CHAPTER 1710: CHAPTER 1710: EMPEROR OF FLETCHER KINGDOM

"Master, I..."

Although the True Origin surged out from within him, Anderson Hudson felt no sense of security. As he spoke to the void, his voice trembled, and his body couldn’t help but shiver, overcome by extreme fear.

At his level of cultivation, every advancement was extremely difficult, and behind this difficulty in progression lay vast differences in power.

Even within the same realm, the gap in strength between minor tiers was like a chasm, not to mention the disparity between major realms.

The peak of the Little Saint Realm and the early Middle Saint Realm were separated by only a thin line, but the contrast in power was worlds apart.

So, facing the Middle Saint Realm expert hidden in the shadows, Anderson Hudson felt very uneasy, especially since this expert seemed quite dissatisfied with some of his previous actions.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort interrupted Anderson Hudson unceremoniously.

Soon after, the hoarse voice spread from all directions, "I cannot tolerate even a speck of sand in my eyes! Trevor Baillie is Wyatt Barnes’ senior brother. If you torture him to death, Wyatt Barnes will surely become vigilant, hide deeper, and might never return to the Capital City of Fletcher Kingdom."

"The Demon Sealing Monument is something I am determined to obtain! Your Imperial Family of Fletcher Kingdom has already angered me with this move."

Hearing the hoarse voice reach this point, everyone, including Anderson Hudson, suddenly realized.

They finally understood that the Saint Realm expert hidden in the dark was not a friend of Trevor Baillie, but rather an expert with eyes on the Demon Sealing Monument. He saved Trevor Baillie simply because of his connection to Wyatt Barnes, who was the one who disappeared with the Demon Sealing Monument.

"Master, your strength is extraordinary; you will surely get the Demon Sealing Monument one day."

Anderson Hudson quickly flattered, hoping that the hidden expert would shift his attention elsewhere, as long as he was not under his gaze.

It’s a pity he was only dreaming.

If the person hidden in the dark were indeed of such identity as he claimed, perhaps he wouldn’t bother with Anderson Hudson at this moment.

However, the person hidden in the dark was Wyatt Barnes!

Wyatt Barnes, Trevor Baillie’s junior brother, also considered the Swayer Family head and his son as friends. Upon learning that Trevor Baillie was taken by Anderson Hudson and the Swayer Family head and his son were injured by him, he had already sentenced Anderson Hudson to death in his heart.

So, no matter how eloquently Anderson Hudson flattered, it was of no use.

Of course, Anderson Hudson was unaware of all this.

If he knew, he wouldn’t be trying to placate and flatter now, but would be fleeing as fast as possible, even though he didn’t believe he could escape under Wyatt Barnes’ watchful eyes.

Because that was his last lifeline, even if it wasn’t very sturdy, he had no other choice.

"You, Anderson Hudson, are just the beginning!"

Wyatt Barnes imitated the hoarse voice, spreading his words again. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present couldn’t help but tense up, and Anderson Hudson’s face turned pale. The True Origin on his body suddenly spread out, attempting to form a domain.

Unfortunately, before his domain could form, a golden sword light, even faster than the previous one, appeared out of nowhere.

Swoosh!

Before he could react, it pierced through his glabella, leaving a gruesome blood hole in the center of his forehead.

In full view of everyone, Anderson Hudson fell, his face still etched with an expression of utter terror.

Anderson Hudson, the foremost under the Middle Saint Realm in Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family, an existence at the peak of the Little Saint Realm, was killed in an instant.

At this moment, although the sacrificial officers and elders present from the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family were not saddened by Anderson Hudson’s death, they felt a sense of shared danger and despair.

If the more powerful Anderson Hudson could die in an instant, what did their meager abilities amount to in the eyes of that expert?

"Run! Staying means death!"

While many were still shocked by Anderson Hudson’s death, someone shouted, filled with panic and despair.

As this voice rang out, despair spread, engulfing everyone’s hearts.

The next moment, nobody knew who started it, but a crowd of sacrificial officers and elders from Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family began to scatter in all directions. Of course, not everyone fled.

Some sacrificial officers and elders remained in place, their legs as if filled with lead, unable to move an inch.

These were the more rational ones, having witnessed the strength of the expert hidden in the shadows, they dared not entertain thoughts of escape, knowing they couldn’t get away.

However, seeing so many escape, yet the hidden expert not taking action, they quickly joined the fleeing crowd when their minds became active again.

Before long, the sacrificial officers and elders from Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family had all fled, leaving behind only a group of lowly skilled palace guards glancing at each other, unsure of what to do next.

Until someone took the lead, they gradually dispersed.

At some unknown time, only Trevor Baillie remained on the scene.

To be precise, there were two people, besides Trevor Baillie, Wyatt Barnes remained hidden in the dark.

"Senior brother, keep walking out,"

Wyatt Barnes timely transmitted a reminder to Trevor Baillie.

Of those who had fled earlier, if Wyatt Barnes had intended to stop them, given his current strength, none of them would have escaped.

They managed to escape only because Wyatt Barnes didn’t plan to bother with them.

To him, those people were merely ’bait’; letting them go was to catch a bigger fish.

"Hmm."

It wasn’t until he heard Wyatt Barnes’ voice transmission that Trevor Baillie awoke as if from a dream, completely coming back to his senses.

Just now, the scene of Anderson Hudson being killed had also shocked him.

Two months ago, Anderson Hudson had taken people to the Swayer Family to abduct him, acting so domineeringly, relying on his cultivation to run rampant, and when facing him, Trevor Baillie, he looked down on him with a condescending gaze.

However, today, such a person was killed in an instant.

"Where on earth did my junior brother find such a formidable ally?"

Trevor Baillie was filled with shock, not expecting his junior brother to know a powerful Middle Saint Realm expert.

Although the Middle Saint Realm expert said he saved him out of fear that his junior brother might hide deeper if he died.

But he knew that was just an excuse. If that person really wanted his junior brother’s Demon Sealing Monument, they would have made a move to seize it long ago, so why would they help his junior brother and save him?

Having witnessed the strength of that expert, Trevor Baillie’s confidence soared, and he continued to walk toward the palace gate, unabashedly and fearlessly.

Trevor Baillie didn’t know yet that his junior brother was the expert who killed Anderson Hudson, otherwise, he couldn’t imagine how frightened he would be.

Although Trevor Baillie knew that Wyatt Barnes had monstrous talent, he never thought that Wyatt Barnes’ current strength could rival a Middle Saint Realm expert, even less did he think Wyatt Barnes wouldn’t fear the few Middle Saint Realm experts of the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family, or that formidable Middle Saint Realm peak expert.

Just as Trevor Baillie continued to walk out, news of Anderson Hudson’s death finally reached the Fletcher Kingdom’s Emperor’s ears.

The Emperor of Fletcher Kingdom, appearing as a middle-aged man, dressed in dragon robes, exuded an aura of authority without anger.

"Anderson Hudson is dead?"

Upon hearing the news of Anderson Hudson’s death, the Fletcher Kingdom’s Emperor, Thomas Watson, wore a grim expression, his eyes revealing a cold killing intent as he asked in a somber tone, "Who did it?"

Anderson Hudson was not only a Sacrificial Officer and elder to the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family but also Thomas Watson’s right-hand man.

There were many matters he had relied on Anderson Hudson to handle.

Killing Anderson Hudson was akin to cutting off his right hand. How could he not be furious?

As his fury rose, Thomas Watson’s dragon robe rippled. The embroidered Divine Dragons on it seemed to come alive at that moment, baring their fangs and claws, majestic and imposing.

Simultaneously, a powerful aura radiated from Thomas Watson, forcing the reporting Sacrificial Officer elder to take several steps back.

That Sacrificial Officer elder, being in the early stage of the Little Saint Realm as a Martial Artist, was suppressed to retreat repeatedly by Thomas Watson’s aura. His strength could easily be imagined.

Fletcher Kingdom, being a sixth-rank power on the Martial Dao Sacred Land, a sixth-rank Holy Kingdom.

Such a country was completely different from countries on the Mortal Continent. All emperors, without exception, were outstanding individuals of the royal family.

As the Emperor of Fletcher Kingdom, Thomas Watson was one of the Middle Saint Realm experts in the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family, and he was the youngest Middle Saint Realm expert within the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family. His aura weighing on an ordinary early Little Saint Realm Martial Artist was naturally unbearable.

"It was an unknown expert, who didn’t even show up, yet killed Sacrificial Officer Hudson."

The royal Sacrificial Officer replied promptly even as he dared not delay responding to Thomas Watson’s inquiry.

"Killed Anderson Hudson without showing up? A Middle Saint Realm expert?"

Hearing this, Thomas Watson’s expression grew darker.

"At least someone above Middle Saint Realm, and seemingly not just any Middle Saint Realm... They killed the prepared Sacrificial Officer Hudson with just one strike without showing up."

The royal Sacrificial Officer, recalling the scene just now, began sweating again.

"What?!"

His words instantly caused Thomas Watson’s complexion to change dramatically.

Killing Anderson Hudson without showing up, he considered himself capable of doing so, but killing Anderson Hudson in one strike without appearing, while Hudson was prepared, was beyond his abilities.

"Such strength... At least a Middle Saint Realm mid-stage existence!"

Thinking of this, Thomas Watson’s heart trembled.

Even their Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family had only one Middle Saint Realm mid-stage expert, who was also the strongest in the Imperial Family of Fletcher Kingdom.

"Was there any characteristic of the person’s moves? Could it have been Floating Flame Sect’s Sect Leader ’Amelia Tyler’?"

Thomas Watson asked in a deep voice.

Amelia Tyler, the Sect Leader of Floating Flame Sect, was the only one in Fletcher Kingdom who could rival the strongest in the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family.

"It shouldn’t be Sect Leader Amelia... Judging by the person’s techniques, they seemed to be a sword cultivator!"

"A sword cultivator?"

"Yes."

"Did that person say anything?"

...

Soon, Thomas Watson learned of the narrative fabricated by Wyatt Barnes, leading him to believe that the hidden Wyatt Barnes was merely someone aiming to acquire the Demon Sealing Monument.