Chapter 1742: Chapter 1742: Feigning Mystery?
"The Luo brothers from the Cox Family?"
Upon hearing Lumi Clifford’s voice transmission, Wyatt Barnes raised an eyebrow. He seemed to recall hearing about these Cox brothers somewhere.
"Miss Ebba, have you heard of the Cox brothers?"
For a moment, Wyatt couldn’t quite remember and couldn’t help but ask Ebba King beside him through a voice transmission.
"The Cox brothers, aren’t they the two strongest late Middle Saint Realm disciples in the Heavenly Palace? Their strength surpasses even Lumi Clifford’s... However, with your current cultivation, defeating either of them individually is easy. But, if they join forces, you might not be able to win, especially since you’ve just broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm."
Wyatt rarely took the initiative to speak with Ebba King, and upon hearing his inquiry, Ebba responded immediately, as if afraid that a delayed response would let someone else answer first.
At this moment, she completely forgot that Wyatt was communicating with her via voice transmission, which others couldn’t hear.
"I’ve remembered."
With Ebba’s reminder, Wyatt suddenly recalled.
Back when it was spreading around the Heavenly Palace that he and Lumi Clifford had fought to a draw, he learned that Lumi Clifford was among the top three late Saint Realm disciples in the palace, with strength slightly inferior only to a pair of twin brothers, the ’Cox brothers.’
However, at that time, he thought nothing of it, finding no significant difference in strength between the Cox brothers and Lumi. He believed he could easily defeat them if he wished.
"Twin brothers, with a mental connection?"
Wyatt had heard about the Cox brothers but didn’t know much about them. Lumi’s and Ebba’s explanations piqued his curiosity.
"Brother Clifford, I have no acquaintance with the Cox brothers. Why do they want to challenge me?"
Wyatt transmitted his question.
Lumi Clifford, without hiding anything, recounted the conflict he had with the Cox brothers, ending with an apologetic look, "Brother Wyatt, I’m sorry for dragging you into this unintentionally, but those two were really excessive... Also, I believe with your current strength, defeating either of them is not difficult."
"However, if they plan to join forces, you must be careful not to accept the challenge... In such a situation, even if you refuse, no one would blame you, instead, they would say it’s their inadequacy, needing to team up to face you."
Lumi once again warned Wyatt.
Hearing Lumi talk about the Cox brothers’ ’combativeness,’ Wyatt felt no goodwill toward them.
If it were ordinary combativeness, it could be seen as an aspiration for Martial Dao.
However, the Cox brothers would even refuse to let go of those they defeated, like Lumi, who had already acknowledged inferiority. Yet, they constantly provoked him and embarrassed him.
In his view, their combativeness had reached a ’twisted’ level, which he found repellent.
"Only a Saint Realm genius like Wyatt is worthy of Tyrant Saber Manor’s Miss King."
The crowd grew, including not just Heavenly Palace disciples but also many Earth Palace, Mystic Palace, and Yellow Palace disciples.
The men watched Wyatt with envy, while the women looked at Ebba King with jealousy.
Ebba King attracted the men present, while Wyatt attracted the women.
"Brother Wyatt, we’re all curious if you’ve broken through to the ’peak of the Middle Saint Realm’ since coming out of the spirit pool last time?"
Soon, a middle-aged Heavenly Palace disciple looked at Wyatt and asked with a smile.
With this question, the crowd’s gaze landed on Wyatt, full of curiosity.
Ebba King, among them, was also curious.
Three days ago, Ebba had asked Wyatt if he had broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm. Wyatt merely smiled without directly answering her.
Although she was almost certain that Wyatt had indeed broken through to the peak, at this moment, she wanted a definite ’answer’ from him.
Facing their stares, Wyatt smiled faintly, "Does it matter?"
Does it matter?
No one expected this kind of response from Wyatt, and the crowd fell silent. Many secretly thought, "It seems like Wyatt hasn’t broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm... Otherwise, he wouldn’t respond like that."
"Hmph! Playing tricks!"
Just as the atmosphere was low due to Wyatt’s indifferent response, a loud voice suddenly resounded.
Soon after, two tall figures emerged from the crowd and entered Wyatt’s sightline.
These were two young men wearing white, identical in appearance. The speaker was the white-clad youth with a ’black mole’ on his brow.
"He’s the younger of the Cox brothers, Waylen Cox!"
At the same time, Lumi’s voice transmission timely entered Wyatt’s ears, reminding him, "The one with the ’red mole’ on his brow is the elder, Cox Mountain."
Cox Mountain, Waylen Cox.
Wyatt nodded, casting a nonchalant glance at them. From their gazes, he could feel a strong hostility.
Had Lumi not forewarned him, he would have wondered why these two strangers hated him.
But with Lumi’s reminder, he was not surprised.
"It’s the Cox brothers!"
"That Waylen spoke rather rudely. Could it be that the brothers have a conflict with Wyatt?"
"Not sure."
"Looking at this situation, I don’t believe they have no conflicts."
...
As the Cox brothers appeared forcefully and faced off against Wyatt Barnes, the onlookers were both amazed and expectant as they watched them.
"Putting on airs? Waylen Cox, what do you mean by that?"
Lumi Clifford stood beside Wyatt Barnes, standing shoulder to shoulder with him, looking at Waylen Cox with a gloomy expression as he asked.
"Isn’t he just putting on airs?"
Waylen Cox sneered and said, "If he really broke through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm, what’s wrong with admitting it? In my opinion, even though he went through the Heavenly Palace’s spirit pool baptism, he definitely hasn’t broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm... It’s not that easy to reach the peak of the Middle Saint Realm!"
"Lumi Clifford, you’re really getting more ridiculous as you get older!"
Waylen Cox looked at Lumi Clifford and sneered, "He’s just a disciple who just joined our Mysterious Void Manor, yet you’re fawning over him like this... Are you willing to be his ’dog’, running errands for him?"
Lumi Clifford didn’t expect Waylen Cox’s words to be so harsh, and for a moment, his face turned red with anger, "What nonsense are you spouting!"
"I’m spouting nonsense?"
Waylen Cox’s sneer on his face deepened, "If I’m talking nonsense, would you be standing on the same side as him now, standing up for him?"
"He’s my friend."
Lumi Clifford said in a deep voice.
"Friend? Ridiculous!"
Waylen Cox said with disdain, "As far as I know, before today, you Lumi Clifford had only met him once, and you even fought the first time you met... This is just the second time meeting him, and now you’re telling me he’s your friend? Are you trying to tell me you two fought and got to know each other better and now share mutual respect?"
"So what if we did?"
Lumi Clifford retorted coldly.
Just as Waylen Cox opened his mouth to say something, with a ’smack’ sound, Wyatt Barnes’ hand fell on Lumi Clifford’s shoulder, "Brother Lumi, some people may not even have friends... Discussing this with them is like playing the lute to a cow."
Playing the lute to a cow!
As Wyatt Barnes said this, the people present looked at Waylen Cox with peculiar expressions.
In the Heavenly Palace of the Mysterious Void Manor, because the Cox brothers were too arrogant, they indeed didn’t have many friends, and even if they did, they were superficial drinking buddies.
So, Wyatt Barnes’ words were like a needle, piercing the soft spot of the Cox brothers, causing them both to darken their faces.
"Playing the lute to a cow... Haha, that’s an apt metaphor."
Many onlookers started laughing.
Most of these people did not fear the Cox brothers, with some even coming from the Main Mansion, being strong existences on the Mystic Void List within the Mysterious Void Manor, disciples of the Great Saint Realm!
"Brother Wyatt is right, I was too concerned."
Hearing Wyatt Barnes’ metaphor, Lumi Clifford couldn’t help but twitch his lips fiercely while nodding earnestly, cooperating well.
"Wyatt, everyone says you’re talented and strong, but I didn’t expect your words to be so sharp... You, who is now recognized as the number one genius among the younger generation of the Mysterious Void Manor, do you dare to fight me, Waylen Cox?"
With a dark expression, Waylen Cox stepped forward, his eyes glaring fiercely at Wyatt Barnes as he issued the challenge.
Wow!
Although some guessed this might happen, seeing it for real still caused an uproar among many.
Waylen Cox, challenging Wyatt Barnes!
Regarding Waylen Cox, the people present, especially the Heavenly Palace disciples, were very familiar with him.
Waylen Cox, a martial artist in the later stage of the Middle Saint Realm, with his strong power, ranks ’second’ among the later-stage Middle Saint Realm disciples in the Heavenly Palace, second only to his twin brother ’Waylen Cox’.
As a Heavenly Palace disciple, Waylen Cox’s strength was also well acknowledged.
Even looking at the entire Mysterious Void Manor’s later-stage Middle Saint Realm disciples, Waylen Cox’s strength could easily rank in the ’top five’.
Unlike Waylen Cox, Wyatt Barnes only joined the Mysterious Void Manor about three months ago.
However, although he just joined the Mysterious Void Manor not long ago, Wyatt Barnes’ fame surpasses that of Waylen Cox.
In the Heavenly Palace, perhaps everyone knows both Waylen Cox and Wyatt Barnes, but looking at the entire Mysterious Void Manor, there are definitely more people who know Wyatt Barnes, as he is now recognized as the number one among the younger generation of the Mysterious Void Manor, with many rumors saying that the House Master wants to take Wyatt Barnes as a personal disciple.
And today, Waylen Cox wants to challenge Wyatt Barnes!
"Isn’t Waylen Cox afraid that Wyatt Barnes has really broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm?"
Many people looked at each other, whispering softly.
"As Waylen Cox just said, given Wyatt Barnes’ previous reaction, there’s an eighty to ninety percent chance he hasn’t broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm yet... Perhaps, it is because of this that he dares to challenge Wyatt Barnes!"
More and more people started whispering.