Chapter 2940: Was He the One Who Killed Ronin?

"A bunch of idiots!"

Upon hearing a group of people mocking Wyatt Barnes, Ismael Mullins couldn’t help but curse them in his heart, thinking they were akin to fools.

Who says that under a hundred years old, one can’t be stronger than the fourth son of Ducoin City’s City Lord, Emanuel Yellow?

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, as he detected a Divine Sense probe of the Monarch Level Immortal Lord, Ismael Mullins’s face instantly turned gloomy. At the same time, he turned around, his gaze sharp as lightning towards the one probing him.

The one probing him was precisely the middle-aged man sitting behind him.

"Brother, sorry, I was just curious about your cultivation level... I didn’t expect that you, like me, are also a Monarch Level Immortal Lord."

Seeing Ismael Mullins’s gloomy face turning around, the middle-aged man immediately gave an awkward smile.

He originally thought that Ismael Mullins’s cultivation level was far inferior to his and certainly wouldn’t notice his Divine Sense probe. However, he didn’t expect the other party to be at the same Monarch Level Immortal Lord.

"Curious?"

Ismael Mullins frowned.

"Didn’t you just address the one beside you, who is now on the stage, as ’Sir’? I was thinking, your strength should not be as good as his; otherwise, why address him that way?"

The middle-aged man was quite frank, saying directly, "So, I was curious about what level your cultivation is at."

"But I didn’t expect you... to actually be a Monarch Level Immortal Lord."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man looked puzzled.

He naturally wouldn’t think that the purple-clothed youth whom Ismael addressed as ’Sir’ would be someone stronger than a Monarch Level Immortal Lord.

Firstly, that purple-clothed youth is not even a hundred years old.

Secondly, if that purple-clothed youth was stronger than a Monarch Level Immortal Lord, it wouldn’t comply with the participation rules of the Southern Sky Arena. If he rashly went on stage, it would purely be trouble, and he would definitely be punished by the Autumn Holding Kingdom’s emperor.

"Who says that my master’s cultivation must be higher than mine?"

Ismael Mullins gave the middle-aged man a slight glance and then turned back, ignoring him further.

On the dueling arena.

Seeing Wyatt Barnes take out a King Grade Immortal Artifact, Emanuel Yellow also took out his King Grade Immortal Artifact—a seven-foot-long spear.

This spear was entirely crimson, with profound light entwined around it, vaguely highlighting the red glow, as if flames ignited on it.

"Is that the King Grade Immortal Artifact, the Fire Cloud Spear, from the Ducoin City Lord’s Mansion?"

"I didn’t expect that the City Lord of Ducoin City would give this King Grade Immortal Artifact to his fourth son. It seems he really dotes on him."

"Indeed... This King Grade Immortal Artifact surely ranks among the top three in the Ducoin City Lord’s Mansion’s King Grade Immortal Artifacts!"

"It’s no surprise that the Junior City Lord of Ducoin City has a King Grade Immortal Artifact... But where exactly did this under-a-hundred-year-old purple-clothed youth come from? To think he also has a King Grade Immortal Artifact!"

"Never seen him before... Perhaps, he’s a descendant of some reclusive powerful figure."

...

Seeing Emanuel Yellow also take out a King Grade Immortal Artifact, there was immediately another wave of murmurings below the stage, and even the others on the eight dueling arenas stopped their actions, as if reaching a ceasefire agreement, all staring intently at the dueling arena where Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow stood.

Many whispered speculations about Wyatt Barnes’s identity were as fanciful as they were speculative.

After Wyatt Barnes took out the King Grade Immortal Artifact, no one said he was out of his mind anymore, though many still considered him arrogant.

You have a King Grade Immortal Artifact, but the Junior City Lord of Ducoin City has one too!

Moreover, the Junior City Lord of Ducoin City is a peak Love Rowan Upper Immortal who has comprehended two Monarch Level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities to the extreme, balancing offensive and defensive capabilities.

It’s said that even auxiliary Monarch Level Immortal Methods have been comprehended to the extreme.

Even auxiliary Monarch Level Divine Abilities are about to reach the extreme.

Just as Emanuel Yellow took out his King Grade Immortal Artifact spear, standing in confrontation with Wyatt Barnes, ready to go to war.

A noble and elegant figure appeared again on the royal audience seat.

"Beloved Consort, why did you come so late?"

The Autumn Holding Kingdom’s emperor, upon seeing the visitor, smiled slightly, inviting her to sit in the vacant seat beside him.

Clearly, this seat was prepared for this beautiful woman today.

"I’ve met Princess Consort Henson!"

"I’ve met Princess Consort Henson!"

...

And with the arrival of this noble and beautiful woman, everyone on the royal audience seats, including the Fourth Prince, greeted her.

After greeting, their attention unconsciously shifted to the dueling arena, focusing on Wyatt Barnes and Emanuel Yellow.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, my elder brother came to the palace to find me this morning."

The newly arrived beautiful woman was none other than the emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom’s most favored consort in recent years, Princess Consort Henson, who, thanks to the emperor’s favor, wielded immense power in the royal harem in recent years.

"Your elder brother? Is it still about Ronin?"

The emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom asked.

"Yes."

The beautiful woman nodded, and as if recalling something, tears rolled down her face, "This morning, my elder brother couldn’t hold back anymore and finally used our family’s Blood Guidance Secret Method to project the image of the murderer who killed Ronin!"

"However, from this point forward, my brother’s cultivation will cease to advance any further."

As she spoke, tears streamed uncontrollably down the beautiful woman’s face, her pitiful appearance even made the Emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom feel a pang of heartache.

"Beloved consort, grieve not. Since we know what the culprit looks like, as long as he hasn’t left the Autumn Holding Kingdom, it won’t be difficult to flush him out!"

The Emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom patted the beautiful woman’s hand, his gaze fixed on the two about to clash on the stage, and said, "Once today’s Southern Heaven Duel concludes, have your brother draw a portrait of the culprit. I’ll have it copied multiple times and disseminated to hunt him down!"

"Ronin, is also my nephew... I will avenge him!"

As the Emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom spoke, his tone grew somber.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The beautiful woman repeatedly expressed her gratitude, wiping away the tears on her face, and smiled as she followed the Emperor’s gaze to the stage.

"Isn’t that the most outstanding fourth son of City Lord Yellow of Ducoin City?"

The beautiful woman was somewhat surprised to see Emanuel Yellow, "Has he taken the stage so early?"

"Not only has he taken the stage... but he’s also encountered an interesting opponent. His opponent, not yet a hundred years old and possessing a King Grade Immortal Artifact, is surely the descendant of some reclusive elder."

The Emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom examined Wyatt Barnes on stage with great interest and said.

If someone not yet a hundred years old can wield a King Grade Immortal Artifact, he certainly has some backing—anything else, the emperor wouldn’t believe.

"Not yet a hundred years old and possessing a King Grade Immortal Artifact?"

Upon hearing the emperor’s words, the beautiful woman, also known as Princess Consort Henson, was startled, and instinctively shifted her gaze from Emanuel Yellow to his opponent.

"This..."

However, with just one glance, Princess Consort Henson’s pupils contracted.

This was because she recognized this person!

To be precise, she had just seen this person this morning!

When her brother was using their family’s unique Blood Guidance Secret Method...

Their family wasn’t considered a prominent one in the Autumn Holding Kingdom, but they had a rarely used secret method known as the ’Blood Guidance Secret Method.’

The Blood Guidance Secret Method, at a certain cost, could reveal the appearance of the murderer who killed a close relative by blood.

The close relative referred to here meant an immediate family member like a parent or child.

If two or more children died simultaneously, the Blood Guidance Secret Method would only reveal the murderer’s face of the last child to die.

The cost of using the Blood Guidance Secret Method was that one’s cultivation could not advance further in this lifetime, essentially trading one’s future for it!

In Princess Consort Henson’s memory, her brother was only the third person in their family’s thousand-year history to use this secret method.

"Was it him who killed Ronin?"

Princess Consort Henson’s heart trembled, and she immediately crushed an Immortal Talisman to send a message to her brother, who had just left the palace.

She needed her brother to come and confirm it.

Moreover, a question arose in her heart:

This young man in purple, since he was participating in the Southern Heaven Duel, indicated he was only an Upper Immortal. Even if he could kill her nephew, he couldn’t have killed the Triad Immortal Lord beside her nephew!

"Perhaps the people beside Ronin were killed by his companions."

Thinking this, Princess Consort Henson’s doubts dissipated.

Because the Emperor of the Autumn Holding Kingdom’s attention was all on the duel, he didn’t notice that Princess Consort Henson was behaving oddly.

And Princess Consort Henson did not act out immediately; she restrained her inner fury, waiting for her brother’s arrival.

"I am eager to see what tactics you possess to make such audacious boasts!"

Meanwhile, on stage, Emanuel Yellow looked calmly at Wyatt Barnes, speaking indifferently. As his words fell, he transformed into lightning, charging towards Wyatt Barnes.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

...

Emanuel Yellow’s figure fluctuated like the wind, the Immortal Origin Force transformed into golden lights resembling swimming dragons, entwining around his body as he swiftly soared forward.

At the same time, the King Grade Immortal Artifact in his hand, a seven-foot-long spear, also shot out as if infused with the power of thunder, its target directed straight at Wyatt Barnes.

Around the seven-foot spear that shot out, the same golden lights resembling swimming dragons twisted and turned.

At the spear’s tip, faint crimson lightning danced and coiled.

Faced with an opponent who could wield a King Grade Immortal Artifact, Emanuel Yellow attacked with near full strength, not daring to hold back.

As it’s said, ’Even a lion must use its full strength to capture a rabbit,’ he dared not underestimate someone who could handle a King Grade Immortal Artifact, even if they were less than a hundred years old.

Moreover, the earlier words of the opponent showed clear signs of absolute self-confidence.

"I said I’d let you have two moves, so I let you have two moves."

"If you can’t break through my defenses in two moves, it will be my turn to strike... If I don’t defeat you with one blow, then I lose this battle."

Faced with the fierce approach of Emanuel Yellow, Wyatt Barnes released his hand from the umbrella, speaking calmly.

As his words fell, the Immortal Origin Force at the peak Upper Immortal level on Wyatt Barnes’ body surface surged forth, transforming into the illusion of a golden Buddha.

At the same time, deep purple auras coiled atop the golden Buddha’s illusion...

Purple and gold lights intertwined, dazzling and resplendent!