Chapter 209
Sure enough, from behind him came a burst of cold killing intent. It was none other than Knox and Isolde, standing in their respective queues, glaring at each other with cold eyes.
Alex stroked his chin. A smile full of deep interest curling at the corners of his mouth.
This should be the first reunion between the male and female leads since they tore up all pretense of cordiality.
In the vast majority of literary works, this would be one of the most important climax points.
Even standing far away watching from the sidelines, Alex could feel the fierce killing intent radiating from Isolde’s body.
Fortunately, one of them was standing in Torin’s queue, and the other in Loris’s queue.
If it weren’t out of consideration for their respective elders, Isolde probably would have long been unable to hold back. Directly rushing forward to pin Knox to the ground and beat him up.
"Hi, Isolde, long time no see." Knox smiled faintly, a trace of playful mockery revealing itself in his eyes.
"You didn’t expect that I would also come to the Divine Blade Sect, did you?"
"I truly did not expect it." Isolde stood with her arms crossed and said coldly.
"Since when did the threshold of the Divine Blade Sect become so low?"
"To actually be able to accommodate trash like you, who possesses neither ability nor martial virtue."
"Tsk, don’t be so aggressive." Knox narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Isolde, I know you still have feelings for me."
"Could it be you’ve forgotten how happy we were when we were together back then? How could you just cut ties so decisively?"
"Back then?" A chilling smile curled at the corners of Isolde’s mouth.
"Back then, I was young and shallow. Having eyes but failing to see. Foolishly believing your fake stories."
"If I hadn’t mistakenly trusted a fickle, ungrateful, and heartless person like you, how could I have lost the Seven Orifices Divine Heart? How could I have been expelled from the family? How could I have been reduced to this state?"
"Knox, how do you still have the nerve to mention the words back then to me?"
Seeing Isolde’s attitude so resolute, Knox’s face became slightly ugly.
He fell silent for a moment, then said coldly. "Fine. Since that is the case, let us not talk about the past, only the present."
"Right now, are you willing to cooperate with me?"
"Cooperate how?" Isolde asked coldly.
"Right now, I am stuck at Myriad Transformations Peak and the Radiant Sun Peak. Every day I can only do dirty and exhausting chores, and I still have to be bullied and humiliated by a bunch of snobbish bastards who look down on people like dogs. Unable to live or die as I wish." Coldness permeated Knox’s eyes, he gritted his teeth.
"Sooner or later, there will come a day when I will crush them all into fine powder!"
"Isolde, you merely need to help me seize first place in this assessment, and then enter the tutelage of Master Aerin of Spirit Artisan Peak."
"I guarantee that when I soar to great heights in the future, I will definitely reward and repay you heavily."
Isolde instantly gave a cold laugh, snorting in utter disdain.
"Heh, what a nice in the future."
"Knox, do you think I will still believe your fake stories?"
"Out of all those grand empty promises you drew for me back then, has even a single one been fulfilled?"
"This kind of promise of yours has absolutely no weight to speak of, my ears are getting calluses from hearing it."
"You!" Looking at Knox’s ashen face, his expression as ugly as if he had eaten a fly... Alex to the side was practically blooming with joy.
Good girl, well said, exceptionally well said.
It seemed that reflecting at the Divine Blade Sect for over two months had truly allowed Isolde to undergo a complete transformation.
Thinking back to then, how obedient and submissive Isolde was to Knox. To put it nicely, she was an infatuated seed of love.
To put it harshly, she was just a fucking idiot. Hanging around with Knox every day, she couldn’t even get a proper meal, purely relying on the empty promises he drew to satisfy her hunger.
Setting aside being a perfectly good Hale family prodigy, she insisted on being Knox’s dog. Wasn’t this purely having eaten too much and having nothing better to do?
But now it was different. The current Isolde... Alex was willing to call her the most sober person in the mortal realm.
If this girl could consistently maintain this level of endurance and clarity... he could indeed actually consider accepting her back into the family.
"Isolde, do not refuse the face you are given." Knox’s face sank.
"You should clearly know that I, Knox, am a favored child of heaven, chosen by Destiny and shrouded in Luck."
"Anyone who makes an enemy of me will absolutely not have a good ending."
"Including the Saint Lord of your Hale family. Sooner or later, I will definitely make him die without a burial place!"
"If you don’t believe me, then take a good look and see clearly what this is!"
Knox casually waved his hand and took out a Spirit Egg from his robes.
This Spirit Egg was entirely reddish-pink, engraved with the totem of the Phoenix Clan. Because its spiritual energy was excessively abundant, an intense, fiery aura permeated its entirety.
Isolde froze slightly, a trace of shock revealing itself in her eyes.
"This... this is... a Heavenly Flame Spirit Beast Egg?!"
"Exactly!" Knox sneered coldly.
"This Spirit Egg was personally selected for me by Her Majesty the Heavenly Flame Empress from the Heavenly Flame Nest!"
"After it breaks out of its shell, as long as I cultivate it to its Perfect Form, it can transform into a Supreme Realm Nine-Colored Phoenix Supreme!"
"At that time, relying on fire-controlling techniques and undying divine abilities, the Nine-Colored Phoenix Supreme alone will be enough to slaughter the entire Hale family clean."
"Isolde, you wouldn’t naively believe that relying on your Saint Lord Alex, you could be an enemy to a Nine-Colored Phoenix Supreme, right?"
Isolde’s expression changed slightly, a massive uproar surged in her heart.
She never expected Aurelia’s high regard for Knox to have actually reached such a degree.
Right now, Aurelia’s mount was a Seven-Colored Phoenix King, whose upper limit of strength merely reached the Mahayana Realm.