Lord Vedastus thought about it and found the suggestion doable.Even if he failed, he would just lose some money. After all, he had so much money that he could not finish spending it.“Okay, recruit the expert.”“Okay.”In less than an hour, they invited the expert there, but the person they invited was Kendrick, Bryson’s senior from Octopole.He was the unlucky man who had been eliminated by Jones’ punch in less than three seconds.It was the first time that Kendrick had visited such a luxurious venue, so he was not used to it. He looked slightly reserved even though he just stood there.Lord Vedastus looked at him and asked, “I heard that you fought a foreigner named Jones this morning?”Kendrick nodded. “Yes!”Lord Vedastus chuckled. Yes, this man, whose name was Kendrick, had defeated Jones.Although Kendrick did not seem very capable, there was a saying, “Never judge a book by its cover.”Lord Vedastus snapped his fingers, and someone immediately carried a box over. Onc
Thomas did not know about Lord Vedastus’ plan, but he did receive an invitation from the Business Alliance.It was sent by Peter.He was Lord Vedastus’ loyal lackey and always by Lord Vedastus’ side. Would anything come out of it when such a person sent an invitation to Thomas?He was most likely up to no good.Pisces immediately responded, “Lord Vedastus is probably trying to set you up, but he’s worried that you won’t attend whatever this is, so he’s asked Peter to invite you using the Business Alliance’s name. Commander, if it’s possible, please don’t attend this time.”Thomas said, “There’s always a solution to a problem. If I don’t go, how can I know what Lord Vedastus is planning? Besides, they’ve invited me in the Business Alliance’s name. As the president of the Business Alliance, I can’t avoid it. If I reject them now, there will be another invitation next time.”He had to go.But he would also arrange for some backup.To be safe, Pisces also made sure that many bodygu
Most of the time, they flattered you because they wanted you to get used to it, or give you a false sense of security before they took you down.Thomas knew this, so he did not seem amused.He waved his hand before he asked, “Peter, what kind of trap are you setting up this time?”Peter chuckled. “Oh no, Mr. Mayo, what are you talking about? Our Business Alliance has earned a great amount of money, so we’re holding this banquet to celebrate it! You’re the president, so obviously we need to let you have the main seat.”“Did such a good thing happen?”“Of course! Come, Mr. Mayo, please come over.”While Peter and the others flattered him, Thomas followed them to a resting lounge.The room was quite big, appearing very spacious and bright. But something about it was strange; there were many weapons in the room!There were knives, guns, batons, and rods.“Hmm?”Thomas looked unhappy. “What’s the meaning of this?”Peter immediately explained, “Hey, Mr. Mayo, please don’t misunder
Although Thomas was already powerful, he did not think he was invincible. There would always be somebody stronger than him.There were always people who were better.Hence, Thomas was curious about how strong Lord Vedastus’ helper was since Lord Vedastus dared to stand up to him in person.“What kind of expert did you invite? Bring him out,” Thomas said.Lord Vedastus did not rush it. He caressed his beard and said, “Thomas, you might not know this, but something big happened in the martial arts world this morning!”Hmm?That made Thomas’ heart tremble, and he had a weird feeling.Lord Vedastus continued to say, “A very powerful foreigner lost to Octopole Arena this morning after he successfully challenged many martial arts centers!”This was so awkward. Thomas was stunned as he stared at Lord Vedastus. He did not know what Lord Vedastus was trying to do.“Thomas, do you know how great Octopole is?“Let me tell you, the person I invited today is the number one expert from Oct
Thomas smiled faintly at Kendrick and said, “Hello, Master Bardot.”“Um…” Kendrick did not know if he should answer.He felt terrible and wondered why he had to boast. Even if it had been for the box of gold bars, he should have asked them about whom he had to deal with, right?He had been blinded by money because he had not been able to see things clearly.Now, he, the imposter, had encountered Thomas, the real master. How could he wrap things up?The strange atmosphere in the room also gave Lord Vedastus a bad feeling. “Why? Do you know Thomas?” he said to Kendrick.Lord Vedastus thought Thomas and Kendrick knew each other, so Kendrick felt shocked and found it hard to fight.Kendrick was in a very awkward spot. He did not know how to answer Lord Vedastus’ question, and they were in a stalemate.In the end, Thomas had goosebumps all over his body. He waved his hand in dismissal and said to Lord Vedastus, “Lord Vedastus, is Master Kendrick Bardot the expert you invited?”Lo
Kendrick kept nodding and said affirmatively, “Yes, it was none other than Thomas who defeated the foreigner this morning. So, Lord Vedastus, I really can’t handle this job, for I can’t beat him.”Lord Vedastus almost fainted after hearing it. What the hell was this? Did he think this was a joke?“Damn it! Fuck you!”Lord Vedastus cursed. He had never encountered such a humiliating situation in his life. He had even pretentiously invited Thomas to come and said he would teach him a lesson, but Kendrick turned out to be a fraud.Kendrick had really deceived Lord Vedastus this time. This was no longer a matter of money or reputation. Lord Vedastus felt that he must have lost a few screws in his own head when he asked Kendrick for help.“Y-You…”Lord Vedastus was so angry that he could not even finish his sentence. He pointed at Thomas and wished he could charge over to beat him up.“Everyone, come!”After giving an order, many bodyguards, whom he arranged in advance, rushed in. E
With Thomas’s ability, these thugs could not defeat him at all. He defeated them easily just like he was chopping melons in the kitchen.Although Kendrick was also covered in injuries, there were no fatal injuries, so he would not be dying anytime soon.The final result was that Thomas was unscathed, and Kendrick only suffered a lot of minor injuries. Such a result was not what Lord Vedastus wanted.Lord Vedastus felt very uncomfortable seeing the thugs lying all over the floor.Though he had considered failing, he never imagined failing in this way!In his imagination, it was possible to fail, but it was also after Kendrick and Thomas had a fierce fight. Thomas would have a pyrrhic victory instead of standing there unscathed.This was simply a humiliation to Lord Vedastus.He was so angry that he stood there gasping for breath. Today’s incident taught him that he must never simply trust a charlatan like Kendrick in the future.Right then, a group of people came out.It was th
Kendrick was completely speechless when he saw Treyton acting shamelessly.Judging from Treyton’s manner, Thomas knew what kind of a person he was.There was no need to engage in an unnecessary argument with such a person.Treyton knew the truth. It was just that he stood firmly on Lord Vedastus’s side, so he had deliberately twisted the truth. They could not wake a person who was pretending to be asleep.Kendrick still wanted to defend himself, but Thomas stopped him. There was no need for that at all.Thomas said to Treyton, “What do you want to do then?”“What I want to do?” Treyton laughed and said, “You guys fought here and caused huge losses to our hotel. First of all, you have to compensate for the losses.“Secondly, you've injured so many people; it's impossible for you to avoid responsibility.”Treyton waved his hand, and more than a dozen security guards immediately stood up.“Thomas, Kendrick, you’re not going anywhere. As compensation for Lord Vedastus, you will ha
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b