Bam!The door was kicked open.Dozens of monks rushed in, with Aryan leading the group.A terrifying aura seeped out of him as he said fiercely, “Which one of your bastards hit the consul? Do you want to die?”The monks were holding repeating crossbows, their expressions cold; they instantly pointed the crossbows at the killers on the second floor, ready to take action at any moment.At the same time, eight monks next to Aryan quickly went to stand in front of Stefan.Their expressions turned horrible when they saw their consul with a swollen face.“Consul! Are you alright?!“Great Wall Vaati already gave the order!“All of the Aenar Temple’s forces can be mobilized!“We’ll be able to take action against anyone who goes against you!”Aryan looked respectfully at Stefan.Naturally, it was already a huge problem that even Vaati was showing his support.No matter the case, Aryan was still a loyal subordinate of the Aenar Temple; he’d naturally take the chance to perform in fr
Milan showed a disdainful glare after seeing Aryan’s look on his face; in her eyes, he seemed like nothing but a stray dog.She rejoiced that the man she loved came from a different country.‘These men from Country H are such filth!’Aryan kept changing his expression before finally looking at Stefan. After seeing Stefan’s cold expression, he quickly took a deep breath before speaking up again.“Ms. Milan, right?“I don’t care what happened here, nor who’s in the wrong!“Someone needs to pay for my consul’s suffering!“Besides…”Bam!Before Aryan was done speaking, Naruse picked up the ashtray from the table and threw it forward.The ashtray smashed right into Aryan’s head, causing him to bleed profusely. He stumbled around after being caught off guard, almost falling to the ground.He was showing a wretched expression.“How dare you do that, you bastard?!” Aryan was furious. “Do you think the Aenar Temple’s an easy target?!”The monks were showing fierce glares after hear
“What? “You won’t do anything now? Is it because of my pure strength?”Naruse tapped Stefan’s face.“You really embarrassed your entire country, didn’t you?”Aryan gritted his teeth.“You bastard! You think you can just scare us off like that?!“You’re just a God of War! The Aenar Temple has that, too!“We’ll make sure we get the explanation we want!”“Explanation?”Naruse sighed, showing a playful gaze.“In the martial arts world, power means everything!”Naruse took another step forward.Bam!A more horrifying aura seeped out, charging at its targets.Stefan, Aryan, and the people behind them all stumbled around before coughing out blood.Nobody could defend themselves against this level of martial arts. Law, background, authority, and reason held no meaning at this very moment.“Since I already did my part, you should just carry out the rest, Young Master.”Naruse tilted his head, glancing at Amos.“This guy has no right to challenge you!“How about this? As long
“You’re right. Times have changed.”Harvey suddenly spoke up in the middle of the crowd. An unspeakable aura quickly seeped out.Compared to Naruse’s cold aura, his was filled with nothing but gentleness—like sunshine. However, the aura was more than enough to completely suppress Naruse.Slap!Before Naruse even came to his senses, he was already slapped in the face.“Aaagh!”Naruse, who had the place under control with his immense strength, was instantly sent flying as his body shivered. He slammed into a wall, leaving massive cracks, before he slowly slid down.Seeing that, everyone looked completely sluggish.Amos froze as well. Even Milan had lost her cool immediately.Nobody thought that someone would turn the tables this quickly.“Who are you?!”Naruse stumbled off the ground, gritting his teeth. He knew just how powerful Harvey was. That was why he was filled with nothing but fear.Not only did Harvey send him flying with a single slap, his aura was immediately seale
“Harvey!”Naruse gritted his teeth with a fierce expression.“No member of the Toyotomi family would ever kneel! You want me to? Over my dead body!”“You want to die so badly?” Harvey nodded. “I’ll help you with that, then.”Harvey casually grabbed a firearm from one of the security guards and took off the safety, then threw it in front of Naruse.“Now, you have three choices.“Either you shoot yourself and show me just how proud you are… Or you kneel and apologize.“Of course, you can try shooting me as well. I suggest you don’t try that, though. You’ll end up horribly if you do.”Harvey smiled faintly as Naruse kept getting agitated by his words.Naruse was already at his wit’s end after his aura was completely sealed… His eyes kept twitching, not knowing what to do at that very moment.After taking a deep breath, he mustered the last bit of his courage to point the firearm at Harvey’s head. Despite that, he didn’t pull the trigger at all.“You chose the worst one after al
After a long while, the light in Naruse’s eyes darkened and he finally calmed down.It was naturally humiliating not having the courage to pull the trigger…but if he did, he wouldn’t have the means to handle the consequences.Harvey had him completely suppressed!“You’re strong! Really strong!” he said after sighing.“I admire you! I admit that I can’t do anything to you, either! I apologize! Not just for what happened today, but also Stefan’s assassination! I’m sorry!”The crowd felt immediately sluggish after hearing Naruse’s words.‘Is he actually giving up…?’“That’s not enough.”Harvey smiled at Naruse. “You should have more sincerity in your apology. There’s simply no weight in your words right now. You get me, don’t you?”Naruse gritted his teeth. “You better know what’s good for yourself, Harvey! It won’t end well for you if you don’t!”Bang!Harvey was playing with another firearm in his hand, then pulled the trigger. The scorching bullet flew right past Naruse’s
The place was extremely awkward.After all, this was Amos’s banquet that Naruse got invited to. Since the guest was already gone… What was the point of the so-called banquet?Clap, clap, clap!When nobody knew how to react to the situation, Amos clapped lightly.“On behalf of the Smalt Sect, I thank you!“Without you, we wouldn’t have known that the Islanders are ruthless enough to assassinate a consul!“I have a conflict with Stefan, but this has nothing to do with them at all.“From now on, you’re a friend of mine!“No matter who takes control over the Smalt Sect in the future, this will never change!”Amos showed a gentle look on his face; it was clear he was trying to go the easy way out. In fact, he was just about to leave after saying those words.“Did I say that you can leave?”Harvey’s calm words were enough to shock the entire crowd.Amos stopped in his tracks, and looked back at Harvey with a deep frown.The crowd was dead silent once again. A lot of people froze
Amos was getting desperate at this point.From this point onward…There was simply no need to hide anything.There was no point.Since Harvey had already made everything clear, he had to fight back in the name of his position.“Of course, you should just stop pretending if you wouldn’t dare. I am the Smalt Sect’s young master; an outsider like you…” Amos trailed off.Slap!Before he was done talking, he was already slapped in the face.“Are you lecturing me right now?”Having said that, Harvey wiped his fingers.He left with Stefan and the others soon after.Everyone had revealed their true intentions.Still, there was no point in killing off Amos here.What Harvey needed was Stefan’s rise to power. That way, he’d be able to take full control of the situation.The Smalt Sect’s ceremony was a great opportunity to make that happen.-“What?! Harvey completely disrespected Naruse?!“He even threatened Amos to give up on his position and the Eyed Beads?!“Does that mean t
"I'll give you ten minutes to walk out of there without your clothes on! If you do that, I won't kill anymore of your bodyguards. If you're still not here in ten minutes, then I'm sorry, but the flames will consume you. I'll remember to visit you at your grave next year!" Sora laughed strangely after that.Everyone who heard his laughter could only feel a chill in their bones as they felt disgusted. Mandy's expression became even darker. She did not refuse him immediately, though. While she knew he was playing a game of cat and mouse, those ten minutes might just be enough to save them.-At the same time. Outside of the manor. Sora and his group of confidantes had already arrived at the entrance of the manor. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the terrace. After he waved his hands, his confidante spread out and sealed the remaining entrances.Next to Sora was a swordsman with a mustache. His eyes were full of spirit. It was obvious that he was an elite, the kind who could crush al
"Watch out!" It was at this time when Seven suddenly pulled Mandy over to the side, as his expression darkened. At the same time, one of the pieces of ballistic glass shook and fell on the floor. Then, bolts that seemed like rain stormed into the terrace, falling right where Mandy was standing.If it was not because of Seven's quick actions, Mandy might have already become a human pincushion. She was immediately covered in cold sweat. While she had personally grown and become a successful businesswoman, she had never been in many of these kinds of life and death situations.Whoosh!It was as if the people outside had noticed an opening, they continuously fired the Repeating Crossbow. As they did that, one of the bodyguards who could not dodge in time collapsed on the ground as he held his thigh. A bolt pierced through his thigh, and he immediately lost his ability to fight.Mandy quickly said, "Quick! Drag him over! It's too dangerous over there!"The two bodyguards trembled, and
"Ms. Mandy, you should run now! Run from the back! I can still hold them up for about 15 minutes!" Seven said in a bitter voice as he peeked outside from the door's gap from inside the manor. "If you don't, we won't be able to escape once they rush in. We're almost out of ammo. If we don't fight our way out, we'll all end up dead!"Mandy hesitated a little when she saw how Seven was becoming somewhat concerned and said, "Sure. We'll leave from the back door. But they're here for me. I can't escape. All of you should go and I'll cover you!"Mandy's expression was resolute. Seven was slightly stunned before saying, "Don't joke about something like that, Ms. Mandy. While I'm not one of your followers, but as a bodyguard of the Jeans of Mor'du, there's no way I can escape before you have safely retreated. If I do that, not only will I be unable to face the family, but I also won't be able to face myself and stay in this world!"All the bodyguards exchanged looks and said, "That's right,
The young man in the white suit was not that old. He was at least in his mid-twenties. However, his cheeks were somewhat red. It was obvious that years of excessive drinking and womanizing have left him too depleted for anything to be able to help him. But even then, he still looked in front with greed and obsession, as if wanting to push the woman in the manor to the ground and tear her apart.It was obvious that this man was the scion of the Origin Sword Style, Sora Yamamoto.Sora did not think much about the death of the Origin Sword Style elites. He did not even feel much about their death, as if their death had nothing to do with him."Sir, it's not that the woman is strong. It's the simple fact that no one expected her to have the Royal Flush with her… And she has plenty of it too. From the results of us testing her, the woman isn't saving the Royal Flush for something else when she had her bodyguards use them. I suspect that she had an unlimited supply of it.""You idiot!" S
"Too weak," Harvey sighed. In the next instant, he lifted his right foot and planted it on a broken piece of rock. Instantly, the rock shot out and headed straight to Sverker's throat. It was obvious that Harvey did not wish to leave the Origin Sword Style's number one elite alive."You fool…!" Sverker's entire soul was shuddering as he could feel Death coming for him. He let out a roar and all the energy within his body started to flow, wanting to use that to stop Harvey's attack. However, his thoughts were faster than he could act.The moment he wanted to fight back, he could feel the taste of blood in his mouth. The small rock had already pierced through his throat. In that instant, Sverker's thoughts instantly stopped as he lost the strength to struggle. Then, he collapsed on the ground just like that.There was anger, despair, and even doubt in his eyes.He could not believe that as an elite of the Origin Sword Style, as one of the few most powerful men in Sky Plane, how he en
When the palm strike was going to reach Sverker, Harvey changed his palm strike into a finger strike. He flicked his finger at the edge of the blade.Clank!"Gah!"Sverker seemed shocked as his body shook. There was even blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He was in a terrible state as he took a few steps back."Mr. Sverker!" All the women cried out at the same time, with shocked expressions. They could not believe that not only did Harvey manage to easily block the legendary Three Slashes, but most importantly he was able to force Sverker some distance back with just the flick of his finger!He was beyond terrifying!"Damn you, kid! Do you think this is my full power?" Sverker's temper was at boiling point after the continuous failures as he gritted his teeth. "I will send you to Hell with all three slashes fused into one!""I better be the one sending you to Hell. I'm already bored with your sword technique," replied Harvey casually. Before Sverker could even attack,
"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