“Arrogant!” The man snorted coldly. “Once Inferno has its eyes on you, your life is no longer your own…”
“Not willing to talk?” Billy interrupted him coldly. “Let’s see how long you can hold out…”
“Billy, retreat quickly!” At that moment, Purple Spirit’s voice rang out.
“Hm?” Billy was slightly stunned but immediately retreated four or five hundred meters.
Almost simultaneously, a powerful mark crashed down like a meteor where he had just stood, creating a massive crater.
Although the person had not yet appeared, the power of that move indicated that the newcomer was clearly at the Supreme Ancestry Realm.
“Quick reflexes!” An old man soon appeared in mid-air not far away.
“Greetings, Lord Messenger!” The one-armed man stood up after quickly tending to his wound.
“Useless!” The old man replied coldly before looking at Billy. “Hand over the Nine Dragons Cauldron and the Skystone, and I’ll spare your life!”
Billy didn’t bother with words and slashed out directly.
“Courting death!” The old man said coldly, punching towards the blade light.
After a muffled sound, both retreated four or five hundred meters, evenly matched.
“Impressive!”
The old man didn’t stop. As he flashed forward, he pressed down with his hand, and a heavy pressure like a mountain bore down on Billy.
Billy flipped his wrist, and a blade light appeared in mid-air, shattering the pressure.
The old man continued his attack, forming a rapidly rotating air current with his hands, causing a fierce wind to blow.
Billy’s wrist kept flipping, forming a curtain of blades in front of him to block the attack.
In the next moment, both attacks dissipated, and they each retreated several hundred meters.
Neither seemed willing to stop. As soon as they stabilized, they charged at each other again, causing the surrounding space to crack as if it might collapse at any moment.
After exchanging more than ten rounds, they each retreated several hundred meters again, still evenly matched.
“I underestimated you!” A serious expression flashed across the old man’s face. He realized he had severely underestimated his opponent.
“Die!” Billy wasn’t planning to drag this out any longer.
With that, he wielded his blade and unleashed the Phantom Blade Technique.
He hadn’t used his trump card earlier because he had just broken through and wanted to use the old man to practice his blade skills.
“Arrogant!” The old man replied coldly.
As he spoke, a chilling aura erupted from him, and a mist began to swirl in front of him.
In just a few blinks of an eye, countless heads with ferocious expressions emerged from the mist, opening their crimson mouths and rushing towards Billy, turning the entire space into a hellish scene.
The arc-shaped blade light cut through everything; those heads had no chance of resisting and were instantly obliterated. The blade light continued towards the old man.
“How is this possible?!” The old man exclaimed in shock.
Before he could finish speaking, his head flew into the sky with a look of horror on his face.
In the forest below, two men beside Toby Cunningham were equally shocked.
“He has such strong combat power?” One of them couldn’t help but say.
“Miss Sanaa was right!” Toby Cunningham remarked.
He knew that even he might not be able to withstand Billy’s slash!
A Holy Ancestry Realm early stage cultivator could wield such a powerful blade technique. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have believed it!
“Lord Messenger!” Meanwhile, the one-armed man cried out.
Realizing what had happened, he quickly tried to escape.
But after only a few steps, a gust of wind from Billy’s palm lifted him into the air and slammed him down heavily, rendering him powerless.
“Ready to talk now?” Billy walked over to him.
“You… you dare kill Lord Messenger? You’re dead! You’re absolutely dead…” The man struggled to speak.
With that, his eyes twisted, and a burst of blood erupted from his heart. His legs kicked once before he went still.
“Hm?” Billy frowned slightly.
After a brief pause, he looked towards the left side of the forest. “Come out!”
He had already sensed Toby Cunningham and his two companions’ presence.
“Mr. Billy, you truly are worthy of being chosen by the Nine Dragons Cauldron. Impressive!” Toby Cunningham emerged with his two attendants.
“What do you want from me?” Billy asked coldly.
“To be honest, we need your help with something,” Toby Cunningham replied. “If you’re willing to help, the Netherworld Palace will reward you with the Nether Shield!”
“Not interested,” Billy replied curtly.
He had no good feelings towards the Netherworld Palace and wasn’t interested in making any deals with them. Besides, he didn’t even know what the Nether Shield was.
“The Nether Shield is indeed impressive, but it’s not very useful to him,” a woman’s voice suddenly said.
Billy turned to see Sanaa in her green dress approaching him.
As she got closer, she scrutinized Billy. “Your cultivation?”
Clearly, she was astonished by Billy’s rapid progress. Even with her vast experience, she had never encountered someone so extraordinary!
“Greetings, Miss Sanaa!” Toby Cunningham bowed slightly towards her. “The Nether Shield can withstand a full-force attack from a mid-to-late Supreme Ancestry Realm expert. Why wouldn’t it be useful to him?”
Hearing Toby Cunningham’s words, Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly. He hadn’t expected the Netherworld Palace to possess such a defensive divine artifact!
However, as Sanaa had said, it wasn’t very appealing to him.
With his current bloodline power activated, his cultivation could reach fifth-rank Holy Ancestry Realm, and his physical resilience was comparable to mid-Supreme Ancestry Realm experts.
Given time and further cultivation breakthroughs, his resilience would be enough to withstand late Supreme Ancestry Realm attacks on its own.
“Because he doesn’t need it,” Sanaa said calmly. “His physique and bloodline are special. His physical resilience can withstand opponents one major realm higher than himself.”
Hearing her words, Toby Cunningham and his two companions couldn’t help but gasp in shock.
Not only were they surprised, but Billy was also slightly taken aback. He hadn’t expected her to know even this much about him.
“If you truly want to reward him, give him the Nether Wings,” Sanaa continued.
“Miss Sanaa knows about the Nether Wings?” Toby Cunningham’s pupils contracted slightly.
“What’s so strange about that?” Sanaa replied calmly before looking at Billy.
“You might not know what the Nether Wings are. Their greatest benefit is that they can instantly increase a warrior’s teleportation speed by two to three times.”
She added, “No matter how fast you originally are, using the Nether Wings will boost your speed by two to three times!”
“Oh?” Billy’s eyes narrowed slightly.
That was indeed something valuable. His current teleportation speed was already fast enough. If it could be increased by two to three times, even opponents one major realm higher would struggle to catch him!
“Miss Sanaa, I need to consult with Sovereign,” Toby Cunningham said before taking out a sound transmission stone to send a message.
“What do they want me to help them with?” Billy asked Sanaa.
“They want you to rescue an ancestor of theirs,” Sanaa replied. “He was too arrogant back in the day and was locked up by an expert using Millennium Black Iron. Only your blade can cut through those chains.”
“How do you know my blade can cut Millennium Black Iron?” Billy was momentarily stunned.