Chapter 202
"In the past, like us, as the Saint Lord of a Saint Lineage, he was merely vigorous and resolute, his fierce prestige difficult to gauge."
"But through this Secret Realm, Saint Lord Alex’s methods make me feel a sense of unfamiliarity and panic."
"It is as if all things in the world, including you and me, are under his manipulation."
"Including what he will gain and what we can gain, everything is entirely within his control."
Alistair froze for a moment. Unable to help but nod in deep agreement.
"Now that you say it, it truly is so."
"Although I knew in the past that Brother Alex was resourceful and supremely intelligent..."
"Lately, he truly is so smart that it’s somewhat too terrifying..."
Malakai said deeply. "Brother Alistair, from now on, we must definitely handle our relationship with Saint Lord Alex well."
"We can neither offend him in the slightest, nor can we fail to maintain a certain distance. We cannot get too close to him."
"Otherwise, whether we are too alienated or too intimate, we will inevitably be implicated, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"
...
After Alex left, he did not go far. Instead, he teleported to the treetop of a large tree in the distance, looking down from his high vantage point with deep interest.
The people of the major families carried their wounded and left one by one, still trembling in fear.
Only Knox sat paralyzed on the ground, his face ashen, his eyes vacant, and the two women, Brina and Leona, stood before him.
"Miss Brina, Miss Leona..." Knox revealed a miserable smile, his voice hoarse.
"I... I truly don’t know what exactly is going on..."
"I absolutely did not collude with those three Evil Buddhas. It was them framing me!"
"Knox, now that things have reached this point, you don’t need to quibble for yourself anymore." Brina Ashen said indifferently.
"I feel regret and guilt for actually falling in love with a treacherous man like you."
"I have let down the Saint Lord. Let down the Ashen family. And let down those who died because of you."
"If you still have a sliver of conscience left, you had better go to the funerals of the Saint Lords of the major families, kowtow three times, and offer a stick of incense."
"Of course, whether they accept it or not is another matter."
"At least my Ashen family will absolutely not accept it."
With that said, Brina casually waved her hand. An azure blue bird appeared and carried her off into the distance.
Knox’s heart abruptly sank. He looked at Leona Vire again.
"Miss Leona, do... do you not believe me either?"
Leona fell silent for a moment, then said faintly.
"Go away."
"From now on, never let me see you again."
"Why?" Knox asked with a trembling voice.
"What do you think?" A streak of cold, fierce killing intent revealed itself in Leona Vire’s eyes.
"Because I hate you."
"The reason I am sparing you this time is to give an explanation to myself for the only man I have ever loved in this life."
"The next time we meet, I will definitely use everything I have learned in my life to chop your corpse into ten thousand pieces."
"If I show even half a bit of hesitation, I will have let down my father, and let down the spirits in heaven of the twenty prodigies of my Vire family!"
With that said, Leona snapped open her folding fan. Through the void, she ruthlessly slapped Knox across the face, knocking him to the ground.
She flicked her sleeves and swaggered away without looking back.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully making the female supporting characters’ hearts completely die toward the Chosen One!]
[The Chosen One’s Luck has decreased by 20,000 points. The host has gained 40,000 Providence Points!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully making the female supporting characters’ hearts completely die toward the Chosen One!]
[The Chosen One’s Luck has decreased by 20,000 points. The host has gained 40,000 Providence Points!]
The corners of Alex’s mouth turned up slightly. He nodded with a satisfied smile.
Not bad, the plan he had painstakingly set up this time had finally reached a perfect conclusion.
Although as a price, he was forced to kill the Saint Lords of four Saint Lineages... he had rescued two lost young girls in time. Pulling them back from the path of being simps.
Boundless merit, truly boundless merit.
...
Alex went to the Trapped Beast Golden Dipper Formation and rescued the trapped disciples of the Hale, Blackwood, and Sol families.
He then led them to once again sweep through the leftover scraps in the Heavenly Flame Secret Realm that he had already eaten through once.
Two days later, this year’s Heavenly Flame Secret Realm came to a successful end.
In previous years, after the Secret Realm ended, Aurelia would receive the Saint Lords of the major families and congratulate the Saint Lord who had obtained the most fortuitous encounters.
However, when the Secret Realm ended this year, only Lyra appeared to symbolically offer a few words of congratulations.
As the host, Aurelia did not show her face from beginning to end. Alex’s keen insight instantly detected the anomaly.
The Hale family disciples all reaped a bountiful harvest, led by Tobias and Lara, they returned to the Holy Land that very night.
As for Alex, he stayed until the next day.
Early in the morning, he headed straight for the Azure Phoenix Pavilion.
Arriving outside the Azure Phoenix Pavilion, a woman stopped him. It was Maris.
"Saint Lord Alex, may I ask what business brings you here?"
"Miss Maris, I have just led my family’s disciples to a bountiful harvest in the Secret Realm and am preparing to set off and return to the Holy Land." Alex smiled faintly.
"Before leaving, I specifically came to request an audience with the Heavenly Flame Empress, intending to thank her face-to-face."
"This servant will pass on Saint Lord Alex’s message on your behalf." Lily nodded.
"However, Her Majesty the Empress has recently felt slightly unwell. Her Phoenix body is indisposed, so she cannot see Saint Lord Alex either."
"Either?" Alex raised an eyebrow, he turned his head to look with deep interest.
Only then did he notice a middle-aged man sitting on a grand armchair behind him, resting with his eyes closed.
This man’s cultivation was approximately at the fifth level of the Supreme Realm.
Looking across the current world, he could absolutely be considered among the ranks of powerhouses.