Chapter 2867: Semi-immortal King Powerhouses

"It’s the Elder Ancestor’s Storage Ring!!"

"The Elder Ancestor... the Elder Ancestor... was killed?!"

Not far from Wyatt Barnes, Hunter Swayer, Russel Yorke, and Joshua Davies, looked at the scene of a Storage Ring floating down amidst the blood mist, their faces drastically changing.

"Elder Ancestor..."

At this moment, Wyatt Barnes also realized:

The Elder Ancestor Tai Yi was killed by Infinite Buckingham, the Sect Leader of Xuanyuan Immortal Sect!

In just over a dozen breaths, the Elder Ancestor Tai Yi, being the ’Gossips Immortal Lord,’ was ultimately unable to withstand the offensive from Infinite Buckingham, the ’Nine Palaces Immortal Lord,’ and was killed.

Of course, Wyatt Barnes also understood:

This also had to do with Elder Ancestor Tai Yi being injured by Infinite Buckingham at the start.

Otherwise, Elder Ancestor Tai Yi wouldn’t have been killed in such a short time; after all, he was a prominent figure among the Gossips Immortal Lords, with strength far surpassing the average Gossips Immortal Lord!

"The Elder Ancestor... he was a Gossips Immortal Lord!"

Even though Wyatt Barnes couldn’t clearly see how the Elder Ancestor Tai Yi died due to his limited cultivation, he could judge from the scene before him:

Elder Ancestor Tai Yi was indeed dead!

Killed by Infinite Buckingham, the Sect Leader of Xuanyuan Immortal Sect!

A Gossips Immortal Lord, a being he needed to look up to, had died in front of him in just over a dozen breaths.

At this moment, Wyatt Barnes just felt so insignificant.

"Dead?"

"This Elder Ancestor Tai Yi, Beckham Ho, is dead just like that?"

"Oh my God! This Beckham Ho, even counted as a standout among the Gossips Immortal Lords... Infinite Buckingham of Xuanyuan Immortal Sect killed him in just over a dozen breaths?"

"Is this the gap between a Gossips Immortal Lord and a Nine Palaces Immortal Lord?"

...

Meanwhile, in the Pill Tao Plaza, a group of people who snapped back to reality couldn’t help but take a cold breath.

More people were shocked by how quickly Infinite Buckingham killed Elder Ancestor Tai Yi.

Although Elder Ancestor Tai Yi was a Gossips Immortal Lord, his strength among them was quite formidable; at least in the Southeastern Six Territories, no Gossips Immortal Lord dared to claim an assured victory against Elder Ancestor Tai Yi.

Meanwhile, some people were more rational:

"It’s probably because that Elder Ancestor Tai Yi, Beckham Ho, was unexpectedly injured by Infinite Buckingham, the Sect Leader of Xuanyuan Immortal Sect... With injuries, his strength certainly wouldn’t be as before."

"I forgot about that... It should indeed be the reason. Earlier, Beckham Ho was injured by Infinite Buckingham without any defense, and it seems he wasn’t slightly injured either. In such a condition, his strength naturally couldn’t be compared to his peak state."

"If Beckham Ho were in his peak state, within fifty breaths, Infinite Buckingham might not have taken him down!"

...

No matter what the people in the Pill Tao Plaza said, it did not change the fact that Beckham Ho was strongly killed by Infinite Buckingham.

From start to finish, the top sect people from the Southeastern Six Territories present neither intervened nor spoke up.

Even some sects that had a bit of friendship with Tai Yi Immortal Sect chose to keep silent.

After all, they thought, indeed Tai Yi Immortal Sect was at fault in this matter.

"Beckham Ho was indeed unlucky... after killing that Junior Sect Master of the Xuanyuan Immortal Sect, he actually left a survivor behind."

"Maybe he didn’t expect the person’s heart to be misplaced."

"Though Beckham Ho is Tai Yi Elder Ancestor of the Tai Yi Immortal Sect, the person he killed was not of high cultivation, not even an Immortal Lord... but, who can blame him when the deceased was the only son of the Xuanyuan Immortal Sect’s Sect Leader? Tai Yi Immortal Sect is bound to suffer a dumb loss."

"Yeah... avenging the son is natural justice; this is purely a private issue, unrelated to the conflict between Tai Yi Immortal Sect and Xuanyuan Immortal Sect."

"Even if the semi-immortal king level hidden master of Tai Yi Immortal Sect is still in the Southeastern Six Territories, even if they found out about today’s matter, there is no reason to take action to avenge Tai Yi Elder Ancestor."

"Exactly. As long as Infinite Buckingham, the Sect Leader of Xuanyuan Immortal Sect, takes no further action against Tai Yi Immortal Sect after killing Elder Ancestor Tai Yi Beckham Ho, no semi-immortal king master of Tai Yi Immortal Sect would make an appearance even if they are still in the Southeastern Six Territories."

...

The top sects from the Southeastern Six Territories, in their discussions, all seemed to agree that the death of Elder Ancestor Tai Yi Beckham Ho was inevitable and unrelated to the conflict between Tai Yi Immortal Sect and Xuanyuan Immortal Sect.

And the ’semi-immortal king’ in their words refers to those who have broken through to the Immortal King level but stayed on the borders instead of heading to central areas, causing their cultivation levels to fall back to the Ten Directions Immortal Lord stage.

The strength of these individuals far surpasses the usual Ten Directions Immortal Lords.

Thus, in the Borderlands, people like this are referred to as ’Semi-immortal Kings’ and ’semi-immortal powerhouses’.

Meanwhile, Sect Leader Infinite Buckingham of the Xuantian Immortal Sect cast his gaze upon Wyatt Barnes and the remaining members of the Taiyi Immortal Sect:

"The events of today, orchestrated by me, Infinite Buckingham, are purely a personal vendetta for avenging my son’s death, and not an attempt to incite conflict between the Xuantian Immortal Sect and the Taiyi Immortal Sect... I hope all fellow practitioners present can bear witness to this."

As he set his eyes on Wyatt Barnes and the others, Infinite Buckingham spoke aloud to everyone present.

His words unmistakably revealed his intention that today’s events were purely personal revenge, and not an attempt by the Xuantian Immortal Sect to provoke a dispute with the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

Although the current strength displayed by the Taiyi Immortal Sect is far inferior to the Xuantian Immortal Sect,

the Taiyi Immortal Sect had, after all, once had an emerging semi-immortal powerhouse who wiped out a top sect attempting to annihilate Taiyi Immortal Sect.

To avoid repeating the fate of that top sect, Infinite Buckingham, as the Sect Leader of Xuantian Immortal Sect, naturally remains cautious.

"Rest assured, Sect Leader Buckingham, our Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect is willing to testify for you and the Xuantian Immortal Sect in this matter."

Maximus Lee, the elder ancestor of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, who had previously clashed with Wyatt Barnes, was the first to express his stance to Infinite Buckingham.

After he finished speaking, he couldn’t resist casting a provocative glance in Wyatt Barnes’ direction.

With Maximus Lee taking the lead, several other top sect representatives followed suit, although they were from top sects Wyatt Barnes had not previously interacted with.

Although the Thousand Spider Immortal Sect and Dragon Warrior Immortal Sect from the Desolate Territory secretly rejoiced at the death of the Taiyi Elder Ancestor, as it meant one less gossiping Immortal Lord for the Taiyi Immortal Sect, which was a great advantage for them,

they did not express their willingness to testify for the Xuantian Immortal Sect, as that would mean offending the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

Within the Desolate Territory, they frequently encounter each other, and unless necessary, they don’t wish to strain relations with the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

As for the people of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, after the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect expressed their stance, naturally they wouldn’t follow suit, given the considerable discord between the two sects.

Of course, even if the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect had not expressed their stance, they wouldn’t have done so.

For no other reason than the fact that Sect Leader Milena Nangle of Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect’s mentor had a rather formal relationship with Beckham Ho, who was just killed by Infinite Buckingham.

Because of this formal relationship, Milena Nangle could not represent Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect in expressing support, and naturally, no one else in Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect would dare to overstep Milena Nangle to express support.

"Thank you all."

Seeing quite a few sects agree to his request, Infinite Buckingham immediately thanked them one by one.

After expressing his gratitude, Infinite Buckingham raised his hand, unleashing an invisible force that swept up the Storage Ring left behind by Taiyi Elder Ancestor Beckham Ho, sending it towards Wyatt Barnes and the others.

"Today, to avenge my son’s death, all I wanted was Beckham Ho’s life... There are likely belongings of the Taiyi Immortal Sect inside Beckham Ho’s relics, which I will not claim, nor will the Xuantian Immortal Sect."

As he handed the Storage Ring of Beckham Ho to Wyatt Barnes and others, Infinite Buckingham continued speaking.

"This Sect Leader of Xuantian Immortal Sect is indeed a straightforward person... He’s even returning Beckham Ho’s Storage Ring to the members of Taiyi Immortal Sect."

Infinite Buckingham’s action immediately garnered goodwill from many present.

However, a moment later, the goodwill in their hearts was ruthlessly shattered:

"This Sect Leader of the Xuantian Immortal Sect is returning the Storage Ring of Taiyi Elder Ancestor Beckham Ho, likely anticipating that it contains the sect’s Town Guardian Immortal Artifact!"

"The Town Guardian Immortal Artifact of Taiyi Immortal Sect? Is it the ’King Grade Immortal Artifact’?"

"I’ve long heard that Taiyi Immortal Sect possesses a King Grade Immortal Artifact, left behind by a reclusive semi-immortal powerhouse who emerged to stand up for Taiyi Immortal Sect, destroying another top sect from the Southeast Six Territories."

"That sect, which was destroyed by the Taiyi Immortal Sect’s reclusive semi-immortal powerhouse, had strength surpassing that of the current Xuantian Immortal Sect... When they left the King Grade Immortal Artifact to Taiyi Immortal Sect, they stated: The King Grade Immortal Artifact of Taiyi Immortal Sect, unless voluntarily given away by the strongest of Taiyi Immortal Sect or by the Sect Leader, anyone daring to seize it will face their pursuit!"

"I’ve heard of that too... Thus, given Taiyi Immortal Sect’s Town Guardian Immortal Artifact, across the entire Borderlands of South Heaven’s Borderlands, no one dares to seize it."

"Indeed! Unless it’s someone who fears not the semi-immortal powerhouses of Taiyi Immortal Sect... However, those people would likely care little for the King Grade Immortal Artifact of Taiyi Immortal Sect."

...

Hearing the surrounding conversation, Wyatt Barnes was not surprised as he had previously heard these things from Taiyi Elder Ancestor Beckham Ho.

On their way to Pill Tao City in the Desolate Domain, Wyatt Barnes had asked Beckham Ho:

Isn’t Taiyi Immortal Sect’s strength inadequate to safeguard the King Grade Immortal Artifact?

Back then, Beckham Ho had shared these details with him.

The King Grade Immortal Artifact of Taiyi Immortal Sect has always been in the hands of its contemporary strongest, and apart from the strongest of Taiyi Immortal Sect holding the authority to gift the King Grade Immortal Artifact, the contemporary Sect Leader also holds such authority.

If neither voluntarily gifts the King Grade Immortal Artifact, anyone who seizes it from Taiyi Immortal Sect will face pursuit from its reclusive semi-immortal powerhouse.

Though many years have passed, and the semi-immortal powerhouse who left the King Grade Immortal Artifact may no longer be in the Southeast Six Territories,

yet, no one dares risk it, no one dares gamble.

For if they lose the gamble, it will cost them their life!