Chapter 2945: Power of Law Rule

As the middle-aged man blocking Wyatt Barnes and his two companions was about to make a move, Emanuel Yellow suddenly changed his demeanor from being gentle with Wyatt Barnes to staring coldly at the man, his expression extremely stern.

"I think you’re courting death!"

And this statement was precisely the cold shout that Emanuel Yellow emitted.

"Hmm?"

Emanuel Yellow’s abrupt cold shout made the middle-aged man just about to strike flinch, and he instinctively looked towards Emanuel Yellow.

In an instant, the middle-aged man felt that Emanuel Yellow was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but couldn’t immediately recall where he’d seen Emanuel Yellow.

"Elder Maple."

At the same time, Emanuel Yellow spoke softly, as if he were addressing the air.

"Junior City Lord."

Almost at the instant Emanuel Yellow finished speaking, an eerie elderly voice seemed to come from all directions, simultaneously with a silhouette appearing out of thin air behind Emanuel Yellow.

It was an old man dressed in a black robe, extremely emaciated and frail, as if he could be blown over by the wind.

The old man’s face was also bone-protruding, highlighted against the dim moonlight, and with his black attire, he resembled a real phantom.

Swish! Swish!

The old man appeared as if out of nowhere, his speed so rapid it didn’t just alter the complexion of the road-blocking middle-aged man, but even the man blocking Wyatt Barnes and his companions’ path behind them, whose face drastically changed.

"You... Are you Elder Maple?"

Meanwhile, the man behind Wyatt Barnes, a medium-sized young man, upon seeing the old man’s side profile, had his pupils abruptly shrink.

"You know me?"

Upon hearing the young man’s voice, the old man slowly turned his head, casting a subtle glance at the young man.

"Elder Maple, my master is Tong Yu."

The young man smiled bitterly, never expecting to encounter this old man here.

This old man used to be like him, a loose cultivator.

Moreover, he was a renowned loose cultivator within the Autumn Holding Kingdom, having been at the level of a Nine Palace Immortal Lord years prior, potentially breaking through to become a Ten Directions Immortal Lord now!

When he was a child, he had seen this old man once, appearing before him as a friend of his master.

"Tong Yu?"

Hearing the young man’s words, the old man furrowed his brows slightly before relaxing them, "You are that little kid who used to run around on the mountains bare-bottomed?"

"Your name seems to be... Joaquin Cruz?"

The old man reminisced while asking.

"Didn’t expect Elder Maple to recognize me. I am indeed Joaquin Cruz."

The young man Joaquin Cruz felt relieved, yet cautiously glanced at the young man in front of the old man, and then asked, "Elder Maple, I’ve long heard that you’ve become a Sacrificial Officer at the Ducoin City Main Mansion..."

"So, who is this?"

Joaquin Cruz already vaguely suspected the identity of the young man in front of Elder Maple.

"He is our Ducoin City’s Junior City Lord."

Elder Maple said.

If it were an ordinary reference to Ducoin City’s Junior City Lord, it might have been any son of the Ducoin City Lord, but the Junior City Lord in Elder Maple’s words referred to only one person: the one most likely to succeed as the next Ducoin City Lord.

And this person was the most outstanding fourth son under the knees of Ismael Yellow, the Ducoin City Lord, Emanuel Yellow!

"Maple Bell?"

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man blocking Wyatt Barnes and others had come to his senses and, upon looking at Emanuel Yellow again, his expression drastically changed, "You... Are you Emanuel Yellow, the fourth son of Ducoin City Lord?"

"If I’m not mistaken... You are Leroy Lee, the brother of Princess Consort Henson?"

Emanuel Yellow casually cast a glance at the middle-aged man, "I heard earlier that your son died outside the Capital City, but the culprit couldn’t be identified..."

"Now it seems, not only has the culprit been identified, but the culprit is my Brother Barnes?"

As he spoke, Emanuel Yellow shot the middle-aged man another deep look.

"Junior City Lord, since you know who my sister is... Then please, for my sister’s sake, don’t interfere in the grievances between me and this man."

The middle-aged man nervously glanced at the formidable Elder Maple behind Emanuel Yellow, knowing that if Elder Maple made a move, he probably couldn’t even touch Wyatt Barnes’ hair.

"Haha..."

Upon hearing the middle-aged man’s words, Emanuel Yellow laughed heartily, "Leroy, I fear even your sister doesn’t intend to avenge your son?"

"Moreover, if His Majesty were to learn that you wish to kill my Brother Barnes, I doubt he would let you succeed?"

As his laughter ended, Emanuel Yellow’s lips curled into a sneer.

And Emanuel Yellow spoke so because earlier the old man behind him had already communicated Joaquin Cruz’s identity to him.

Joaquin Cruz is a loose cultivator.

Additionally, the elder also told him that Joaquin had taken money from Leroy Lee, which is why he appeared here; Leroy sought external assistance.

Having a favored princess consort sister, yet he still seeks outside help.

It’s easy to imagine that Leroy’s favored sister wasn’t planning to meddle in this mess at all!

"Junior City Lord, if you let me kill this man, I, Leroy Lee, am willing to spend the rest of my life in the Ducoin City Main Mansion, working like a bull for you..."

Leroy took a deep breath, looked at Bradley Yellow, and spoke. He started off very seriously, but before he could finish, without any warning, he attacked.

Whoosh!

Leroy flew out like a swift eagle, charging directly at Wyatt Barnes.

However, just as Leroy pounced, the elder behind Bradley moved, easily intercepting Leroy’s attack with a mere gesture.

The two were not on the same level at all.

The elder was a Ten Directions Immortal Lord.

While Leroy was merely a Six Harmonies Immortal Lord.

"You want to die!"

After the elder intercepted Leroy’s attack, Bradley reacted, his expression darkened, and he shouted coldly, "Elder Maple, kill him!"

"Yes, Junior City Lord."

As soon as Bradley finished speaking, the elder behind him moved again. Before Leroy, whose expression had drastically changed, had time to react, he directly killed Leroy.

With Leroy’s death, the loose cultivator Joaquin, whom he had found, also turned pale. It wasn’t until Bradley slowly turned around and said something that he finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if a burden had been lifted.

"Since you are the disciple of Elder Maple’s old acquaintance, I will spare your life."

Those were Bradley’s exact words.

"But..."

Bradley gave Joaquin a deep look and said, "You’ve offended my brother Barnes, so while you may avoid death, you can’t escape punishment... You must pay something, right?"

Hearing this, Joaquin’s face turned a shade between blue and white. Finally, he raised his hand, revealing a worn, incomplete black rhomboid stone.

He then extended it towards Wyatt Barnes, "Young Master Barnes, I have nothing else worth presenting... I acquired this stone by chance many years ago. Even a Ten Directions Immortal Lord level existence couldn’t leave any mark on it."

"Although I don’t know what it is, the fact that even one such as a Ten Directions Immortal Lord can’t leave a mark on it suggests it’s definitely not an ordinary item."

"Now, I’m giving it to Young Master Barnes... I hope you can find it in yourself to overlook my past rudeness."

From Joaquin’s words, it was clear he intended to avert disaster by losing some wealth.

"Hmm?"

As Joaquin took out the urgent, incomplete black rhomboid stone, Wyatt Barnes felt a sense of déjà vu.

When the stone came into his hands, before he could seriously recall anything, a weary, aged voice echoed inside his body:

"Oh? Is this... the first form of the Profound Divine Gold?"

This voice belonged to the third form of the Chaos Divine Fire within Wyatt’s body, "Kid, where did you get this first form of the Profound Divine Gold?"

From Chaos Divine Fire’s words, it was evident that it sensed the stone in Wyatt’s hand, which caused it to awaken again.

"This is the first form of the Profound Divine Gold?"

Hearing the Chaos Divine Fire’s voice, Wyatt’s pupils slightly contracted. No wonder the stone in his hand gave him a familiar feeling.

Back then, the two first forms of the Profound Divine Gold he obtained gave him a similar sensation.

One of those first forms of the Profound Divine Gold was given to him by Ernest Summer from the Divine Ruin Lands, while the other he found himself in his hometown on the mundane plane.

Later, both merged to form the second form of the Profound Divine Gold.

"Kid, once the second form of the Profound Divine Gold inside you awakens, let it devour and assimilate this first form. Then, once you find another first form, it can evolve and transform into the third form of the Profound Divine Gold."

The voice of Chaos Divine Fire continued, "Pity you don’t have a king-level Immortal Method or Divine Ability with metal and fire attributes... Otherwise, both the third form of the Profound Divine Gold and I could help you quickly comprehend and master the fire and metal Law Rules contained within those king-level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities."

"Fire Law Rule? Metal Law Rule?"

Wyatt was stunned and immediately asked curiously, "What are those?"

"In the planes of the heavens, only those who have mastered the power of Law Rules are considered truly strong... And in these planes, generally, only those who have obtained king-level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities can have the opportunity to access and comprehend Law Rules."

"Because, within king-level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities, lies the power of Law Rules... Comprehending king-level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities is different from Monarch Level and lower-level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities, the latter focuses on the mastery level, while the former examines the comprehension and mastery of the Law Rules contained within."

Chaos Divine Fire’s voice continued, as if opening a ’new world’ for Wyatt Barnes:

"When two individuals of the same cultivation level, one masters the Law Rule, regardless of which type it is, even just the first rule of that kind, applying it in combat can absolutely crush someone who has fully mastered similar Monarch Level Immortal Methods or Divine Abilities."

"Thus, in the planes of the heavens, there’s an enormous gap between Monarch Level and king-level Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities."

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