Chapter 1876: Chapter 1876: Wyatt Barnes’s Fury
Only, Wyatt Barnes noticed the aggressive yet fearful demeanor of the middle-aged man.
"He seems to be wary of something... But what could make him wary of me? If anything, it must be this ’Dragon Skin’ I’m wearing now!"
"Could it be... he recognized the origin of my Dragon Warrior’s ’Dragon Skin’?"
Upon considering this, Wyatt Barnes increasingly felt that this possibility was significant.
If the other party recognized his Dragon Skin, he surely also knew that Wyatt was currently in a Dragon Warrior state, and moreover, a ’Nine-Clawed Dragon Warrior’!
According to Elder Fire, Nine-Clawed Dragon Warriors are exceptionally rare, even when scanned through all the celestial planes.
Generally, a Nine-Clawed Dragon Warrior only appears after receiving the head-on transmission from a Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon, endowed with the power to transform into a dragon.
"Does he suspect I have a Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon behind me?"
Thinking of this, even Wyatt Barnes himself found it somewhat absurd.
If he truly had a Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon as his backing, why would he need to travel to the Upper Domain to rescue his wife, Keer? A single word from the Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon would make the Fire Worship Sect promptly bring Keer back.
However, Wyatt Barnes knew this was merely his assumption; others did not think this way.
The supposed strong figure from the Upper Domain clearly appeared to have developed a fear of him, otherwise, he wouldn’t be pretending to act so tough now.
"Wyatt!"
As the middle-aged man’s voice fell, an urgent shout came, it was Lanni Barnes arriving with Withered and Asa Honorston, reaching Wyatt Barnes, Helen Sinclair, and Irene in moments.
"Wyatt, are you alright?"
Seeing Wyatt Barnes’ pale face, Lanni Barnes couldn’t bother to ask why Wyatt was wearing Dragon Skin; he was only concerned about his son’s safety.
"Dad, I’m fine."
Wyatt Barnes shook his head; he was only internally injured. With time, he would soon recover.
Hoo!
Simultaneously, like a gust of wind blowing past Lanni Barnes, Withered, who had been standing next to Lanni, suddenly moved, transforming into a whirlwind rushing towards the distant middle-aged man.
"The Mansion of Azure Clouds is not a place where you can act recklessly!"
As Withered made his move, he shouted fiercely.
"Old Withered, don’t!"
Wyatt Barnes’ face turned drastically, hurriedly reminding, unexpectedly this old Withered would directly strike against the middle-aged man.
Being injured by the middle-aged man, Wyatt Barnes was completely aware of his opponent’s strength... the middle-aged man’s power was absolutely beyond the ’Heavenly Saint Realm’!
Not to mention Old Withered, even his father Lanni Barnes was no match for the middle-aged man.
Boom!
A massive explosion echoed through the void, Withered’s body mysteriously halted mid-air before exploding into a mist of blood, resembling a rainfall of blood.
"Withered!"
Asa Honorston’s face drastically changed; he never imagined that his long-time friend would die in front of him like this.
"Old Withered!"
Lanni Barnes’ face changed too.
Since Lanni became the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds, Withered and Asa Honorston had been his strong supports; over time, he had stopped considering them as outsiders.
However, now Withered had died before his very eyes!
And he had been killed!
In an instant, Lanni Barnes’ eyes turned entirely bloodshot.
Instantly, a terrifying surge of demonic energy radiated violently from Lanni Barnes, sweeping outward.
Though it wasn’t directed at Wyatt Barnes, Helen Sinclair, and Irene, they felt their breathing constricted, extremely uncomfortable.
The demonic energy continued to rapidly escalate...
Lanni Barnes’ aura grew increasingly dreadful.
"Dad, don’t!"
When Wyatt Barnes noticed Lanni Barnes vanish from his side, his face turned dramatically, for he didn’t believe his father could avenge Old Withered.
The middle-aged man’s strength was too formidable!
"With Earth Saint Realm peak cultivation, deploying power comparable to an early-stage Heavenly Saint Realm Demon Cultivator... impressive means! Unfortunately, not to mention your ability to exert early-stage Heavenly Saint Realm power, even if you could exert peak Heavenly Saint Realm power, you still wouldn’t be my match!"
The middle-aged man’s indifferent voice sounded; by these words, his cultivation clearly exceeded peak Heavenly Saint Realm!
Meanwhile, he was also in motion.
"No!!"
Seeing the middle-aged man ready to strike again, Wyatt Barnes’ expression drastically changed, his rage barely contained.
"Don’t!"
Helen Sinclair and Irene’s faces immediately shifted, filled with terror in their eyes.
As for Asa Honorston, he was the first to fly out, attempting to support Lanni Barnes; even if knowing he was no match for the opponent, he showed no trace of retreat.
In this life, if he could die for the House Master, he’d feel it was without regret.
Bang! Bang!
Along with two resounding blasts, Lanni Barnes and Asa Honorston were simultaneously blown away by the middle-aged man, soaring off like arrows leaving the bowstring.
Only when they reached a distant location did Lanni Barnes helplessly halt his figure.
As for Asa Honorston, he fell awkwardly to the ground, his face exceptionally pale, clearly suffering more severe injuries.
It was no surprise, as Asa Honorston’s strength was significantly weaker than Lanni Barnes.
However, this time, the middle-aged man evidently spared them, unlike his lethal strike against Withered previously.
Otherwise, neither Lanni Barnes nor Asa Honorston could have survived.
Swoosh!
At the same time, Wyatt Barnes only heard a fleeting whistle of the wind. The next moment, a person appeared within his field of vision, an individual standing very close by.
It was the middle-aged man!
After pushing Helen Sinclair and Irene aside, the middle-aged man unleashed a whipping kick, landing with a ’bang’ on Wyatt Barnes, knocking him to the ground once more.
Already injured, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t get up after falling.
Seeing this, Helen Sinclair and Irene couldn’t stand it. Despite knowing they were outmatched, they both attacked the middle-aged man.
"Like a mantis trying to stop a car!"
He said softly, and without even moving a finger, Helen Sinclair and Irene were blown away, losing all ability to fight.
Bang!
The middle-aged man lifted his foot and stepped down again, crushing Wyatt Barnes’s chest where the dragon scales were, looking down at him with cold eyes, saying, "I told you, my patience is limited!"
"You’re scared."
Under the middle-aged man’s foot, Wyatt Barnes felt humiliated but cracked a blood-stained smile.
"Scared?"
The middle-aged man trembled inside at Wyatt’s words, but his tone remained firm, "I scared? Ridiculous! What should I be afraid of!"
"Nine-clawed Divine Dragon!"
Wyatt Barnes stared directly into the middle-aged man’s eyes, his own glinting before he grinned and said.
Nine-clawed Divine Dragon!
Wyatt Barnes’s words struck the middle-aged man’s ears like a thunderbolt.
Simply because Wyatt Barnes had guessed everything right!
And indeed, it was so.
Initially, the middle-aged man intended to strike swiftly, kill Wyatt Barnes, and seize the Demon Sealing Monument.
However, upon seeing Wyatt Barnes transform into a ’Dragon Warrior’, he immediately recognized Wyatt as a Dragon Warrior and noticed each dragon claw had nine claw tips, not merely the ’Seven-clawed Dragon Warrior’ or ’Eight-clawed Dragon Warrior’ as ordinary.
Wyatt Barnes was a ’Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior’!
To become a Dragon Warrior, one must receive the inheritance of a seven-clawed or higher Divine Dragon, and those who receive such, typically become a Seven-clawed Dragon Warrior.
Those who get the inheritance from an Eight-clawed Divine Dragon become an Eight-clawed Dragon Warrior.
In the history of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, the most he had ever heard of was an Eight-clawed Dragon Warrior.
An Eight-clawed Dragon Warrior is a legendary existence in the Martial Dao Sacred Land.
Yet today, he had seen a Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior!
A Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior, generally, is someone who received the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon’s inheritance, an entity never before seen in the history of Martial Dao Sacred Land.
At least, in the history he knew, not only had there never been a Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior, but not even a Nine-clawed Divine Dragon.
Dragon Warriors usually have close ties with the Dragonsmith Clan members who bestowed upon them the inheritance.
Afraid to gamble whether the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon could learn of today’s events, fearing to offend the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon, the middle-aged man finally stayed his hand and didn’t kill Wyatt Barnes.
Had he not stayed his hand, even if Wyatt transformed into a Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior, he wouldn’t have escaped death!
"You’re very clever."
The middle-aged man’s expression constantly changed hearing Wyatt mention the ’Nine-clawed Divine Dragon’, but in the end, he didn’t deny it, instead, he praised Wyatt.
"But I still say this: hand over the Demon Sealing Monument... I admit, fearing the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon behind you, I dare not easily kill you or those close to you. However, killing others unrelated to you is very easy for me!"
The middle-aged man coldly said, "If you don’t want the Mansion of Azure Clouds to turn into a river of blood... you’d better hand over the ’Demon Sealing Monument’ to me!"
"You... you dare?!"
Hearing the middle-aged man admit he feared the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon behind him, Wyatt Barnes thought the man would be honest, but he didn’t expect to be threatened like this.
Mansion of Azure Clouds, a river of blood?
"Don’t doubt my resolve... I mean what I say!"
The middle-aged man said coldly, his eyes filled with wild violence, threatening to devour anyone!
Proud as the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon, as long as he didn’t kill the Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior or those close to him, he wouldn’t retaliate just because he took an extraordinary sacred artifact.
Facing the middle-aged man as ruthless as a cold-blooded animal, Wyatt Barnes, though reluctant to compromise, ultimately had no choice but to obey and handed over the ’Demon Sealing Monument’.
Because he didn’t want to implicate the Mansion of Azure Clouds!
Once he obtained the Demon Sealing Monument, the middle-aged man clicked his tongue with a grin, "Tsk, tsk... you really are naive! I fear the Nine-clawed Divine Dragon behind you, not daring to easily kill you or those close to you, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t kill those less connected to you."
"The words earlier were just a trick to deceive you... and you believed them?"
"The humiliation I suffered from you today is destined to be washed away in blood!"
With that, the middle-aged man left with the Demon Sealing Monument, emanating an overwhelming murderous intent.
"You dare?!"
Wyatt Barnes’s eyes were burning with rage, never imagining that after obtaining the Demon Sealing Monument, the middle-aged man would go back on his word!
In that instant, he felt as if his fury would explode him!
"In this life, if I don’t kill you, I vow not to be human!"
Unknowingly, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes turned blood-red, exuding a chilling murderous intent...
He hadn’t been this angry in a long time!
He hadn’t wanted to kill someone this badly in ages!