As soon as Ignus’ words left his mouth, it caused an uproar among Linley’s followers, all of whom believed Linley was being treated unfairly.

  Speaking of Linley’s followers, although he didn’t make it obvious, Ace couldn’t help but take a sed look at each of them.

  First was the frail-looking elderly man with long white eyebrows that surprisingly stretched down all the way to his chest. Still, what caught Ace’s attention, was that, like Killian and his mother, he too had an affinity to one of the four edicts, but uhem, his appeared to be to the ws of death. Add that to the fact that he was an arch-mage of the ninth rank; it was clear that he was incredibly powerful amongst mortals.

  It was incredible that Ace could sehat without the old man making a move, but Ace’s current [Observation] allowed him to peer into the very depths of one’s soul without their knowing, providing their soul hadn’t reached the saint level.

  Still, other than a moment of surprise, he didn’t feel much else. Though he hadn’t met anyone previously with that specific affinity, it was uo inspire more than a cursory sed gnce.

  The other five, oher hand, were different. Whilst the old man caught Ace’s attention because of his affinity, these five caught his attention because of their overwhelming physiques.

  Each of the five, who, judging by their simirities, appeared to be brothers and warriors of the eighth rank. On its own, that wasn’t very hy, but when Ace realised that none of them had begun cultivating their battle-qi, how could he not be shocked?

  As far as he khere were only two ways for oo bee a warrior of the seventh rank or above without cultivating battle qi. The first was to use his master’s self-created teique [Imposing Devourment]. And the other was to be a desdant of the four supreme warriors.

  Si was all but impossible for these five unknown brothers to get their hands on his master’s teique, Aew it had to be the tter. The only thing he couldn’t firm was which of the four supreme warriors they desded from.

  “Boss, you ’t agree to sufair terms.” The rgest of the five brothers blurted out. “We don’t heir help to destroy the church.”

  “He’s right,” The decrepit old man said coldly. “We carry on with our pns and take things slowly. We don’t hem!”

  Linley didn’t respond immediately; instead, he turo his father for his opinion.

  “I trust you, son,” Hogg nodded calmly. “As the patriarch, you will have to make many difficult decisions iure, but whatever you decide, as your father, I will always stand by your side.”

  “Same for me, boss,” Bebe voiced via their link. “Whatever you decide, I will always be by your side.”

  “Your father’s right, Linley,” the gentle and calming voice of D Cowart sounded in his mind. “As the leader of the group, this decision is yours to make. But remember this, even though your decision effectively affects everyone in the group and a mistake could mean the ensving of you and your family, you must also know when to bet on yourself.”

  Hearing that, Linley’s eyes fshed with resolve. Still, he didn’t hurry to announce his decision as there was still one more person he o ask.

  “Why’re you looking at me?” Ace asked as Linley’s pierg, azure-coloured, reptilian eyes fell on him. “This decision is yours to make; I don’t care one way or the other.”

  It must be remembered that Linley had already vowed to give his life to Ace after taking down the church.

  Still, as blunt as Ace’s words may have e across, a smile of appreciation suffused Linley’s mouth as he gave a slight nod before refog on the sky-c crimson. “You have a deal!”

  Linley’s words came as a shoost present, especially to those from the pavilion who uood precisely how high the mountain Linley aspired to climb really was.

  It had to be remembered that this was the prerequisite Arianna had set for each of her disciples to break through to the saint realm as well, but unlike Linley, ead every one of them had already started gaining insights into the profundities of the natural ws before breaking through to the seventh-rank, a, Linley, who was already at the middle stages of the seventh-rank was yet to gaihe slightest insight into any of them – to them, Linley’s decision was insane!

  Ad Mira, oher hand, had already guessed Linley would make such a choice. Like them, Linley was a genius with unwavering fiden himself and his abilities. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have promised to destroy the church within 30 years.

  “HAHAHA, GOOD! VERY GOOD!” Ignus’ voied as he ughed before anyone could give voice to their true thoughts. “At least, if nothing else, you have the ce of a true dragon.”

  Before any of Linley’s followers could give voice to their growing displeasure of Ignus’ desding remarks, they watched in shock as the crimson-scaled king of the dragons made a cut on his arm using his sword-like cws before using his spiritual esseo have the man-sized drop of blood, float over to Linley.

  “As a reward, I’ll give you a drop of my blood for your father,” Ignus expined, having long since smelt their familial retionship. “I sense his bloodline hasn’t awakened.”

  “Thank you!” Linley sincerely replied as he removed the empty gourd he had previously kept precisely for this occasion.

  The gourd he was using utilised simir ruo that of an interspatial ring allowing the user to store far more liquid than what should be possible fourd of that size.

  “I didn’t do it for you,” Ignus snorted. “I did it so that he would be able to better support you, my iment, whilst struggling futilely to aplish yoal. I don’t want you dying before you live up to your side of the agreement.”

  As he said that, Ignus removed his tail from the body of the Golden Dragon – Siltor – before ing it around Vana, the still unscious Aquatic Dragon, before addressing the rest of his subordinates. “, we’re leaving.”

  Each of the dragons stopped to take a final look at Linley before rising up behind their king. Well, all except one.

  “Siltor,” Ignus growled threateningly. “We’re leaving now!”

  “NO!” Siltor bellowed uantly. “They killed my son, and now you want to have me submit to them?! Impossible!

  I don’t care if there is a God on their side. Either they die, or I do!”

  “Do you dare disobey me, Ignus?!” The dragon king growled as he gred at the Golden Drag at Ace. “Who do…”

  “I’ll give you a ce to get your revenge,” Ace suddenly said calmly, cutting Ignus off mid-sentence. “Iure, after breaking through to the saint realm, my junior brother – Kannal – will be ing to find that bck lizard to kill him for having his sister killed.”

  As he said that, everyone’s heads turo Kannal, who was still silently gring at Yasha, before Ace calmly tinued.

  “I will e with him,” Ace stated indifferently. “At that point, if you still want revenge, you and your wife challenge me together.”

  As he said that, he looked up at the dragon king before tinuing. “But if they do, your Lizard Pitt o agree to leave me alone.

  If not, I will sughter my way through the Dragon Pitt myself, making your little bet with Linley void.”

  “Is that a threat?” Ignus growled, his temper rising quickly for a mere mortal to dare speak to him in such a way.

  “Yes!” Aodded indifferently.

  To him, whose goal was to kill O’Brien, a genuiy, whether it was the Cult of Darkness or the Dragon’s Pitt, he didn’t put either of them in his eyes. They may be strohan him now, but surpassing them was only a matter of time!

  Ignus’ killing i suddenly spiked as though he reparing to take a when Cesar suddenly cleared his throat. It was only gentle, but it was more than enough to remind the crimson of his pce.

  “How do I know you won’t just run and hide after we leave here today?” Siltor questioned coldly.

  “Don’t overestimate yourself,” Aorted, uo hide his disdain. “No lizard is capable of making me hide!”

  Ace’s body suddenly flickered as his voice faded, his afterimage vanishing into the wind as he casually made his way back to the city’s insides, having lost i in talking any further.

  Without a sed thought, Amira, Killian, and Leo all followed, leading Joel and the others.

  Kannal was the st to leave, as he struggled to move his hate-filled eyes from the creature that caused his beloved older sister’s death. Still, Ace had already spoken, giving him his ce at revenge iure; as such, he too left, not b with the saint-level dragons gring at Ace’s disappearing back furiously.

  “This king suggests you hurry back to begin training,” Wukong said casually as he leisurely picked at the tents of his ear. “This king has no idea what level that brat will be at when he makes his way to find you iure, but this king promise you that the current you won’t be worth a fart in front of him at that point.”

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