The man stared intently at Casey, his nerves on edge. Although he had his suspicions, he wasn’t entirely confident. What if he was wrong?
“Heh, who told you that a weapon can only have one inscription?” Casey sneered coldly. “Besides, if you’ve heard of Inscription Array Art, you should know that inscriptions don’t necessarily have to be on weapons, right?”
“Are you trying to scare me?” The man glared at Casey.
“Try it and see for yourself,” Casey replied, his face expressionless. However, his heart was racing. As the man had pointed out, Casey couldn’t use ‘Dragon Soaring Skies’ again. He was betting that the man wouldn’t dare to continue the fight. But the man seemed unconvinced.
The move Casey had just used was inscribed on his blade by Billy a few days ago while practicing the ‘Strengthening Bloodline Method.’ Billy hadn’t had time to inscribe the weapons of Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and the others.
“Let’s see then. I bet you…” The man took a deep breath and began to speak.
Before he could finish, Asher Guthrie attacked, sending a mark filled with violent energy hurtling toward him. The man was momentarily stunned but quickly raised his hand to block.
Caught off guard, he was pushed back two or three hundred meters, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. Before he could regain his balance, Tate Guthrie and Casey’s attacks were already upon him.
The man was forced back another three or four hundred meters, spitting out a mouthful of blood. “You brat, die!” he shouted at Casey, hurling a powerful mark at him.
Casey dodged instead of confronting the attack head-on. “You’re the one who will die!” Asher and Tate Guthrie shouted simultaneously, launching their own attacks.
The man frowned but didn’t retreat. He raised his hand to meet their attacks. After a loud clash, all three were thrown back five or six hundred meters, each coughing up blood. It was clear they were all seriously injured.
Before the man could catch his breath, a hundred-meter-long phantom blade descended from above. “What?!” His pupils contracted in shock as a strong sense of impending death washed over him. He had underestimated Casey’s combat power while focusing on whether Casey could use inscribed techniques again.
Without any defense, the man couldn’t withstand the blade. As it fell, a line of blood appeared on his body, and he was split in two, collapsing in a bloody heap.
“Thank you, Mr Kimmons!” Asher Guthrie exhaled heavily. “Mr Kimmons, you’re seriously injured. Rest for a while; we’ll handle the rest.” He then rushed to the left.
“Mr Kimmons, thank you!” Tate Guthrie bowed to Casey before following Asher.
Casey landed and took a healing pill, beginning to meditate. His injuries were severe and needed immediate attention. He had assessed the battle and knew that with Asher and Tate’s help, the fight would soon turn in their favor.
As expected, within twenty minutes, all remaining members of the Blood and Devil Sects were killed. The eighth-rank Sacred Realm member tried to escape using the Blood Escape Technique but was blocked by Asher’s barrier.
“Thank you all for your great kindness,” Tate Guthrie said, bowing with other imperial family members. “Please come to the palace; we have a reward for you.”
“It was nothing,” Casey replied. “We need to return to Skydragon City urgently.”
“Mr Kimmons, please…” Tate began.
“No need for formalities; we must hurry back,” Azure Dragon interrupted. The five then flew away.
“Mr Kimmons, thank Mr Billy for me!” Asher shouted.
“Will do!” Casey replied.
Thus, the crisis for the three empires temporarily ended. Although there were significant casualties, they managed to protect the capital cities.
Meanwhile, Billy and Judge stood on a grassy field several kilometers outside Skydragon City’s west gate. This was where Weston Delaney and Antonio Fuller had fought Stephanie Stuart and others months ago.
“Boss, are you sure it’s okay for just the two of us to face the Blood and Devil Sects here?” Judge asked, staring into the sky.
“I’m not sure,” Billy replied.
“…” Judge’s mouth twitched. “Boss, who do you think they’ll send to attack Skydragon City?”
“I don’t know,” Billy said again.
“What if their leaders come? We…” Judge looked worried.
“If their leaders were coming, do you think they’d need to go through all this trouble?” Billy countered.
“True,” Judge nodded. “I’ve heard their leaders are mid-Holy Realm. If they were coming, they wouldn’t need to go through all this extra effort.”