Fay turned to look at Sebastian. "You formulated this pill?" she asked skeptically. "Yes," Sebastian answered calmly.An astonished expression crept onto her face at his answer."Ms. Linton, what do you think? Is it real?" Vincent asked. The guests present also started to pester her for answers."Fay, say something!""In my opinion, this 'Life Prolonging Pill' is probably fake!""Mr. Hindon, you can go ahead and beat up this brat already!"Sebastian remained calm even as the people around him snickered, and Vincent's expression only darkened further.Considering Fay's silence, Vincent had a rough idea of her answer. He then turned his attention to Sebastian and waved his arm again."Security, arrest this troublemaker!" he barked.At that, the two security guards sprang into action again, but before they could do anything, Fay stopped them. "Hold on," she called out."Ms. Linton," Vincent said in surprise.Fay studied Sebastian closely as if she was trying to figure out
"Do you really think you can talk to me like that just because you gave me a Life Prolonging Pill?" Vincent challenged coldly.Even Fay frowned when she heard Sebastian's audacious declaration. Sebastian really was much too bold!Sebastian's face showed no fear as he continued, "Mr. Hindon, have you ever felt a stuffy feeling in your chest recently? Are you also losing sleep?"Vincent frowned before he answered coldly, "I've been having some trouble sleeping recently but so what?"Sebastian shook his head. "Mr. Hindon, that is not regular insomnia. What you're experiencing is your life force draining."He continued, "If I'm not wrong, you've been losing sleep. Your limbs are constantly numb, and you even faint occasionally."Vincent flinched at Sebastian's analysis. How could he be so accurate?However, his personal doctor told him these symptoms were just because he was too tired and would go away with adequate rest!As such, Vincent considered Sebastian's words for a while
"Are you kidding me? How could a useless idiot like him save your life?" Fergus exclaimed in disbelief.Howard's expression soured. "Mr. Cobb, right? This is my last warning to you to be more respectful toward Dr. Ballard!"After that, Howard ignored Fergus and turned to Sebastian."Let's go, Dr. Ballard!" he said.Sebastian nodded and followed Howard into the car to leave.Whitney and Fergus were rooted to the spot with shocked expressions on their faces."What the fuck? What the fuck did Sebastian do to scam Mr. Tuffin?" Fergus spat.Whitney watched sourly as Sebastian left with Howard and Rosalie. For some reason, she felt a hint of regret after seeing how respectful Howard was of Sebastian.Did she have it all wrong?Howard was an important man, and even she had to be respectful when talking to him. However, he seemed to genuinely respect Sebastian."Winnie? What's wrong?" Fergus asked as he watched Whitney stare at Howard's car.Whitney smiled as she shook her head. "It
The minute the call connected, Whitney demanded angrily, "What is the meaning of this, Sebastian?"Sebastian paused in confusion before asking with a frown, "I don't know what you're talking about.""Drop the act! Explain why your Arctic Snow Mask is so popular!" Whitney hissed.Sebastian frowned. "The Arctic Snow Mask? What about it?""Don't you think you're being extremely shameless right now?" Whitney screeched angrily.He was clearly pretending to be innocent so he could brag!"Shameless? Me?" Sebastian exclaimed indignantly.What in the world was happening?"Do you remember what you told me a while ago? You said you were going to prove to me that you didn't need to rely on anyone!" she yelled."Look at you now! Depending on Rosalie to boost your sales! There's no way your Arctic Snow Mask got to the top 4 in sales on its own!"Sebastian finally understood what all this was about, and he chuckled drily."Ms. Sutton, did you really think that Ms. Griffin is the reason the
Sebastian nodded. "The both of you came quite quickly.""Do you want to kill yourself or do you want us to kill you?" the man asked with a cold smile.In his opinion, defeating someone like Sebastian was simple.He had originally thought that Sebastian was some powerful martial artist but now that he saw him in person, he realized Sebastian was nothing more than a young man.To be frank, the Sentinels were disappointed that they weren't going to be able to have a fight.Sebastian smiled calmly, which made the Sentinels frown.Was this brat laughing at them?"Seems like you've already made your choice," Onyx, the man in black, said with a grin, showing off rows of yellowed teeth.The commotion also woke up Rosalie, and she rubbed her eyes groggily before she realized that there were two other people in the shop."What's happening," she asked in confusion.Just then, Onyx struck the air between him and Sebastian with his palm.A foul-smelling wave of jet-black fog came directl
What was even more terrifying was that the corpse poison had somehow infected him as well, and black markings were creeping up his arm and to his chest!Probably because he was infected with a lot of poison, but within a few seconds, Onyx crumpled to the ground, howling as his skin started to decay.Meanwhile, Ivory was shell-shocked and ran off without another thought.It was clear that they had met their match tonight."Do you really think you can escape that easily?" Sebastian scoffed as he flung silver needles at her retreating figure.However, Ivory was prepared, and she swung her staff, effectively shielding herself from the needles. There were even small sparks as the silver needles bounced off her staff.Despite her attempt, she couldn't shield herself from all the needles, and a few embedded themselves into her face.One of the needles even struck her in her eye, and blood sprayed out.Ivory was not looking to fight and yowled in pain before jumping nimbly over the wal
"I know," Dante replied. "How's my sister?"There was a mischievous chuckle from the other end of the phone before the voice replied, "Don't worry, she won't die. Once you take over the company and get that 50 million dollars, she'll be returned in one piece.""Fine! Just don't hurt my sister," Dante said coldly.The man on the other end laughed again. "Don't worry. We've got it under control."After that, the call ended.Dante let out a breath that he had been holding, but he wasn't able to relax at all."I'm sorry, Winnie. I have to do this! I have to prove that I'm not useless! That I am capable!" Dante mumbled coldly.…Back at the store, an hour had passed since Howard had first arrived.He seemed extremely anxious as he asked, "Dr. Ballard, are you sure that Ivory will come back?""She will if she doesn't want to die," Sebastian replied mildly.Almost immediately after, a shadowlike figure appeared at the convenience store.Howard jumped in fright, and a few guards ru
However, she didn't close the door, as if leaving it open for Sebastian.Of course, Sebastian knew what Rosalie was up to, so he just sighed helplessly.The next day, Sebastian was woken up by his phone ringing incessantly. He took a look and found that it was from an unknown number."Hello, who's this?" Sebastian asked politely the moment he answered the call."Sebastian, is Whit with you?" The person who called him was a woman who sounded very anxious."And you are?" Sebastian frowned as he found the voice very familiar."I'm Theresa! Is Whit with you?" Theresa asked coldly.Sebastian frowned once again and said unhappily, "Ms. Livington, do you think she'd be here, considering our relationship?""She's not with you?" Theresa mumbled in confusion. Then, she hung up.Sebastian's expression turned ugly, and he muttered, "Crazy woman."Tossing the phone aside, he got up and freshened himself up before working out.Rosalie got up and left the room just when Sebastian finished
"Hundreds of international experts have gathered in Steinberg, and they're obviously targeting us, the martial arts community," Alaric said. "That's why Mr. Harton issued the Martial God Command for the sake of our safety."Phineas glanced at the middle-aged men and nodded slightly. "Oh, I see." Despite Alaric's words, he didn't believe a single thing the man said. Alaric and Ezekiel weren't the kind of people who would care about the rest of the world. If they were, they wouldn't have made the comments that they had in the stands. In fact, they had been very unhappy about the fact that Sebastian had won three battles in a row."That's right. Even though we misunderstood Mr. Ballard in the past, that was a personal matter. It has nothing to do with righteousness," Alaric added.Phineas eyed him coldly and smiled. "It would be a blessing for the martial arts community if you truly thought that way. Right now, we're under immense pressure. This is the time when we need the help of s
Aiden's eyes were shining slightly.Ezekiel nodded quickly and said, "That's right. This must be the treasure spoken of in the legends. It's just a pity that it's fallen into the hands of someone like Sebastian. What a waste!"Aiden thought for a moment before saying, "Mr. Harton, the influence of the Flying Cranes alone will not be enough to force him into submission."People like Sebastian were sure to have an ally. The Flying Cranes had influence in Jerose, but they weren't currently in Jerose.The major sects in Sartvale would play a greater role than the Flying Cranes.Ezekiel knew what Aiden meant. However, none of the sects in Sartvale had the courage to make Sebastian their enemy.On the one hand, Belinda was supporting him. On the other, the incident with Ethan had shocked Sartvale's martial arts community.Several experts at the seventh level of the Celestial realm had almost all been slaughtered without mercy. Who else would dare to provoke Sebastian?"A few sect lea
Belinda hosted a lavish dinner for Sebastian, Phineas, and the others. It was late at night when Blake finally brought Sebastian back to the convenience store. Melvin sat thoughtfully in the car. After thinking long and hard, he pulled out his phone and found a number. He sent a message to it.Not long after that, a young man in Ballard Mansion walked over to a pavilion in the back garden. Arnaud was relaxing in the pavilion."Great-grandfather, there's news from Melvin," said the young man. "Oh?" Arnaud glanced sideways at him."Melvin is very sure that Sebastian's ally is the Warrior League." The young man stepped forward and handed his phone respectfully to Arnaud. "Alright. Andreas, go and get ready. It's time for him to return to Ballard Mansion and acknowledge his ancestors," Arnaud said calmly. "Yes! I won't let you down!" Andreas Ballard replied. He bowed deeply to Arnaud and took three steps backward before turning to leave.As he watched Andreas walk off, Arnaud s
Sebastian shook his head slightly and said, "Thank you for your kind thoughts, Madam Dragon. Even if the entire martial arts community treats me as an enemy because of this, I'll accept it."How could Sebastian be an elder in the Warrior League when he was the successor of the Sacred Medicine Society?Everyone looked at Sebastian in slight surprise. He would be willing to make an enemy of the entire martial arts community?Belinda was also surprised. She hadn't expected Sebastian to be so firm."Mr. Ballard, are you afraid that your mentor will be against it?" she asked, frowning.No one would refuse the conditions that she had just made. Besides, joining the Warrior League in the current circumstances would be great for Sebastian.With the Warrior League as his ally, the Sapientia wouldn't dare to do anything to him. She hadn't expected Sebastian to refuse outright."Mr. Ballard, do you have a mentor?" Elara asked, puzzled. Hadn't Sebastian always said that he didn't have one?
When Belinda and Elara heard Sebastian's voice, they walked out of the back room."It's been a while, Mr. Ballard," Belinda said, smiling.Upon seeing her expression had changed from how it had been when she greeted him, Melvin was even more astounded by Sebastian's identity.Belinda always smiled when she met Sebastian, but it was a rare event for any other person to see her smile."It's been a while, Madam Dragon," Sebastian said with a bow. "Please sit down, Mr. Ballard." Elara hurried toward him and pulled him down beside the main seat. Melvin and Phineas returned to their seats, looking rather awkward."Mr. Ballard, I hear from Mr. Tuxley that Ezekiel is plotting something against you. That's why I sent Blake to bring you here. I'd like to hear your opinion," Belinda said, smiling.Everyone noticed that Belinda had spoken respectfully twice. They all turned to look at Sebastian."Madam Dragon, I wasn't concerned about Ezekiel at first, but now so many sects from the mar
Blake chuckled as he walked in."Yes! I just jump up and slap people in the face—" When Zane turned and saw that it was Blake, he abruptly stopped speaking.He smiled awkwardly. Boasting in front of Blake was just asking for trouble."Zane, that move where you jump up and slap people was quite interesting to watch," Blake said, grinning.Zane suddenly had a coughing fit. He didn't know if Blake was complimenting him or not."Is Mr. Ballard around? I've come on behalf of Madam Dragon. She would like him to pay a visit," Blake said to Zane. "Yes, yes! He's inside. He's with Ms. Griffin, and they're chatting—" Zane suddenly spotted Sebastian leaning in the doorway, a smile playing about his lips as he stared at him."Uh… he's not chatting." He hastily changed tack and congratulated himself for being quick-witted."Come in, Blake." Sebastian rolled his eyes at Zane. He knew exactly what Zane was going to say whenever he opened his mouth. He was sure that Zane had nothing innocent
Blake bowed slightly to Belinda before turning and leaving the hall."Please sit for a moment, gentlemen. We'll discuss this matter once Mr. Ballard arrives." Belinda left Melvin and Phineas there on their own after she had finished. She didn't even give them a chance to reply before entering the back room with Elara.Melvin and Phineas sat awkwardly in their seats. It didn't seem right to either leave or stay."Relax, gentlemen. Madam Dragon is discussing some matters with a few elders. Have some tea and wait for Mr. Ballard," a maid said as she carried over a tray of tea. She served both Melvin and Phineas with a cup of fragrant tea.Melvin was pleasantly surprised. He took the teacup from the maid with both hands. Although she was a mere maid, the important thing was who she worked for. Belinda had a close relationship with the head director of Dramon's Martial Arts Court. It could even be said that the Martial Arts Court wouldn't exist without her.Even the national head dir
"Yes. That's right," Melvin answered quickly.Blake nodded slightly and strode to the entrance. He said to Phineas, "Mr. Tuxley, Madam Dragon would like to see you."Phineas immediately puffed up his chest and straightened his clothes. When he finally felt presentable, he followed Blake to the hall.Meeting someone as important as Belinda was a matter of honor for Phineas. Therefore, he prostrated himself as soon as he entered and said to Belinda, "My name is Phineas Tuxley and I'm the head director of the Steinberg Martial Arts Court. Greetings, Madam Dragon."Belinda was startled to see him prostrate as soon as he entered. She suppressed a smile and shook her head slightly. "Mr. Tuxley, a bow like that is an outdated rule from hundreds of years ago. It is no longer appropriate in today's times. Please sit down," she said, pointing at the seat beside her."Thank you, Madam Dragon." Phineas stood up and glanced at the chairs. Where was he supposed to sit? Melvin had already ta
Melvin bowed his head and followed Blake into Ventus Estate. On the way there, he kept stealing glances at the black-clad men.The more he looked at them, the more shocked Melvin became. Where had the Warrior League gotten so many experts at the third level of the Celestial realm and above?In any other sect, they would be a deacon at the very least, but they were only fit to be guards for the Warrior League.He didn't know that these men hadn't previously been at such a high level. It was all thanks to Sebastian that they had been able to improve so swiftly.That was why everyone in the Warrior League respected Sebastian so much. Sebastian and the Warrior League relied on each other and helped each other. There was no imbalance in their relationship."Please come in, Mr. Cappell." Blake stood in the doorway to the hall and indicated for Melvin to enter.Despite Blake's politeness, Melvin knew that he had no right to walk in front.The Lucoxes weren't just the family who contr