Chapter 2781: The Death of an Immortal Lord
"Could it be... his alchemy mastery is higher than those top-grade alchemists of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect?"
As if by prior agreement, countless gazes shifted from Cain Iron to Wyatt Barnes, each containing shock and incredulity.
They always felt:
Cain Iron, as the Left Protector of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, should not speak without basis.
Especially now that Cain Iron had achieved the breakthrough to become a ’Seven Stars Immortal Lord,’ which made him a top-tier elite even in the entire Desolate Territory. Such a presence would hardly risk the Tai Yi Immortal Sect losing several top-grade alchemists by speaking without basis.
Therefore, they unanimously believed:
Wyatt Barnes’s alchemy mastery is higher than those top-grade alchemists of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect!
"His alchemy mastery... that high?"
Elder Jack Thorn of Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect looked at Wyatt Barnes with an incredulous expression.
However, he quickly shook his head, "Impossible, impossible... Judging by the aura of flesh and blood, he is less than a hundred years old. A person under a hundred years old being able to become a top-grade alchemist is already astonishing, how can his alchemy mastery be higher than those alchemists of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect!"
When Jack Thorn judged Wyatt Barnes to be less than a hundred years old based on the aura of flesh and blood, many others also discovered this issue.
"This top-grade alchemist is actually less than a hundred years old?"
When they determined Wyatt Barnes was less than a hundred years old, they were all completely bewildered.
A top-grade alchemist under a hundred years old!
Not to mention in the Desolate Territory, even across the Spiritual Heaven, they had never heard of such an existence.
Of course, it could be that they were ignorant.
But Wyatt Barnes was the first top-grade alchemist under a hundred years old they knew of!
"Less than a hundred years old, even if he is a top-grade alchemist, it’s definitely because he was lucky enough to obtain a top-grade Immortal Fire, thus becoming a top-grade alchemist... under a hundred years old, his alchemy mastery surely can’t be strong, impossible to surpass those other top-grade alchemists of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect!"
Jack Thorn comforted himself inwardly.
After all, if Wyatt Barnes’s alchemy mastery truly surpassed those other alchemists of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, then he, who had rejected Wyatt Barnes at the gates of the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect, would undoubtedly face severe criticism from the sect leader and other higher-ups of the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect, who outranked him!
As for why Cain Iron said as long as Wyatt Barnes was willing to join the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, they would bestow upon him the title of ’Chief Alchemist,’ he simply took that as Cain Iron speaking casually, not to be taken seriously.
"A top-grade alchemist under a hundred years old... in terms of alchemy mastery, presumably can’t be that great?"
"Naturally! Alchemy mastery, besides a certain influence from alchemical talent, relies mostly on alchemical experience... and alchemical experience generally requires years of accumulation. Less than a hundred years old since birth, alchemy mastery can’t be remarkable."
"Given this, the words of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect’s Protector Iron are not to be taken seriously? Tai Yi Immortal Sect would never bestow upon a top-grade alchemist with insufficient alchemy mastery the title of ’Chief Alchemist’!"
"It must be that Protector Iron intends to entice him to join the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, thus making empty promises... Once he enters the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, Protector Iron can completely have other top-grade alchemists challenge him, and if he loses, he naturally won’t have the face to be the ’Chief Alchemist’ of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect."
"Protector Iron lives up to being the Left Protector of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, quite calculative, quite calculative..."
...
With Wyatt Barnes being less than a hundred spreading, similar discourse filled the scene.
Among those present, aside from the few who knew Wyatt Barnes could successfully produce the top-grade Immortal Pill, ’Rowan Heaven Pill,’ none believed Wyatt Barnes’s alchemy could surpass the few top-grade alchemists of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect.
And among those present who knew Wyatt Barnes could craft the Rowan Heaven Pill, apart from Wyatt himself, only Leilany, Crue Dragonsmith, Francis Bushell, and Cain Iron of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect did.
Even Ares Cooper still didn’t know Wyatt Barnes could create the Rowan Heaven Pill.
"Protector Iron!"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Wyatt Barnes, as the protagonist, disregarded the surrounding whispers and calmly looked at Cain Iron, saying lightly:
"I don’t want to listen to empty promises, nor do I wish to hear them. Joining the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, no problem. But..."
"You, need to show your sincerity!"
As Wyatt Barnes spoke later, his gaze left Cain Iron, sweeping over Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect’s Elder Jack Thorn, Protector Lewis Bell, and Tai Yi Immortal Sect’s Elder Jorge Yellow.
Jack Thorn and Lewis Bell were alright, although Wyatt’s gaze suggested he was targeting them, they didn’t care.
Because they weren’t part of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, and they had Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect and Thousand Spider Immortal Sect behind them, they weren’t worried Cain Iron would do anything to them.
Unlike Jack Thorn and Lewis Bell’s fearlessness, upon noticing Wyatt’s gaze, Jorge Yellow’s complexion thoroughly changed.
"That’s only natural."
Almost as Wyatt’s gaze casually swept across Jack Thorn, Lewis Bell, and Jorge Yellow, Cain Iron already understood Wyatt’s meaning. As he responded timely, his eyes filled with an icy cold that was overwhelmingly chilling, extremely intimidating.
Before the crowd could react.
Buzz!!
Accompanied by a crisp blade resounding briefly.
Next moment, when the crowd returned to their senses, they were shocked to find:
The elder of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, ’Jorge Yellow’, at some point had already been split in half, his body cleaved vertically from the middle, the cut clean as if a giant blade had descended upon him, severing him directly into two pieces.
Before the blood could even gush out, a loud roar echoed in the void once more.
In the next moment, under the gaze of many, the void quivered, and a powerful force pressed down, directly crushing Jorge Yellow’s two-segmented body into a bloody mist, leaving nothing but a rain of blood cascading through the air, glaring and dazzling.
Jorge Yellow, an elder of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, a Two Principles Immortal Lord, is dead!
"Hmm?"
At this moment, even Wyatt Barnes was stunned, not expecting Cain Iron to deal with their Taiyi Immortal Sect elder ’Jorge Yellow’ in such a straightforward and efficient manner.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
...
While Wyatt stood stunned, the group of people present also came back to their senses, and once they did, they couldn’t help but inhale sharply, looking at Cain Iron once more with eyes full of terror.
Is this the power of the ’Seven Stars Immortal Lord’?
In the blink of an eye, he killed a Two Principles Immortal Lord!
A Two Principles Immortal Lord, an existence in most of their eyes as high and unmatched, was nothing more than a chicken or dog in front of the Seven Stars Immortal Lord, unable to withstand even a single blow...
"Jorge Yellow is dead?"
"He... did he actually kill a Two Principles Immortal Lord elder from his sect for an outsider?"
Jack Thorn and Lewis Bell’s faces changed drastically once they snapped back to reality.
If Cain Iron had merely reprimanded Jorge Yellow, they wouldn’t have been surprised.
But now, with Cain Iron acting directly to eliminate Jorge Yellow, it was beyond their expectations, simultaneously making them vaguely aware that they might have underestimated the value of the top-grade alchemist in Cain Iron’s heart!
"Alchemist Barnes!"
After killing Jorge Yellow, Cain Iron turned towards Wyatt Barnes, speaking directly: "Jorge Yellow was one of us from the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Since he offended you, I can decide his life and death without any hesitation... However, for others, it needs a reason, it requires Alchemist Barnes for you to nod."
"For example, offending our Taiyi Immortal Sect’s ’Chief Alchemist’ is akin to disregarding our Taiyi Immortal Sect..."
As Cain Iron spoke, his gaze, filled with murderous intent, timely settled on Jack Thorn and Lewis Bell, causing their faces to change dramatically, no longer composed as before.
"I will join the Taiyi Immortal Sect."
Although Cain Iron didn’t specify what Wyatt Barnes should nod to, Wyatt understood Cain Iron’s meaning and promptly nodded as he spoke.
Hearing Wyatt’s words, Cain Iron grinned.
"Welcome, Alchemist Barnes, to our Taiyi Immortal Sect."
After Cain Iron’s words welcoming Wyatt fell, he abruptly changed his tone to one of chilling coldness, "Alchemist Barnes is our Taiyi Immortal Sect’s ’Chief Alchemist’... Offending Alchemist Barnes is akin to offending our Taiyi Immortal Sect, you... deserve to die!"
Swish! Swish!
Almost at the moment Cain Iron finished speaking, both Jack Thorn and Lewis Bell, who already had a foreboding feeling, turned pale dramatically.
Whoosh!
Jack Thorn’s figure struggled as he hoped to escape this place of trouble.
"Protector Iron, I am a Protector of the Thousand Spiders Immortal Sect, you cannot..."
Although Lewis Bell did not flee, he hurriedly opened his mouth, trying to use the Thousand Spiders Immortal Sect as a ’life-saving talisman.’
But, does it work?
Buzz!!
Buzz!!
Accompanied by two fleeting blade ringings, the just-moving Jack Thorn and the still-speaking Lewis Bell followed in Jorge Yellow’s footsteps, their bodies first cut in two and then subsequently turned into a bloody mist, falling from the sky.
Witnessing this scene, the entire place was met with dead silence, terrifyingly quiet, even faintly allowing one to hear the sound of blood rain hitting the ground.
One after another, gazes fell on that purple silhouette, filled with shock and incredulity, but above all, fear and panic...
In the blink of an eye, three Immortal Lords were all dead!
Two Two Principles Immortal Lords and one Three Talents Immortal Lord, all of whom in their eyes were existences high and unmatched...
This purple-clad youth, under a hundred years old, could actually have the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Left Protector, a dignified ’Seven Stars Immortal Lord’, go this far.
How could he do this?
Just because of his ’identity’ as a top-grade alchemist under a hundred years old?
Could an alchemist under a hundred years old, unlikely to have very advanced alchemy skills, truly command such face?