"Miss O’brien, I see you have a good aptitude, and after the Heroic Assembly ends, you should stay at our Holy Sect. By then, I, as the envoy, will personally guide you. You will have both position and resources. What do you think?" Envoy Liu said with a smile, watching O’brien pour him a drink, waiting for her response.
However, before O’brien could speak, Conor Hopkins laughed and said, "Why wait for the Heroic Assembly to end? How about this, Miss O’brien, you follow Envoy Liu back to the Holy Sect tomorrow morning and stay by his side."
"Also, this is an order, don’t forget that your sect has already merged into Heaven and Earth Mystical Door, I am the leader, and I have the authority," Conor, the leader, said sternly.
"Let’s discuss this further," Devin King chuckled, thinking to himself that it had been over an hour, so Bryson should have found Yusuf Zuck by now, right?
Bryson Campbell, a killer of both gods and demons, single-handedly swept through everything in this world’s greatest Spirit City, even making the Saint Heir of the Monster Elephant Clan his demon slave, destroying the Destroy Sword Tower, God Descendant Sect, and more. So, as long as Yusuf Zuck arrived, they would be safe and no longer bullied.
"What do you mean ’let’s discuss’? Are you not listening to my words?" Conor, the leader, said coldly.
"Heh, such arrogance from Leader Conor!"
"Whoosh‒" At that moment, a cold laugh suddenly rang out from the night sky. Then, Yusuf Zuck appeared out of thin air and stepped into the courtyard, standing beside Louise Garrett!
"Ah..." Upon seeing Yusuf Zuck, Louise Garrett immediately covered her mouth, struggling not to cry out loud, but tears streamed down her face.
Devin King abruptly stood up, his chest heaving with excitement.
"Who are you?" Conor and the other sect leaders present had not seen Yusuf Zuck before, so when they saw someone daring to openly enter their courtyard, everyone immediately stood up in anger, swords in hand, with Conor even showing a murderous intent.
However, Conor and the others had not met Bryson Campbell, but Envoy Liu from the Holy Sect, stationed in Spirit City, and his four male and four female associates had.
The so-called envoy is similar to an external affairs officer of the sect, appointed to operate the Holy Sect’s command center in Spirit City, serving as the sect’s public face there. Liu, an influential figure in the sect, wouldn’t have been assigned to fully manage Spirit City otherwise.
Therefore, since he managed all matters in Spirit City, he was aware of every significant and minor figure and event there.
He had met Bryson Campbell, as he had been collecting information on him daily for several months and had even visited Skeward Tower a few times to gather intel personally.
So, upon Bryson’s arrival, he and his eight associates were completely taken aback, while Conor and his group were not, as ignorance fears nothing!
"Mr.‒ Mr.‒ Mr. Bryson?" Finally, nervous, Liu suddenly stood up, his four male and four female companions also simultaneously bowed and addressed him as Mr. Bryson.
Although Bryson Campbell exhibited a demonic demeanor, he was not exactly a devil. Still, his reputation preceded him as someone who dared to kill and provoke anyone, and since they weren’t senior members of the Holy Sect, how could they dare confront Bryson Campbell directly?
"Come here!" Yusuf Zuck beckoned broadly, pulling the silently crying Louise Garrett into his arms and deeply inhaling the scent of her hair, closing his eyes and remaining immersed in that moment for a long time.
The seventy-two great demons flew overhead, enclosing the area completely. Everyone, armed and ready, awaited Yusuf’s command with murderous intent.
The expressions of Conor, other senior members of Heaven and Earth Mystical Door, and other sect leaders from Bright Moon Star dramatically changed.
Seeing Liu bow, terror-stricken, to a person named Bryson, who was also an Early Mahayana Stage—could it be... the legendary master of Skeward Tower, Bryson Campbell?
And now, Bryson Campbell was holding Louise Garrett?
"Huff~" After taking a deep breath of the long-missed scent from Miles O’brien, Yusuf Zuck abruptly opened his eyes, his gaze ice-cold and merciless as he glanced at Conor Hopkins, then at the pale-faced Liu Xuanshi, and nodded towards Devin King, "Let’s go!" With that, he took Miles O’brien and leapt into the night sky, followed closely by Devin King.
Conor Hopkins and Liu Xuanshi heaved a sigh of relief. Had the god of death spared them?
However, before they could fully exhale, Yusuf’s frosty voice came from the night sky, "Spare none, kill them all!"
"Understood!" The seventy-two demon cultivators were renown supreme beings, previously all at the top of the twelfth level, especially figures like Sun Sanniang, Baiyanshusheng, and Wu Renxng, who had surpassed the twelfth level thanks to Yusuf’s dew of merit, thus evolving; Sun Sanniang turning into a massive force demon ape, Baiyanshusheng’s belly growing hundreds more eyes until he had a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine, and even Wu Renxng, whose original form was a centipede martial artist, had an additional eye appear after evolving.
The rest of the major demons, including the Monster Elephant Clan’s Saint Heir, also evolved. Previously, his original form was a gray-green giant elephant, but now it had turned golden, and its trunk could extend into the starry sky.
These seventy-two demons had long become formidable foes. Employing them to handle these small fries was indeed overkill!
"Mr. Luo, you can’t, I am Liu Chun, the envoy of the Holy Sect," Liu Xuanshi shouted.
"Oh? From the Holy Sect?" Yusuf paused in the night sky and turned to glance at Liu Xuanshi.
"Indeed, Mr. Luo, there is no grievance between our Holy Sect and you. Please reconsider making enemies everywhere!" Liu Xuanshi, who was just a supervisor in Ling City and had a cultivation level of twelve, had no power to resist against the seventy-two famed demons.
"There was none before, but there is now, kill them, spare none!" Yusuf said coldly.
"Kill!" The seventy-two demons, already restless, received Yusuf’s command once more. The group unevenly tightened their encirclement and coordinated their efforts; Wu Renxng, the Poison King, flung his sleeves, and a cloud of white powder poured down from the sky, while several other demons took up lutes, guqins, and flutes to play.
As Baiyanshusheng tore his robe, the nearly thousand eyes on his belly appeared, sending out golden silken beams of light that stabbed into the eyes of the Earth Immortals below, causing them to clutch at their eyes in agony, bleeding from the corners!
Yusuf didn’t leave, he wanted to see how capable the seventy-two demons were now, so he didn’t take action himself but allowed the demons to showcase their prowess.
The demon ape Sun Sanniang transformed into a forceful demon ape nearly thirty feet tall, clearly a female but now a violent Golden Protector.
"Unite, close the battle circle, resist with all your might, we just need to hold on for a while, our Holy Sect’s reinforcements will arrive soon!" Liu Xuanshi managed to show some skill; though affected by the Poison King’s deadly powder, he clenched his teeth and endured, after all, he was a Second Level Earth Immortal and a member of the Holy Sect.
"Monster Elephant, suck water!" The Saint Heir in his true form, the giant elephant, thrust his trunk at Liu Xuanshi.
"White Tiger Takes Flight!" Jonah Burch spread his wings and, like lightning, also struck at Liu Xuanshi.
Other demons, with their innate bravery, joined together to slay Liu Xuanshi!
Yusuf’s eyes sparkled. Among the people below, only Liu Xuanshi and Conor Hopkins had any real skill; the rest were just a motley crew, so there was no need for him to join the battle himself for a certain victory!
But... would the Holy Sect really send reinforcements?
Yusuf gazed into the night sky, his eyes burning bright!
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