Legend of Wyatt

And just as Wyatt Barnes set out and drew everyone’s attention—

Leilany’s figure gradually turned illusory, then vanished in an instant, silent and traceless, as if she had dissolved into thin air, as if she had never appeared at all.

Of course, because everyone present had their attention fixed on Wyatt, no one noticed Leilany’s disappearance.

Naturally, Leilany had not truly disappeared.

At this moment, she used the ’Invisibility Talisman’ Immortal Talisman that the mysterious young man surnamed Pei had once given Wyatt, smoothly turning invisible and concealing all of her aura, following at Wyatt’s side like his shadow.

She moved together with Wyatt toward the stretch of void a thousand meters ahead.

"Leilany, hold my hand."

Before they even reached that patch of void, Wyatt’s right hand tilted slightly to the right, and he called out to the invisible Leilany.

A moment later, Wyatt’s right hand felt something, as if wrapped in a soft warmth.

Of course, he still couldn’t see anything.

"Sect Leaders, I’ll go in first."

After greeting the three Sect Leaders of the three major Immortal Sects in the Desolate Territory, Wyatt, together with the invisible Leilany, shot forward and entered that stretch of void where Pole Wind and the other eight had vanished earlier.

And almost the instant they stepped into that place—

that originally calm void suddenly twisted and churned once more.

Whoosh!!

A vast and boundless spatial force surged forth like a breached flood, in the blink of an eye engulfing Wyatt and the invisible Leilany.

Of course, in the eyes of the distant crowd, they only saw Wyatt alone vanish into that stretch of void a thousand meters ahead.

"Alchemist Barnes has gone in."

Seeing Wyatt disappear before their eyes, the high-level figures of the Ta Yi Immortal Sect, with their Sect Leader ’Daven Buckingham’ and Supreme Elder ’Cain Iron’ at the lead, all raised their brows in unison.

Now, none of them felt that Wyatt would be in any danger entering there.

After all, even nine Purple Sun Golden Immortals had entered that small world and come to no harm, let alone Wyatt, a Daai Law Golden Immortal!

"Nine Purple Sun Golden Immortals entered that small world left behind by an Immortal King and stayed for a month, yet all remained safe and sound... This also proves that existences above the Purple Sun Golden Immortal level can survive in that small world."

"And as long as they can survive inside, they can seek all kinds of treasures for their Sects, and they themselves will have the chance to obtain some opportunities and inheritances."

Right now, not only the people of the Ta Yi Immortal Sect were thinking this way; even those of the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect and Qian Zhu Immortal Sect were thinking the same.

"Now, as I said a month ago... as long as, after one month, those nine Purple Sun Golden Immortals are still alive, everyone else will enter that small world!"

The booming voice of the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader ’Ole Ferguson’ spread out at just the right time.

"I didn’t expect all of them to still be alive..."

"Why didn’t I go in first? Those nine went in a month earlier than us; they definitely had a greater chance to obtain all kinds of treasures inside!"

"If only I had taken one of the ’top nine’ Purple Sun Golden Immortal spots in the Desolate Territory Grand Competition a month ago... then I could have gone in ahead of time this time as well."

...

Almost as soon as Ole Ferguson’s voice fell, the group of Purple Sun Golden Immortals present who were under a hundred years old erupted into another burst of commotion.

In their words, they were practically wishing they themselves had been among those nine who entered the small world a month earlier.

Yet now, they seemed to have completely forgotten:

A month ago, when Ole Ferguson said he would select nine Purple Sun Golden Immortals to enter that small world first, they had all lowered their heads in unison, none willing to be that first bird to stick its head out.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

...

Bursts of sharp wind howls rang out; it was the six Daai Law Golden Immortals under a hundred years old who, while the group of Purple Sun Golden Immortals under a hundred were still discussing noisily, flew into that stretch of void a thousand meters ahead.

In the blink of an eye, the void quaked, and they were all swept up by the spatial power born from the void, seemingly vanishing into thin air before everyone’s eyes.

"Go!"

"We should go in as well!"

...

Following the six Daai Law Golden Immortals under a hundred, the group of Purple Sun Golden Immortals under a hundred also moved out one after another, each disappearing into that stretch of void a thousand meters ahead, entering the small world of that Immortal King powerhouse.

"They’ve all gone in."

For a moment, only the high-level figures of the three major Immortal Sects of the Desolate Territory remained outside.

After all the young powerhouses under a hundred years old who had come today entered that small world, the high-level figures of the three major Immortal Sects of the Desolate Territory did not leave either.

Some stood in place, some sat cross-legged where they were, some closed their eyes to rest, and some directly began cultivating on the spot...

"Huh? Where is Miss Leilany, the young lady by Alchemist Barnes’s side?"

Just then, an elder of the Ta Yi Immortal Sect noticed that one person was missing from among their group.

"Miss Leilany?"

At once, the high-level figures of the Ta Yi Immortal Sect began looking around to their left and right, even extending their Divine Senses outward, yet none of them found any trace of the person they were searching for.

"Sect Leader Ole, Sect Leader Leandro... on your side, did anyone notice when Miss Leilany left?"

Seeing that Leilany was nowhere to be found, the Ta Yi Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader ’Daven Buckingham’ grew somewhat anxious, deeply afraid that something might happen if Leilany had left on her own.

It wasn’t that he truly cared about Leilany’s safety.

What he worried about was that if something happened to Leilany, Wyatt Barnes might fly into a rage and leave the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

That would be an enormous loss for their Taiyi Immortal Sect, and it was not something he wished to see.

"No."

"Didn’t see her."

...

As Daven Buckingham began questioning people, the Sect Leader of the Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect and the Sect Leader of the Qianzhu Immortal Sect also started asking the people around them, but no one had noticed Leilany’s departure.

"Elder Xiao, Elder Spacewood, the two of you return to the sect together and take a look... see whether Miss Leilany has gone back."

Very soon, Daven Buckingham looked toward the two Taiyi Immortal Sect elders who had come along this time and instructed, "If you confirm that Miss Leilany has gone back, report to me immediately."

"Yes, Sect Leader."

The two Taiyi Immortal Sect elders accepted the order and left.

At this moment, Wyatt Barnes had no idea that the people outside had already discovered Leilany’s ’disappearance’.

Nor did he know that the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader was so anxious over Leilany’s disappearance that he had even ordered the two accompanying Taiyi Immortal Sect elders to return to the sect’s station to confirm whether Leilany had gone back.

"So this is the ’small world’ left behind by that Immortal King powerhouse?"

This was not Wyatt Barnes’ first time entering a small world left behind by an Immortal King powerhouse.

Back then, he had once entered a small world left behind by an Immortal King powerhouse of the Joyous Zen Sect together with Milana Harrington of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, and within that small world, he and Milana Harrington formed a karmic entanglement.

However, even so, after entering this small world left behind by an Immortal King powerhouse, he still couldn’t help feeling somewhat stirred.

After all, this was a small world left behind by an Immortal King powerhouse.

"Leilany."

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes glanced to his side.

If not for the fact that he could feel his right hand holding a soft, slender jade-like hand, he truly wouldn’t dare believe someone was beside him, because the space at his side was utterly empty; he couldn’t see the slightest trace of any existence.

Swoosh!

All of a sudden, it was as if a gust of wind blew past.

And in that patch of void beside Wyatt Barnes, a blurry shadow appeared as well.

Though it was only a blurry shadow, the charm contained within it at the moment it condensed into form still caused everything around to lose its luster in comparison...

A moment later, the shadow solidified, and Leilany manifested at Wyatt Barnes’ side. Her left hand was interlaced with Wyatt Barnes’ right, their ten fingers tightly entwined, and her whole body leaned against Wyatt Barnes’ side.

"Brother Wyatt, so this is the small world left behind by that Immortal King powerhouse?"

Leilany blinked her pair of curious autumn-like eyes, looking around. On her incomparably beautiful, delicate face, there was also a look full of curiosity and novelty.

"Mm."

Wyatt Barnes nodded, and at the same time began carefully surveying their surroundings.

He saw that he and Leilany were currently in midair above a vast lake whose limits could not be seen. White mist coiled over the surface of the lake; if one didn’t look closely, it would be hard to tell that they were presently above a lake.

"Xuan Yang Nine-Edge Ring!"

As Wyatt Barnes lifted his hand, a ring appeared in his palm.

This ring was completely different from an ordinary ring; there were nine corners around its circumference, each of a different shape, making it look extremely strange.

The ring was entirely fiery red, but that was not a color painted on—it was the natural color of the material from which the ring had been forged.

This was precisely the Immortal Artifact that mysterious young man with the surname Pei had given him back then, and it was an ’Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact’!

An Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact was an Immortal Artifact that stood above ’King Grade Immortal Artifacts’!

As for King Grade Immortal Artifacts, looking across the present Desolate Territory, there was only a single one in the entire Taiyi Immortal Sect.

Moreover, this time, the three great Immortal Sects of the Desolate Territory had gone to great lengths to gather a group of young powerhouses under a hundred years old and send them into this small world to search for treasures, largely because they wanted to obtain a King Grade Immortal Artifact.

The preciousness of a King Grade Immortal Artifact could well be imagined.

Let alone an ’Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact’ that stood above King Grade Immortal Artifacts!

It wasn’t hard to imagine:

If the Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact ’Xuan Yang Nine-Edge Ring’ in Wyatt Barnes’ hand were exposed before the high-level figures of the three great Immortal Sects of the Desolate Territory, those high-level figures would definitely stop at nothing to kill him and seize the Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact in his hand.

Even the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader Daven Buckingham, who was usually very polite toward Wyatt Barnes, would likewise be unable to resist the temptation of an Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact.

For the sake of an Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact, he would make a move against Wyatt Barnes without the slightest hesitation!

Because, in his eyes, the value of an Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact far surpassed that of Wyatt Barnes.

"No reaction..."

A moment later, Wyatt Barnes put away the Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact, the ’Xuan Yang Nine-Edge Ring’, in his hand, because the reason he had just taken out the Xuan Yang Nine-Edge Ring was to see whether it would have any special reaction.

Because that mysterious young man with the surname Pei had once told him:

As long as the ’Xuan Yin Nine-Edge Ring’ was nearby, the Xuan Yang Nine-Edge Ring would react.

And the Xuan Yin Nine-Edge Ring was precisely the thing that mysterious young man with the surname Pei had asked him to help find in this small world, and it was also an ’Emperor Grade Immortal Artifact’!