“You want to die so badly, I’ll grant your wish!” Vic retorted before looking around at the crowd. “Everyone, step back two kilometers!” he shouted.
As soon as the crowd heard the words from both sides, they quickly retreated. When gods fight, it’s better for ordinary people like them to stay far away.
After exchanging a glance, Teigh and his companions also stepped back. Then, one by one, Billy and his group descended from the stage to the square.
“Make your move!” Billy said calmly as he looked at the other two. “Remember, you only have one chance, so give it your all!”
“How ignorant!” Burt replied in a deep voice, then turned to Vic. “Since he wants to die so badly, let’s grant his wish!”
“Alright!” Vic nodded vigorously.
Whoosh!
After speaking, two tremendous forces soared into the sky from the two of them, enveloping the entire park in a heavy aura of pressure. Even those with lower cultivation, who had already retreated two kilometers away, couldn’t help but take a step back when they felt the overwhelming pressure. Then, Burt’s eyes narrowed, and his aura reached its peak, revealing his cultivation at the late stage of the Fourth Holy Rank. Next, he raised his hands to the sides, and two large stones over two meters high floated into the air.
“Die!”
With a heavy tone, he sent the two huge stones, carrying a devastating energy, crashing towards Billy, creating a violent sound of breaking wind.
On the other side, Vic also launched his attack. His hands continuously rotated, and soon, a rapidly spinning vortex of air appeared above his head. The speed of the vortex increased, and its size grew larger, attracting all the ice blocks and tables and chairs on the ground around it as if it had magnetism. In less than two minutes, the vortex’s diameter expanded to over ten meters. In the empty space, a fierce wind blew, causing chaos.
“Lie down!”
Immediately after, Vic shouted loudly and forcefully pushed his hands forward. The enormous vortex of air rushed towards Billy like a tornado.
At the same time they attacked, Billy didn’t stand idle. He gripped his ancient sword and unleashed the Heavenly Unity Sword Technique. Within moments, the empty space within a kilometer was filled with extremely sharp sword energy, sweeping past the attacks from the other two.
The next moment, the empty space resounded with a series of explosive booms. The momentum of the massive air mass that Vic had unleashed was diminished by a few notches, and Burt’s two stones were shattered by countless sword energies.
“Ten Thousand Swords Unite, Slash!”
Immediately afterward, Billy’s deep voice was heard, and the countless sword energies quickly merged together, condensing into a huge shadowy ancient sword that struck towards Bert.
Boom!
A deafening sound reverberated through the air. The two stones exploded like projectiles, sending debris flying. To Burt’s dismay, the shadowy ancient sword shattered the two stones without any effect and came down upon him like thunder and lightning.
“Huh?!” Sensing the aura of death, Burt’s body hairs stood on end, and his face filled with horror. He knew that he couldn’t block this sword. But at this moment, it was already too late for him to dodge. He could only watch helplessly as the sword energy descended from above, leaving a deep groove in the ground.
Burt opened his mouth, but no sound came out as his body collapsed to the ground, lifeless. Until his last breath, he couldn’t understand how he could be slain with a single stroke by someone who was only a Second-rank Saint.
Witnessing this scene, the onlookers two kilometers away were left dumbfounded, their jaws dropping collectively. Joshua Reynolds, Jacob Scott, and the others were equally astounded, wearing expressions of disbelief.
Boom!
Simultaneously, Vic’s enormous energy wave collided heavily with Billy’s defensive aura. However, it had been weakened by at least seventy to eighty percent from countless sword strikes beforehand. As a result, it couldn’t break through Billy’s defense, only pushing him back a hundred meters.
“How is this possible?!” Vic exclaimed in shock, witnessing his full-powered attack being effortlessly blocked by Billy.
“Surprised?” Billy took a deep breath, suppressing the surging blood in his heart.
“You killed Lord Burt, you damn bastard! I’ll take your life!” Vic shouted angrily, glancing at Burt’s lifeless body nearby. As his words echoed, Vic raised his hand once again, unleashing numerous violent energy waves, surging towards Billy like a hurricane.
“With your current strength, you still have a long way to go!” Billy retorted, as he brandished his ancient sword, releasing several hundred-meter-long sword beams.
The attacks clashed in mid-air, resounding with a thunderous boom. After a few more exchanges, Vic no longer had the will to fight. He could sense that Billy hadn’t even used his full power; he was simply treating him as a sparring partner. At this rate, he would meet his end sooner or later. After another clash with Billy, Vic swiftly retreated. Though he felt ashamed, fleeing was far better than losing his life.
“Think you can escape?” Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly as an invisible ripple surged towards Vic.
“Huh?!” Just as Vic was about to continue his escape, he paused for a moment, his figure momentarily freezing. And as he shook his head, preparing to resume his escape, a sword beam had already sliced through behind him. Startled, he quickly lunged to the side.
Swoosh!
The sword beam flashed past his right leg, causing it to detach from his body, blood gushing out.
“Mm…” Vic fell heavily to the ground, tumbling a few somersaults before coming to a stop.
“How about that? Anything else you want to say?” Billy approached him, calmly speaking.
“Don’t… don’t kill me. I surrender…” Vic no longer had any trace of defiance.
“Sorry, but you’ve run out of chances!” Billy shrugged in response. As he finished speaking, a sword beam slashed towards Vic.
“Spare me…!” Vic screamed.
Before his words could even fade, the sword beam pierced through his chest, blood spraying forth. Vic’s mouth opened wide, his body convulsing before falling still.
The entire park fell into a momentary stillness. Two elders of the Guardians who were Fourth-rank Saints had been killed just like that! The world of the Guardians was truly about to change.
“You… You actually killed two elders. You’re truly making enemies with the entire Guardians! You…” A middle-aged man in the crowd exclaimed loudly.
“Do you have a problem?” Billy turned his head, looking at him, then scanning the surrounding crowd.
“Anyone with objections, step forward!”