The martial arts experts couldn't hurt Sebastian at all. Anyone who hung around would just be bringing trouble upon themselves!Jace had just lowered his head and was planning on slinking out of the crowd, when a strong hand pulled him back."Why are you in such a rush to leave, Mr. Beckard?" Sebastian asked impassively."Sebastian, don't get smug! If you make me angryâ" Before he could finish, Sebastian slapped him. He spat out a mouthful of blood with several teeth."Apologize to Brett!" Sebastian pointed in Brett's direction."Ptui! Even if I die, I will never apologize to any of the Dunhills! If you have the guts to do so, then kill me right now in front of everyone!" Jace yelled, looking crazed."Jace, I came here today to settle the score with you! Since you seem to be so brave, then I'll fulfill your request!" Sebastian said. He raised his foot and kicked Jace in the calf.There was a crack, and both Jace's legs broke. White bone pierced through his pants; it hurt so much
Ryder nodded instinctively. Fear filled his heart. Sebastian was far more frightening than he had ever imagined."There's something I need to warn you about. Frostwave Corporation was never yours to begin with. If you are greedy, you'll only end up bringing trouble upon yourself, and you'll end up dead. I'm sure you know that. "If you still don't understand, then think of Jace. I'm sure everything will become clear to you," Sebastian said coldly as he gave Ryder a gentle pat on the shoulder."Y-Y-Yes, you're right, Mr. Ballard. IâĶ I'll leave Steinberg right nowâno, I'll book a ticket straight away and get back to Bretania overnight. I'll never come back to Dramon for as long as I live. As for Frostwave Corporation, I will never covet it again."Ryder took out the transfer agreement that he had forced Trey to sign and held it out to Sebastian, trembling. "This is the deed to the pharmaceutical factory. I will present it back to you."Sebastian looked down at the trembling Ryder an
Sebastian closed his eyes slightly, and the map of constellations slowly rose up in his mind.A tendril of spiritual energy began to move through his meridians under the guidance of the constellation map.The flow of spiritual energy began to grow stronger and faster at every acupuncture point and meridian.It soon began to flood through his body.As Sebastian placed a piece of Snow Moonleaf into his mouth, a feeling of coolness spread through his entire body at once.The fire venom that was hidden inside him burst through at that moment.An intense feeling of burning, as if he was in a sea of fire, came over him instantly. His pale skin immediately became as red as fire. The burning feeling seemed to seep into every cell of his body almost instantly."Rise, Sky Devouring Bottle!" Sebastian called out gently. The Sky Devouring Bottle rose into midair from his hand. A bolt of white light shot out of the mouth of the bottle and enveloped his whole body.A strong suction pulled out
At that moment, Hunter received news of Jace's death."Jace is dead?" Hunter's expression changed drastically when he heard the news, but he became calm very quickly. He wasn't concerned about the death at all. However, with Jace's death, the feud between the Beckards and Sebastian would go beyond the point of no return.Late at night, a strange, extremely thin figure in a burial suit pushed the door open to Hunter's room and entered."Mr. Reynolds, things aren't progressing smoothly at all. All four of the experts sent to protect Jace have fallen, and even Jace himself has died at Sebastian's hand," Hunter said to Elton, looking grim.He didn't feel sad for Jace. It was just that the four martial artists were top experts sent by the Sword Towers to ensure Hunter's safety!They had all just died for nothing at Sebastian's hand. How could Hunter explain this to the Sloanes if he didn't do anything?Elton frowned slightly and said, "Oh? Jace is dead? Mr. Sloane, you aren't going
Hunter explained. "Even if someone like him died a hundred times over, Mr. Beckard Senior still wouldn't get angry. The most he would do is to send someone to teach Sebastian a little lesson for the sake of the Beckards' reputation. "Besides, Jace has been disloyal to the Beckards for a long time, and every single person in his family has been hoping for him to die sooner. Why would they send a large bunch of experts to avenge him?"Elton couldn't help frowning at what Hunter had said. "With our current abilities, we can't do anything about that crazy thug, Sebastian. Mr. Sloane, can youâ"Hunter's expression darkened suddenly, and he interrupted him in a cold voice. "Mr. Reynolds, do you think that I'm in any position to ask the Sloanes for help right now? "The four people that Sebastian murdered tonight were experts sent by Sword Towers, but even they have fallen. Do you want me to ask Sword Towers for help personally? Or do you want me and Ethan to divide the Mirror of Rain be
The car stopped about two streets away from the convenience store.Ivan pointed to the convenience store in the distance and said, "The target is inside. Find a place to hide until we shoot the target dead!"Hunter took a sniper up to a nearby building.Sebastian's convenience store was a stand-alone, one-story building. Any other building could become a convenient high point for a sniper to lie in wait from.Hunter followed Ivan up to the roof and took out a pair of infrared binoculars. He looked in the direction of the convenience store. Sebastian was sitting on the couch, meditating. He could see the universe's constellation map, but Hunter couldn't see it at all. All he could see from a distance was that Sebastian was sitting on the couch with his eyes closed."What's he doing, sir?" the sniper beside Ivan asked curiously as he opened his scope."Who cares what he's doing? Shoot him dead on the spot!" Ivan said in a low voice as he adjusted the focus on his binoculars. "S
"Mr. Reynolds! Save me!" Hunter had gone pale with fear. His palms were slippery with sweat as he held onto the gun."It's alright. He's gone." Elton pointed.Hunter realized that the dark shadow was drifting further and further away from him. He had been so nervous that he hadn't noticed at all."What's going on, Mr. Reynolds? My menâ" Hunter looked down at the corpses on the ground. The shot had gone right through their foreheads. It was probably the work of a sniper rifle."Your men were killed by their own bullets," Elton said, looking at the corpses. Killed by their own bullets? Could bullets turn back?"What was that dark shadow?" Hunter asked, feeling shaken. "It's a ghost, otherwise known as a spirit from the underworld," Elton answered.That was the spirit that he had once raised.Hunter shook his head violently, and he swung around to stare in the direction of the convenience store. "Damn it! I'll go looking for him right now!"Not only had he lost four snipers in
Although Hunter hadn't succeeded in assassinating Sebastian that day, it had been a warning to him. If it had been Rose or Whitney staying there that night, the consequences would have been dire.However, Sebastian had already broken through to the eighth level of the Energy Refining Technique. According to the different realms in the martial arts world, Sebastian was now an expert in the fifth level of the Celestial realm.However, it was impossible for him to take care of everything on his own. Once Sebastian made a mistake, even a slight one, the people around him would end up hurt!After thinking about it, Sebastian finally turned to Belinda. Now, only the Warrior League could spare a hand to protect the people around Sebastian.Sebastian stepped forward, and the land began moving rapidly under his feet!That was the Wind Phantom move that he had just learned from the Sacred Medicine Secret Annals.The Wind Phantom move was very useful. In less than half an hour, he had reache
Samson glanced at Sebastian. He took a deep breath and said to Arnaud, "Thank you for sparing me, Uncle Arnaud."He gave Sebastian a few final reminders before leaving the hall with Preston.Once they were gone, Arnaud pointed at Duo and said to Sebastian, "Tell him to leave too."Sebastian waved a hand at Duo."I'll wait for you at the entrance, my lord," Duo said. "If anything happens, I'll be here as soon as you call!"He gave Arnaud a cold look before striding out of the hall.Arnaud watched him leave and smiled approvingly. He beckoned to Sebastian. "Come, sit!"Sebastian didn't hesitate. He crossed the hall and sat in the chair opposite Arnaud."Do you know why I asked Andreas to bring you back here?" Arnaud asked impassively. Sebastian shook his head expressionlessly. He said in a cold voice, "It's probably because of the emerald token in my father's possession."Apart from using him and Whitney as leverage against Samson, he couldn't think of any other reason.Arnau
"The Blessed Child! The Blessed Child has finally come to our family!"The black-robed old man who had been sitting beside Arnaud stood up, looking pleased. He couldn't hide his excitement as he turned to Arnaud and said, "Arnaud, our family is going to prosper!"Only Rexton and Milton looked extremely displeased. Braxton and Roland looked pained, as if they had lost something of great value. They were practically thumping their chests in regret!The Blessed Child had been foretold by one of the heads of the family centuries ago. No matter how far the Ballards declined, the prophecy said that after a few hundred years, a Blessed Child would appearâsomeone who could lead the family's revival!The only proof of the Blessed Child was for him to enter a master-servant oath with a Devora."Prosper? What a joke!" Hugo scoffed, holding Virtus firmly. "Weren't you all just clamoring about killing the two of them?"At Hugo's words, Arnaud's expression changed slightly. "When did I say tha
"Hugo!"Arnaud, who had been sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them wide. He eyed Hugo with a conflicted expression as he asked, "Have you forgotten the agreement the Thornes made with us ten years ago?"Hugo smiled coldly and put one hand behind his back. "That was the agreement you made with the Thornes. I'm only following Ms. Thorne's orders to protect Samson and find the emerald token. If Samson dies in this battle, how am I supposed to explain that to her?"He pointed at Sebastian and added, "He's Ms. Thorne's flesh and blood. Your family has no right to punish him! If the Ballards insist on killing them today, don't blame me for going on a killing spree!"When Hugo had finished, Sebastian finally realized that Hugo was from Isabella's family and that he had stayed at the Ballard Estate to protect Samson.It was clear that Isabella hadn't held a grudge toward Samson. In fact, she had sent an expert to stay behind to protect him in case anything happened.Arnaud's
Sebastian threw his head back in laughter. He strode forward, standing in the center of the hall, and said coldly. "Ungrateful? How could you have the audacity to say such a thing?"Even if I'm surrounded by enemies, you Ballards can forget about making me submit! It's just death, after all. If I even blink, then I won't call myself a man!"Everyone there stared at Sebastian."How dare that brat be so cocky? If he's not punished, it'll be a disgrace to our family rules!""He should be given the death penalty!""It'll be a disaster if we just let him be, and it'll only bring trouble for our family. Please give the order, and we'll kill him at once!"The entire hall was in an uproar. Even Preston, who had been speaking up for Sebastian and Samson, sighed in resignation.Since Sebastian had already made his stance clear, Preston couldn't help even if he wanted to.Sebastian had roused the anger of everyone there, and Arnaud had closed his eyes and wasn't saying anything. He was cl
Sebastian was just about to step forward when Samson hastily waved a hand at him and said, "Sebastian, the grudges of the Ballard family from over ten years ago have nothing to do with you. Don't get involved!""Butâ"Sebastian's gaze sharpened as he turned to look at Milton. There was an icy glint in his eyes. Samson shook his head slightly at Sebastian. The Ballard Estate had at least ten experts at the eighth level of the Eldoria realm. At Sebastian's current level, trying to fight them would only bring him big trouble."Sebastian, one must learn how to adapt to the situation," Samson whispered into his ear using voice projection. "Today, I will exchange my legs for your and Whitney's freedom. Think of it as a payment for what I owe you and your mother."Sebastian clenched his fists tightly. He hated himself for being too weak. He couldn't even protect his own family in a place like the Ballard Estate, where many experts were gathered.However, he would never allow anyone to
"Do you accept it, Samson?" Arnaud asked harshly when he saw that Preston hadn't said anything else. He turned to look directly at Samson.Samson smiled bitterly and turned to look at Sebastian before raising his head to look at Arnaud, who was sitting high above them. He said, "Uncle Arnaud, I was the reason for everything that happened. I wish to ask you not to trouble Sebastian.""What are you talking about?" Preston was agitated. He stood up again and yelled, "There must still be an investigation about who was right and who was wrong. Why should they break your legs?"As he spoke, his eyes blazed with fury. He looked at the thin old man and said furiously, "Milton, you old bastard! How can you be so shameless at your age? Tell me! Did you embellish the story to Arnaud?""Uncle Preston!" Samson stopped him quickly and sighed slightly. "Forget it. It's my fault for bringing such huge trouble upon our family back then."I admit that I have let our family down. Since imprisoning m
As the man in the black robe yelled, the entire hall fell silent at once. The thin old man threw the black-robed old man a disgruntled look, but he returned obediently to his seat.Once the noise had died down, Preston stepped forward and swept an icy gaze over the crowd who were present. "You call yourself the elders of the family?"The monument of our ancestral dragon is right in front of you. How could you bully two young members of the family in front of it? Don't you feel any shame?"Besides, how dare you speak before Arnaud does?"After the harsh scolding they received from Preston, no one in the crowd dared to protest. Sebastian nodded involuntarily. It appeared that Preston did have influence in the Ballard family. At least no one had interrupted his scolding, including Arnaud and the man in the black robe.Preston huffed angrily and bowed to Arnaud, who sat in the middle. "Arnaud, I've brought Samson and Sebastian!"Preston went over to the chair next to the black-robe
"Sebastian, I won't be going in. Remember, don't say anything without being spoken to, and don't be impulsive!" Andreas said softly in Sebastian's ear when they reached the door to the hall. He then walked over to the crowd, which was packed on both sides of the hall.Samson and Preston walked into the hall without any change in expression. Sebastian hesitated for a moment before hurrying to catch up.When they reached the entrance, the two old men reached out to stop them and said to Preston, who was in the lead, "Preston, I'm afraid that it wouldn't be a good idea for you to go in. Everyone knows that you're biased toward Samson's family. If you get into an argument with Arnaud, thenâ""Nonsense!" Preston yelled furiously. He spoke in a menacing tone to the two old men. "Don't try those tricks with me. Today, I'm going to be the voice of reason. Who among you can do anything to me?"With that, he pushed them aside and strode into the hall.The two old men gazed after his ret
The Ballard Estate's resources were unfathomable as it was. Could Isabella's family be even more powerful than theirs?Sebastian clearly remembered that both he and Samson were under the Sacred Medicine Society. They even had the same mentor.The Sacred Medicine Society was above all the other mystic martial arts sects. Even the sect leaders of the Nine Sects were very respectful toward his mentor.If Samson really was from the same sect as Sebastian, then his mentor had clearly been unable to save him. Wouldn't that mean that the Sacred Medicine Society was no match for the Ballards?Wouldn't that mean that Isabella's family was an even greater entity?"If my mother's family is really that powerful, why couldn't they rescue my father? There would also be no reason to let me join the Sacred Medicine Society either, right?" Sebastian asked probingly. It seemed as if Andreas had never even thought about such questions. He smiled and shook his head. "You probably don't know about a