Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2658: The Location of the ’Immortal Fire

This time upon returning, Wyatt Barnes could clearly feel the change in attitude from City Lord ’Manuel Willow’ of Bloodshade City toward him.

Even the way he was addressed had changed.

As for the reason why this change happened, it wasn’t difficult for Wyatt Barnes to guess:

It’s definitely because of his current power, which is no weaker than that of a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’.

Currently, in Manuel Willow’s eyes, he sees no difference between him and a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’.

"Wyatt Barnes, why are you in such a hurry to go back? It’s rare for you to come back, aren’t you going to stay a few more days?"

After leaving Bloodshade City, Ares Cooper curiously asked Wyatt Barnes, feeling that Wyatt Barnes was leaving too hastily.

"In a year, the ’Sixteen Counties Martial Arts Competition’ held by King Cooper’s Mansion will begin... I want to spend more time on my training in the coming year."

Wyatt Barnes didn’t mention the matter concerning ’Immortal Fire’ to Ares Cooper, instead, he casually found an excuse, saying that he was eager to return to the County Governor’s Mansion to train, which was why he was in such a rush to get back to the Nine Nether County City.

"Sixteen Counties Martial Arts Competition?"

Hearing Wyatt’s words, Ares Cooper first froze for a moment, then bitterly smiled and said, "If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten."

"However... with your current strength, who could be your opponent in the Sixteen Counties Martial Arts Competition? After all, one of the conditions to participate in the competition is that the participants must not be over a hundred years old!"

"Not to mention within the entire King Cooper’s Mansion, even across the entire Immortal Kingdom, I fear there’s no one under a hundred years old who could be your opponent?"

Ares Cooper said.

He had witnessed Wyatt Barnes’ strength firsthand.

Perhaps Wyatt Barnes’ cultivation hasn’t yet reached the level of a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’, but his strength isn’t weaker than a typical Daai Law Golden Immortal.

Even the first Sacrificial Officer of the Nine Nether County’s County Governor’s Mansion, ’Tony Campbell’, a Yellow Realm Daai Law Golden Immortal level existence, died by his hand.

Besides that, Wyatt Barnes possesses a top-grade Immortal Artifact for soul defense, unafraid of soul attacks from Daai Law Golden Immortals.

For this reason, it also means that Wyatt Barnes has power not weaker than a Daai Law Golden Immortal and is sufficient to crush almost all beings of the Golden Immortal level!

Even throughout the entire Immortal Kingdom, no one has ever heard:

Of anyone under a hundred years old breaking through to the level of a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’.

"Nothing is absolute."

Hearing Ares Cooper’s words, Wyatt Barnes also realized the flaw in his ’excuse’ and quickly remedied it, saying, "As the saying goes, ’there’s always a sky beyond the sky, and someone stronger out there’... until the end, who dares to be sure there will be no one stronger than me in the Sixteen Counties Martial Arts Competition?"

Once Wyatt Barnes said this, Ares Cooper immediately fell silent.

Even though he still thought it unlikely that such a person exists.

But, as Wyatt Barnes said, until the end, he couldn’t be one hundred percent sure:

That there wouldn’t be someone stronger than Wyatt Barnes appearing in the Sixteen Counties Martial Arts Competition.

All the way, they said nothing.

After dealing with two waves of interceptors, Wyatt Barnes and Ares Cooper smoothly returned to the Nine Nether County City.

And those two waves of people who didn’t have the foresight ended up as souls beneath Wyatt Barnes’ sword.

"Ares Cooper, I have some matters to attend to... you head back to the County Governor’s Mansion by yourself."

Returning to the County City, Wyatt Barnes greeted Ares Cooper, and before Ares Cooper could react, he flickered away and completely disappeared from Ares Cooper’s view.

Although he didn’t know what Wyatt Barnes went to do, Ares Cooper could tell that Wyatt Barnes didn’t want him to follow.

So, tactfully, he returned to the County Governor’s Mansion alone, planning to return to the cultivation stone chamber in Hidden Dragon Abyss to train.

"Now that Felix Campbell is dead... his cultivation stone chamber is mine."

Returning to the County Governor’s Mansion, after realizing this, Ares Cooper’s eyes lit up suddenly.

Felix Campbell’s cultivation stone chamber, in Hidden Dragon Abyss, in terms of training environment, was second only to Wyatt Barnes’ chamber.

"I heard that shortly after Felix Campbell died, Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell also perished... is this true? Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell wasn’t a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’?"

On the way back to Hidden Dragon Abyss, after entering the County Governor’s Mansion, Ares Cooper heard a startling voice nearby.

He turned around and saw three guards of the County Governor’s Mansion walking side by side, whispering to each other.

"It seems that the County Governor’s Mansion already knows about the deaths of Felix Campbell and Tony Campbell... but this is normal. After all, they surely have Soul Beads stored in the County Governor’s Mansion. Especially Tony Campbell’s Soul Bead, Lord County Governor surely has it. As soon as Tony Campbell’s Soul Bead shatters, Lord County Governor will definitely know immediately."

Ares Cooper thought to himself.

"Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell perished? Whom... did you hear that from?"

"It seems Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell is really dead... It was a piece of information unintentionally leaked while two internal elders were conversing."

"If Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell truly perished, it also means: the person who killed him is definitely someone above the ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’ level... and in our Nine Nether County, there are only two Daai Law Golden Immortals; apart from Tony Campbell himself, there’s only Lord County Governor."

"The person is definitely not someone from our Nine Nether County. I just don’t know why he wants to kill Sacrificial Officer Tony Campbell?"

...

The three guards of the County Governor’s Mansion whispered as they walked, gradually moving away from Ares Cooper, their voices becoming fainter.

"Not someone from our Nine Nether County?"

Ares Cooper smiled faintly.

If these three knew that Tony Campbell, whom they spoke of as their sacrificial officer, had died at the hands of Wyatt Barnes, they would probably be so shocked that their jaws would drop, wouldn’t they?

Inside the County Governor’s Mansion, within the great hall.

"Lord County Governor, have you discovered who killed our sacrificial officer, Tony Campbell?"

The inner sect elder ’Christian Clark’ looked at the Nine Nether County’s governor ’Alvin Tian’, who was seated in the main seat, and asked in a lowered voice.

For a moment, several other inner sect elders standing beside Christian Clark also turned their gaze toward Alvin Tian, eager to know if their governor had found the ’culprit’ who killed their top sacrificial officer in Nine Nether County.

"No."

Alvin Tian shook his head grimly, "The one who killed Tony Campbell was evidently much stronger... Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been unable to send back the ’Immortal Talisman’ signal."

"Now... the only thing that can be certain is that Tony Campbell was killed shortly after Felix Campbell died. Even if they didn’t die by the same hand, they undoubtedly died at the hands of the same group. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be such a coincidence."

Alvin Tian continued.

Alvin Tian’s words prompted Christian Clark and other inner sect elders to nod in agreement.

Indeed, it couldn’t be such a coincidence!

His adopted son dies just recently, and then the adopted father dies too.

The deaths of these two people must be closely related.

"Lord County Governor!"

At this time, an elder glanced at Alvin Tian and said, "We have no way to trace when Tony Campbell left the County Governor’s Mansion... But I found that when Felix Campbell left the mansion, there were two people who left earlier from the mansion at Thundering Abyss."

"Who?"

Alvin Tian’s eyes flickered, and he asked in a deep voice.

"Wyatt Barnes, Ares Cooper."

The elder continued.

Upon hearing this elder’s words, Alvin Tian laughed unexpectedly, "What? Are you suggesting... the deaths of Felix Campbell and Tony Campbell are connected to these two?"

"I can’t say for sure. I just feel that it’s quite a coincidence... Just happens that Felix Campbell has a grudge against Wyatt Barnes."

The elder persisted.

"Felix Campbell resented Wyatt Barnes, but Elder Tony had long decided, a year and a half ago, to cultivate Wyatt Barnes into talent, leading him to shine brilliantly in the ’Martial Arts Gathering of Sixteen Counties’ at King Cooper’s mansion a year later... Regardless of Felix’s hatred, he neither had the strength nor the courage to proactively provoke Wyatt Barnes."

Alvin Tian said indifferently.

"As for Ares Cooper, although he left Bloodshade City with Wyatt Barnes... he does not have enmity with Felix Campbell. Moreover, his strength is not sufficient to kill Felix Campbell either."

Alvin Tian continued.

"But aside from these two... really have no idea where to begin investigating this matter."

The elder sighed bitterly, his eyes flashing, as he cautiously asked, "Lord County Governor... Should we investigate them?"

"Investigating them is a futile effort... There’s no need for it!"

Alvin Tian shook his head and said.

Of course, the reason Alvin Tian came to such a decision, to some extent, is still because:

Wyatt Barnes is his hope for obtaining the top-grade Immortal Pill ’Daai Law Pill’, and he does not want this matter to interfere with Wyatt Barnes.

Otherwise, even if he felt that Wyatt Barnes was unrelated to the deaths of Felix Campbell and Tony Campbell, he would still look into Wyatt Barnes.

Wyatt Barnes did not know that he had narrowly escaped the County Governor’s investigation concerning the deaths of Felix Campbell and Tony Campbell.

Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn’t care.

Because in his view, even if the County Governor is looking into him, there’s no way they’d uncover anything.

The Army of Silver Sea Dragon from Bloodshade City was nearly exterminated by Tony Campbell; currently, those who can confirm his ’background’ are only Bloodshade City’s City Lord Manuel Willow, the leader of the Golden Serpent Guards Elder Hayden, and Ares Cooper.

He trusts that these three will not betray him.

Moreover, even if the three of them were to betray him, they would not be able to produce conclusive ’evidence’ to prove that he has the capability to kill Tony Campbell.

In the unlikely event:

If Nine Nether County’s Governor ’Alvin Tian’ could confirm that it was he who killed Tony Campbell, at least before that King Cooper’s mansion holds the Martial Arts Gathering of Sixteen Counties, Alvin Tian definitely would not trouble him.

As for after the Martial Arts Gathering of Sixteen Counties ends, it’s yet another matter whether Alvin Tian would still have the ability to trouble him.

...

Moving in the opposite direction from Nine Nether County City to Bloodshade City, about a hundred thousand miles away, is a nearly vast and boundless mountain range.

Standing above this mountain range, looking left and right, all seen are towering mountains and rugged ranges.

"If it weren’t for City Lord Willow telling me the exact location of that ’Immortal Fire’... even if I know it’s here, with my current Divine Sense today, it would be difficult for me to find the location of the Immortal Fire here even after searching for decades or hundreds of years."

Wyatt Barnes stood above the vast mountain range, gazing down at the range, muttering to himself.