CHAPTER 1952: CHAPTER 1952: MAXIMUS LEE LOSING HIS COOL

"The Black Tortoise Altar disciple, ’Wyatt Barnes,’ killed the Vermilion Bird Altar’s Hudson and Kenny Anderson brothers. Although there were reasons, and it could be said to be self-defense, his act of killing Kenny was too reckless."

"Therefore, Elder Yale Wade and I have reached a consensus, and unanimously decided: that three months from now, he shall serve a ten-year sentence in the ’First Mining Area’ of our Fire Worship Sect’s Four Symbols Altar as a convicted criminal!"

Under the watchful eyes of all, the Black Tortoise Altar’s Law Enforcement Elder, ’Abraham Clifford,’ made a ’judgment’ against Wyatt Barnes:

Wyatt Barnes will, three months from now, serve ten years in the ’First Mining Area’ of the Four Symbols Altar as a convicted criminal!

As Abraham Clifford finished speaking, the scene fell into dead silence.

Besides Abraham Clifford and Yale Wade, who looked calm, only Wyatt Barnes remained unperturbed, showing no surprise at the judgment, as if it had already been expected.

As for the others, including Maximus Lee and Augustine Landon, they were all stunned by the judgment.

"Elder Abraham Clifford!"

Finally, Maximus Lee was the first to regain his composure, looking at Abraham Clifford with an extremely somber expression, and spoke in a low, stern voice:

"Wyatt Barnes killed Hudson Anderson, which could be considered self-defense... But how do you claim it was self-defense when he killed Kenny Anderson? Your making of such a ’judgment’ so rashly, isn’t it a little too arbitrary?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Maximus Lee questioned Abraham Clifford.

Instantly, Abraham Clifford’s face turned unsightly, then he glanced coldly at Maximus Lee, "Elder Maximus Lee, this ’judgment’ is a decision reached unanimously by Elder Yale Wade and me... If you have any objections, you’re welcome to present them to the ’Enforcement Hall’ in the Holy Land in a few days!"

"By then, the ’judgment’ I made today will almost be recorded in the ’dossier’ of the Holy Land’s Enforcement Hall!"

"Currently, you are not qualified to interfere with my ’judgment’!"

As he spoke, Abraham Clifford’s tone grew increasingly hostile, laced with an undercurrent of sarcasm.

It was precisely because of Maximus Lee that he couldn’t take Wyatt Barnes as his disciple.

Although his strength wasn’t much weaker than Maximus Lee’s, it was still weaker.

Moreover, Maximus Lee had more ’resources’ in the Fire Worship Sect than he did; if Wyatt Barnes became his disciple, he might not be able to protect Wyatt.

Therefore, to avoid ruining Wyatt Barnes, he planned to recommend Wyatt Barnes to the Black Tortoise Altar’s Altar Master.

As long as Wyatt became a personal disciple of their Black Tortoise Altar Master, even if Maximus Lee wanted to touch Wyatt, he would have to seriously consider his ’weight’!

The Black Tortoise Altar Master, after all, was the ’Golden Flame Elder,’ one of the top figures among the elders of the Fire Worship Sect.

"You—"

Hearing Abraham Clifford’s words, Maximus Lee’s rage instantly surged, staring fiercely at Abraham Clifford, and his body trembled violently with anger.

However, Abraham Clifford completely ignored him, nor did he worry that Maximus Lee would attack him.

If Maximus Lee dared to attack him, he was confident he could send Maximus Lee to the ’Enforcement Hall’ in the Holy Land, making sure he would suffer, even if he didn’t end up dead!

"Elder Yale Wade, do you also agree with the ’judgment’ made by Elder Abraham Clifford?"

Taking a deep breath to slightly suppress the raging anger inside him, Maximus Lee shifted his gaze from Abraham Clifford to Yale Wade and asked.

"Didn’t Elder Abraham Clifford already say? This is a consensus and a unanimous decision reached by both of us!"

Faced with Maximus Lee’s inquiry, Yale Wade replied somewhat impatiently.

"Fine, fine! Very good! In a few days, when your judgment is recorded in the ’dossier’ of the Holy Land’s Enforcement Hall, I will personally go to the Enforcement Hall to report and protest today’s ’judgment’!"

After receiving confirmation from Yale Wade, Maximus Lee’s face twisted with anger.

Subsequently, Maximus Lee cast a cold glance at both Yale Wade and Abraham Clifford, and then shifted his gaze to Wyatt Barnes, saying coldly, "Wyatt Barnes, although I don’t know what means you’ve used to make Yale Wade and Abraham Clifford cover for you..."

"But I must tell you: the ’Enforcement Hall’ of the Fire Worship Sect is not dominated by just them!"

"Once they’ve sent today’s ’judgment’ to the Enforcement Hall and recorded it in the ’dossier,’ I will immediately rush to the Enforcement Hall to overturn the ’judgment’ they made today!"

"By then, the Enforcement Hall will appoint another Law Enforcement Elder from the Holy Land to re-judge your case... You have but a few days left to live!"

As he spoke, Maximus Lee looked at Wyatt Barnes as if he were looking at a ’dead man.’

In response to Maximus Lee’s cold shout, Wyatt Barnes never once glanced at Maximus Lee; only after Maximus Lee’s voice fell did he slowly open his mouth and utter two words, "Idiot!!"

Idiot?!

Wyatt Barnes’ words left a group of Vermilion Bird Altar disciples in a daze.

This Wyatt Barnes was too fierce, wasn’t he?

He actually dared to call Maximus Lee an ’idiot’ to his face?

"Wyatt Barnes, you seek death!!"

Maximus Lee was already fuming with anger; hearing Wyatt Barnes daring to call him an ’idiot,’ he immediately flew into a rage, wanting to seize this opportunity to strike Wyatt Barnes.

In his eyes.

Today, even if he couldn’t kill Wyatt Barnes, he had to teach him a good lesson!

"Elder Maximus Lee, surely you don’t think that when I said ’idiot,’ I was referring to you, right? That would be a huge misunderstanding... Besides, I didn’t even say it directly to you, right? Or does Elder Maximus Lee already have such a ’nickname’?"

Just as Maximus Lee was ready to make a move, Wyatt Barnes suddenly looked at him and said earnestly.

His earnest demeanor made Maximus Lee so angry that he wished to tear Wyatt Barnes into pieces!

But he also knew, today, he couldn’t touch Wyatt Barnes.

Because just as Wyatt Barnes finished speaking, he noticed Abraham Clifford and Yale Wade both locking their gazes on him, with a stance of ’if you dare to touch Wyatt Barnes, we will both intervene’!

"Wyatt Barnes, you won’t be complacent for long!"

After casting a cold glance at Wyatt Barnes again, without waiting for a response from Wyatt, Maximus Lee angrily turned and left in a huff.

Wyatt’s eyes narrowed as he watched Maximus Lee’s receding figure in the distance, a flash of cold light passing deep within his gaze.

If given the chance, he wouldn’t allow Maximus Lee to continue living in this world!

Maximus Lee being alive was ultimately a ’threat’ to him.

"What... what’s going on here?"

"Wyatt Barnes killed two of our Vermilion Bird Altar disciples in succession, and this is all the punishment he received?"

"Isn’t this too absurd? Also, what exactly happened after Elder Yale Wade formed a fire domain and enveloped Elder Abraham Clifford, Elder Yale Wade, and Wyatt Barnes together? Why such a drastic change?"

"Yes. Before that, Elder Abraham Clifford and Elder Yale Wade were both aggressively confronting Wyatt Barnes... but once they emerged from the fire domain, they stood united with Wyatt Barnes, defended him, and even found an excuse to pass a consequence-free ’verdict’ on him!"

"The turning point must have been inside the fire domain... but sadly, we do not know what transpired between them inside."

...

A group of Vermilion Bird Altar disciples whispered among themselves, filled with confusion.

They witnessed the attitude change of Abraham Clifford, the Law Enforcement Elder of the Black Tortoise Altar, and Yale Wade, their Vermilion Bird Altar’s Law Enforcement Elder, before and after they entered the fire domain.

Therefore, they were puzzled.

Their changes were simply too drastic!

From wanting to convict Wyatt Barnes to protecting him happened in just an instant, leaving them struggling to accept it.

But they all believed something must have happened that they were unaware of, otherwise, the two Law Enforcement Elders’ ’attitude’ towards Wyatt Barnes wouldn’t have changed so drastically!

After passing the ’verdict’ on Wyatt Barnes, Abraham Clifford and Yale Wade departed one after another.

"Wyatt Barnes, can you tell us why the two Law Enforcement Elders had such a drastic change in attitude towards you before and after entering the fire domain?"

Meanwhile, many Vermilion Bird Altar disciples were curious about this, and some boldly asked Wyatt Barnes directly.

"If you all wish to know, why not ask Elder Yale Wade?"

Facing these inquiries, Wyatt Barnes offered a faint smile, casually using ’Elder Yale Wade’ as a smokescreen.

After a while, when a few more Vermilion Bird Altar disciples didn’t get any answers from Wyatt Barnes, the group gave up the idea of finding a ’breakthrough’ from Wyatt Barnes.

"Brother Wyatt, what is going on?"

Once the group of Vermilion Bird Altar disciples dispersed, Augustine Landon finally had the chance to be alone with Wyatt Barnes, and couldn’t help but inquire through a sound transmission.

Regarding what just happened, not only were those Vermilion Bird Altar disciples extremely puzzled, but Augustine Landon was also very confused.

"Actually, it’s nothing much... I merely proved my ’value’ to them."

Wyatt Barnes gave a faint smile, responding through a sound transmission.

"What value?"

Hearing this, Augustine Landon became even more intrigued.

"My spirit root is a ’blue spirit root’!"

Wyatt Barnes said with a faint smile.

There was nothing to hide in front of Augustine.

"Blue spirit root?!"

Hearing this, Augustine Landon’s pupils shrank, and his face showed a look of shock and disbelief, "What... what’s going on? Isn’t your innate spirit root a ’yellow spirit root’?"

The news that Wyatt Barnes’ innate spirit root was a ’yellow spirit root’ had long spread throughout the Four Symbols.

Augustine Landon certainly had heard of it.

However, now, Wyatt Barnes said his innate spirit root was a ’blue spirit root’!

Augustine Landon was stunned, completely stunned.

"To think, Brother Wyatt, your innate spirit root turned out to be the ’blue spirit root’... However, only such an innate spirit root would be worthy of your Martial Dao talent!"

After a moment, Augustine Landon snapped back to reality, assuming that the previous news spread by the Black Tortoise Altar was false and thus didn’t dwell on the issue.

"Brother Augustine, your innate spirit root shouldn’t be bad, right?"

Wyatt Barnes asked with a smile.

"Much worse than yours... my innate spirit root is merely a ’green spirit root’."

Augustine Landon said.

"Green spirit root? That’s not bad."

Wyatt Barnes nodded.