Chapter 2693: Chapter 2693: Identity Exposed
"Sacrificial Officer Laird... is actually like this?"
"All along, just by hearing Sacrificial Officer Laird’s voice, I always thought he was an old man... But I never expected, he’s actually so young!"
"Unexpected, truly unexpected... Absolutely unexpected."
...
The group from the Flying Dragon Sect, led by Vice Sect Leader Cohen Yellow, couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
Even for them, it was the first time they had seen Sacrificial Officer Laird’s ’true appearance’ of the Flying Dragon Sect, leaving them extremely surprised.
Boom!!
Accompanied by a loud noise, it was Wyatt Barnes who suddenly exerted force with his legs, kicking off the ground, causing the solid ground to crack while his whole body soared into the sky above the battle arena.
In a blink of an eye, he was near the host of the martial arts competition of sixteen counties.
"Nine Nether County, Wyatt Barnes!"
When Wyatt Barnes’ calm voice spread to the surroundings, he was already standing mid-air above the battle arena, facing the Windbreak County’s trump card, Kaison Truman.
From start to finish, his face remained calm, as if even the collapse of Mount Tai wouldn’t change his expression.
Nine Nether County, Wyatt Barnes!
As soon as these six words were uttered from Wyatt Barnes’ mouth, they spread around.
When the surrounding people saw the purple silhouette appearing above the battle arena, they were all astonished.
More people were shocked to the point of standing up from their seats, gasping in disbelief and displaying astonishment.
Now, as Wyatt Barnes left the VIP audience seat, he had put away the robe of the Kun-word Heavenly Master he wore, revealing an outfit of purple.
"Wyatt Barnes is here?!"
"He... is he Wyatt Barnes?!"
"I thought the martial arts competition of sixteen counties was about to end after Kaison Truman defeated Julian Yorke... But unexpectedly, after the County Governor of Nine Nether County secured an hour for their county’s trump card ’Wyatt Barnes’, Wyatt Barnes indeed appeared!"
"Now it seems, the County Governor of Nine Nether County knew Wyatt Barnes would come, and that’s why he secured the time for him."
"It should be like that."
...
Around the battle arena, except for the group in the VIP audience seat who remained in a state of bewilderment, the other stands were lively with discussions.
Many people’s gazes shifted from Wyatt Barnes above the battle arena to County Governor of Nine Nether County, Tian Jiyu.
But more people’s attention was still fixed on Wyatt Barnes, staring at him intently as if fearing he would disappear in a blink of an eye.
"Is he the Wyatt Barnes who made a name for himself throughout the entire King Cooper’s territory a few months ago? Not even a hundred years old, yet his strength is so formidable it almost reaches the Daai Law Golden Immortal level?"
"In the past, within the region governed by King Cooper’s territory... There seemed not to be such a prodigious figure, right?"
"Nearly a year ago, his formidable strength made even Nathanael Knight, the former first under the Daai Law Golden Immortal of Nine Nether County, feel ashamed... Now, nearly a year later, his strength must have advanced greatly, right?"
"Perhaps... he is now already a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’!"
"A Daai Law Golden Immortal under a hundred... Such a person, let alone in our middle-ranked Immortal Kingdom ’Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom’ under King Cooper’s territory, is also a rarity seen once in thousands of years even in those powerful upper-ranked Immortal Kingdoms!"
...
One scorching gaze after another fell on Wyatt Barnes, making him the absolute ’focus’ of the entire scene.
Before Wyatt Barnes appeared, in this martial arts competition of sixteen counties, among the thirteen trump cards selected by thirteen counties, Wyatt Barnes garnered the most attention.
Even before Wyatt Barnes appeared, more people speculated about him, saying that if he came, the ’first’ place in the martial arts competition of sixteen counties would be out of Kaison Truman’s reach.
Now that Wyatt Barnes has appeared.
All attention at the scene was entirely focused on him, with almost no one distracted.
"Wyatt Barnes?!"
Behind the curtains of the VIP audience seats, Ares Cooper suddenly stood up from his luxurious seat.
While feeling happy for Wyatt Barnes’ safety, he suddenly realized that the strong person from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect might be targeting Wyatt Barnes, and his expression changed drastically.
According to what his uncle said, the strong person from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect on this trip was an ’Immortal Lord’.
Immortal Lord, a being above the Upper Immortal.
A being of such stature, if they fully exert their strength, might even have the capability to destroy the entire King Cooper’s territory!
"Wyatt Barnes, why are you appearing now?"
"Even if you wanted to appear... you should at least contact me first!"
At this moment, Ares Cooper’s heart was filled with bitterness and helplessness.
At this time, he did not use sound-transmission to communicate with Wyatt Barnes because he knew that even if he communicated with Wyatt Barnes now, it was too late...
If the target of that Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect’s Immortal Lord was indeed Wyatt Barnes, even if he reminded Wyatt Barnes now, it wouldn’t help.
And if the target of that Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect’s Immortal Lord wasn’t Wyatt Barnes, his rash reminder would only distract Wyatt Barnes.
After all, Wyatt Barnes is now preparing to participate in the martial arts competition of sixteen counties, ready to duel with Kaison Truman from Windbreak County.
"I hope the Immortal Lord from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect is not here targeting Wyatt Barnes..."
Ares Cooper silently prayed in his heart.
"But I never expected that Wyatt Barnes had been sitting in the audience’s VIP seat outside all along, not far from me! Why... why didn’t he send me a message telling me he was here? If he had told me, I could have contacted him privately, asked if he had any grievances with the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect."
Ares let out a sigh in his heart.
Earlier, he also noticed the commotion at the VIP audience seating area.
But because there were many people obstructing him and Wyatt Barnes in the VIP seats, he didn’t catch a clear glimpse of Wyatt’s true face at first, and thus before Wyatt Barnes revealed himself above the ring, he hadn’t reacted.
When he finally realized, Wyatt Barnes had already appeared above the ring, in front of everyone present, and revealed his identity:
From Nine Nether County, Wyatt Barnes!
"Robert... is that Wyatt Barnes?"
Beside him, King Cooper’s eyes flashed as he looked through the curtain, focusing on the purple-clad youth above the stage.
"Yes."
Ares gave a bitter smile, "I didn’t expect he had arrived earlier... Even more surprising, the low-grade alchemy Immortal Sacrificial Officer from the Flying Dragon Sect is him."
"He has hidden deeply."
King Cooper spoke.
Meanwhile, King Cooper was also filled with doubt:
Since Wyatt Barnes came to the venue for the martial arts competition for the sixteen counties, why was he late to reveal himself?
Why did he only show up now?
Realize, if he hadn’t accepted the Nine Nether County Governor’s request to wait for Wyatt Barnes’ presence, the competition would have ended earlier...
If the competition ended and Wyatt appeared later, it would be meaningless!
But now, Wyatt Barnes did appear.
And not just now arrived, but had been here for a while, hiding under another identity in the VIP audience seats.
"This is the King Cooper Mansion, so technically he shouldn’t need to worry about the other fifteen counties doing something shady to him... But why was he late in showing up? He almost missed the competition?"
"Could it be... he’s aware the Immortal Lord from Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect is here and is targeting him?"
"But that doesn’t make sense... If he knows the Sect’s power is here, targeting him, why would he come out now?"
"Moreover, even if he’s merely guessing whether the Sect could possibly be targeting him or not, it seems there’s no need to take the risk by appearing, right?"
The more King Cooper thought it through, the less he understood.
Simultaneously, King Cooper’s gaze unwittingly fell on the group from Peishan County and settled on the ’grey-robed person’ beside Carter King, the County Governor.
This grey-robed person was the core elder and powerful Immortal Lord from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect.
"Senior, Wyatt Barnes showed himself... Why haven’t you acted yet?"
Now, Carter King saw Wyatt Barnes had been present for some time, yet the person beside him showed no intention to act, causing some urgency.
If the person beside him waits until Wyatt defeats Kaison Truman before acting, Wyatt would be listed ’first’ in the competition.
At that moment, Peishan County would miss out on a higher-tier Immortal Pill, the Daai Law Pill.
Because then, Julian Yorke could only be listed ’third’ in the competition and win Peishan County one Daai Law Pill.
Carter King thought the moment Wyatt appeared, the person beside him would strike to eliminate Wyatt.
But unexpectedly, the opposite seemed in no hurry to act.
"Doing my business, it’s not your place to dictate!"
From under the grey robe, came the voice of an elderly woman, filled with cold.
Once Carter King heard it, it frightened him pale-faced, making him bow his head, apologetically and with anxiety: "Senior, I am too impatient... I apologize."
Although Carter King did not know the elderly woman’s exact ’status’.
But, witnessing the previous ’encounter’ between King Cooper of the King Cooper Mansion and the elderly woman, he realized:
Even King Cooper has to bow before this elderly woman!
Back then, it was King Cooper who said the elderly woman was deaf and mute, giving him room to retreat...
Someone even King Cooper has to find a way to step down from, how could they be ordinary?
King Cooper’s action indicates even he cannot afford to provoke this elderly woman!
The one who King Cooper cannot provoke, how could Carter King as a mere County Governor under King Cooper possibly provoke?
Carter King was sure:
If the elderly woman were to kill him now, his death would go unnoticed, King Cooper wouldn’t avenge him, even unlikely having the ability for revenge.
Therefore, upon hearing the cold hints of wrath in the elderly woman’s voice, he felt a genuine fear and apprehension.
"Is he Wyatt Barnes? The one who ruined Miss Milana’s innocence?"
Under the grey robe, the elderly woman’s cold gaze directly locked onto Wyatt Barnes.
