Legend of Wyatt

Chapter 2038: One Sword

"You’re still the same as you were back then, not a bit changed."

Wyatt Barnes’s words sounded like the first phrase of old friends reunited after a long time apart.

The reason Wyatt said this was because the ’Paisley Flores’ in front of him was just like the ’Vanessa’ from the past, imposing and giving off an invisible aura that kept people at a distance.

"Who are you? Do you know me?"

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Paisley Flores couldn’t help but frown slightly, and she began to scrutinize Wyatt seriously, but ultimately found she had never seen the young man before.

"Vanessa, long time no see."

Wyatt spoke again, revealing Paisley’s alias when she was in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, a codename she used when she was an assassin in the Shadow Mountain’s black market.

Vanessa!

Hearing this name, Paisley’s pupils couldn’t help but contract, and her face displayed astonishment.

At the same time, Paisley began to recall the days from years ago in the Lower Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

Trying to remember who knew her identity.

However, after thinking it over, it seemed that only the girl by her side, her sister, and those related to her sister in the Lower Domain knew that ’Vanessa’ was her.

Of course, those in the Lower Domain didn’t know that Vanessa was ’Paisley Flores’!

As for the ’Upper Domain’ of the Martial Dao Sacred Land, including those from the Fire Worship Sect and her family ’Flores,’ none knew her alias ’Vanessa’ from her time in the Lower Domain.

Even her master, the Fire Worship Sect’s ’Bo the Protector’, did not know her alias back then.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Paisley truly couldn’t think of anyone else who knew she was ’Vanessa’, and she instinctively became cautious, staring at Wyatt with a heavy gaze as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Who am I?"

Upon hearing Paisley’s question, Wyatt’s calm expression vanished, replaced by a cold smile, "I am the person whose family has been torn apart because of you... Paisley Flores, only a few years have passed, and you’ve already forgotten me?"

"Could you have mistaken me for someone else?"

Paisley was initially stunned upon hearing Wyatt’s words, then frowned and asked.

"Mistaken identity? You, Paisley Flores, dare say such a thing?"

Wyatt’s cold smile grew deeper.

At the same time as Wyatt’s cold smile intensified, his face, which had no visible signs of disguise to Paisley, began to twist.

A moment later, the previously handsome face disappeared, replaced by another handsome face.

This face had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose, and lips of perfectly balanced thickness.

The perfect features gave people a very comfortable feeling, prompting them to silently praise:

What a handsome young man!

"It’s... it’s you!!"

If Paisley didn’t recognize the face of the young man earlier, then this face she could never forget.

Only because this man was one she deeply despised!

If not for this man, her sister wouldn’t have violated the teachings of the Fire Worship Sect, facing life-and-death threats!

Back then, when her sister was taken by the Enforcement Hall, Paisley even regretted not killing the man who jeopardized her sister.

At this moment, seeing this man again in this place, Paisley looked as if she had seen a ghost.

How could he be here?

How did he get in?

Is this place truly still their Fire Worship Sect’s well-guarded ’Prisoner Surveillance Hall’?

At this moment, Paisley’s mind was filled with doubt.

"What? You recognize me now?"

Seeing Paisley’s astonishment upon seeing his ’true appearance’, Wyatt couldn’t help but sneer again.

"How did you get in?"

Simultaneously, Paisley tried her best to calm down, and after a while, she looked at Wyatt again and asked solemnly.

"I have my ways of getting in."

Wyatt’s cold sneer gradually diminished, and he replied lightly.

"Do you know, I wish I could kill you... coming here like this, are you seeking death?"

Paisley said solemnly.

"You wish you could kill me?"

Upon hearing Paisley’s words, Wyatt seemed to hear an outrageous joke, his gaze turned cold, and he said coldly:

"Paisley Flores, shouldn’t that be what I say to you? Do you still think bringing Keer back to the Fire Worship Sect was the right choice?"

"Had you not brought Keer back, she wouldn’t be in such peril."

"You should be thankful that you didn’t hand Keer over to the Holy Land’s Enforcement Hall... otherwise, you would undoubtedly die!"

As he continued speaking, Wyatt’s tone became increasingly icy, making one feel as if trapped in an ice cave.

"I would undoubtedly die?"

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Paisley was initially stunned, then couldn’t help but sneer, "Just because of you?"

As for Paisley Flores, she was ranked seventh on the Fire Worship Sect’s True Inheritance List, one of the sect’s seven prodigies.

Despite being young, she was already listed on the Extreme Saint Ranking.

Bear in mind, only the top thousand experts in the Martial Dao Sacred Land were eligible to be on the Extreme Saint Ranking!

And today, a young man whom she regarded as an ’ant’ several years ago appeared before her, even though she didn’t know how he appeared here, she still found it amusing.

In just a few years, could his strength have undergone such drastic changes?

"That’s right! Me!"

Confronted with Paisley Flores’ disdain, Wyatt Barnes resolutely responded.

Almost the moment Wyatt finished speaking, the Sun Holy Power long poised within him surged forth. Immediately, he utilized the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’, absorbing all the surrounding Spiritual Energy and amplifying his internal Sun Holy Power to the maximum.

Whoosh!

Almost simultaneously, a fleeting sword whistle echoed.

Clang!

Before Paisley realized, the hairpin binding her long hair was snapped.

Rustle!

With her hairpin broken, her long black hair cascaded down, appearing somewhat disheveled.

"Now, what do you think?"

Before Paisley could notice the traces of the Splendid Fairy Sword, Wyatt promptly stored it away, casting a cold glance at Paisley as he asked indifferently.

At this moment, most of Wyatt’s Sun Holy Power within him was gone, leaving him exhausted.

If Paisley were to act against him now, he would be powerless to resist!

However, since Wyatt dared to expend so much Sun Holy Power to do this, he was confident Paisley wouldn’t attack him.

After all.

If he had intended to kill Paisley with that sword strike earlier, he could have easily done so!

He believed Paisley sensed this.

Indeed, Paisley felt it.

"How is this possible?!"

As Wyatt’s sword broke Paisley’s hairpin instantly, endless fear rose in her heart, feeling how close ’death’ had come to her at that moment.

If the target of his sword hadn’t been her hairpin but her vital areas...

She would be undeniably dead!

"How can his strength be so formidable?!"

Taking a deep breath in shock, when Paisley looked at Wyatt again, her eyes involuntarily showed astonishment.

She felt the young man standing before her was completely different from the Wyatt she’d seen before.

That Wyatt was no match for her!

In fact, she only needed to lift a finger to subdue him!

But now, this Wyatt’s power far exceeded hers.

Throughout that sword strike, she hadn’t detected any trace of his movement.

Even when battling the Fire Worship Sect’s number one-ranked True Inheritor, she never felt the despair, suffocation she experienced just now.

At that moment, she felt her life was out of her control.

Terrifying!

Too terrifying!

"Who are you?!"

Because of this, Paisley questioned Wyatt’s identity again.

She couldn’t possibly link the young man before her, capable of killing her with a single sword strike, to the useless man who harmed her sister.

"What? You think it’s impossible for me to gain this strength far surpassing yours in just a few years?"

Wyatt sneered.

Paisley’s current thoughts were easy for him to guess.

In fact, now, not only Paisley but even he himself felt like he was dreaming...

Years ago, when Paisley emerged as Vanessa, she forcefully took Keer away from him.

At that time, Paisley’s might left him breathless, forcing him to watch Keer being taken.

He would never forget that scene.

At that moment, facing Paisley, he felt utterly powerless.

Years later, seeing Paisley again, with the Splendid Fairy Sword, he could kill Paisley with a single strike!

This feeling, while satisfying, also felt unrealistic.

The contrast was too great!

Therefore, he could understand Paisley’s current feelings.

A being she once deemed a ’mant’ gained the strength to kill her in a few short years.

Any normal person would struggle to accept this.

"You can’t be him... With not a few years but dozens or hundreds of years, he still couldn’t possibly have your strength!"

"Tell me... Who are you? What’s your relationship with him? Why impersonate him? Just to stand up for him and humiliate me?"

Paisley’s face grew increasingly grim, unwilling to believe this ’Wyatt’ was the same Wyatt she once encountered.

"Whether you believe it or not is meaningless to me... The reason I’m here today isn’t to see you, but to meet Keer and my daughter with Keer!"

Wyatt said indifferently, straightforwardly stating his purpose for entering the ’Prisoner Surveillance Hall’:

He only wanted to see Keer and their daughter!

Exactly this statement made Paisley’s brow furrow again, asking in an uncertain tone:

"Are you... truly the ’Wyatt’ from back then?"