“Ridiculous!” the tall elder shouted angrily. “You think you can make me, Ashton Lowe, surrender without a fight? You’re dreaming!”
Although he feared Kymani Vasquez’s strength, self-destruction was out of the question. He believed that if he truly wanted to leave, the other party might not be able to stop him.
“Your name is Ashton Lowe?” Kymani Vasquez looked at him and asked, “What is Yosef Lowe to you?”
“You know my father?” Ashton Lowe’s face showed a hint of shock. He himself was nearly two hundred years old, and his father was even older. Even in the Great Blue Star Domain, few people knew his father. He didn’t expect someone in the Akabuchi Star Domain to recognize him.
“You’re Yosef Lowe’s son?” Kymani Vasquez’s eyes narrowed slightly. After a brief pause, he continued, “For your father’s sake, cripple your own cultivation and leave!”
“That depends on whether you have the strength to make me cripple myself!” Ashton Lowe responded sternly.
“You really won’t do it yourself?” Kymani Vasquez replied coldly.
“Make your move! I want to see how strong you really are!” Ashton Lowe continued.
“Then I’ll give you a chance!” Kymani Vasquez replied indifferently. “Survive one of my moves, and you can live.”
“Fine!” Ashton Lowe shouted.
As a late-stage Perceiving Dao Realm expert, even though he knew he might not be a match, his fighting spirit was ignited. He wanted to test his limits.
The two of them ascended into the sky, away from the crowd below.
“Come on! I’ll give you a chance to go all out!” Kymani Vasquez said as they reached mid-air.
“Alright!” Ashton Lowe responded solemnly.
As soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming aura burst forth from him, shaking the void. Many people below shivered involuntarily, looking up in fear. The mere presence of a late-stage Perceiving Dao Realm expert was enough to make them despair.
“Take this!” Ashton Lowe shouted. The void around them twisted like a convex sphere, an awe-inspiring sight. A fierce wave of energy shot from Ashton Lowe’s hand, tearing a long black rift in the void. In an instant, the rift extended towards Kymani Vasquez as if it would tear him apart along with the void.
“Is this your strongest move?” Kymani Vasquez stood motionless in mid-air, facing Ashton Lowe’s full-force attack. As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the wave of energy.
A wisp of finger wind whistled forward, piercing through the center of Ashton Lowe’s energy wave. The wave shattered like paper, breaking through effortlessly.
Before Ashton Lowe could fully react, the finger wind pierced his abdomen and exploded inside him, shattering his dantian instantly.
“Ah…” Ashton Lowe screamed as he plummeted to the ground, his face filled with extreme shock. One move! Just one move! As a ninth-rank Perceiving Dao Realm expert, he couldn’t withstand even one move from the opponent! How could there be such a powerful expert in the Akabuchi Star Domain?
“Go back and tell your father that it was I, Kymani Vasquez, who crippled your cultivation. If he wants revenge, he’s welcome anytime!” Kymani Vasquez sent a gust of wind to lower Ashton Lowe to the ground and spoke sternly.
Ashton Lowe opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a word. After a moment of hesitation, he stood up with difficulty and left dejectedly, his face full of despair.
At that moment, a shadow flashed from mid-air towards the ground and appeared in front of Lydia Wooler within moments. It was Amari Wooler!
“Miss Wooler, come with me!” Clearly desperate, he needed a shield to escape; otherwise, with his strength, he couldn’t get away. Lydia Wooler was the perfect candidate.
“Miss Wooler, be careful!” people around shouted simultaneously. Although Lydia Wooler sensed the danger, she was only at the late stage of Otherworldly Realm and had no chance against Amari Wooler.
Just then, a Thunder Blade descended from the sky towards Amari Wooler, tearing through the void. The attacker was Billy, who had been watching Amari Wooler since Kymani Vasquez appeared and wouldn’t let him succeed. After their previous battle, Amari Wooler’s strength had diminished slightly. Facing the ‘Cracked Sky’ blade light, he didn’t dare take it head-on and quickly dodged aside, abandoning Lydia Wooler.
However, with his current strength, it was hard for him to completely avoid the ‘Cracked Sky’ attack.
After the blade light passed, an arm flew into the air, blood spraying everywhere as Amari Wooler was thrown four or five hundred meters away. Before he could stabilize himself, a spiritual power-formed phantom blade chased after him.
“No…” sensing death approaching, Amari Wooler screamed in terror.
Before he could finish speaking, the phantom blade flashed past his neck, sending his head flying into the air with blood gushing out like a fountain. His face in mid-air was filled with unwillingness. This was the result of insatiable greed! If his ambitions had been smaller and he had remained as the first elder of The Hall of Supreme Authority, he could have lived another hundred or two hundred years without any problem. Now, he gained nothing and lost his life instead.
“Uncle Amari…” Flynn Wooler, sitting on the ground nearby, cried out in despair. His position as vice president of the Akabuchi Chamber of Commerce was also over!
“Thank you, Mr. Billy!” Lydia Wooler bowed towards Billy who had just landed nearby.
“No need to thank me, Miss Wooler,” Billy smiled. “It was nothing.”
Soon after, those in mid-air descended to the ground one after another.
“Thank you again for saving us, Mr. Vasquez!” Kole Wooler led a group of elders from the Akabuchi Chamber of Commerce to bow before Kymani Vasquez. They were genuinely grateful; without Kymani Vasquez today, their fate would have been dire!
“It was nothing,” Kymani Vasquez waved his hand and looked at Kole Wooler. “The Great Blue Star Domain is already stirring; reorganize your chamber quickly. A big battle is likely coming soon!”
“I understand!” Kole Wooler bowed in response.
“Alright then, I have other matters to attend to,” Kymani Vasquez said before turning to Billy. “You have ten more days to handle your affairs; come find me then!”
“Understood!” Billy bowed slightly.
Then Kymani Vasquez ascended into the sky and left.
Thud!
After Kymani Vasquez left, Gerardo Wooler knelt before Kole Wooler and trembled as he spoke: “Father, I was wrong. Please spare me…”