“Billy Boy!” Opal and Amber approached as they saw Billy.
Billy had already informed them about his disguise on the way, so they weren’t surprised.
“Opal, Amber, where is he?” Billy asked as he walked up to them.
“He just went inside!” Opal pointed towards the forest.
“Why did he suddenly come here?” Billy inquired.
“From what we understand, yesterday was supposed to be the day Princeton Lopez met with him to teach a new sword technique,” Opal explained.
“But since he didn’t see his master yesterday, he and a few fellow disciples have been looking for Princeton Lopez since then.”
“I guess the cave you stayed in yesterday must be where Princeton Lopez was in seclusion. He might have gone there hoping to find his master.”
“How many people?” Billy nodded slightly.
“Two!” Amber responded from the side. “Besides him, there’s the person who brought Avery Francis to find you that day.”
“Good!” Billy smiled slightly. “Opal, Amber, go back and wait for my news!”
“Be careful!” They both nodded simultaneously.
They weren’t too worried about Billy’s safety. After all, with Purple Spirit awake, dealing with someone at the early stage of Otherworldly Realm wouldn’t be an issue.
“No problem!” Billy replied as he walked into the forest.
As Opal had guessed, Raul Duffy’s destination was indeed the cave from a few days ago.
While Billy was on his way, Raul Duffy and the man named Lewis Ward had already entered the cave.
“Raul, are you sure this is one of Master’s secret retreat places?” Lewis Ward scanned the surroundings.
“Yes!” Raul Duffy nodded. “Master brought me here once a year ago!”
“There are signs of a fight here. Could Master really be in trouble?” Lewis Ward looked at the scattered stones on the ground.
“It’s possible!” Raul Duffy frowned deeply.
“Otherwise, with Master’s personality, he would have informed me even if he had to leave.”
“But with Master’s skills, there are very few in the Institute who could surpass him. Besides the three deans, there aren’t many who could match him,” Lewis Ward continued.
“And those few people wouldn’t likely harm Master, right?”
“It shouldn’t be someone from the Institute!” Raul Duffy shook his head thoughtfully.
“Even if they acted, they couldn’t make Master disappear without a trace!”
“Then who could it be?” Lewis Ward frowned again. “Senior Brother, do you think this has anything to do with that kid Billy?”
“Probably not!” Raul Duffy shook his head.
“That kid is only at the late stage of Holy Realm, a whole major realm below Master. No matter how talented he is, he couldn’t be Master’s match!”
After a brief pause, he continued to ask, “Did Matthew Lawrence find out who took that kid three days ago?”
“No!” Lewis Ward shook his head. “The other party left no traces at all, making it impossible to investigate.”
“Raul, do you suspect it’s related to that person?”
“It’s possible!” Raul Duffy nodded. “Anyone who could evade Matthew Lawrence’s pursuit must be highly skilled!”
“Raul, could it be Elder Xavier? Only he has that kind of skill!” Lewis Ward frowned again.
“Probably not!” Raul Duffy shook his head. “He always prides himself on being above such things and has no grudges with Master.”
“Then who could it be?” Lewis Ward couldn’t help but ask.
“I don’t know!” Raul Duffy shook his head in response.
“Raul, should we go find Vice-President Noah Knapp and ask if he has any news about Master?” Lewis Ward suggested.
“Yes!” Raul Duffy nodded slightly before looking around the cave again and heading towards the entrance. “Let’s go!”
“Alright!” Lewis Ward replied and followed him.
“No need to ask!” At that moment, a figure walked in from the entrance; it was Billy.
He had already reverted to his original appearance.
“Hmm?!” Seeing Billy, both Raul Duffy and Lewis Ward were stunned.
“Kid, what are you doing here?!” Lewis Ward asked after a brief pause.
“You want to know where your master went?” Billy said as he waved his hand, sealing the cave entrance with a barrier.
“What do you mean?” Raul Duffy instinctively glanced at the entrance and frowned. “Do you know what happened to my master?”
“Of course!” Billy shrugged. “I killed him; how could I not know!”
“What did you say?” Lewis Ward shouted. “You killed Master?”
“Don’t believe me?” Billy smiled faintly.
“It’s not that I underestimate you, but you couldn’t possibly kill my master!” Raul Duffy stared intently at Billy.
“Tell me honestly, what happened to my master? How do you know about this place?”
Although he was sure his master couldn’t have been killed by Billy, it was unusual for Billy to find this place!
“I’ll give you a chance,” Billy said without answering his question.
“Tell me everything I want to know in detail, and I’ll spare your life. How about that?”
“Kid, I think you’re tired of living…” Lewis Ward shouted at Billy.
Before he could finish his sentence, his body was thrown back, crashing into the stone wall and falling to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
With his late-stage Holy Realm cultivation, he was naturally no match for Billy.
“You court death!” Seeing this, Raul Duffy’s aura surged.
Although he had already lost to Billy a few days ago, surrendering without a fight was not an option for him.
“You better think carefully. If you fight, your life will no longer be yours!” Billy said calmly with narrowed eyes.
“Arrogant! Do you really think I’m afraid of you?” Raul Duffy responded coldly.
As soon as he finished speaking, an extremely cold aura burst from him. His eyes turned blood-red, and his blood vessels expanded more than twice their size.
In no time, the entire cave was filled with a suffocating aura of death, sending chills down one’s spine.
Next, an air vortex appeared before him, with a bottomless black hole at its center.
As the vortex formed, the surrounding space seemed to distort slightly. Soon, all the stones on the ground were sucked into the black hole and disappeared without a trace.
“Die!”
In just a few moments, Raul Duffy shouted coldly and pushed forward with both hands.
The next moment, the previously absorbed stones reappeared, but they had formed into a massive spinning stone ball.
The stone ball carried overwhelming energy as it hurtled towards Billy with unstoppable momentum like thunder.
The whirlwind created by the spinning stone ball was destructive; stones fell from the cave walls and turned to dust before hitting the ground.
From this display alone, it was clear that this move had enough power to kill someone at third-rank Otherworldly Realm.