“Don’t I look like a commander?” Billy spoke lightly, causing Nightreaper by his side to shiver involuntarily, a flicker of fear crossing his face.
What Nightreaper feared was not just Billy, but the people behind him. The news of Billy’s relationship with Stephanie Stuart had gradually spread throughout the Central Part, and Nightreaper had heard about it a few days ago. What made him even more fearful was the knowledge that Stephanie had already restored her cultivation to the level of a Rank Nine Saint!
Just the thought of a Rank Nine Saint sent shivers down his spine. Such a powerful individual was not someone he could afford to offend! This time, if not for the coercion and temptation of Mysthaven City, he wouldn’t have taken on this task. He was well aware that Mysthaven City’s ultimate goal was Skydragon City, and a battle between the two supercities was inevitable.
In a clash between those figures, someone like him would easily be wiped out. However, he foolishly believed that the outside world wouldn’t know that Black Shark was involved in this matter, so he rashly agreed to take it on. But he never expected that retribution would come so quickly.
“You still dare to brazenly show up. You’ve got some nerve!” Hudson stared at Billy with his eyes narrowed. “I’m curious, you should have known I’m here before you came, right?”
“And yet, you have the audacity to come here. Do you have another ace up your sleeve?”
“Sorry to disappoint you, but your strength is not enough for me to bother searching for other aces.” Billy smiled faintly.
“You’re ignorant!” The old woman spoke up again. “Being defiant until the end, I really don’t know how you, the King of the West from Glavale, have managed to survive until now!”
“You’ll be the first to find out how I’ve survived until now.” Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“You dare kill Master Asher. Today, I will make sure you taste the bitterness of being alive before death!” The old woman responded fiercely.
“Have you made up your mind?” Billy ignored her and turned to Hudson. “Remember, you only have one chance to choose!”
“You do have a bit of your father’s spirit in you!” Hudson sneered. “But your strength is far inferior to his! Even if you can challenge someone of a higher rank, at best, you have the strength of a Rank Six Saint. Do you think you can survive in my hands?”
“So, you’re not willing to talk?” Billy replied.
“Alright, no more idle talk with you!” Hudson spoke again. “Since you’ve willingly come here, I’ll take the opportunity to bring your head back to comfort the spirit of Master Asher!”
As he finished speaking, his aura started to rise.
“Lord Hudson, the job is beneath you anyway. Leave him to us!” The old woman spoke up again. Then she turned to her other three companions. “Let’s attack together, disable him, don’t kill him for now. Leave him with a breath of life!”
“Alright!” the three of them responded simultaneously.
“Take action!” After the old woman shouted, she rushed towards Billy, followed closely by the other three.
Hudson seemed to have no intention of making a move, standing in place with a calm expression, watching Billy. In his eyes, dealing with a Rank Five Saint, the four individuals he brought were more than enough!
“I said I would let you be the first to know how I’ve managed to survive until now!” Billy’s voice resounded. As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, no tricks up his sleeve, just a simple flick of his wrist, activating the Bloodshadow Blade Technique as he swung his blade.
The arc-shaped blade light shot towards the old woman like a lightning bolt, swift as a white horse galloping.
“How ignorant!” The old woman didn’t even take his attack seriously, raising her hand and sending out several violent gusts of wind to counter it.
The other three also didn’t stand idle, channeling their full power to counter Billy’s blade light. However, in the next moment, the faces of all four of them simultaneously changed drastically.
The arc of the blade tore through their attack as if entering an uncharted territory, then without losing any momentum, it flashed towards the old woman.
“Hmm?!” Sensing a strong aura of death, the old woman’s pupils contracted.
Not far away, Hudson realized the power of Billy’s strike as well. Without much thought, he immediately raised his hand and unleashed a powerful gust of wind.
But he was still a step too slow! His attack was only halfway through when the blade had already flashed past the old woman’s waist.
After the blade passed, blood gushed out.
“…”
The old woman looked down at the bloodstain on her waist, opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a word, and then her body collapsed in two halves, one after the other. Her face wore an expression of disbelief. Until her last moment, she couldn’t believe that she couldn’t even withstand a single strike from the opponent.
At the same time, although the other three were not killed by a single strike, they were blown away by the powerful impact. They crashed down two to three hundred meters away, spitting out a mouthful of blood, each with a look of horror on their faces.
Four people working together couldn’t block a strike from a Fifth-rank Saint!
This was too unreal!
“Damn, I’m going to flay your skin!” Hudson roared in anger, no longer as calm as before. While speaking, his aura quickly soared, revealing his Eighth-rank Saint cultivation.
“Die!” Immediately after, he raised his hand and sent a palm force powerful as a landslide roaring towards Billy.
“With your skills, you’re still lacking!” Billy replied in a deep voice.
Then, his wrist continued to rotate as he activated the Domineering Blade Art, and the blood-red blade descended towards the opponent’s attack.
Boom!
A thunderous sound spread through the void, causing a shock-wave that sent Nightreaper and the other three flying away.
Two buildings hundreds of meters away collapsed at the same time, filling the air with dust.
Billy and Hudson slid backward for a hundred meters before coming to a stop. The aura on both of them appeared somewhat disordered.
Hudson had only exerted about 80% of his power, thinking that even a Seventh-rank Saint opponent wouldn’t be able to withstand his previous strike.
Yet, Billy had actually fought him to a draw?!
Not only him, but Nightreaper and the other three also had expressions of disbelief on their faces. Clearly, they hadn’t expected Billy to possess such incredible fighting power!
“Surprised?” Billy calmly spoke. “What surprises you are still to come. You have one last chance, and if you don’t speak, you won’t have another opportunity!”
Hudson let out a breath, “I did underestimate you, but if you think this will save your life, then you’re too naive! I will show you what despair truly means!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Hudson took several large strides forward, his hands opening and closing in the air, leaving countless afterimages. The air around him began to surge madly.
Before long, a huge vortex appeared above his head, shooting up into the sky like a tornado. After a while, a large skull image faintly appeared in the vortex, then it opened its mouth and sucked in a big breath. Then, within a kilometer range, anything movable on the ground was sucked into the center of the vortex.
Billy stood several hundred meters away, feeling a strong force pulling him towards Hudson’s direction.
“Interesting!” Billy squinted his eyes.
Without hesitation, he activated his bloodline power, and at the same time, he put away the Bloodshadow Fury Blade at his waist. Then, his hands formed several afterimages in the air, using Dragon Mastery Fist Technique.
In the next moment, a lifelike shadow of a dragon appeared above his head, surrounded by thunder.
With the activation of his bloodline power, the dragon shadow became even clearer and its aura became several levels stronger than before.
“Die!”
As Hudson roared, the giant skull opened its mouth and bit towards Billy.