“So, you mean…”Yvonne Xavier thought of something.“After dealing with the Islanders and Hector Thompson, the Smith family’s problems will naturally be solved for good.”Harvey York sighed.“But I’m sure they know about this by now if we manage to figure it out.“That’s why both Hector and Sakura Miyamoto wouldn’t just watch as I leave unscathed.”Harvey and Yvonne’s expressions frantically changed.Harvey furiously pressed on Yvonne’s thigh. Before she could feel the delicate touch, the initially static Porsche in front of the traffic light moved straight across the road. Bang!A bullet shattered the car window’s glass all over the back seat almost simultaneously. If Harvey were a little slower, he would've been at least heavily injured if not dead already.“Sniper!”Harvey’s look was as cold as ice. He didn’t expect that Hector would even send a sniper.Hector had no regard for Country H’s laws any longer.Yvonne’s expression turned glum as well.She furiously turned
Harvey York was showing a cold expression. He wasn’t enraged because of the enemy’s arrogance. He kept dodging while choosing the shortest route to the abandoned office building.“I see. Interesting!”The sniper with a long trench coat mumbled on top of the building. Judging from the voice, it was a woman.The sniper took off her mask, showing an extremely plain-looking face while seeming a little surprised.The sniper didn’t start to leave the building, though. She reloaded her rifle and moved the rifle stand right to where Harvey must get through to get up the building, ready to deal a devastating blow.After a few seconds, the sniper suddenly fired a shot. It was instinct that moved her finger.Bang!Harvey was forced back by the bullet after peeking his head out. Rocks on top of his head crumbled apart, falling. Harvey was that close to being shot in the face.After missing yet another devastating blow, the sniper showed a stern expression. She was getting more interested i
Harvey York crossed his hands and took a step forward. Even though his movements didn’t seem fast, every stride he took was extremely far. The sniper’s expression frantically changed after Harvey only took three steps.Harvey covered a long distance between him and the sniper with just a few simple steps. At such a short distance, the sniper’s assassination attempt had already failed.“You lost.”Harvey was showing a cold expression, devoid of emotion.“If a sniper lets the target get close, it means death is already upon them. If I were you, I’d put down the rifle and beg for mercy.“Then, perhaps I won’t kill you. You’ll be sent to the court of war. Then, maybe your life would be spared.”The sniper became hesitant after seeing Harvey’s smile. She furiously threw her rifle to the ground.The exact moment the rifle fell to the ground, the sniper flung her hand, revealing a dagger. She then pounced right toward Harvey.Clang!Harvey did not backstep. Instead, he swung his righ
After flying for about forty feet, the sniper fell to the ground after crashing into a shear wall.Pfft!Blood was spurting out of her mouth. She no longer had the strength to fight.Her clothes were also worn and torn, showing a tattoo on her lower body.Harvey York frowned slightly with a worried look on his face.‘The Shindan Way?!’***Two hours later, in a mountaintop villa on the outskirts of Mordu.This was one of the resting places Tyson Woods, and the others found. Even though it seemed a little rundown, the place was secluded and quiet.While Harvey drank his tea after having his midnight snacks, Aiden Bauer walked out from the backyard while rubbing his hands.“Branch Leader, the Islander talked,” Aiden briefly reported.“Her name is Noriko Yamaguchi, one of the assassins from the Island Nations’ Shindan Way. She’s experienced in using firearms, especially sniper rifles, and it’s said that her marksmanship can be listed as the world’s top ten.“She was recently s
Without a second thought, Harvey York said calmly, “Go tell Rachel Hardy to cooperate with your affairs in Mordu.“Interrogate that sniper more. See if you can find more clues and people behind the incident.“You have to act swiftly too.”“As you wish!”Aiden Bauer was showing a stern expression.Even though he didn’t know what was on Harvey’s mind, he only needed to fulfill his duties since Harvey ordered him so.After this incident, Harvey had to be a little more cautious toward the Islanders.Whether it be Benjamin Lynch, Longmen, or the Smith family’s incident, traces of the Island Nations’ Shindan Way were looming in the background.If there were no more information gathered to figure out the Shindan Way’s plans, Harvey and the others might even suffer great losses in the future.Right when Harvey was still giving orders to the others, a loud engine roar echoed outside. A Toyota Prado instantly knocked down the metal doors of the mountaintop villa.Toyota Prados of the s
Aiden Bauer froze slightly after seeing the sight. “I know Brother Tyson Woods is good, Branch Leader.“But there are hundreds of them!“Four fists are better than two! He’s no match for this many people!“No matter how strong he is, there’s no way he can hold off against all these people!”Aiden knew how strong Tyson was if he was fighting a one-on-one battle. Taichi Maruyama seemed very cocky. He most likely wouldn’t be able to defend himself against Tyson’s single blow.Even a dozen people wouldn’t be enough to go against Tyson.But a few hundred people would be able to drown him if all of them just spat at him.Fighting this many people would be no different than having a death wish.Even King Leonidas himself almost died a few times fighting the battle of Thermopylae. Those Islanders would charge at Tyson all together without any sense of morality.“Calm down. This is nothing really,” Harvey calmly said.“Tyson’s been with me for a long while. He’s about to achieve a b
Nobody would dare to ask what happened while the two exchanged profound words.Aiden Bauer, who saw the entire thing happen in front of the door, froze slightly. He jogged back and stared at Tyson Woods in complete shock.“Branch Leader, why don’t we just go to war against the Shindan Way?”“We already annihilated so many of their professionals.”“If we take this chance, we should be able to completely remove the Shindan Way from Mordu once and for all.”Tyson clasped his hands together.“CEO York, if you give the order, I’ll end Sakura Miyamoto’s life.”Harvey York poured a cup of tea for Tyson.“Today’s incident isn’t just going to end like this,” said Harvey calmly.“But there’s no need to be in a hurry to kill.“Finish up three things first.“Number one, deal with these people.“Number two, dig up more info out of Noriko Yamaguchi.“Number three, tell Taro that I need to know everything about the Shindan Way.“It’ll be boring just to kill off Sakura anyway.“It’s bes
“Tell me clearly! What happened?!”Sakura Miyamoto’s expression was as cold as ice.“I need to know the entire process.”Kristan Duncan’s eyes frantically twitched.“I’ve been trailing Harvey York since he left the police station. I followed him to a small mountaintop villa on the outskirts.“Harvey and the others were in there. There were less than ten people in total. I’m sure of it.“When I sent word to Taichi Maruyama, he rushed to the location in less than two hours. He crashed the villa’s doors right open before the three hundred men completely surrounded the place.“Taichi even demanded Harvey to release Noriko Yamaguchi in a minute.“But Harvey didn’t respond.“I saw someone come out while carrying a sword from far away. I could only hear screams after that.”“I wouldn’t dare to get too close because I might expose myself, so I decided to check after everything was quiet again. But then, a huge group of Longmen disciples came…”“The chief inspector of the first branc
"Your life is worth so little and you want to drag us along to hell? Who do you think you are? All of you are just the same! Selfish to the core!" the woman yelled at Harvey. It was clear that no matter what Harvey did, she wouldn't like it.Harvey glanced at her and said, "We can forget a moment about how your Mr. Sverker is the one who wanted to die alongside me out of shame and anger, let's talk about you. Who else can you blame but yourself by wasting time here instead of running? Not to mention, he can't do anything to me even if he can slash time and the universe."You have overestimated Sverker. He's nothing but trash. I simply wanted to see how powerful the Sword Style Origin's technique is." Harvey then gave Sverker a look. "But at this level, I can easily dispel it with just one strike.""You…" Sverker was so angry that he shuddered. He wasn't going to waste any more time. He gritted his teeth and once again slashed at where Harvey was standing."Timely Slash!"A
"Is that right?" Harvey asked the woman.He looked at Sverker's dark expression."Oh, he's being that nice? Why not give me a few more concessions? Why don't you go easy on me and miss all three slashes?""Damn you! Damn you all!" Sverker's expression turned dark by Harvey's snickering. He pounced forward again. In just an instant, he already appeared before Harvey. His body suddenly swayed and separated into eight afterimages; all of them instantly slashed from all eight directions."Earthly Slash!"Whoosh!As Sverker made that attack, a screeching sound filled the entire marsh. Sverker attacked Harvey like a flash of lightning. The moment the blade almost reached Harvey, a dreadful aura expanded from it, as if a black light was covering the surface of the blade.The attack seemed to have come from the depths of Hell itself, carrying the wrath of countless ghosts.Harvey's expression was cold as his fist turned into a palm strike, and he attacked straight ahead. His attack w
"Idiot!" Sverker smiled coldly as his figure flashed as he pounced forth like a bolt of lightning. The sword in his hand was immediately pulled out from its sheath, like a shooting star across the sky.Compared to the attack just now, this attack was simply and much more direct. There wasn't even much strength behind it. However, those in the know would know that an attack like this was the most powerful.Sverker believed he could easily kill Harvey on the spot."So what if you defeated all the six schools? So what if you defeated all the prodigies from Country I? So what if you defeated Mark?" Sverker smiled coldly as he attacked. "All the so-called True Warriors were joking to me… Because I am the one who kills True Warriors!" Sverker smiled coldly as he unleashed his first strike."Heavenly Slash!" A scarlet light suddenly flashed through Sverker's blade. Harvey raised his head; the attack that was going to split the sky had arrived. Before the blade even reached h
"You're good… Very good!" There was shock in Sverker's eyes. "I don't want to admit it, but I have to. Country H really is a good place to give birth to someone like you. In twenty years…no, maybe in ten years, you'd be able to comprehend how to reach Unity between Nature and Man. In another fifty years, maybe you can even take that final step and ascend into the void!"Unfortunately, you met me. I will end your legend here. If it isn't because we each serve our own masters, I want to let you live and see just how far you can reach."Sverker's figure disappeared and then reappeared where he was standing earlier.One of the women became extremely excited when she saw this. She seemed to be trained in martial arts a little. "Here it is! Mr. Sverker is serious now! He's really making his move!"All the other women were shocked. When they exchanged glances, all they could see was the surprise in each other's eyes.Sverker used the legendary Sonic Blade already, but even that was
"Don't tell me you'll become more confident with these women cheering for you from the side," Harvey said, completely unaffected by the women's words. Instead, he even teased Sverker for it.Sverker used these women to strike at his morale, so Harvey wouldn't pull his punches. While the two of them hadn't crossed swords, their fight had begun from the moment they met."You have quite a sharp tongue!" Sverker said with a snort. He waved his hands, signaling the women to stop. After that, his right hand slowly reached for the hilt of his sword sheathed by his waist. He narrowed his eyes as he looked at Harvey. "You're quite arrogant! I really hope that you can still be as arrogant once I cleave you in half!"Harvey shrugged. "I think you're the one being arrogant here. Normally speaking, you should be the one begging for your life. Your so-called chivalry is to bend your knee to your betters, isn't it?""Fool!" Sverker cried; Harvey's words hit a nerve, and his right hand sudde
"Sverker?" Harvey said calmly. "If I remember correctly, this is the title of a mass murderer from the Island Nation that died in our hands. For you to give yourself the same name… Do you think you'll die just like that mass murderer in my hands?"Sverker was slightly stunned when he heard what Harvey had to say. Then, he laughed. "Die in your hands? You? Aren't you overestimating yourself a little too much? Do you think you're invincible after defeating all the prodigies of Country I and the Island Nation's Sword Saints?"I admit you're very impressive to have obtained the power of a True Warrior at your age, but that doesn't allow you to look down on everything! You're still too young and you don't have enough experience. You don't know just how wide the world is. There are plenty of people in this world who are more powerful than you!"I became a King of Arms when I was twelve, and a True Warrior at the age of eighteen! Since then, I've been trying to comprehend the path to r
"Not to mention, these are weapons that Grand City's top brass directly controls. If it isn't because I've taken control over Earth Hall recently, I wouldn't have been able to take these out," Clarion said with a sigh.Harvey nodded. "Looks like letting you control Earth Hall is one of my correct decisions after coming to Grand City."Then, Harvey narrowed his eyes and looked ahead. "Clarion. Take your men and attack from the outer ring. Do your best to reach the destination and save our people."Clarion blinked. "And you?"Harvey said, "Always go for the head. A truly powerful elite must be keeping an eye on everything. If we don't eliminate him, our rescue will be destined to fail."Harvey slammed his foot on the ground before jumping into the air, his figure quickly disappearing into the horizon. He noticed that there were plenty of elites converging. This was Sky Plane's territory. No matter how many he killed, his enemies would most likely swarm him.If that was the case,
While Clarion and Harvey were talking, the Origin Sword Style elites were already slowly coming closer.600 feet. 300 feet. 150 feet!As they drew closer, everyone could see their murderous expression. Their firearms already had their safety off. One could also see there were no longer any gaps in their encirclement.With how things were going, the only two options for Harvey and his men were to either get killed or to simply surrender.As they drew closer, not only was Clarion sweating, but all his bodyguards also had cold sweat on their foreheads.Only Harvey wasn't doing anything. He simply narrowed his eyes as if he was quietly calculating something. When there were only 60 feet left, he suddenly said, "You have two seconds."Harvey suddenly slammed his foot on the ground.Boom!A powerful shockwave extended outward, and all the Origin Sword Style elites surrounding them were subconsciously stunned. The shield they were holding momentarily left the ground."Warsong! Fire
At Clarion's order, all his bodyguards immediately dragged out several black suitcases. Within were black holes with blue bullets. It was obvious these bullets were created to be used on Martial Arts elites. The damage they could deal was beyond anyone's imagination.The bodyguards stood in front of Harvey and Clarion with the suitcases, ready to fight their enemies to the bitter end.When the Origin Sword Style elites saw how Harvey and the others reacted, they took out a shield and placed it in front of them. It was obvious they were prepared.Or perhaps, it was easier to say that the Origin Sword Style elites already knew what they had prepared.Clarion's expression darkened. "How did these fools manage to guess we're here with the Warsongs?"Harvey narrowed his eyes. "Is there a possibility that they didn't make a guess, but instead already received news about how many people we brought and what kind of weapons, so they could make preparations for us?"Clarion was stunned. "W