Chapter 2929: Leilany’s Departure Without Farewell

"Hmm."

Seeing the resolute expression on Ismael Mullins’ face, Wyatt Barnes nodded, then closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

The reason he agreed to Ismael Mullins’ following wasn’t just that he thought Ismael Mullins was a good person, but more so due to Ismael Mullins’ intellect.

And the reason he revealed his background to Ismael Mullins was because Wyatt Barnes wanted Ismael Mullins to follow him, not on a whim.

On this journey, he indeed needed someone capable by his side.

Ismael Mullins, regardless of his Immortal Dao aptitude, was recognized by Wyatt Barnes solely for his character and intellect.

After Leilany greeted Ismael Mullins, she sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes, and entered her own world, the specifics of which were unknown: was she cultivating, or comprehending Immortal Methods or Divine Abilities?

During this process, she didn’t even greet Wyatt Barnes.

Wyatt Barnes naturally sensed the fluctuation in Leilany’s emotions and knew the disturbance was largely due to what he said to Ismael Mullins earlier.

He had introduced Leilany to Ismael Mullins as his ’sister.’

However, he didn’t think much of it, believing her emotions would stabilize over time.

With Ismael Mullins, who had broken through and achieved the status of Immortal Lord, leading the way, their party’s speed increased significantly. On their journey out of the borderlands, they encountered no immortals blocking their path to rob them.

Although within the borderlands there were indeed some Immortal Lord levels who would intercept and rob passersby, such individuals were extremely rare.

Traveling from the borderlands to the central region, inhabitants were scarce, so even if there were Immortal Lord level beings, they wouldn’t choose to rob anyone in such an area.

Time quietly slipped by.

In an instant, months passed.

"Finally, the last step... As long as I break through this bottleneck, I can successfully advance to the ’Earth Realm Rowan Upper Immortal’ level!"

Running the cultivation of the king-level method ’Mystic Skills,’ Wyatt Barnes’ aura on the surface of his body suddenly fluctuated, then quickly subsided.

Simultaneously, within Wyatt Barnes, the medicinal power of the Rowan Heaven Pill was rapidly consumed, ultimately transforming into a part of his Immortal Origin Force, following the path set by ’Mystic Skills,’ moving through one Great Cycle after another.

Roughly half a month later.

Whoosh!!

Suddenly, a vast and majestic aura surged out from within Wyatt Barnes, who was sitting cross-legged in mid-air.

At this moment, the Immortal Origin Force released from Wyatt Barnes’ body showed noticeable changes compared to before.

"Finally... broken through!"

"Earth Realm Rowan Upper Immortal!"

After the breakthrough, Wyatt Barnes opened his eyes immediately, a bright smile timely appearing on his face.

"Congratulations, my lord!"

Meanwhile, Ismael Mullins also sensed the change in Wyatt Barnes’ aura. Although Wyatt Barnes had strength comparable to a Four Symbols Immortal King, the aura just now clearly belonged to an Earth Realm Rowan Upper Immortal.

Thus, Ismael Mullins knew Wyatt Barnes had broken through.

Simultaneously, he couldn’t help but feel a rush of emotion within, "The lord... is he really not even a hundred years old?"

Just before, when Wyatt Barnes was breaking through, Ismael Mullins slightly extended his Divine Sense, besides discovering Wyatt Barnes’ advancement to the Earth Realm Rowan Upper Immortal level, he also discovered that Wyatt Barnes wasn’t even a hundred years old.

Because of this, he couldn’t help but feel a tremor within.

A Rowan Upper Immortal under a hundred years old?

Not to mention, an Earth Realm Rowan Upper Immortal?

Such an existence hasn’t appeared in the nearly ten-thousand-year history of the borderlands, right?

"Hmm?"

Hearing Ismael Mullins’ congratulations, Wyatt Barnes immediately looked at him. In the next instant, his expression suddenly changed.

"Where’s Leilany?!"

Because he noticed that Ismael Mullins was leading only himself now, and Leilany was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly, looking all around but not finding any trace of Leilany, Wyatt Barnes’ eyes fixed sharply on Ismael Mullins, his expression turned dark enough to drip water.

"My lord."

Faced with Wyatt Barnes’ sharp gaze, Ismael Mullins’ face immediately fell, filled with a bitter smile, "Miss Leilany... she’s gone..."

Hearing Ismael Mullins’ words, Wyatt Barnes’ expression changed again and again, "When did this happen? Why didn’t you tell me?"

He had no doubts about Ismael Mullins’ words.

Unless Leilany left voluntarily, otherwise, he would have noticed something was amiss.

"About a month ago..."

As Ismael Mullins spoke, he took out an unsigned Storage Ring, handing it to Wyatt Barnes, "This Storage Ring was left by Miss Leilany before she departed, for me to give to you, my lord."

"When Miss Leilany said she wanted to leave, planning to silently part from you, my lord, I considered informing you... But she threatened me, forbidding me from telling you of her departure, or she would die before my eyes."

"At that time, Miss Leilany’s attitude was very resolute. Seeing her determined gaze, she didn’t seem to be joking... So, I dared not disturb you, sir."

As Ismael Mullins spoke, there was not only a bitter smile on his face but also deep helplessness.

While listening to Ismael Mullins, Wyatt Barnes was binding the Storage Ring handed over by Ismael Mullins very quickly and soon saw the contents inside the ring.

The space inside the ring was empty, with only two items lying there quietly.

Whoosh!

Upon seeing one of the two items inside the ring, Wyatt Barnes’s expression suddenly changed.

It was solely because this was the necklace that Leilany always wore around her neck, and the pendant on the necklace was particularly glaring to Wyatt Barnes’s eyes.

The ’Divine Crystal’ that Leilany carried with her was right inside this pendant.

With a mere thought, the pendant opened, and the spiritual energy emanating from the Divine Crystal instantly filled the entire space within the Storage Ring.

"Leilany..."

Wyatt Barnes’s face became extremely unpleasant. He didn’t expect that not only had Leilany left silently, but she had also left the most precious thing from herself for him.

Without this Divine Crystal, her cultivation after leaving would undoubtedly be affected...

"Foolish girl! Foolish girl!"

Wyatt Barnes’s complexion was so gloomy that Ismael Mullins only dared to look and did not dare to utter a sound.

Simultaneously, Wyatt Barnes took out the other item from the ring. It was an Immortal Talisman that could condense sounds within it. With a thought, the sounds surged into Wyatt Barnes’s ears.

"Brother Wyatt, Leilany is gone... Leilany didn’t want to leave, but she decided to go. Perhaps, after Leilany leaves, you might worry more about Leilany, just like you worry about Sister Milana, Sister Keer, Sister Jovie Lee, and Sister Winnie Romero."

"Brother Wyatt, Leilany knows you want to become strong soon and then rescue Sister Keer... So, even though Leilany left, she still left the Divine Crystal that her mother gave her to Brother Wyatt, hoping it would help him to become strong as soon as possible."

Leilany’s voice stopped abruptly.

"Leilany..."

Wyatt Barnes’s expression became increasingly unpleasant, but deep down in his eyes, it was full of emotion.

Leilany had left the Divine Crystal for him.

Without the Divine Crystal, her cultivation speed would undoubtedly slow down significantly.

"Foolish girl! Such a foolish girl!"

Wyatt Barnes became anxious, his eyes turning red, and he looked at Ismael Mullins, asking in a deep voice, "Which direction did Leilany head to?"

"This way."

Ismael Mullins pointed to the side.

Almost at the instant Ismael Mullins’s voice fell, Wyatt Barnes’s figure flickered, and the power of the Four Symbols Immortal King fully unfolded, causing him to seem to vanish into thin air in front of Ismael Mullins’s eyes.

Immediately, Ismael Mullins stopped in his tracks, remaining at the same spot waiting for Wyatt Barnes.

He knew that his master must have gone to find Miss Leilany...

Indeed.

At that moment, Wyatt Barnes was precisely looking for Leilany.

He propelled the power granted by the consumable Immortal Artifact with Immortal King’s speed, rapidly advancing in the direction indicated by Ismael Mullins, attempting to find Leilany.

Yet, as his power gradually depleted, he still found nothing.

"Given Leilany’s speed, if she kept heading in this direction, I would certainly have caught up with her... So, there’s only one possibility — she changed directions behind."

"Considering Leilany’s character, she’s already lost interest in the borderlands; it’s unlikely she’ll remain here... So, there’s just one possibility: she deliberately headed this way in front of Ismael Mullins and then diverted to the Central Earth half-way."

With this thought, Wyatt Barnes swiftly returned to where Ismael Mullins was, and with a raise of his hand, he carried Ismael Mullins along, searching in a carpet-like manner toward the Central Earth.

Even with carrying Ismael Mullins, Wyatt Barnes’s speed remained incredibly fast, quickly reaching the edge area of the borderlands.

"Sir, the continuous mountain range ahead is the boundary between the borderlands and the Central Earth... The formations preventing experts above Immortal King from staying long in the borderlands is up there, extending to every corner surrounding the South Heaven’s Borderlands, separating the Central Earth and the borderlands."

Rushing all the way, Wyatt Barnes’s Immortal Origin Force within has decreased to the point where it was only comparable to an ordinary Three Talents Immortal Lord.

Thus, at this speed carrying Ismael Mullins, Ismael Mullins could still barely discern the surrounding situation.

Unlike initially, Ismael Mullins’s naked eye couldn’t catch anything around as if he were blind.

Back then, Wyatt Barnes’s speed was too fast.

"Are we about to enter the Central Earth? With Leilany’s speed, it’s utterly impossible for her to reach here..."

"Could it be that Leilany... encountered immortals blocking and robbing her on the way?"

"If only I knew earlier that Leilany would leave, I would have surely asked her to leave me a Soul Bead!"

Hovering high between the boundary of the South Heaven’s Borderlands Central Earth and the borderlands, Wyatt Barnes lowly murmured with his face so grim as if it could drip water.

In his gaze, there was nothing but worry.