The sudden voice startled both Evan and Lena. No need to guess—it was someone sent by Dominic Bai. With no reinforcements left, they were truly in danger now.
Lena, where are your four Protectors? Don’t they always stay close? Is there any way to notify them now?
Lena’s face showed helplessness. "Evan, I’m sorry—it’s my fault for being careless. I only brought one transmission jade, thinking nothing would happen. But trouble has come twice today. Looks like we’ll have to handle this ourselves. Maybe you should escape while I hold him off."
I’m Stormtower’s Second Young Lady—my identity alone means even the cruelest enemy wouldn’t dare harm me. But you’re in real danger, so you must escape.
What a joke! I’m a man—how could I run and leave a woman to face danger? If anyone’s leaving, it’s you, not me. At worst, I’ll fight him head-on!
Hahaha, none of you are leaving! You dared injure my young master—surely you knew this day would come. Just didn’t expect it so soon, did you? At this moment, a middle-aged man appeared before Evan and Lena.
The newcomer was none other than Elder Lyle from Azure Moon City’s City Lord’s Mansion, an early-stage God-Emperor. Before him, Evan and Lena were like ants.
If you dare harm us today, Azure Moon City will be destroyed! Lena glared furiously at Elder Lyle.
Destroyed? Little girl, are you trying to scare me? There’s no one for thousands of miles—who would know who killed you? But you’re so lovely, maybe I’ll have some fun before I kill you. Let you enjoy the best feeling before you die, hahaha!
Despicable! Shameless! Lena had never been so humiliated. Burning with rage, she instantly drew a dark-green longsword and slashed fiercely at Elder Lyle, wishing she could cut him in half on the spot.
Seeing Lena attack, Elder Lyle’s face twisted into a strange smile. Evan saw it clearly—Lena had fallen into his trap. He wanted her to strike first, so if she died, he could claim it was just self-defense.
Such cunning was infuriating. Evan knew there was an artifact in the God Realm that could replay past events. If Lena was killed, Stormtower’s soul-link jade would shatter, and the artifact would show Lena attacked first—Elder Lyle could claim he only defended himself.
But Lena was consumed by rage, wanting nothing more than to tear him apart—she couldn’t think about consequences now. Her powerful sword-qi slashed toward Elder Lyle, her mid-stage God-King strength anything but a joke. If Elder Lyle didn’t defend, he’d be seriously injured; he wasn’t Blue-Shade God-Venerable.
Good! It’s been ages since I’ve tasted fresh meat. Judging by your look, you’re still a virgin, aren’t you? I’m in luck today! Elder Lyle laughed, then drew his sword and slashed at Lena.
His move was perfectly executed—he scattered Lena’s sword-qi attack without hurting her. If she was wounded and bleeding, he’d have no interest in her. In that instant, he blurred forward and slammed a palm into Lena’s back.
His palm struck Lena squarely on the back, instantly knocking her out. She collapsed into his arms, unconscious.
Seeing this, Evan’s fury boiled over. Elder Lyle might be a God-Emperor, but Evan was ready to kill him. To do that, he’d have to use the Blood Bead and unleash Absolute Cleave—the seventh slash of Sevenfold Absolute Cleave. Only then could he hope to kill him.
Using the Blood Bead would definitely draw attention from powerful experts, but Evan couldn’t worry about that now. If his Stellar Power mastery were higher, he could easily kill Elder Lyle with it.
Kid, you’re quite the talent—able to defeat my young master with just early-stage God-Lord power. Maybe you’d achieve great things someday, but you won’t get the chance. You’ve offended people you should never cross." Elder Lyle said.
Old man, so what if you’re early-stage God-Emperor? You really think I’m scared of you? Today I’ll show you that even an early-stage God-Lord can kill a God-Emperor. This is your death day!' Evan retorted, neither humble nor arrogant.
My death day? Kid, are you out of your mind? Even if you were late-stage God-King, you couldn’t beat me. There’s a two-realm gap—even a peerless genius couldn’t bridge it.' Elder Lyle laughed.
Suddenly, Elder Lyle’s face darkened. “Kid, are you stalling? Think someone will come save you? Dream on! Let me finish you!”
As Elder Lyle finished speaking, Evan felt a crushing pressure descend—it was the Space Domain of an early-stage God-Emperor. He hadn’t expected such a despicable move.
But Evan’s defenses could fully withstand the pressure of an early-stage God-King’s Space Domain. Dominic Bai’s domain hadn’t crushed him, and this was even weaker. Even though Dominic hadn’t used full power, his pressure wasn’t below Elder Lyle’s.
Under such pressure, Evan’s movements were limited. If Elder Lyle launched a sudden attack, it’d be hard to dodge. Evan immediately began communicating with the elemental molecules in the Space Domain. After a few breaths, he resonated with them.
Instantly, the pressure on Evan lightened—he could now move within the domain. But Elder Lyle was a God-Emperor; Evan couldn’t afford any mistakes. He quickly resonated with another element—the domain only had two, and now Evan had cracked them both.
Old bastard, using your Space Domain against a junior—have you no shame? If you’ve got guts, let’s fight openly and see if I can kill you!' Evan shouted.
Elder Lyle was slightly shocked. “Kid, didn’t expect you’d still have strength to talk. I really underestimated you. Since you want to die, I’ll oblige!” With a flash, his sword slashed toward Evan…