“Mr. Billy, I apologize on behalf of my father. Could you please…” Kallie Lowery, accompanied by Sage, approached.
“No!” Billy interrupted her. “I already gave your father a chance, and he refused it!”
“And, let me ask you, if I were the one defeated today, do you think your father would spare my life?”
Kallie Lowery opened her mouth but could not utter a word.
“Everyone must face the consequences of their actions. This has nothing to do with Kallie,” Roland Lowery said after catching his breath. “I’ll give you the Heaven Book. Can you spare her life?”
“You are naive. Do you really think that killing me will allow the Nightshade Clan to let you leave here alive?” Billy didn’t answer directly.
“I don’t know!” Roland Lowery shook his head. “So I fight to win or die, but I underestimated you!”
“You didn’t underestimate me; you overestimated yourself!” Billy replied coldly.
After a brief pause, he continued, “Hand over the Heaven Book and handle it yourself! I promise not to harm your daughter, but I cannot guarantee whether she can survive in Shadowfen Depths!”
“No!” Kallie Lowery shouted. “Mr. Billy, I’ll die in my father’s place. Please spare his life…”
“Kallie, it’s useless. Even if he doesn’t kill me, the Nightshade Clan won’t let an opponent of my level leave alive.” Roland Lowery interrupted her.
“I have a feeling that the Nightshade Clan leader might not have fallen yet and will soon return.”
“You and Sage must leave here immediately and return to the Abyssal Clan to activate the protective array. Warn the clan members not to leave the array for a hundred years!”
As he spoke, a stream of information entered Kallie Lowery’s mind. “This contains some instructions. Remember them well.”
Then, he waved his hand, sending a storage ring filled with treasures to Kallie Lowery.
“Father…” Kallie Lowery began.
“Take the storage ring and go quickly!” Roland Lowery interrupted again. “Protect yourself; the Abyssal Clan’s future depends on you!”
After speaking, he waved his hand, sending the Heaven Book to Billy. “Here is the Heaven Book. I hope you keep your word!”
In the next moment, a cloud of blood mist appeared, and both his body and soul vanished.
The Abyssal Clan leader had fallen!
Like Nathanael Lowery before him, he felt some regret in his final moments.
If he had given the Heaven Book to Billy from the start and joined forces with Billy and Sanaa, there might have been a chance for survival.
But now, it was too late!
“Father!” Kallie Lowery cried out in pain.
“Mr. Lowery!” Sage also wore a face full of sorrow.
“If you want to live, you’d better leave immediately!” Billy said after storing the Heaven Book in his ring.
With that, he turned and flew towards Sanaa’s location.
At this time, Sanaa was already injured from being besieged by Death Sovereign and twenty Nightshade Clan members.
Of course, their situation wasn’t much better!
Out of the twenty attackers, only Death Sovereign and one ninth-rank Mystic Kun Realm member and two eighth-rank Mystic Kun Realm members survived; the others had all died.
When Billy arrived nearby, he swung his wrist, sending out a Slaughter Sky attack.
The two eighth-rank Mystic Kun Realm men were already heavily injured. With Billy’s sudden attack, they couldn’t react in time. The blade light flashed past them, and their bodies fell instantly.
Their souls barely escaped before Dark Puppet rushed over and devoured them in one gulp each.
“Miss Sanaa, how are you?” Billy asked as he came up beside Sanaa.
“I’m fine!” Sanaa shook her head and pointed at Death Sovereign: “Let’s talk later. Finish her off first!”
“Alright!” Billy nodded.
He quickly assessed Sanaa’s injuries and saw they were some minor ones, which reassured him.
“Make sure to leave her alive; I have questions for her!” Sanaa added.
“Understood!” Billy nodded again.
He also noticed that Sky Demon was not present, which made his expression more serious.
With that, they both charged at Death Sovereign and the remaining ninth-rank Mystic Kun Realm member.
“Sorry, but you have no chance!” Death Sovereign smiled at them from mid-air without making any move or attempt to dodge.
“Miss Sanaa, Billy, be careful!” Purple Spirit’s voice reached their ears at that moment.
Before her words finished, an overwhelming pressure filled the sky as if it would collapse at any moment.
Even though they couldn’t see anyone yet, the sheer force indicated that an Entering God Realm expert had arrived-and likely not just a first-rank one!
A massive shadowy fist descended like a mountain towards Billy and Sanaa, blocking out the sky.
As it passed through the void, it collapsed space itself, releasing dark matter in a terrifying display.
“Billy, dodge quickly!” Sanaa shouted.
As she spoke, both figures darted aside swiftly-Sanaa and Billy.
Boom! Despite their quick reactions, they were still half a beat too slow. The shockwave sent them flying, leaving them both in bad shape.
They each flew thousands of feet away, blood arcing through the air before they managed to stabilize themselves and spit out more blood.
“Miss Sanaa, Billy, are you alright?” Purple Spirit called out as she flew towards them.
She and Dark Puppet had been fighting their opponents until only a dozen late-stage Mystic Kun Realm men and women remained, all heavily injured.
Those remaining fighters had no will to continue once Purple Spirit and Dark Puppet ignored them. But upon sensing the overwhelming pressure in the void, their faces turned to despair-they knew Nightshade Clan reinforcements had arrived.
“I’m fine!” Sanaa wiped the blood from her mouth and looked at Billy: “How about you?”
“I’m alright,” Billy replied after taking a deep breath.
As he spoke, he took out two healing pills and a mystic-grade Chi Condensing Pill and swallowed them.
He was badly injured; even with his resilient body, facing such powerful opponents left him hurt.
While they spoke, an imposing pressure swept across the sky as twenty or thirty figures appeared before them.
Leading them was a man who appeared to be in his fifties or sixties, wearing red robes. He was muscular with broad shoulders and a stern expression.
Sky Demon followed closely behind him. The thirty others wore black robes and held black axe-shaped weapons.
“Third-rank Entering God Realm?!” Purple Spirit said gravely.
“So strong?” Billy looked at Sanaa: “Miss Sanaa, is he the Nightshade Clan leader?”
“Obviously!” Sanaa nodded. “He really isn’t dead!”