novelraw Chapter 2078: Begging for Mercy on His Knees
Chapter 2078: Begging for Mercy on His Knees
Long before Wyatt Barnes saw Wells Brightfall injure the head of the Brightfall Family, Collin Brightfall, he had already planned to intervene.
It was only because the Grand Elder of the Brightfall Family spoke up unexpectedly that he held back.
Now, seeing that the Grand Elder has no intention of acting against Wells, he can’t help but sneer coldly:
"Miss Brightfall has her own thoughts, plus she still has her father alive... Even if decisions are to be made about her marriage, it’s her father’s concern! Doesn’t seem like it’s your place, you shameless old bastard, to decide, right?"
As soon as Wyatt Barnes opens his mouth, he shows no mercy.
Not only does he scold Wells for being shameless and disrespectful in old age, but he also refers to him directly as an ’old undead’!
"Eden Lee, you’re seeking death!"
Upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’s merciless words, Wells’s face changes, and he glares angrily at Wyatt, shouting as his Saint Origin stirs within, quickly spreading over his body as he prepares to attack Wyatt.
Wells could never have imagined:
A mere loose cultivator would dare to be so fierce, insulting him in front of so many people, without holding back!
In an instant, he is thoroughly enraged!
"Eden Lee, what are you, daring to disrespect the Second Elder? Today, I’ll thoroughly teach you a lesson, to learn how to behave... Then, I’ll hand you over to the head of the Easton Family for punishment!"
Just as Wells is about to strike, an angry, cold roar follows.
It is the voice of Jaxton Brightfall, the second master of the Brightfall Family.
At the same time, he seems to transform into an arrow leaving the bowstring, swiftly darting toward Wyatt Barnes like lightning, moving at an alarming speed.
The Holy Power at the peak of the Heavenly Saint Realm surges continuously over Jaxton’s body, vast and majestic, stirring up gusts of wind that sweep all around, causing the robes of many present to flap loudly.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, the menacing Jaxton is already not far from Wyatt Barnes.
"Minor Devouring Technique!"
And the instant Jaxton had lunged toward Wyatt, Wyatt rapidly mobilized all the solar Holy Power within himself.
The solar Holy Power coursed along ninety-nine Saint Veins, sweeping out in an exaggerated surge, appearing instantly on his body as a faintly visible vortex.
The vortex was turbulent, as if it could engulf everything!
It was precisely the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’!
After Wyatt Barnes unleashed this Minor Devouring Technique, the Spiritual Energy within the Brightfall Family’s main hall was rapidly absorbed into his body at a terrifying speed, mingling with the solar Holy Power inside him.
Then, it merged and enhanced at an exaggerated speed!
When Jaxton was just a few meters away from Wyatt, Wyatt’s solar Holy Power had already rapidly surged to its peak.
Elevating to a level comparable to late-stage Heavenly Saint Realm Holy Power!
Almost at the same time, Wyatt’s eyes turned icy, filled with a murderous intent.
Suddenly——
Swish!!
Without any visible movement from Wyatt, a fleeting sword-like screech echoed abruptly.
As if the sound were from ghosts lurking, it resounded for a brief moment, then ceased as if never existing.
Instantly, the hall became eerily silent.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Jaxton, merely a few meters away from Wyatt, paused for a moment, then was thrust forward by momentum.
As Wyatt stepped aside, a ring-shaped blood mark had already appeared on Jaxton’s neck.
The blood mark expanded rapidly.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
...
With sounds echoing like splashing water, blood sprayed from Jaxton’s neck like water.
Subsequently, with the splashing blood as the center, Jaxton’s head and body separated, spewing blood all around, crashing hard against one side of the hall.
Blood spilled along the way, appearing like a path of blood, glaring and striking.
At the same time, Jaxton, whose body had been split in two, fell utterly silent.
Dead beyond dead!
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
The scene became deathly quiet.
In the hall, except for Wyatt, the perpetrator, and Jaxton, the victim, everyone else fixed their gazes on Jaxton’s severed body.
In their eyes, beyond terror, there was a mix of shock and disbelief.
The scene before them was unimaginable, even in their dreams.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
...
A moment later, as the crowd gradually came to their senses, they all collectively took a sharp breath, the shock on their faces remaining for a long time.
Even the six Saint Immortal Realm experts present were no exception.
Immediately, with the six Saint Immortal experts leading, the crowd’s gaze collectively landed on Wyatt Barnes.
At that moment, their expression changed completely compared to before.
"He... he’s actually... actually this strong?"
Leilani Brightfall looked at Wyatt Barnes, her beautiful face full of shock and disbelief, almost feeling like she was ’dreaming’.
Everything before her was simply too unreal!
This purple-clad youth, whom she found extraordinary from the first glance, turned out to be unbelievably strong, so much so that he didn’t even seem to move, yet he killed their Brightfall family’s Second Master ’Jaxton Brightfall’!
One must know, Jaxton Brightfall was a ’Heavenly Saint Realm pinnacle powerhouse’!
Being able to kill Jaxton Brightfall meant that this purple-clad youth she met today was, like her father, a ’Saint Immortal Realm powerhouse’!
"No... no... impossible! Impossible!!"
Leilani Brightfall felt as if she were dreaming, yet Bless Easton, the Second Young Master of the Easton Family, who was also watching Wyatt Barnes, felt similarly like he was dreaming.
He first raised his hand and gave himself a slap with a ’smack’.
Then, he pinched his thigh.
The pain from his face and leg reminded him:
He was not dreaming!
Everything before him was real.
This purple-clad youth, who taught him a lesson at the tavern today and whom he hated to the bone, was indeed a ’Saint Immortal Realm powerhouse’!
"What of it being a Saint Immortal Realm powerhouse? My father, and our Easton family’s two elders, are also Saint Immortal Realm powerhouses!"
A moment later, Bless Easton remembered his father and the Grand Elder and Second Elder of the Easton family, and his mind suddenly settled.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
...
Meanwhile, with countless eyes watching, Wyatt Barnes stepped out one step at a time, walking slowly towards the Brightfall family’s Second Elder ’Wells Brightfall’.
However, with each step he took, it was as if he was stepping on Wells Brightfall’s chest, causing Wells Brightfall’s face to change again and again.
In the end, Wells Brightfall was nearly collapsing!
At this moment, besides Wells Brightfall himself, only the other five who were also ’Saint Immortal Realm powerhouses’ could feel his emotional upheaval.
Only they could deeply realize the fear of Wyatt Barnes’s sword strike!
Just as Wyatt Barnes covered half the distance, still a way away from Wells Brightfall...
Wells Brightfall finally couldn’t withstand the inner torment and completely crumbled!
Bang!!
At the same time, Wells Brightfall, utterly collapsing emotionally, moved, and he fell to his knees with a loud crash.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
...
Next moment, accompanied by loud crashes, Wells Brightfall kneeled to the ground and began kowtowing to Wyatt Barnes continuously.
Each kowtow left his head bloody and battered!
But it was as if he felt nothing, continuing his kowtows tirelessly, with no sense of pain or fatigue.
This scene left many people astonished.
Leilani Brightfall, Bless Easton, and the two ordinary elders of the Easton family were all taken aback.
After all, they were not like the other five ’Saint Immortal Realm powerhouses’ present.
Even if they had just witnessed Wyatt Barnes kill the Brightfall family’s Second Master ’Jaxton Brightfall’, they simply thought Wyatt Barnes was an ordinary Saint Immortal Realm powerhouse.
They hadn’t realized:
Wyatt Barnes was not an ordinary Saint Immortal Realm powerhouse, but one with strength far surpassing the six Saint Immortal Realm powerhouses present!
Including the Brightfall family’s Second Elder ’Wells Brightfall’, who was kowtowing, the six Saint Immortal Realm powerhouses could confirm something from Wyatt Barnes’s brilliant sword strike:
Wyatt Barnes’s strength was likely beyond the ’Second Variance of Saint Immortal’ and suspected to be above ’Third Variance of Saint Immortal’!
In Airebright City, let alone a presence above ’Third Variance of Saint Immortal’, there wasn’t even one of the ’Second Variance of Saint Immortal’.
So now, looking at Wyatt Barnes, the six Saint Immortal Realm powerhouses felt chills.
Especially the Brightfall family’s Second Elder ’Wells Brightfall’, who had initially intended to kill Wyatt Barnes, was now terrified to complete collapse upon witnessing Wyatt Barnes’s strength and seeing him approach step by step.
After collapsing, he immediately knelt towards Wyatt Barnes, continuously kowtowing to try and quell Wyatt Barnes’s fury.
An existence like Wyatt Barnes could kill him as easily as slaying a chicken!
"Sir... spare... spare me! Please, spare me! Please, spare me!!"
After about a hundred kowtows, Wells Brightfall finally mustered the courage to shake his voice and plead for mercy from Wyatt Barnes.
His extremely humble demeanor left Leilani Brightfall, Bless Easton, and the two ordinary Easton family elders standing nearby utterly dumbfounded.
The elderly man kneeling there, was he really the Brightfall family’s Second Elder?
The always domineering Brightfall family’s Second Elder had this side?
Because Leilani Brightfall and the others simply couldn’t comprehend Wells Brightfall’s current ’mood’, they were thoroughly baffled, unable to recover their senses for a long time.
"If my memory serves me correctly..."
Earlier, as Wells Brightfall knelt, Wyatt Barnes had halted, coldly watching Wells Brightfall’s kowtow, now finally speaking in response to Wells Brightfall’s plea.
"Earlier, you seemed to suggest I was courting death? And, it seemed you wanted to kill me?"