Legend of Wyatt

"You think... just with your measly strength, you can stop me from killing her?"

Almost the instant the gold-ranked killer’s mocking voice fell, a powerful aura surged forth again, like a breached dam, crashing straight toward Wyatt Barnes and slamming heavily against his chest.

In that instant—

Bang!

Wyatt’s chest shuddered, his whole body stumbling back several steps, and a mouthful of congested blood sprayed from his lips at just the right moment, leaving him looking rather bedraggled.

"Wyatt!"

Leilany, who was being shielded behind Wyatt, saw this and her expression changed drastically; a chill rose in waves between her perfectly shaped autumn eyes.

A cold aura spread out from her in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, many things in the backyard seemed to have been draped in a layer of silver.

It was frost, formed from condensed cold energy.

"Leilany."

Sensing Leilany’s anger, Wyatt took two more steps back with the momentum; when he drew close to her, he reached out to clasp her slightly raised right hand, and sent a voice transmission to her: "You... are not his match."

While he was soothing Leilany, Wyatt also looked toward that gold-ranked killer, his expression incomparably grave as waves of shock churned in his heart.

"My cultivation today is no longer what it once was... Even that Immortal Lord expert from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect back then, just relying on aura alone, couldn’t possibly force me into such a sorry state like just now."

"Moreover, this person in front of me even retracted half his aura at the last moment... Otherwise, I’d definitely be far more seriously injured!"

It could be said that the gold-ranked killer had shown mercy with that last strike.

From this, Wyatt could conclude:

The gold-ranked killer before him was even stronger than that Immortal Lord expert from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect back then, the old crone who had once appeared in King Cooper’s palace in the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom.

"According to rumors, in the Desolate Territory, among the black market killers, apart from some ordinary ’gold-ranked killers’ who might not be people of the three great immortal sects of the Desolate Territory... over ninety percent of the truly powerful gold-ranked killers are high-level figures of those three immortal sects, secretly taking missions on the side to earn extra profit."

With that thought, Wyatt further speculated:

This gold-ranked killer in front of him was, eight or nine times out of ten, a high-level figure within one of the three immortal sects of the Desolate Territory.

And with his strength, his status in that sect was definitely not low.

"No... that’s not right!"

Very soon, after giving the gold-ranked killer another glance, Wyatt discovered another hint. "He doesn’t seem to have any intention of making a move against Leilany... Right now, all his attention is on me."

"To be precise, it’s on the three Rowan Heaven Pills in my hand."

Having realized this, Wyatt secretly let out a sigh of relief.

"Since you have no intention of killing Leilany, may I know what you actually plan to do?"

Wyatt looked at the gold-ranked killer; his previously taut expression eased, returning to calm, as he got straight to the point and asked.

"You’re very smart."

Seeing Wyatt regain his composure, the gold-ranked killer gave him a deep look.

"As long as you agree to one thing, I can spare this girl’s life..."

The gold-ranked killer continued, "In fact, so long as you agree to that one matter, I can guarantee this girl will no longer be threatened by black market killers. I can even kill the person who issued the contract, and wipe out their entire clan!"

The way he said it made it sound like something completely trivial.

"What is it?"

Wyatt’s gaze flickered as he asked bluntly.

Yet in his heart, he had already faintly guessed what this man wanted him to agree to.

If this person really was from one of the three great immortal sects of the Desolate Territory, then he was definitely a high-level figure in that sect.

For an existence like that, upon discovering a ’top-grade alchemy Immortal Master’, especially one who could refine Rowan Heaven Pills, it was only natural he would want the other party to join the sect behind him.

"Join the ’Taiyi Immortal Sect’!"

The gold-ranked killer stared at Wyatt, not beating around the bush in the slightest as he directly stated his demand.

Taiyi Immortal Sect!

Wyatt’s heart trembled slightly. He then gave the gold-ranked killer a deep look and said, "It seems you’re from the Taiyi Immortal Sect... And with your strength, you certainly wouldn’t be some minor figure within the Taiyi Immortal Sect. You should be one of the handful of top high-level figures of the Taiyi Immortal Sect."

"I wonder which one of those few high-level figures you are?"

As he spoke to this point, Wyatt’s eyes flickered a few times.

"You’re very smart."

The gold-ranked killer said blandly, "But as for who I am in the Taiyi Immortal Sect, that’s something you don’t need to know... Those who do know usually don’t meet with a good end."

When he said that last sentence, a flash of killing intent swept through the gold-ranked killer’s eyes.

"And if I refuse?"

Wyatt countered.

"I already said, you’re a smart man."

Hearing Wyatt’s words, the gold-ranked killer’s pupils narrowed slightly. When he spoke again, his tone had grown several shades colder, and his eyes exuded a biting killing intent, as if he would strike and kill Wyatt the moment there was any disagreement.

"If you truly have sincerity, then take off your mask and talk to me face to face."

Wyatt Barnes said blandly.

"Take off the mask?"

The gold-ranked killer swept a cold glance over Wyatt Barnes. "What you mean is... as long as I take off the mask, you’ll agree to join the Taiyi Immortal Sect?"

"Maybe."

Wyatt Barnes said blandly.

"You’re playing me!"

The gold-ranked killer flew into a rage, his aura sweeping out again. This time he didn’t hold back at all, directly blasting Wyatt Barnes away. Wyatt crashed through several stone tables and benches in the backyard, and couldn’t help but spit out several mouthfuls of clotted blood in succession.

"Brother Wyatt!"

Leilany’s pretty face changed color as she shot forward, catching Wyatt Barnes as he shot out like an arrow loosed from the string. The look she gave him was filled with concern.

"Leilany, I’m fine."

After stabilizing his figure with Leilany’s support, Wyatt Barnes raised a hand to wipe the blood at the corner of his mouth. At the same time, he looked at the distant gold-ranked killer with a smile. "So then... is Sir willing to gamble on this? If you don’t take off the mask, there’s no way I’ll join the Taiyi Immortal Sect."

"But if Sir takes off the mask... who knows, I might have a sudden impulse and agree to join the Taiyi Immortal Sect."

As he spoke to this point, Wyatt Barnes gave the gold-ranked killer a deep look.

In his words, he seized the initiative, forcing the gold-ranked killer to make a choice.

While Leilany supported Wyatt Barnes, the look she cast at the gold-ranked killer again was likewise filled with icy killing intent, as if she wished she could kill him on the spot.

But she knew that even if she used the secret arts in her inherited memories, taking self-mutilation as the price, she still wouldn’t be a match for him.

The opponent’s strength was far too great.

He was, in her lifetime, aside from her mother, the strongest existence she had ever encountered.

"Are you looking to die?"

The gold-ranked killer’s tone turned cold, and he was already somewhat impatient.

Hearing the gold-ranked killer’s threat, Wyatt Barnes only smiled and said nothing, as if he were confident the gold-ranked killer would definitely make a choice.

The facts proved that Wyatt Barnes was right.

After confronting Wyatt Barnes for a while and realizing that Wyatt would never yield, the gold-ranked killer also took a deep breath and raised his hand to press on the golden mask on his face.

However, he didn’t take the mask off right away.

"If you dare play me... I won’t just kill the girl beside you, I’ll tear your body into ten thousand pieces and grind your bones to dust!"

With a cold voice, the gold-ranked killer removed the golden mask from his face.

At once, a square, resolute face covered in stubble appeared before Wyatt Barnes’s eyes. On the brow of this burly middle-aged man with the square face, there was a bright cinnabar mole, especially conspicuous.

Seeing his face, Wyatt Barnes had already guessed his identity.

Among the senior figures of the three great Immortal Sects in the Desolate Territory, while he didn’t know all of them, he did know some of the most powerful high-level figures of these three Immortal Sects.

Among them were the few most powerful high-level figures of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

Within the Taiyi Immortal Sect, the Sect Leader and the Supreme Elder were the strongest, and the Taiyi Immortal Sect had only a single Supreme Elder.

Below them were the two Protectors of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

"If I’m not mistaken... Sir should be the Left Protector of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, ’Cain Iron,’ right?"

Wyatt Barnes asked.

"That’s right, I am precisely the Left Protector of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, ’Cain Iron’!"

Hearing Wyatt Barnes’s words, the burly middle-aged man said calmly.

But he wasn’t the least surprised that Wyatt Barnes could recognize him.

As one of the most powerful high-level figures in the Taiyi Immortal Sect, his portrait had long since spread throughout the Desolate Territory. As long as someone had seen his portrait, they could basically recognize him.

"I’ve long heard that the ’gold-ranked killers’ of the Desolate Territory aren’t simple... it’s even said that one of the gold-ranked killers might actually be the Sect Leader of one of the three great Immortal Sects of the Desolate Territory."

Wyatt Barnes sighed. "Although I haven’t encountered a gold-ranked killer who turned out to be the Sect Leader of one of the three great Immortal Sects in the Desolate Territory, being able to meet the Left Protector of the Taiyi Immortal Sect acting as a gold-ranked killer, I’d say my luck isn’t bad."

"Don’t change the subject!"

Cain Iron said coldly, "Now that I’ve already taken off the mask... you should be able to tell me whether you’re willing to join my Taiyi Immortal Sect, right?"

"Think it through... once you refuse, not only will you die, even this little girl beside you will die!"

As he spoke to the end, Cain Iron’s tone carried an unmistakable note of threat.

At the same time, there was also a hint of impatience in Cain Iron’s voice.

"I’ve thought it through."

Almost the instant Cain Iron’s words fell, Wyatt Barnes responded at once, "First, thank you, Left Protector, for thinking so highly of me, to the point of even being willing to abandon this mission for my sake..."

"But I long ago decided to join the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect... so there’s no way I can join the Taiyi Immortal Sect."

Wyatt Barnes said bluntly that there was no way he would join the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

"You long ago decided to join the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect?"

Cain Iron’s face changed drastically, and his Immortal Origin surged, raging like flames. His thunderous roar blasted in Wyatt Barnes’s ears, deafening:

"Kid, you dare play me?!"