Chapter 2700: Chapter 2700: Void Shadow Escape Talisman
"Senior, I’m not lying to you..."
Faced with the old woman’s cold gaze, Ares Cooper wore a helpless and apologetic smile, "Wyatt Barnes indeed ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago... On this matter, I, Ares Cooper, can even vouch for it with my ’integrity’!"
As he spoke, Ares Cooper’s expression turned solemn.
The old woman stared intently at Ares Cooper, trying to detect any guilt from his eyes, but she found only steadfastness as his gaze met hers without a hint of unease.
This left her somewhat perplexed:
Could it be that Ares Cooper is telling the truth?
"Do you know ’Milana Harrington’?"
While the old woman stared intently at Ares Cooper, full of doubt, Wyatt Barnes looked at her and asked in a deep voice.
Milana Harrington!
Wyatt’s words made the old woman’s pupils shrink instantly, and she shifted her gaze from Ares to focus sharply on Wyatt, coldly laughing, "It seems you know Miss Milana is from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect!"
"Therefore, you should understand... you die without grievance!"
As she spoke, a surge of killing intent rose in the old woman’s eyes and became overwhelming.
"She is from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect."
Upon hearing the old woman’s words, Wyatt Barnes laughed, for he now confirmed Milana Harrington’s ’origins,’ knowing she was from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect.
This was the ’answer’ he had been seeking ever since he and Milana Harrington parted ways.
"Does she know you came to kill me this time?"
Wyatt Barnes stared intensely into the old woman’s eyes and asked.
"A dying man need not know too much!"
The old woman retorted coldly, and powerful Immortal Origin Force suddenly erupted from her, like a wild beast tearing through the barriers, blasting Ares Cooper, King Cooper, and the Third Prince far to the side.
Immediately, Ares Cooper, who was beside Wyatt, was also blasted to a distant spot.
"Wyatt Barnes!"
Blasted aside, Ares seemed to realize something, his expression drastically changed.
"It seems she doesn’t know."
Retracting his gaze from the old woman’s eyes, Wyatt’s smile grew even more radiant. Even with Ares and King Cooper blasted away, his face showed no fear or panic.
"Die—"
Seeing Wyatt’s radiant smile, the old woman’s aged face twisted and grew ferocious, then she let out an earth-shattering cold shout.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
...
Terrifying Immortal Origin Force howled out from her body.
In an instant, the rolling Immortal Origin Force was like clouds seething, enclosing Wyatt entirely, making him at that moment seem like a lamb awaiting slaughter.
The next moment, the rolling clouds contracted sharply.
Frightening power carried a looming pressure, sweeping toward Wyatt.
"You shouldn’t have delayed this long."
Just then, Wyatt’s calm voice rang out.
From his tone, it was clear that even now, he showed not a trace of panic...
"When you return to the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, tell your Sect Leader... one day, I will personally bring betrothal gifts to the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect and grandly marry Milana Harrington!"
Wyatt’s voice continued.
"Hmm?!"
Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, the old woman’s brows furrowed, as if sensing something, her expression drastically changed.
"You... you have a ’Void Shadow Escape Talisman’?!"
The old woman exclaimed in disbelief, and as her power—the cloud-like rolling Immortal Origin Force—suddenly contracted, it went ’boom’ with a thunderous explosion.
Immediately after, the gathered Immortal Origin Force exploded outward.
The next moment, an exceedingly exaggerated mushroom cloud appeared, rising slowly.
"No good!"
"Wow—"
"Pfft—"
...
Almost as soon as the mushroom cloud appeared, a series of terrifying shockwaves surged outward, centered around it, sweeping in all directions.
The overpowering aftershocks swiftly engulfed the area around the arena, killing most of the under-hundred-year-old young experts from King Cooper’s domain.
The surviving young experts were very few.
Even the elders and sacrificial officers from the sixteen counties under King Cooper could barely protect themselves amid the sweeping aftershocks, each spewing blood, gravely wounded.
Only the County Governors, as ’Daai Law Golden Immortals,’ had the ability to shield the young experts.
However, their power was limited, allowing them to protect only some of the young experts.
In such circumstances, they naturally chose to protect the more important young experts.
As in the Windbreak County’s spectator stand, several elders and Sacrificial Officers of the County Governor’s Mansion were heavily wounded, while the County Governor, Kenzo Truman, only had the ability to protect his two children, Kaison and Hazel Truman. The remaining young warriors participating in this Sixteen Counties Martial Competition were all killed!
The other counties were similar; elders and Sacrificial Officers managed to barely protect themselves, and the County Governors protected those young warriors who possessed high talent and strong strength, participating in this martial competition.
For instance, besides Wyatt Barnes, all other nine participants survived in this Sixteen Counties Martial Competition.
The situation was most tragic on the Nine Nether County’s side.
Because the County Governor, ’Tian Jiyu’, had previously died at the hands of an Immortal Lord of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, the Nine Nether County did not have any Daai Law Golden Immortal level expert to protect the group of young warriors. Only inner elders Nathanael Knight, Christian Clark, and several Sacrificial Officers from the County Governor’s Mansion survived.
The spectator stand of the people under King Cooper’s sixteen counties was extremely tragic.
Only the VIP spectator stand was in better condition.
Few people were injured; only some suffered injuries.
The people in the VIP spectator stand all came from various sects and families within King Cooper’s jurisdiction. These sects and families had deeper foundations and strengths compared to the powerful ones under King Cooper’s sixteen counties, having brought along several Daai Law Golden Immortals.
Thus, these Daai Law Golden Immortals stepped in to protect most people.
Only a few individuals suffered injuries from the lingering power effects unleashed by that mushroom cloud for various reasons.
As for the people from King Cooper’s side, almost all were unharmed.
King Cooper and the Third Prince easily protected Ares Cooper.
The expert of King Cooper’s Mansion overseeing the Sixteen Counties Martial Competition, being an existence at the Daai Law Golden Immortal level, would have faced no pressure if he was at the spectator stand. But due to his close proximity to the mushroom cloud, he sustained minor non-serious injuries.
Meanwhile, behind the curtain at the VIP spectator stand, King Cooper’s group remained completely unharmed.
Even the nine snow-white steeds of ’Purple Sun Golden Immortal’ level were safe under the protection of several Daai Law Golden Immortal experts of King Cooper’s Mansion.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
...
The lingering power effects of the mushroom cloud above the battlefield continued to spread in all directions, causing the surrounding spectator stands to collapse and transform into ruins, forcing the crowd to step into the void and stand in mid-air.
Whizz! Whizz! Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!
...
A moment later, as the mushroom cloud above the battlefield dissipated, a gust of wind swept through, restoring calm to the site.
However, the buildings onsite, besides the battlefield, remained unscathed.
The entire spectator stand, excluding the area beneath the VIP spectator stand’s curtain, had turned into ruins.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
...
As the audience plunged into dead silence, all eyes simultaneously fixed on the plain figure above the battlefield—a plain-robed old woman.
The old woman stood there, neither tall nor robust.
Yet, her presence filled every gaze directed at her with the terror of surviving a catastrophe.
"A powerhouse of Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect... is truly terrifying?!"
"This destructive power... is beyond scary, and moreover, this power wasn’t aimed at us, but was the residual power targeting Wyatt Barnes."
"Even a peak Upper Immortal may not possess such terrifying strength!"
"Could this old woman be a ’Immortal Lord’ of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect?!"
...
Observing the old woman, many whispered with those beside them, most convinced that the old woman before them may be an existence stronger than an Upper Immortal:
Immortal Lord!
And the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect houses numerous Immortal Lords.
"He... he... died?"
On the Windbreak County’s side, Hazel Truman anxiously scanned the sky above the battlefield, desperately seeking that purple figure, yet finding nothing.
"He should be fine... If he were dead, traces would surely remain. Haven’t you noticed, there are no fresh bloodstains on the battlefield?"
Kaison Truman beside Hazel shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Hazel lowered her gaze and indeed found no fresh bloodstains on the battlefield.
Logically:
If Wyatt Barnes were truly killed, even if his body was directly pulverized, there would be blood fog descending, leaving traces on the battlefield.
But there was none.
This showed Wyatt Barnes was not dead.
"Before the old woman’s power erupted... she seemed to lose composure and exclaimed ’Void Shadow Talisman’. If I guessed correctly, at the critical moment, Wyatt Barnes used a Void Shadow Talisman to escape just in time."
Windbreak County Governor Kenzo Truman spoke solemnly.
Now, the usually refined and elegant middle-aged scholar wore a grim expression.
Just a moment ago, the other twenty-eight young warriors who came with him for the Sixteen Counties Martial Competition hosted by King Cooper’s Mansion were all killed by the old woman’s lingering power effects!
"Wyatt Barnes!!"
On one side of the battlefield, having just recovered under the protection of Ares Cooper and the Third Prince, Ares suddenly seemed to remember something. His face drastically changed as he frantically looked around, hoping to spot Wyatt Barnes.
"Don’t worry, he’s safe..."
King Cooper patted Ares on the shoulder, saying: "At the last moment... he used a ’Void Shadow Talisman’ to escape from here."
