“Descend with me to hell!” Upon reaching the sky above the crowd, Ode shouted loudly, his eyes twisting with determination.
Boom!
Once again, a deafening roar resounded through the sky, causing the entire void to tremble.
As the people below heard this commotion, fear appeared on most of their faces, and many members of Frigid Fortress collapsed to the ground in shock.
Even many people from Skydragon City had their pupils shrink and their faces turn pale.
“Ignorant fool!” Almost simultaneously with Ode’s shout, Stephanie’s voice rang out.
Her hands swiftly moved, tracing several marks in the air, and a radius of about a kilometer formed into a barrier, enveloping Ode.
The powerful shock-wave from Ode’s self-detonation collided with the barrier, creating another earth-shattering explosion.
But it was futile!
Stephanie’s barrier far exceeded everyone’s expectations in terms of its hardness. The shock-wave raged within the barrier, unable to shake it even slightly.
Witnessing this scene, Billy’s eyes flashed with surprise.
Barrier techniques, to some extent, were an upgraded version of defensive Chi cover. However, the hardness and defensive range of Stephanie’s barrier far surpassed what he had heard of before.
Billy had only heard that late-stage Saints could form barriers, but he had never witnessed it firsthand.
Now, seeing his mother create a barrier that easily withstood the self-detonation of an Eighth Stage Saint, he developed a strong interest in barrier techniques.
“All members of Frigid Fortress, listen to me!” Stephanie’s voice resounded throughout the estate.
“Your lord is dead, and the fate of Frigid Fortress is sealed. If you want to live, abandon your cultivation, or else, join your lord in the afterlife!”
As soon as her words fell, a man from Frigid Fortress threw his large knife to the ground and fell to his knees. “I don’t want to die. I’m willing to abandon my cultivation. Please spare me, Lady Stuart!”
The previous display had already shattered his courage, leaving no room for resistance.
After speaking, he gritted his teeth, his eyes twisting, and his aura instantly deflated like a punctured balloon.
“Have mercy, Lady Stuart!”
One after another, the remaining thousand disciples of Frigid Fortress who were still alive threw down their weapons and abandoned their cultivation.
Though they were unwilling to abandon their cultivation, they believed that it was better to live without their cultivation than to lose their lives.
“Billy, go with Sol to Polar Trading Guild, I’ll go to the City Lord’s Manor!” Stephanie instructed Billy shortly after all the members of Frigid Fortress had abandoned their cultivation.
“Alright!” Billy and Sol Stuart nodded simultaneously.
“Stephens, you stay here with some people. Find a few members of Frigid Fortress and locate their storage rooms!” Stephanie then turned to an elderly man.
Frigid Fortress had occupied the Central Part for decades, and their storage rooms undoubtedly held a vast amount of treasures that shouldn’t be wasted.
“Understood!” The old man nodded vigorously.
Subsequently, Billy and Sol Stuart soared towards the headquarters of Polar Trading Guild, while Stephanie made her way to the City Lord’s Manor.
A few minutes later, Billy and Sol Stuart arrived at the entrance of Polar Trading Guild headquarters.
As they surveyed the scene, they saw numerous members of Polar Trading Guild lying on the ground outside the main gate, either dead or injured.
“Lord Dragon, Mr Stuart!” Upon seeing the two, Elder Brock and a few others approached them.
“Elder Brock, what’s the situation?” Sol Stuart asked.
“It seems that the people inside have learned about Frigid Fortress’ situation. Many of them tried to escape the estate, but we intercepted them,” Elder Brock responded.
Sol Stuart asked again, “How many people are inside?'”
“Exact numbers are unclear, but preliminary estimates put it at over a thousand,” Elder Brock responded, adding, “Since a few days ago, Roch and the elite forces of the Polar Trading Guild perished in Skydragon City.”
“Many from the Polar Trading Guild are worried that Skydragon City will attack Demonrealm City, so they have already evacuated,” he continued.
“Among those who stayed behind, the leader is a vice president of the Polar Trading Guild, a loyal follower of Roch and a fifth-ranking Saint in cultivation.”
“I just had a few rounds of combat with him, and we were evenly matched!”
Sol Stuart nodded slightly and looked at Billy, saying, “Young master, shall we go in and take a look?”
“Just a moment!” Billy said, taking out his phone and dialing Edie’s number.
After the call connected, he asked Edie to bring the young lady of the Polar Trading Guild over.
After hanging up, less than ten minutes later, Edie arrived with Eve in tow.
“Billy, I’ve brought the person!” Edie landed not far from Billy and spoke up.
“Thank you, Aunt Edie!” Billy replied, taking Eve from her hands.
Then, he walked into the estate, followed closely by Sol Stuart and the others.
The members of the Polar Trading Guild who had been waiting at the entrance of the estate immediately surrounded them.
“Miss?!” The others exclaimed upon seeing Eve in Billy’s hands.
“Here’s your last chance. Disable your cultivation and leave Demonrealm City, or face certain death!” Billy threw Eve to the ground and spoke loudly.
“You damn bastards!” The leader, an elderly fifth-ranking Saint, roared angrily, raising his hand and shouting, “Attack them together, fight to the death!”
“Fight!” The others shouted in unison and charged towards Billy and his group.
“Fools!” Sol Stuart took two steps forward, casually raising his hand and unleashing a palm strike.
In the next moment, including the elderly fifth-ranking Saint, over a hundred people fell to the ground, convulsed for a few moments, and then went lifeless.
Witnessing this scene, the remaining individuals stopped in their tracks, trembling all over with pale faces.
The rest was easy!
Just like the people from Frigid Fortress, everyone else disabled their cultivation and fled for their lives.
Then, Billy flicked a wisp of finger wind into Eve’s back, and she slowly opened her eyes.
“Don’t… don’t kill me…” Eve looked around and quickly begged for mercy.
“Take me to your warehouse!” Billy said in a deep voice.
“Alright, I’ll do what you said…” Eve nodded quickly.
Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the underground basement of one of the castles on the estate.
Billy could clearly sense the fluctuations of a formation line inside. It was evident that the warehouse was protected by an array.
Then, after Eve fiddled with the surroundings for a while, a heavy iron door appeared in front of them.
Subsequently, after a few minutes of manipulation by Eve, the door to the warehouse opened. As they entered the warehouse, everyone, including Billy, couldn’t help but let out a gasp of astonishment. Before their eyes was a vast space, orderly filled with around a hundred iron cabinets, each about five to six meters tall.
Several of the cabinet doors were open, revealing a variety of treasures inside.
There were medicinal herbs, spiritual fruits, and a large number of high-grade spiritual stones.
Truly befitting the largest trading guild in the Frigid Fortress, the wealth in this warehouse alone could rival that of a country.
“Mr Stuart, Aunt Edie, please wait here for me. I will bring Casey and the others here for healing,” Billy said after briefly scanning the surroundings and turning to Sol Stuart.
There were many spiritual fruits and treasures in this warehouse that would greatly aid Casey and the others in their injuries.
“Okay!” Sol Stuart and Edie nodded in response.
“Lord… Lord Dragon…” Eve began with some hesitation.