!” Sky Lambert had already regained his senses by now. However, it was clearly too late. By the time he reacted, the sword light had already reached him. He wanted to dodge, but he was already too weak to do so. He could only watch as the sword light flashed past his throat.
In the next instant, a head flew up into the sky, blood gushing out like a fountain. Edric Crowe’s body split into two and fell to the ground, flesh and blood splattering everywhere. In just one round, Billy had killed a seventh-rank and an eighth-rank Sovereign Realm expert!
This was Billy’s true power now.
His spiritual power level was enough to contend with a Ninth-rank Sovereign Realm powerhouse, not to mention an Eighth-rank one. Moreover, even without using spiritual attacks, with his current cultivation, he could easily kill an Eighth-rank expert with just one slash. This was the confidence he had when he barged into City L with Casey and the others. Donald had already told him that there were late-stage Sovereigns here, so he wouldn’t act so recklessly without being certain.
Witnessing this scene, a chorus of astonishment erupted from the surrounding onlookers. Their faces were filled with shock. Casey and Ivy also wore expressions of surprise on their faces. They hadn’t expected their boss to be this powerful.
“My lord!” the people from Wind & Cloud Holy Sect cried out in pain as they ran over, grief-stricken.
“Father!” Both Kenelm Lambert and Rosemary Lambert shouted hysterically at the same time.
“Lord Commander!” the people from Yin Yang Shrine Sect also shouted, their faces filled with despair.
The members of the two major sects knew very well that if the sect leaders were killed, their sects would likely meet their end as well.
“How… how is this possible?” Genesis Sect’s elder Lim Long, after swallowing a difficult gulp of saliva, spoke up.
Billy had just killed Sky Lambert with a single slash, and Lim Long had fully regained his senses. So Billy didn’t continue attacking him.
“How… how is your spiritual power so strong?” Lim Long continued. He had considered that Billy might really be able to fight him for hundreds of rounds, after all, he was Glavale’s extraordinary talent. But he never expected it to end up like this. And throughout the battle, he never thought about spiritual power. It wasn’t his fault, in general, only higher-level martial artists would use spiritual attacks. He had never seen a lower-level cultivator in the battle take the initiative to use spiritual attacks because it wasn’t so easy to challenge higher-level opponents with spiritual power. And now, Lim Long finally understood what it meant to be an exception.
It was unprecedented that a Sixth-rank Sovereign could attack the spiritual power of an Eighth-rank Sovereign.
“Now, do you have anything else to say?” Billy ignored Lim Long and turned his head to look at the nearby Yin Yang Shrine Sect’s elder Hector Crowe, speaking in a calm tone.
“You… you actually the sect leader! Yin Yang Shrine Sect swears to never let you live in peace!” Hector Crowe took a deep breath and angrily responded.
“Showing some backbone!” Billy narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at the other elders of Yin Yang Shrine Sect. “What about the rest of you?”
“Grand Elder, let’s make peace with Lord Dragon…” one of the elders took a deep breath and spoke up.
“Shut up!” Hector Crowe responded angrily. “Anyone who dares to mention making peace will be treated as a traitor, stripped of their cultivation, and expelled from the sect!”
“Very well!” Billy coldly replied. “Then let’s exterminate the sect!”