“I can handle a hundred moves from you!” Billy responded as he sent a wave of palm wind towards Rod.
With a muffled sound, their attacks exploded simultaneously.
After one move, Rod didn’t hesitate at all, swiftly rushing forward while unleashing several gusts of powerful winds.
Billy was equally active, not retreating but advancing, striking out with waves of palm wind.
Both of them held back their ultimate moves, and after a few rounds, they seemed evenly matched.
“You’ve got some skills, try taking another move from me!” Rod said in a deep voice after exchanging a few more attacks.
Immediately after, his hands moved vigorously, creating countless afterimages in the void.
Before long, a giant shadowy axe appeared, several tens of meters long, emitting a chilling light that tore through the sky.
The entire void churned violently, winds howled, creating a scene of devastation.
In an instant, the axe slashed through the air like thunder towards Billy.
“Is this your trump card? Still not enough!” Billy’s voice echoed as he spoke.
Simultaneously, he dodged about ten meters away.
Then, without much ado, he unleashed the Celestial Black Finger technique.
Boom!
Another loud noise erupted in the void, accompanied by a mushroom cloud of energy, shaking the entire area. A nearby small mountain collapsed in a cloud of dust.
At the same time, both Billy and Rode were sent flying hundreds of meters away.
Afterward, they didn’t attack again, standing in mid-air as the pressure in the air gradually dissipated.
Soon, Rode spewed out a mouthful of blood, his aura weakening.
From the surface, it seemed like a tied game, but Rode knew he had lost thoroughly. If Billy hadn’t intended to spare him, he might have been dead by now.
He was shocked beyond belief; he hadn’t expected Billy to be this strong! After all, Rode was at the late stage of the ninth rank of the Sacred Realm, one of the strongest in the Forbidden Ruins Space besides the Blood and Devil Sects’ experts.
Yet, he had been defeated by a thirty-year-old!
Incredibly!
Meanwhile, not far away, Asher Guthrie’s surprise deepened as he witnessed the battle. He had thought that Billy might be stronger than Rode, but the difference was beyond his expectations.
He was certain that Billy had only used about eighty to ninety percent of his power in that last move. If he had gone all out, Rode wouldn’t have been able to withstand it.
“How about it? Do you want to talk now, or should I force you to?” Billy, after catching his breath, approached Rode from a distance of two to three hundred meters.
“I admit I underestimated your strength!” Rode took a deep breath and continued speaking.
“However, it’s not so easy to determine a winner between us. There’s a long way to go, we’ll meet again someday!”
“Are you implying you think you can escape today?” Billy glanced at him.
“Hehe, I’m leaving. You can’t stop me!” Rode replied coldly.
“Then let’s see!” Billy responded with a serious tone.
“Farewell!” Rode said, then turned to leave.
“Mr Billy, hurry and act, he might use Blood Escape Technique!” Asher Guthrie shouted loudly from nearby.
Before Asher Guthrie’s voice faded, a burst of blood mist erupted from where Rode stood.
The next moment, Rode’s figure disappeared from the spot.
“Hmm?!” Billy was stunned for a moment.
He immediately released his spiritual power, covering a radius of ten to twenty kilometers to search for him.
However, there were no results; the opponent had vanished like magic.
“Blood Escape Technique is a secret technique of the Blood and Devil Sects. It burns one’s own blood essence to instantly vanish!” Asher Guthrie explained as he came to Billy’s side.
“People who haven’t practiced this technique, unless they understand its rules, will find it hard to catch them.”
“Do you understand?” Billy asked.
He didn’t feel good about this escape technique. He knew he would soon have extensive dealings with the Blood and Devil Sects, and if all their members could do this, it would be troublesome.
“I’m ashamed to say I don’t understand it either!” Asher Guthrie shook his head. “I’ve only dabbled in it a bit.”
“I only know that each time Blood Escape Technique is used, it causes irreversible damage to the user.”
“So generally, they won’t use it unless their lives are in danger.”
“Can barriers stop them?” Billy asked further.
“I’m not sure!” Asher Guthrie added after shaking his head.
“But based on my guess, Blood Escape Technique should not be able to penetrate barriers.”
“Otherwise, members of the Blood and Devil Sects would have free access to the Forbidden Ruins Space long ago.”
“Got it!” Billy nodded slightly.
After a pause, he continued, “Do all members of the Blood and Devil Sects know Blood Escape Technique?”
As he spoke, he remembered the encounter with the old man at the Saint Cloud Pavilion a few days ago. He had thought the person was dead, but now it seemed they had escaped.
“Not all of them!” Asher Guthrie shook his head again.
“To practice Blood Escape Technique, one must be at least at the mid stage of the Sacred Realm or higher!”
“And even for those who can use Blood Escape Technique, if their injuries are too severe, they can’t perform it.”
“It’s like some advanced techniques; if your Chi power is insufficient, you can’t activate it.”
“Understood!” Billy replied with a nod.
At this moment, he wasn’t feeling very good.
After going through so much trouble, he had finally lured the opponent out.
He had hoped to gather some information about the Blood and Devil Sects from him, but he had escaped. He didn’t know when he would have another chance to meet him.
Moreover, the opponent was a ninth-rank Sacred Realm expert; if he had intentions of retaliating against Skydragon City, they would be vulnerable.
Today, he had been careless!
A few minutes later, Billy and Asher Guthrie returned to the palace courtyard.
The battle in the sky above the courtyard was still ongoing, but it was clearly one-sided.
Although the enemy’s top-tier fighters were strong, under the attacks of Opal, Amber, and others, their defeat was imminent.
With Billy and Asher Guthrie joining the fight, it ended in less than five minutes.
All the Westerners, including Northfortia, lay on the ground, none left alive.
Billy knew that many of these Northfortian had only come in as mediators in the past year or two.
However, due to his bad mood, he didn’t bother interrogating them further.
“Billy Boy, are you alright?” Opal arrived with the others soon after.
“I’m fine!” Billy shook his head.
“Boss, what about Rode?” Stout asked.
“He escaped!” Billy replied.
“Escaped?” Stout and Judge exclaimed simultaneously.
“Yes!” Billy then explained about the ‘Blood Escape Technique.’
“Alright then!” The others shrugged helplessly.