"Damn it!"
Watching Ian Song and Travis Yuleman depart with their Deathblossoms, Ares Ao let out a resentful roar: "Ian Song, Travis Yuleman, you blocked my way into Yu King Palace. I swear I'll pay you back tenfold for this!"
Gale Jiang, on the other hand, fell silent. Both Travis Yuleman and Ian Song had powerful backgrounds; no matter how unwilling he felt, what could he do? He couldn't exactly hire someone to assassinate them.
If he really tried something like that, even his sect wouldn't be able to protect him.
After Ian Song and Travis Yuleman flew out of the Desolate Legacy Wastes, they found that dozens of people had already returned ahead of them.
"Sir, these are the Deathblossoms I collected!"
"These are mine!"
Ian Song and Travis Yuleman handed their Deathblossoms over to Warren Xiahou.
After checking, Warren Xiahou couldn't hide a look of surprise. He nodded to the two of them: "At the moment, you two are ranked first and second in Deathblossom count!"
The two exchanged smiles, knowing that their Yu King Palace slots were basically secured.
Time passed slowly.
The cultivators taking part in the assessment returned one after another.
But the total number was barely over a hundred.
As for the rest, naturally, they'd died in the Desolate Legacy Wastes.
"Alright, time's up. I'll announce the rankings now!" Warren Xiahou declared.
As expected, Ian Song took first place, Travis Yuleman second. But the third spot was a surprise—it was Yvette Yan.
After all, they'd robbed the three of them once—how did they still manage to turn in so many Deathblossoms?
Fourth was Yara Qin, and fifth was Yvette Yan's other junior sister, Faye Chu.
Sixth place went to a disciple from another super-sect, who had reached early Tribulation stage.
Ian Song could clearly sense the hatred in Ares Ao's gaze toward him and Travis Yuleman.
Immediately, Warren Xiahou tossed a jade token to each of the six candidates who had passed the assessment, stating that they must report to Yu King Palace within half a year or lose their chance.
After returning to the Imperial City, Ian took Daisy Ding back to Heavenly Tome Academy.
Before heading to Yu King Palace, he had to officially report to Heavenly Tome Academy and gather Jina, Bella, and Yura—the three sisters—as well as a few young disciples he had taken in.
A day later.
While lying in the treasure ship reading ancient texts, Ian frowned slightly and stopped the ship.
"Teacher Song, did something happen?"
Daisy transmitted her question.
"There’s a formation ahead. Looks like someone is lying in ambush for us!"
Ian replied via voice transmission, then flashed onto the deck.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!