Chapter 1860: Ten-Inscription Sacred Artifact
Seeing the changes in the expressions of Lanni Barnes, Augustine Landon, and Withered, Emperor Mountain finally felt at ease.
"I really don’t know where this Junior House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds gets such strong composure... Even at this moment, he can still remain expressionless!"
Emperor Mountain looked at Wyatt Barnes, puzzled.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Emperor Mountain’s gaze fixed on Wyatt Barnes’s eyes; in that moment, he clearly noticed a fleeting look of wariness in Wyatt’s eyes.
The wariness, though only a flash, was still caught by him.
"It seems that this Junior House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds isn’t as calm as he appears on the surface... But as long as he dares to make the ’Thunder Punishment Oath’ as Emperor End says, he is definitely dead today!"
Emperor Mountain thought to himself.
Just now, it was he who transmitted a reminder to Emperor End, suggesting the demand to make the ’Thunder Punishment Oath’.
He was also worried that Lanni Barnes might intervene!
He knew well enough that if Lanni Barnes intervened, he couldn’t stop Lanni from saving Wyatt Barnes.
So, it was better to nip this ’possibility’ in the bud!
As long as Wyatt Barnes makes the Thunder Punishment Oath according to Emperor End’s demands, even if saved by Lanni Barnes, he would still have to kill himself in front of the crowd...
Otherwise, the oath’s tribulation ’Ninety-Nine Thunder Tribulation’ would descend and strike him dead!
As the Clan Chief of the Dragonsmith Clan, Emperor Mountain was no pushover.
It was precisely because of this that after hearing Emperor End’s demand, Lanni Barnes’s expression changed.
"Wyatt, if you are not too confident... You can concede to this five-year agreement!"
Lanni Barnes immediately transmitted to Wyatt Barnes, saying.
In his heart, his son’s safety was the most important.
And at this moment, Emperor End had already begun to make the ’Thunder Punishment Oath’, with the tribulation responding to his oath instantly, roaring with nine deafening thunderclaps.
"Wyatt Barnes, your turn!"
After making the Thunder Punishment Oath, Emperor End looked at Wyatt Barnes, "You... wouldn’t go back on your word, right?"
As his voice fell, Emperor End’s gaze toward Wyatt Barnes was full of ridicule.
Facing Emperor End’s provocation, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes flashed with sharp light, and in the end, he followed to make the Thunder Punishment Oath.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
...
Accompanied by nine thundercracks, the Thunder Punishment Oath made by Wyatt Barnes was also responded to.
From this point on, neither Wyatt Barnes nor Emperor End could go back on the oaths they had made.
Otherwise, even if someone saved them, they didn’t kill themselves, naturally the thunder punishment would claim their lives!
The Thunder Punishment Oath was also Wyatt Barnes’s answer to Lanni Barnes.
"Wyatt, be careful."
At this point, Lanni Barnes knew that saying anything else was redundant. Since his son agreed to Emperor End’s Thunder Punishment Oath, he was evidently somewhat confident, and he chose to believe in his son.
"Wyatt Barnes, go for it! Take down this Emperor End!"
Even though Augustine Landon was pessimistic about Wyatt Barnes, at this time he could only bravely root for Wyatt Barnes.
Although Withered didn’t say anything, his gaze toward Wyatt Barnes clearly showed his concern for this Junior House Master.
"Good, good... Wonderful! Wyatt Barnes, you certainly didn’t disappoint me."
Seeing Wyatt Barnes straightforwardly make the Thunder Punishment Oath, Emperor End relaxed and grinned, his smile bright.
"Back then, you toyed with me... Today, you’re destined to die!"
Emperor End looked at Wyatt Barnes, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Back then, to investigate for his deceased son ’Emperor Yonah’, he ventured to Crescent Island, only to be fooled by Wyatt Barnes... That incident still makes him feel utterly humiliated!
Now, who killed his son Emperor Yonah seems not so important anymore.
He just wants to kill Wyatt Barnes, wash away the shame the other gave him, and seize the Demon Sealing Monument from Wyatt Barnes, to present it to the Upper Domain Dragonsmith Clan and earn great merit.
In his eyes, Wyatt Barnes is already a dead man.
"If you want me dead, you better have the capability!"
Hearing Emperor End’s words, Wyatt Barnes sneered, then his expression turned serious, eyes showing murderous intent.
"What? Are you questioning my strength?"
Emperor End seemed to hear a tremendous joke and burst into hearty laughter.
After a while, the laughter ceased, "I really don’t know where you get the courage from, with merely a mid-Great Saint Realm cultivation, daring to challenge me, a presence at the early Earth Saint Realm, in a life-and-death battle... I’ll soon let you know killing you is no different from crushing an ant!"
Emperor End’s words caused another uproar in the venue.
"Wyatt Barnes, mid-Great Saint Realm? Must be joking!"
"I also find it impossible!"
...
People from various quasi-third-rate powers, upon hearing Emperor End’s words, shook their heads, few believed Emperor End.
Of course, there were also a few who boldly used Divine Sense to probe Wyatt Barnes.
"He really is mid-Great Saint Realm!"
"My God! This Junior House Master of Mansion of Azure Clouds’s cultivation is actually merely mid-Great Saint Realm... What is he thinking?"
"Crazy! He must be crazy!"
...
As more and more people probed Wyatt Barnes’s actual cultivation, another uproar filled the scene.
It’s only because they discovered that Wyatt Barnes’ cultivation level is really just at the ’Great Sage Middle Stage’!
"Great Sage Middle Stage?"
Curious, the leader of the Yinshan Black Market, ’Dugu’, couldn’t help but extend his divine sense towards Wyatt Barnes, and soon he detected Wyatt’s current cultivation level.
"It really is the Great Sage Middle Stage!"
Even with his experience and knowledge throughout his life, he was startled by this discovery.
At the same time, the two vice leaders of the Yinshan Black Market behind him, Diffy Fenning and Hawk Chapman Mountain, also detected Wyatt Barnes’ cultivation level, and for a moment, they were both shocked:
"How is this possible?! If this Wyatt Barnes is the same Wyatt from the Mysterious Void Mansion, then even a year ago he already had the strength not inferior to the Great Sage Pinnacle martial artist!"
According to the Yinshan Black Market’s intelligence network, they were fully aware of the incident a year ago where Wyatt Barnes instantly killed a group of late-stage Great Sage disciples and one Great Sage Pinnacle disciple of the Dunn family branch in the Mysterious Void Mansion.
Because of this, they felt it was impossible for Wyatt Barnes to be just a Great Sage Middle Stage martial artist!
"Could Wyatt Barnes’ cultivation level have regressed?"
Hawk Chapman Mountain asked in astonishment.
"Indeed, it’s very strange."
Diffy Fenning nodded, his face full of confusion.
"In the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, there are many outstanding powerhouses who can exhibit strength far beyond their cultivation level... such scenarios are just rarer in the Lower Domain."
Having recovered, Dugu spoke indifferently: "Just watch... this Wyatt Barnes’ strength should be no weaker than Emperor End!"
Listening to Dugu’s words, it was clear he had confidence in Wyatt Barnes.
No weaker than Emperor End?
Just with the cultivation level at Great Sage Middle Stage?
Neither Hawk Chapman Mountain nor Diffy Fenning believed this, but they dared not say it aloud.
Because saying that would be equivalent to contradicting their leader, and they lacked the courage to do so!
"A mere Great Sage Middle Stage dares to challenge the future clan chief of our Dragonsmith Clan to a life-and-death battle, it’s simply delusional!"
"Exactly! Our Dragonsmith Clan’s future clan chief is at the early Earth Saint Stage, killing a Great Sage Middle Stage martial artist would be as simple as squashing an ant, just as he said!"
"Anyone who provokes or humiliates our Dragonsmith Clan is destined for a bad end!"
...
Looking at Emperor End and Wyatt Barnes confronting each other, most of the Dragonsmith Clan members present were extremely excited.
"Kill!"
"Kill him!"
"Kill him dead!"
...
Many agitated members of the Dragonsmith Clan kept shouting for Emperor End to kill Wyatt Barnes.
"No different than squashing an ant?"
Hearing Emperor End’s words full of contempt and disdain, Wyatt Barnes’ gaze grew colder, and he sneered, saying: "Then I want to see how you, the future clan chief of the Dragonsmith Clan, will squash me like an ant!"
"As you wish!"
Emperor End replied with a cold smile, then moved under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
Swoosh!
Emperor End’s figure flickered, seeming to turn into a rapid flash of lightning, tearing through the air as he shot towards Wyatt Barnes.
Even though he didn’t unleash his full strength immediately, his current speed was enough to rival that of an ordinary Human Saint Realm peak expert.
In his view, his speed was not something Wyatt Barnes could match!
Seeing Emperor End approach at this speed, Wyatt Barnes suddenly felt amused.
Underestimating him so much?
"Since you’re giving me a chance, I’d be remiss not to seize it properly."
In a flash of lightning, Wyatt Barnes murmured to himself as the ninety-nine Saint Veins within him frantically operated, with the Solar True Essence surging out at once.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Instantly, a pair of giant golden wings formed behind him, the ’Golden Crow’s Wings’!
At the same time, an entirely pitch-black three-foot longsword appeared in his hand.
This sword appeared very ordinary, but upon closer inspection, you could see ten distinct Sacred Markings on it.
It was clearly a ’Ten-patterned Sacred Artifact’!
In the Martial Dao Sacred Land, apart from super sacred artifacts, top-grade celestial artifacts already represent the limit of sacred artifact grades.
To enhance this limit, one can only engrave ’Sacred Markings’!
The power of a single sacred marking greatly aids those below the Human Saint Realm, yet only deals with entities below the Human Saint Realm.
For those above the Human Saint Realm, no matter how advanced the sacred marking is, it’s just an augmentative marking on the sacred artifact.
Of course, the higher the level of the sacred marking, the greater its augmentative effect!
A Ten-patterned Sacred Artifact is a top-grade celestial artifact simultaneously engraved with ten sacred markings... such artifacts are usually created by Sacred Markers of Seven Stars and above!
In the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, Ten-patterned Sacred Artifacts are already considered rare sacred artifacts.
Even among quasi-third-rate forces, such artifacts are scarce.
This Ten-patterned Sacred Sword in Wyatt Barnes’ hand was given to him by his father when he left the Mansion of Azure Clouds on his way to the Dragonsmith Clan.
Wow!
As the Golden Crow’s Wings grew behind Wyatt Barnes, the Ten-patterned Sacred Sword in his hand instantly surged with golden flames.
Like the blazing sun, it emitted a terrifying aura...