“Incredible boasting!” retorted the blue-robed elder. With a wave of his hands, the elder conjured several afterimages. In no time, a massive enigmatic pattern appeared above his head, surrounded by thunderous energy and emanating a strong aura of death.
“Lie down!” the elder bellowed, and the phantom pattern, carrying destructive energy, surged towards Billy.
“The one who should lie down is you!” Billy’s voice resounded simultaneously. After recovering his spiritual power through meditation, Billy wasted no time and unleashed the Domineering Blade Art without hesitation.
Boom!
A blood-red blade aura tore through the void and slashed down towards the elder’s phantom pattern, resulting in a thunderous explosion. Simultaneously, Billy and the elder both spewed out a mouthful of blood and were sent flying, crashing heavily several hundred meters away, their energies in disarray. From their states, it was clear that Billy gained a slight advantage in this exchange, faring better than his opponent.
“Billy, are you alright?” Harleen, who was engaged in a fierce battle nearby, exclaimed in concern.
“Don’t worry, Harleen, I’m fine!” Billy replied, coughing up more blood before getting back on his feet. After glancing at Amber’s battle scene, Billy walked towards the blue-robed elder without wasting any more words.
“So, do you believe me now?” Billy asked calmly when he reached the elder.
“How… how did you do that?” the blue-robed elder struggled to speak, a look of disbelief on his face.
“Surprised, aren’t you?” Billy’s tone turned serious. “I’ll tell you in your next life!” With those words, Billy raised his hand and unleashed an arc-shaped blade aura, slashing towards the elder.
“Have mercy… don’t kill me…” the blue-robed elder pleaded desperately.
Before he could finish his plea, a bloodline appeared on his throat, followed by a gush of blood. He then collapsed, lifeless, legs twitching for a moment before becoming still.
Taking a deep breath, Billy rushed towards Amber’s direction. Having observed that Amber and their opponent were evenly matched, neither able to defeat the other, Billy knew they needed to join forces for a swift victory.
“Amber, let’s team up and end this quickly!” Billy shouted as he neared.
“Alright!” Amber replied.
“You killed him?” the white-robed elder, upon hearing Billy’s words, turned to look at the blue-robed elder lying on the ground nearby, anger in his voice.
“You can join him!” Billy retorted.
Billy and Amber then launched an attack together towards their opponent. The white-robed elder had lost his will to fight as a dozen of strong Saint martial artists he brought here had been annihilated. He was well aware that there was only a death end awaiting him if he held his ground in this place. Thus, he blocked their first wave of attacks and swiftly retreated. However, Billy and Amber weren’t about to let him escape. They pursued him relentlessly. Without the will to fight, the elder was no match for the two of them. After enduring a dozen rounds of their attacks, he finally fell to the ground. Blood gushed from his heart, and his body convulsed before falling still.
“Amber, take a break. I’ll go help the others!” Billy glanced at the fallen elder and rushed towards Casey and the others.
“I’m fine!” Amber replied, following closely behind.
With Billy and Amber joining the battle, the enemy’s forces of hundreds were clearly outmatched. In less than five minutes, almost half of the enemy had fallen, and the remaining half, devoid of any fighting spirit, scattered like birds and beasts. This crisis had finally come to an end.
“Everyone gets on the carriages!” Billy commanded as he looked at the group.
“Copy that!” they all responded in unison.
“Stout, head to the city of Northfortia at the fastest speed!” Billy ordered once everyone was seated.
“Got it!” Stout nodded vigorously and began driving.
“Ivy, distribute the healing pills to everyone!” Billy turned to Ivy and gave her another instruction.
After this battle, everyone had varying degrees of injuries. Notably, Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Stout, Night Orchid, and Frostblade were on the verge of a breakthrough, and in the chaos of the battle, they seized the fleeting opportunity to advance a level. Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird reached the Ninth-rank Sovereign Realm, while Night Orchid and the others reached the Eighth Rank.
“Okay!” Ivy took out the pills and distributed them to everyone.
Soon, they all settled into a meditative state, sitting on their seats and focusing on healing. Billy took out his phone and dialed Otis Hum’s number.
“Lord Dragon, are you alright?”
Phone call connected, Otis Hum’s voice came through the receiver, accompanied by the sounds of battle.
“We’re okay!” Billy responded. “How’s it going on your end?”
“We’ve started!” Otis Hum’s voice boomed. “We just breached all four city gates of Northfortia and the fighting has begun!”
“How’s the situation?” Billy continued to inquire.
“For now, everything is going smoothly, and we haven’t encountered strong resistance yet!” Otis Hum replied. “The elite forces of Northfortia haven’t fully revealed themselves.”
“Has Aquilandia’s people arrived?” Billy spoke again.
“They’re here!” Otis exclaimed. “They came with their Prime Minister personally leading the team!”
“Good!” Billy nodded. “Take care of yourselves, we’ll be there soon!”
“Yes, Lord Dragon!” Otis Hum said before hanging up the phone.
“Boss, did Mr Reynolds and the others start?” Casey asked as Billy hung up the phone.
“Yes!” Billy nodded.
This event had already been planned by Billy in advance. A few days ago, Caruno went to the city of Glavale to discuss matters with him, and they talked about today’s plan in the courtyard. According to their plan, Billy would first bring his people to Westbridge City, appearing in a high-profile manner under the pretense of dealing with the Guardians. Both of them understood very well that during this sensitive period, if Billy only brought a dozen people to Westbridge City, it would undoubtedly attract people from Northfortia’s city to come and deal with him. And based on Northfortia’s estimation of Billy’s strength and those around him, the people they sent would definitely not be ordinary. As a result, the high-end forces of their city would inevitably be weakened. And this was the perfect opportunity to attack Northfortia’s City! On the other hand, while Billy and his group were traveling from Glavale’s City to Westbridge City, James Reynolds, following Billy’s instructions, had sent people in batches to lurk near the city of Northfortia.
Aquilandia was no exception. Under Caruno’s arrangement, they infiltrated the mountains near Northfortia’s City in separate groups. This was also the reason why Billy and his group had been delayed for so long along the way. He wanted to give James Reynolds and Caruno enough time to deploy their forces. The phone call that Casey made to James Reynolds earlier was to inform him that they could start. This time, he was determined to take down Northfortia. The blood debt of a century had to be repaid by Northfortia!