Chapter 1969 - Feeling Constricted

Adlet Rayburn's eyes were full of helplessness as he thought about his unsure fate, especially his two wives, who were like hostages at this moment.

Originally, he had kept the two of them well-hidden in the crowd that consisted of millions of people, but the Emperor of Death saw through it like a hawk hunting down its prey. He really felt like he couldn't hide anything before that man, and ever since he was discovered, he felt that his occasional palpitations hadn't stopped.

In order to counter the Emperor of Death, he directly took his two wives and appeared in the Alstreim Family's seating area, grabbing a corner so that the Emperor of Death wouldn't kill him and his women, taking all their treasures.

After all, they would directly be in the public's eyes.

However, he came to understand that he was wrong. The Emperor of Death directly blasted the Vast Sky Emperor and suffered no repercussions for it. It meant that even in public, the Emperor of Death could totally plunder his treasures, and almost no one would come to help him, making him feel laughable for even thinking for a moment that he could scheme a bit against the Emperor of Death to protect himself and his two wives.

Even if he wanted to kill Schleya, he couldn't. He could only let her play him like that, and that's how restricted and vexed he felt at this moment.

Davis smirked on sensing Adlet Rayburn's glance.

As for how he spotted Adlet Rayburn's two wives, he invoked Fallen Heaven's karmic laws and noticed two red threads connected to Adlet Rayburn from an inconspicuous corner of the New Era Battle Arena. With just a look at them, he made Adlet Rayburn aware that he had found his weakness, causing Adlet Rayburn to sweat buckets and obediently come over to his side once he invited him to represent the Alstreim Family in the Eighth Stage Segment.

Although it was psychological warfare, Davis had no hostile intentions. He just wanted to let Adlet Rayburn know that he could not hide anything from him. He also mentioned that he could leave if he had wanted to, but that may have sounded like a threat instead.

Davis couldn't do anything about this matter because the more he tried to explain himself, the more he sounded suspicious. In any case, he enjoyed the exchange just now, wondering if he should learn some blade skills from Schleya as it appeared cool and deadly.

So far, he only knew how to use weapons like swords, spears, and scythes. He was more proficient in the latter two due to his experience, but that's all. To gain an intent out of them would require fanatic level dedication and talent, which he didn't have the time to spend. It was the same with Isabella. She wasn't able to concentrate on the sword even though she used them a lot.

That's why Tanya Frostblight, Hayou Azureclaw, and those other people who have weapon intents were treated a bit special.

Davis could sense the essence of Blade Laws from Schleya, and that's why her strikes are cunning and savage. In his opinion, her Blade Laws have reached Level Four or Level Five Intent, although it didn't seem to make a difference in this battle. If it did, she would have two law seas.

Meanwhile, people couldn't help but sigh at Adlet Rayburn, especially since they reached the third stage and no dark horses were found anymore.

As expected, the hidden geniuses were unearthed during the Seventh Stage Segment, like Jambei and Hayou Azureclaw. Heavenly geniuses couldn't remain unknown even after entering the Law Sea Stage as it was difficult for them to remain low-key from scrutiny, but it looks like this dark horse certainly managed to do that.

They figured that Adlet Rayburn was the last dark horse they could find as it was unlikely they could find one in the Ninth Stage Segment. If they did, then they would have to kowtow to them for remaining unknown all these years. After all, trials and tribulations were needed to get stronger, and it came in the form of greedy people.

Those dark horses wouldn't be able to remain unknown that they felt respect for Adlet Rayburn to be able to remain unknown until this competition.

On the other side of the battle stage, Schleya pursed her lips, having finished consoling Crescentblood. However, a hint of helplessness like Adlet Rayburn also remained in her eyes as she basically confirmed that she had no chance to win against him like she initially speculated.

With that exchange, she basically confirmed her defeat. Perhaps, if she went too far, Crescentblood might shatter.

'Should I have learned more techniques…?'

She couldn't help but think if it would've made a difference.

The Blood Pledge Villa had split from the Blood Reaper Underworld long ago. When it split, it was weak and only possessed Blood Pledge Worldheart Manual, a particular manual that did not receive much attention due to its disability to be sharp, but their founder had nearly perfected the manual, allowing it to become almost equal to the Blood Reaper Underworld's main manual.

At the moment, she possessed that manual and many other techniques from the Blood Reaper Underworld because Davis had given it to her. However, she has yet to learn it because those techniques were mostly evil, requiring to use of the corpses and sacrifices of other humans. She even possessed a way to make corpse puppets with blood corpse refinement techniques. However, they were too distasteful for her as she didn't like walking among corpses.

As a practitioner of blood, she liked life, different from her fellow disciples who liked to shed blood. Because of the Blood Pledge Villa's teachings, she knew her mindset was twisted, only coming to understand her heart after being together with Mo Mingzhi and the others for this long.

However, she didn't feel like giving up this easily.

'Time to go all out...'

Schleya turned to look at Adlet Rayburn as she sucked in a deep breath.

"It's my turn to attack."

But Adlet Rayburn denied her, causing her to stop in her tracks. She quickly began to cast a defensive technique as she witnessed a bright, illuminating twenty-meter tall skylark appear behind him. It had a beautiful silver crown of feathers on its head while possessing a sharp and short beak. Its wings that were stretched also appeared beautiful and elegant.

It radiated a powerful aura, capable of striking her to death.

"As I thought, that's..."

The Mandate Emperor sighed as he witnessed the shape of the magical beast image behind Adlet Rayburn for the first time.

"… the Silver Radiant Skylark."

Davis couldn't help but smile as it was as he expected.

Adlet Rayburn was an inheritor of the Silver Radiant Skylark Immortal.

The Silver Radiant Skylark was none other than a supreme existence like the Fire Phoenix, Ice Phoenix, Water Dragon, Emerald Gale Roc, and other immortal magical beasts of similar rank. The Silver Radiant Skylark belonged to the Four Grand Light Supreme Beasts, one of which he had already encountered but was a descendant of mixed blood.

It was none other than Everlight of the Magical Beast Sanctuary.

She was a Light Sky Wolf, a mixed-blood descendant of the Starlight Jade Wolf that belonged to the Four Grand Light Supreme Beasts.

Davis only recalled a bit before he shook his head at Adlet Rayburn.

Comparing his law sea to Isabella and Shirley's, Davis felt that he should be nothing more than someone who found a remnant tomb, acquiring a few blood essences. Otherwise, his prowess would be greater than Natalya's.

Or, was he still of the mind of concealing his prowess?