“He is from the Flame Hall of the eighth-tier star domain!” Jennifer responded.
“Flame Hall?” Billy was taken aback. He had thought the other party was from the Zenith Sect.
“Are you Billy?” At this moment, a man in white approached not far away. “I’ve been searching high and low for you; it seems I don’t need to look any further!”
At first glance, the man found Billy vaguely familiar. After a brief moment of thought, he realized that Billy matched the portrait he had seen.
Considering Jennifer and the others’ address to Billy earlier, he naturally confirmed Billy’s identity.
“Do you want the Nine Dragons Cauldron?” Billy asked, looking at him.
“The Heaven Book should be with you too!” The man in white said calmly. “Hand over the Nine Dragons Cauldron and the Heaven Book, and I can spare your life…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Billy had already made his move. A blade light slashed out, tearing through the void.
“You seek death!” The man in white shouted angrily, raising his hand to strike out a mark.
He didn’t take Billy seriously, thinking that a third-rank Supreme Source Realm kid wasn’t qualified to be his opponent.
Although Billy had shattered his attack with one strike earlier, he had only used seventy to eighty percent of his strength, so he didn’t take it to heart.
After a loud crash, both of them were thrown three to four thousand meters apart.
Billy’s cultivation could be elevated to the sixth-rank Supreme Source Realm when he activated his bloodline power. Even a casual strike could contend with a half-step Condensed Kun Realm opponent.
The man in white had used at most ninety percent of his strength earlier, so they ended up evenly matched in one move.
“You have some skill; no wonder you dare…” The man in white steadied himself and spoke again.
However, before he could finish his sentence, his pupils shrank to pinpoints as a Thunder Blade rapidly flashed towards him.
Heaven Killer!
Sensing the power of this strike, the man in white felt his hair stand on end. Without hesitation, he quickly dodged backward.
He knew he couldn’t withstand it; taking it head-on would mean certain death.
Although he avoided a fatal blow, his arm was still severed by the blade light. With a groan, he was sent flying another thousand meters away.
Before he could catch his breath, a dark shadow pursued him-it was the Dark Puppet!
With its current combat power, dealing with a first-rank Condensed Kun Realm opponent who had lost an arm posed no difficulty for the Dark Puppet.
Within a few breaths, a desperate scream echoed in the void nearby.
His soul was utterly destroyed!
Soon after, the Dark Puppet, with a satisfied expression, returned to Billy’s body.
“Mr. Billy, your cultivation speed is astonishing!” Jamal Clarke exclaimed after sensing Billy’s martial aura.
In just two months, he had advanced three or four levels. It was truly impressive!
“Starting from a low point makes for rapid progress,” Billy smiled and asked, “Why is Flame Hall targeting you? Where is Miss Sanaa?”
“Miss Sanaa went to the eighth-tier star domain!” Jennifer replied.
“Hmm?” Billy was puzzled. “She went to the eighth-tier star domain? What happened?”
“It’s a bit complicated,” Jennifer paused before explaining to Billy.
After Jennifer finished her account, Billy frowned slightly.
Over a month ago, people from the Zenith Sect visited Universe Palace and took Sanaa’s father and two elder council members away.
Sanaa received this information while returning from The Hallowed Court’s headquarters to Decadent City. She then hurriedly brought two Universe Palace experts along with Jennifer and Jamal Clarke to Heavenly City.
However, upon their arrival, they were informed by Zenith Sect members that her father and the elders had been intercepted en route.
Except for an old woman among them, all the Zenith Sect members sent to Universe Palace were killed.
The old woman survived because the attacker deliberately spared her to deliver a message to Sanaa.
If she wanted her father safe, she had to bring the Nine Dragons Cauldron and Heaven Book to the eighth-tier star domain within three months for an exchange.
Otherwise, she would find only corpses!
The attacker didn’t reveal their faction but instructed Sanaa to bring the items to a city called Dark City in three months, where someone would contact her.
“Could it be a fabrication by Zenith Sect?” Billy asked Jennifer.
“Probably not,” Jennifer shook her head. “We saw the Image Storage Stone brought back by the surviving Zenith Sect member; it didn’t seem staged.”
“Image Storage Stone? What’s that?” Billy was puzzled as he heard this term for the first time.
“Strictly speaking, an Image Storage Stone is also a type of Mystic Echo Stone,” Jamal Clarke replied.
“But it’s not used for transmitting messages; it’s for recording images and sounds. It also has extremely complex formations inscribed on it.”
“Such things exist?” Billy was surprised again.
“Yes,” Jamal Clarke nodded. “These high-level Mystic Echo Stones are only found in high-rank star domains. They are common in eighth and ninth-rank star domains but extremely rare in seventh-tier star domains.”
“Understood,” Billy nodded and continued asking, “Could it be Flame Hall’s doing?”
“Most likely,” Jennifer nodded. “The Zenith Sect also believes it’s their work.”
“The massacre at The Hallowed Court’s headquarters was probably also done by Flame Hall!”
“Do you know much about Flame Hall?” Billy asked again.
“No,” Jennifer shook her head. “If you want details, Mr. Billy, you can ask the Zenith Sect members at City Lord’s Mansion.”
“Alright,” Billy nodded in response.
Then, the three of them flew towards the city.
“Did Miss Sanaa go to the eighth-tier star domain alone?” Billy asked mid-air, his face showing concern.
Sanaa’s combat prowess made her top-tier in the seventh-tier star domain but only mid-tier at best in the eighth-tier star domain. Going there alone was extremely dangerous!
Moreover, she went empty-handed when they clearly demanded the Nine Dragons Cauldron and Heaven Book for exchange!
“The Zenith Sect bears significant responsibility for this matter, so their young lady accompanied Miss Sanaa back to the eighth-tier star domain,” Jennifer replied.
“Jamal Clarke and I wanted to go with her, but she refused. She knew you’d come to Heavenly City and asked us to wait for you here.”
“Is Zenith Sect that kind-hearted?” Billy frowned slightly.
“They said they were worried that if Miss Sanaa fell into Flame Hall’s hands, you would be forced to exchange the Nine Dragons Cauldron and Heaven Book for her. That’s something Zenith Sect doesn’t want to see,” Jamal Clarke added.
“But whether they genuinely think that way is unknown!”
“Miss Sanaa also suspects their ulterior motives,” Jennifer added.
“But she had no choice. Even knowing it wasn’t simple, she had to go!”
“They better not play any tricks!” Billy frowned again.
He didn’t believe Zenith Sect was that kind-hearted!
But he understood Sanaa’s feelings; he would have done the same!
About fifteen minutes later, Billy and his companions landed at the entrance of City Lord’s Mansion.
“Who are you? What do you want?” one of the guards asked sternly.
Before he finished speaking, Billy waved his hand, sending a gust of wind that blew seven or eight men into the air.
Then, Billy and his companions stepped into the mansion.