Chapter 1901: Chapter 1901: Wyatt Barnes, Human Saint Realm!
But, is Wyatt Barnes the kind of person who drags his friends down?
In an instant, Wyatt made up his mind.
"Elder Charles Thorn, among the six elders of the other three altars, if there is anyone familiar to you, please ask them to choose my two companions... I don’t want them to stay at the Black Tortoise Altar."
After making his decision, Wyatt immediately communicated this to Charles Thorn.
Now, he could only rely on Charles Thorn for help.
Before Maximus Lee shifts his attention to Augustine Landon and Oliver Watson beside Wyatt, ask the other three altiars to choose them.
Augustine and Oliver were thinking of him, so naturally, he had to think of them.
"You don’t want to implicate them?"
Upon hearing Wyatt’s transmission, Charles Thorn’s eyes showed a hint of appreciation.
High talent, strong ability, and still thinking of his companions—truly rare.
For a moment, his affection for Wyatt increased significantly.
"Yes."
Wyatt nodded.
"I’ll definitely help with this!"
Charles Thorn vowed, transmitting his response to Wyatt, which allowed Wyatt to breathe a sigh of relief, hurriedly expressing his gratitude.
Moments later, as Augustine and Oliver looked expectantly at Charles Thorn, though Charles Thorn glanced at them, he did not choose them.
Instead, an elder from the White Tiger Altar and one from the Vermilion Bird Altar chose them in the same round.
If they were chosen separately, Augustine and Oliver wouldn’t find it strange.
But now, chosen in the same round, they suddenly became aware of something.
"Brother Wyatt, did you ask Elder Charles Thorn to have the Vermilion Bird Altar’s elder choose me?"
Standing behind two elders of the Vermilion Bird Altar, Augustine, with a bitter face, transmitted his question to Wyatt. He vaguely guessed Wyatt’s intention but couldn’t be completely certain.
"Was it you?"
Standing behind two elders of the White Tiger Altar, Oliver also communicated with Wyatt, expressing slight dissatisfaction through his brief inquiry, obviously blaming Wyatt for making decisions on his own.
"Don’t worry, I can take care of myself. In fact, if you both were around me, it would only restrict me."
Wyatt had anticipated their questions, readying a response he had prepared long ago for them.
"You’re afraid I’ll drag you down?"
Augustine frowned slightly, showing his discontent.
Oliver said nothing this time, but his eyes clearly showed dissatisfaction.
However, knowing the situation was settled, they understood blaming Wyatt would be futile, thus refrained from dwelling further on the matter.
"Huh?"
Meanwhile, seeing the White Tiger Altar elder, who had good relations with Charles Thorn, and the Vermilion Bird Altar elder select Wyatt’s two companions, Maximus Lee suddenly realized.
"Dammit! How could I forget them... they are Wyatt’s companions, and dealing with them would definitely make Wyatt more uncomfortable!"
Upon this thought, Maximus Lee felt a bit regretful, regretting not realizing this earlier.
Earlier, he was wholly absorbed in the joy of keeping Wyatt at the Black Tortoise Altar, inadvertently leaving Wyatt’s two companions behind. Now, realizing, it was already too late.
However, with the situation settled, not even Augustine and Oliver could reverse it, nor could he transfer them back to the Black Tortoise Altar.
The elder from the White Tiger Altar and the elder from the Vermilion Bird Altar were Charles Thorn’s friends, naturally making it impossible for him to snatch Augustine and Oliver away.
"Forget it... they are of little consequence anyway. As long as Wyatt Barnes is at the Black Tortoise Altar, that is enough!"
Being a Saint Immortal Realm master, with considerable composure, Maximus Lee quickly calmed, finding contentment in simplicity.
As time passed, those involved in the Four Symbol Altar’s selection process were divided among the Azure Dragon Altar, White Tiger Altar, Vermilion Bird Altar, and the Black Tortoise Altar.
However, after being divided, each altar still had over a thousand people remaining.
"The Fire Worship Sect’s Four Symbol Altar assessment... ultimately, each altar of the Four Symbol Altar only leaves behind a hundred people. Which means, for the Black Tortoise Altar, another thousand must be eliminated?"
Observing his surroundings, Wyatt realized over eleven hundred people were left at the Black Tortoise Altar.
Soon, the six elders from the other three altars bid farewell to Charles Thorn and Maximus Lee, before departing with over eleven hundred people each, overwhelmingly, as if locusts sweeping by.
"Brother Wyatt, be careful."
"Wyatt Barnes, stay calm in times of trouble, don’t act rashly!"
Meanwhile, as Augustine left with the Vermilion Bird Altar elder and Oliver with the White Tiger Altar elder, they timely transmitted reminders to Wyatt.
They were about to go to the Vermilion Bird Altar and the White Tiger Altar and couldn’t assist Wyatt.
"Don’t worry."
Wyatt nodded, giving them a reassuring look.
In the blink of an eye, the other three altars’ elders departed, taking those they chose with them to the Azure Dragon Altar, Vermilion Bird Altar, and White Tiger Altar.
In an instant, only Charles Thorn, Maximus Lee, and the over eleven hundred people they chose remained on site.
Wyatt Barnes was also among the more than a thousand people.
"The assessment begins tomorrow... Since you are not yet disciples of the Black Tortoise Altar, you can only stay here tonight exposed to the elements! Once one hundred of you successfully pass the assessment, you will have your own cultivation place in the Black Tortoise Altar!"
Charles Thorn turned around and looked at Wyatt Barnes and the others, speaking loudly.
Immediately, at the scene of over a thousand people, besides Wyatt Barnes and a few others who appeared calm, the rest showed excited expressions.
As if they could already see themselves passing the assessment and becoming disciples of the Black Tortoise Altar, having their own cultivation place there!
After finishing, Charles Thorn looked at Wyatt Barnes, and with a serious tone, he communicated, "Wyatt Barnes, tomorrow’s assessment will include a symbolic test of strength, but the most important is to test ’talent’... Tomorrow, do your best to showcase your talent, if you can exhibit an extraordinary degree of talent, even the Altar Master will pay attention to you."
"If you can attract the attention of the Altar Master, even Maximus Lee wants to deal with you, he won’t dare to be so blatant anymore!"
Charles Thorn timely communicated and reminded.
"Understood."
While Wyatt Barnes responded through communication, he also nodded heavily.
After saying this, Charles Thorn left, not caring that Maximus Lee remained unmoving in place.
Because he knew that even if he left, as long as Wyatt Barnes didn’t provoke Maximus Lee, Maximus Lee wouldn’t easily attack Wyatt Barnes.
If Maximus Lee attacks, he will need to bear the cost, and might even be expelled from the Fire Worship Sect!
The Fire Worship Sect, as one of the three major sects in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, has strict rules that cannot be violated.
And it was precisely because of strict rules that the three major sects have been passed down through generations.
The saying ’Without rules, there can be no order’, is deeply ingrained in the principles of the three major sects, including the Fire Worship Sect.
Sure enough, shortly after Charles Thorn left, Maximus Lee also left.
However, before leaving, Maximus Lee looked at Wyatt Barnes.
It was a very cold look, and when Wyatt Barnes saw it, he immediately felt a bone-chilling coldness, with an extreme sense of killing intent.
It revealed Maximus Lee’s determination to kill him!
"Want to kill me? We’ll see if you have that courage!"
Wyatt Barnes’ mouth curved into a cold smile.
He knew very well that with Maximus Lee’s strength, killing him would be as easy as cutting grass.
However, if Maximus Lee were to kill him here, he would be violating the rules of the Fire Worship Sect and would be expelled.
He knew clearly that Maximus Lee didn’t have the resolve to kill him and allow himself to be expelled from the Fire Worship Sect.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be alive now.
After Maximus Lee left, the eyes of the thousand-plus people present all turned to Wyatt Barnes, making him the focus of attention.
At this moment, most people looked at Wyatt Barnes with a hint of pity.
"This Wyatt Barnes, having offended Elder Maximus Lee, staying in the Black Tortoise Altar, even if not dead, might be skinned!"
This was the thought in most people’s hearts.
Wyatt Barnes ignored these people and found a place to sit cross-legged in the air, beginning to meditate.
"Just one step away from the ’Human Saint Realm’... but this last step has held me back for a long time."
As he began meditating, Wyatt Barnes sighed inwardly.
In just one day and night, Wyatt Barnes hadn’t expected a breakthrough, just casually practicing...
However, sometimes surprises come unexpectedly in a moment.
Boom!
As the True Origin within burst through the final bottleneck and broke the shackles from the peak of the Great Saint Realm to the Human Saint Realm, Wyatt Barnes clearly noticed that his True Origin had become a different force entirely.
"Is this ’Holy Power’?"
Feeling the new power within, Wyatt Barnes’ heart surged with emotion, "I... just broke through?"
This breakthrough was utterly unexpected for Wyatt himself.
"No wonder people say pressure is motivation... It seems the threat and pressure from a Saint Immortal Realm expert have invisibly tightened my nerves and unknowingly enhanced my cultivation efficiency."
Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.
This breakthrough perfectly demonstrated the saying ’pressure is motivation’.
Immediately, Wyatt Barnes fully immersed himself in his new power, which was no longer ’True Origin’, but the unique ’Holy Power’ above the Human Saint Realm.
The Holy Power was more powerful, more profound, giving a sense of majestic depth.
Especially when the Holy Power was imbued with the sun’s fire, transforming into ’Solar Holy Power’, it was simply a different level than the Solar True Origin before the breakthrough.
"Solar Holy Power... so strong!"
Feeling the Solar Holy Power flowing through his ninety-nine Saint Veins, Wyatt Barnes’ heart was filled with excitement, "With my current cultivation, if transformed into a ’Nine-clawed Dragon Warrior’, using all my techniques... I might even be able to defeat an existence at the peak of the Earth Saint Realm!"
"Hmm? What is this..."
Suddenly, Wyatt Barnes frowned, as if sensing something again, and his pupils contracted sharply.