Chapter 698: Chapter 698 Too Much Talking
"This Mason Raymond... he actually wants to kill Sybil Cooper?" Logan Sean watched the video content, surprise flickering across his face.
"Ha, so this is how efficient the Capital City Martial Arts Association is. What a joke." Bryce Johansson let out a cold laugh.
He shoved the door open and bolted toward the Taoism Theory Library.
Besides Bryce, several other figures were also racing to the Taoism Theory Library.
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I stood on top of the Taoism Theory Library, staring down at Sybil Cooper trapped in his cage. Madness flickered in my eyes.
"Mason Raymond, release me!" Terror crept into Sybil Cooper’s expression.
He’d thrown his pride out the window by now.
I stayed silent. Instead, I stretched out my hand, and a bronze sword materialized in my palm.
The crimson blade pulsed in my grip, waves of killing intent radiating from its edge.
Sybil Cooper shuddered as the murderous aura washed over him.
"Mason Raymond, if you free me, I’ll quit the Capital City Martial Arts Association!" Sybil Cooper’s voice cracked with desperation.
"You have to understand—I’m just a puppet. The Capital City Martial Arts Association isn’t under my control!"
"I’m only following orders from the real powers! Please, spare me!"
His words sent shockwaves through the crowd!
"What? Sybil Cooper doesn’t run the Capital City Martial Arts Association?"
"Who are these higher-ups he’s talking about? Sybil Cooper is just a puppet?"
"What’s the Capital City Martial Arts Association hiding? Who’s really pulling the strings?"
Everyone started talking at once!
Sybil Cooper screamed like a maniac, "That’s right! I’m nothing but a pawn. Eight senior officials control the Capital City Martial Arts Association from behind the scenes!"
"They hoard all the resources. They know where every rich cultivation spot is in Pyro and across the world!"
Sybil Cooper ranted like he’d lost his mind, "They’ve locked down all cultivation resources, forcing us to lie and mislead everyone, keeping everyone clueless!"
"Even Pyro’s leader has no idea!"
"If the Capital City Martial Arts Association hadn’t blocked martial arts resources, everyone’s cultivation wouldn’t be this hard!"
Even I couldn’t help but stare in shock.
I knew nothing about any of this! Sybil Cooper had never breathed a word of it to me!
"Are you telling the truth?" I frowned at Sybil Cooper.
Sybil Cooper sneered, "Of course it’s true, every word!"
Originally, Sybil had figured the Capital City Martial Arts Association would send a rescue team, so he’d kept his mouth shut.
Even when I’d interrogated him earlier, he hadn’t spilled anything.
But to his horror, the Capital City Martial Arts Association still hadn’t sent anyone to save him!
He looked straight at the crowd’s cameras and shouted, "Record this! Everyone needs to hear the truth!"
"The Capital City Martial Arts Association has been lying and cheating! They’ve betrayed Pyro, stealing public resources for themselves, abandoning their original mission!"
"They use special techniques to block qi, and any discoveries automatically become their private property!"
"What’s worse, they even..."
"President Cooper, what garbage are you spouting?" A figure suddenly appeared in the doorway.
A man with a hawk-like nose stood at the entrance to the Taoism Theory Library.
This guy was short, with white eyebrows and a wrinkled forehead.
But his presence was incredibly powerful, his aura unfathomable and impossible to ignore!
Plus, he carried some kind of crossbow weapon.
"President Cooper, you shouldn’t be talking nonsense like this." Hawk Nose chuckled.
I frowned. "Who are you?"
Hawk Nose smiled. "I’m an old buddy of President Cooper’s, here to bail him out."
"Don’t you dare call yourself my friend!" Sybil Cooper suddenly exploded!
"His name is Bert Mercer! He’s the real mastermind behind the Capital City Martial Arts Association!"
"Not only that, Bert Mercer used to be a wanted criminal! The Capital City Martial Arts Association publicly claimed they executed him, but they secretly made him one of their own!" Sybil Cooper screamed!
His words sent shockwaves through the entire room!
Sybil Cooper gritted his teeth. "This is how the Capital City Martial Arts Association operates. They claim to protect the martial arts world, but they’re only protecting their own interests!"
"Pfft!"
Just as Sybil Cooper was yelling, a beam of light shot out at lightning speed!
It moved so fast it blew my mind.
In a split second, it punched through Sybil Cooper’s forehead!
Sybil Cooper’s brow exploded in blood-red color, like a blooming flower!
"Too much talking."
I watched Sybil Cooper, caged like an animal, as his divine sense got completely destroyed by that guy’s attack!
"What a brutal method." My voice turned ice-cold.
Even I wouldn’t have killed Sybil Cooper’s divine sense like that!
"Bert Mercer? I remember now!" Someone in the crowd seemed to recognize Bert Mercer!
"Just like Sybil Cooper said, Bert Mercer is a notorious criminal! The Capital City Martial Arts Association claimed they executed him years ago!"
"Bert Mercer... yeah, the killing machine!"
"The Capital City Martial Arts Association didn’t punish him—they made him their lackey?! Is this what the so-called martial arts establishment looks like!"
Everyone started cursing the Capital City Martial Arts Association!
A chill ran down my spine too.
I stared at Bert Mercer and sneered, "Looks like as long as someone’s useful to the Capital City Martial Arts Association, no matter what crimes they’ve committed, their life gets spared."
"But if someone’s useless and shows even a hint of disrespect, it’s a death sentence."
"And you still have the nerve to call yourselves the official face of the martial arts world? Pathetic! You decide what’s right and wrong, huh?"
Bert Mercer’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He hadn’t expected Sybil Cooper to spill everything at this moment!
He had no clue that the Capital City Martial Arts Association never allowed outsiders to know about his connection to them!
Bert Mercer took a deep breath, clasped his hands behind his back, and said, "Since you all know, I have no choice but to kill every last one of you!"
The crowd went white with terror, panic written all over their faces!
Bert Mercer waved his hand, directly sealing the exit and trapping everyone at the door!
"Nobody leaves today," Bert Mercer declared coldly.
I narrowed my eyes. "You think I’m scared of you?"
Standing beside me were the Guardian masked women, Orr Austen, and Desmond Fabiola!
Even though they were just physical bodies, they weren’t something a mere Marquis could handle!
Bert Mercer toyed with the crossbow in his hands and sneered, "Killing you would be as easy as snapping my fingers."
