"That Yutarian is too cocky!" Elara exclaimed. She was pale with anger when she saw that the Warrior League had lost so badly and gritted her teeth.Rosalie tucked her hair behind her ear and frowned as she looked at Sebastian. "Sebastian, that Yutarian slave had clearly already been forced into a corner. How did he appear behind Mr. Lake all of a sudden?"Sebastian laughed softly and said in a calm tone, "There are two reasons for that. Firstly, Mr. Lake was affected by his anger. Secondly, Mr. Lake must have been poisoned with something that would affect his eyes through the liver meridian as soon as he gets angry!"What? Rosalie and Elara were stunned by what Sebastian had said. Affect his eyes through the liver meridian? The two organs were completely unrelated, weren't they?"Mr. Ballard, I… I don't quite understand what you mean," Elara said, looking thoroughly confused."The liver gets its stimulation from the eyes. It's recorded clearly in the classics of medicine. If yo
Ripples spread out all around Frederick and blocked off the countless saber shadows. The remaining ripples headed inexorably toward Emil."Is that the long-lost Airsplitter Move?" someone asked.Many Warriors in the audience were shocked by what they had seen. Even Sebastian nodded involuntarily in the stands.Frederick's Airsplitter Move wasn't perfect, but it still had ample power."That's all there is to Dramon's martial arts? You're even worse than the abandoned dog that came before you!" Emil sneered. He seemed to flicker out of sight as he dodged the ripples. In the blink of an eye, he had popped up behind Frederick.However, Frederick had been prepared after seeing what had happened to Grant. Without looking back, he sent another punch at Emil. Emil only smiled coldly and retreated several feet backward. He looked disdainful as he said in a mocking tone, "The energy from your palms isn't quite enough. If I'm guessing correctly, your Airsplitter Move isn't complete yet, is
Even the ordinary people in the audience were glaring furiously at Emil. How dare a Yutarian slave be so arrogant on Dramon soil! Who could endure that?Ethan sat in the stands and sneered as he said, "If I'd known that Mr. Perez could achieve victory on his own, I wouldn't have gone to all this trouble. Wouldn't it have been easier just to let me have the position of chairman?"Although Ethan didn't know how Emil had managed to defeat two experts at the seventh level of the Celestial realm in a row, the fact was that Derek was now the only expert left in the Warrior League worth mentioning.As for Gary and the others, whose powers were not even up to the fifth level of the Celestial realm, they weren't worth mentioning at all!"Mr. Ballard, will the Warrior League have no choice but to admit defeat?" Elara looked at Sebastian with defiance in her eyes.Although she wasn't very skilled in martial arts, she knew that Sword Towers now had a huge advantage. Unless something unexpec
The intense energy formed a gigantic shield and shut Emil outside. He couldn't get anywhere near Derek.At that moment, Derek's power reached its peak. He wielded the Divine Ruler in his hand like a god descending from the heavens and aimed it at Emil. Emil's expression contorted at the sight. He didn't dare to meet Derek's blow head-on and hastily retreated a hundred steps or so backward. Although he hadn't tried to go against Derek's intense shield energy, his instincts as a Warrior told him that his current skills wouldn't be enough to break through the shield.If he tried to take a strike from the Divine Ruler, he would only end up in a losing battle.Upon seeing that Emil was focusing on escaping and didn't dare to face the Divine Ruler head-on, Derek looked smug. He couldn't let the opportunity to make up for his mistakes slip away. Without thinking, he charged after Emil. In a few short moves, Emil was forced into a corner. There was nowhere else for him to run. When
"I defeated three Warrior League experts in a row. You couldn't possibly be thick-skinned enough to keep fighting, could you?" Emil asked, looking at Belinda with a challenging look in his eyes. Even the Warrior League's final expert, Derek, had gotten his arm sliced off, and he had been at the sixth level of the Celestial realm. Apart from Belinda, the Warrior League had no other experts!Even if she fought personally, what difference would it make? If Emil lost, Sword Towers still had several other experts. Even Trafford and the others were secretly on Sword Towers' side. The Warrior League had no hope of winning at all!"To be honest, it wouldn't make any difference even if you had won the first few battles. Ethan would still be the champion today! That is what the three of us and the Gladius Sect intend," Trafford said icily. "Even the Gladius Sect cannot join forces with the Yutarians to bully the martial arts community in Dramon!" Belinda said coldly."Madam Dragon, I'm
When Kody and Branson reached the woods, Sebastian was already waiting on the slopes of a hill, one hand held behind his back as he waited for them.Sebastian turned slowly when he heard their footsteps."Greetings, my… my lord." Kody had been about to address Sebastian by name but thought better of it.Sebastian looked frostily at them and said, "Tell me. What's going on?"Kody spoke tentatively. His legs had gone weak when he thought of how Sebastian had killed Godfrey the other day. He was terrified that he would unwittingly anger Sebastian and bring disaster upon himself."Lake and Sollerton's martial arts skills were clearly two stages higher than Emil's. Why would they have lost to him so bizarrely? What's going on with that Chesterton guy?" Sebastian asked in a cold, accusing voice."Um… my lord, none of that has anything to do with the two of us. It was Trafford who ordered that they be poisoned. That was why Lake and Sollerton lost to Emil. As for Chesterton, his son is
The people from the Warrior League all looked at Derek in shock.However, Derek had already positioned himself on the moral high ground. That was why even Belinda couldn't find anything to refute his words. After all, they couldn't actually force the Warrior League apprentices to go to their deaths.The representative from the Martial Arts Association walked onto the podium and said coolly, "I will now announce that the Warrior League is officially eliminated!"Elara's eyes filled with tears at those words. She clenched her fists tightly and stomped her foot, gritting her teeth.However, she was a frail young woman who had only just turned 18. She didn't have the power to change anything!Emil stood in the center of the arena and threw back his head as he laughed triumphantly. Looking disdainfully at Belinda, he said, "You should have done this earlier. It would've saved all these needless bloodshed. You Dramon Warriors are weak in front of Yutarian Warriors like me. No one in t
"It's alright. Killing him will be like slaughtering an animal," Sebastian said, patting Rosalie's shoulder gently before walking out of the audience seat.Emil had lost his patience. He was irritated at being called a Yutarian beast by the audience!How could a young man from Dramon have the guts to challenge him? Was he even aware of the danger he was facing? Did they think that Emil wouldn't dare to murder in Dramon?Even in Yutaria, he was one of the eight great swordsmen and enjoyed great respect nationwide. No one would be bold enough to taunt him."Hmph! You brat! I never kill someone without knowing their names. Get back right now, and I'll spare your life. Otherwise, die!"On the stands, Ethan recognized Sebastian at once. He gritted his teeth and said to Magnus and Devin, "That's Sebastian!"The two of them turned to look. They saw Sebastian walk nonchalantly onto the arena and glance impassively at Derek."Get back to your seat, young man!" Derek yelled at him, his fe
Whitney perked up at Sebastian's question. "It's all because you ran into the two monsters that day," she said. "I saw it on the surveillance footage. That was when I realized that the two women living in the store don't have that kind of relationship with you…"Whitney had never asked, and Sebastian hadn't bothered to explain who Nina and Lyanna were. That was why she had mistakenly thought that both of them were Sebastian's lovers as well.Realization had only dawned on her when she heard Nina address Sebastian as her master, even in her dying breath. Whitney had seen how powerful Nina was that day and how she had been willing to die in order to protect Sebastian.Nina and Lyanna weren't Sebastian's lovers. They were his servants. Not only that, Nina was a thousand-year-old giant snake!That had completely changed Whitney's view of the world. Although there had always been legends of mystical beings and ghosts, Whitney was an accomplished businesswoman who believed firmly in sc
Sebastian laughed wryly and shook his head. "I'm not from the Ballard Estate," he said. "My name is Sebastian, and it's better if my cousin weren't seen around me too much.""Oh, you're Sebastian."The two young women breathed a long sigh of relief. They looked him up and down for a long time before exchanging a glance. Then, they covered their faces and giggled.One of them stepped forward and said, "Come with me. Honestly… you seem pretty normal. I don't get why Ms. Sutton is yearning for you so much."Sebastian cleared his throat awkwardly and said nothing.The young woman led Sebastian into the house, where Whitney was sitting and reading a book intently. She said, "Ms. Sutton, look who's here."Whitney put down her book and looked up. When she saw Sebastian behind the young woman, she was both surprised and delighted. She got up and threw herself into Sebastian's arms."Sebastian, is it really you?"The young woman covered her face and chuckled before leaving the room sile
Sebastian watched Andreas leave and exhaled deeply. Preston wasn't the only one he didn't trust. No one in the Ballard Estate was worthy of his trust, including Andreas.Once Andreas had completely disappeared, Sebastian beckoned to the woods in the distance and said, "Come out!"In a flash, Duo appeared at his side. "My lord, why didn't you wipe out those people in the hall today?" he asked.Duo clenched his fists tightly, and there was a murderous look simmering in his eyes. Although he hadn't been in the hall, he had clearly heard everything the Ballards had said.Anyone who disrespected his master deserved death!Besides, neither Sebastian nor Duo would have had to lift a finger to kill them. All they had to do was to crush the Tribulation Avoidance Charm and trigger the divine tribulation. Once it descended, no one in the hall would have lived to tell the tale, including Arnaud."If we become hostile with the Ballards, it'll be almost impossible for us to leave in peace. Now
"It all comes back to Uncle Samson," Andreas said. "Great Uncle Arnaud already told you he'd let Uncle Samson have his freedom if you find the other emerald token, but then he brought up the marriage alliance. "It directly affects whether or not Uncle Samson can regain his freedom. So, why don't you think about it?"With a quiet chuckle, Andreas walked toward a grove of peach trees to the west.Realization finally dawned on Sebastian. Arnaud was a shrewd man. He wouldn't slip up like that. Besides, although the Ballards and the Yeomans had established a marriage agreement, they hadn't named specific individuals, only that the Blessed Child of the Ballards would fulfill it.The Blessed Child bore the duty of guiding the Ballards to revival. In other words, the emerald token would be better off falling into the Blessed Child's hands rather than anyone else's.Could it be that the final emerald token was with the Yeomans? If that were true, why hadn't the Ballards used their pow
"I'm sorry, but I have no interest in becoming the head of the Ballard family," Sebastian said impassively. "I only want my father to be freed."Arnaud's expression changed slightly, but his tone remained neutral as he said, "It's Braxton who owes you and your mother, not the entire family. Why must you do this?"Sebastian let out a cold snort. It was true that Braxton had been the one who had kicked them out, but weren't the true culprits the elders of the Ballard Estate?"If there's nothing else, I'd like to see Whitney," Sebastian said, rising slowly to his feet. As soon as he mentioned her name, Arnaud waved a hand at him and said, "Don't be in such a rush, Sebastian. Whitney is safe. The Ballards would never harm a frail woman."He added, "However, there's something I want to ask you. Is Whitney still your wife?"Sebastian frowned. "Whether she is or isn't, what business is that of the Ballards?""Of course it is," Arnaud replied firmly. "The Ballards and the Yeomans of
Arnaud led Sebastian into a secret room deep within the Hall of the Ancestral Dragon. Once inside, Sebastian saw a Cosmic Orbit Diagram. It was exactly the same as the records in the Sacred Medicine Secret Annals.However, the Ballards' Cosmic Orbit Diagram was divided into different sections. It looked even more three-dimensional."This is the Cosmic Orbit Diagram passed down through our family for generations," Arnaud said proudly. "The one that the Sacred Medicine Society has is just a copy."The legacy of the mystic arts in Dramon almost all came from the Ballards.The Ballards had withheld some things back then as well. As a result, all the legacies of the various secular sects only had incomplete Cosmic Orbit Diagrams. It was why there were very few experts at the fifth level of the Eldoria realm and above.Afterward, Arnaud led Sebastian into a library. Thousands of technical legacies lined the shelves. Sebastian flipped through them. The techniques recorded there were
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 appear—someone 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