Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 1038: Slander

Chapter 1038: Chapter 1038: Slander

The sudden voice caused Wyatt Barnes’s complexion to instantly change.

Even Winnie Romero, whose face could be described as devastatingly beautiful, couldn’t help but slightly change her expression.

"This voice seems somewhat familiar... who exactly is it?"

Wyatt Barnes shook his head and looked up towards the source of the sound, his brows tightly locked together, unable to recall where he had heard this voice before.

It wasn’t until Wyatt Barnes saw three figures appearing out of thin air in the sky that his expression darkened completely as his gaze fell on one of the two men following behind.

"Camden Taylor!"

At that moment, in Wyatt’s eyes, the world seemed to contain only that young man in the distance, the same young man who had once escaped right under his watch.

The foremost youth of his generation from the Impermanence Sect, Camden Taylor!

He still remembered.

After entering the ’Martial Emperor’s secret treasure’, on the fourth floor of the ’Qingfeng Hall’ left behind by the Martial Emperor, it was only him, Camden Taylor, and Qadir Adams from the North Nether Sect who succeeded in passing the test and entered the central area of the fourth floor.

Initially, Camden Taylor and Qadir Adams joined forces in an attempt to kill him.

Just when his life was in grave danger, he inadvertently activated the fourth floor’s ’Inscription Array’, which successfully diverted their attention, allowing him a lucky escape.

After surviving, before the two from the Impermanence Sect noticed, he consumed a spirit fruit rewarded for passing the fourth floor’s test, achieving a major breakthrough in his cultivation.

Having achieved a breakthrough, he killed Qadir Adams, who had wanted to kill him for the spirit fruit, in a mere confrontation.

Just as he was prepared to continue and eliminate Camden Taylor, due to another sudden advancement in his cultivation causing a disarray in his Origin Force, he suffered serious internal injuries and was temporarily unable to pursue Camden Taylor.

The very Camden Taylor who should have died by his hand survived because of this.

After Camden Taylor’s escape, Wyatt Barnes knew he would become a great menace!

Because Camden would not only spread the news of his killing Qadir Adams, but he could even spread the news that he was the sole person able to ascend to the fifth floor of Qingfeng Hall and obtain the ’Martial Teachings Fragment’ from the body of the Martial Emperor.

"He has finally arrived."

Thus, seeing Camden Taylor appear at this time, following an inscrutable old man, Wyatt Barnes knew that the thing he feared had finally happened.

"This old man’s strength is probably no less than Daniel Tucker’s!"

Daniel Tucker, the person he had just killed with the last ’talisman’ left by his cheap old dad, the only ’Martial Emperor’ of the Emerging Cloud Sect.

"He... must be the ’Martial Emperor’ of the Impermanence Sect! Camden’s master."

Wyatt Barnes tried to maintain his composure, but he couldn’t help the tumultuous waves crashing within his heart.

He had managed to remain calm in front of Daniel Tucker because he had an idea in his mind.

In his hand, he held his cheap old dad’s ’talisman’. Killing Daniel Tucker was not difficult; the difficulty was creating an atmosphere that could scare away the three Impermanence Sect elders following him.

Once he had a plan, even when facing a ’Martial Emperor’ like Daniel Tucker, he remained neither humble nor arrogant.

This was also why he managed to stay calm on the surface and internally when Daniel appeared and guessed Daniel’s identity.

But now, it was different.

"The words I just spoke to Winnie, they might have already heard."

Wyatt Barnes still remembered.

Right after he and Winnie Romero mentioned that his last ’talisman’ was used to kill Daniel Tucker, Camden Taylor’s voice timely rang out.

Clearly, he had overheard those words that were not deliberately concealed.

Realizing this, Wyatt Barnes’s heart sank completely.

With a ’talisman’ in his hand, he need not fear a Martial Emperor.

But now, all his ’talisman’ were used up, and he could no longer rely on ’talisman’ to deal with a Martial Emperor, only his own true strength.

Although his current strength was not bad, at full power, he was able to exert a force comparable to that of three thousand five hundred ancient Horned Dragons.

Yet, before a Martial Emperor who could easily muster the force of six or seven thousand ancient Horned Dragons, his power simply wasn’t enough.

"Elder Supreme, this is Wyatt Barnes! The one who killed Riggs Leigh and Qadir Adams."

Camden Taylor respectfully said to the old man in front of him.

The old man, dressed in white robes, had a stern face, his eyes devoid of any emotion, until he heard Camden’s words. That was when a rare flicker of light crossed the depths of his gaze.

"You are Wyatt Barnes? The lucky one who obtained the Martial Emperor’s body from inside the ’Martial Emperor’s secret treasure’ and acquired three ’Martial Teachings Fragments’?"

The old man looked calmly at Wyatt Barnes, asking him unhurriedly.

"I am Wyatt Barnes alright... but your claim that I obtained the Martial Emperor’s body from within the ’Martial Emperor’s secret treasure’ and got three ’Martial Teachings Fragments’ seems somewhat presumptuous."

Wyatt Barnes boldly met the old man’s gaze, calmly responding back.

"Wyatt Barnes, stop playing dumb!"

Before the old man could speak, Camden Taylor already said with a face filled with sarcasm, "On the day I ascended to the fourth floor of Qingfeng Hall, the only ones who successfully navigated the ’Rugged Path’ were you, me, and Qadir Adams."

"Qadir Adams was killed by you, and I left first... at that time, you were the only one left on the fourth floor of Qingfeng Hall capable of moving on to the ’fifth floor’. If not you, then who else obtained those three ’Martial Teachings Fragments’ from the Martial Emperor’s body?"

Camden scoffed.

Leave first?

Upon hearing Camden Taylor’s words, Wyatt Barnes’s face turned somewhat strange.

He still remembered.

At that time, Camden Taylor was clearly afraid of being killed by him, which was why he had fled in a panic right under his eyes.

Now, coming from Camden Taylor’s mouth, it somehow turned into leaving first?

"Camden Taylor, I know you were jealous of my strength after I killed Riggs Leigh... Not just that, you also coveted the ’Mystic Fragment’ I obtained from the periphery of the Martial Emperor’s secret trove."

Wyatt Barnes looked at Camden Taylor calmly and said indifferently, "Is it not a bit excessive for you to fabricate facts and slander me just for your own desires?"

"You... you say I slandered you?"

Wyatt’s words infuriated Camden Taylor, making his face turn alternately green and white, struggling to calm down for a long time.

"Is it not true?"

Seeing Camden Taylor’s ugly expression, Wyatt Barnes did not intend to let him off the hook and further sneered, "Did you see with your own eyes my ascent to the fifth level of the Qinfeng Hall? Did you see with your own eyes as I obtained the three ’Mystic Fragments’ from the corpse of the Qinfeng Martial Emperor?"

Wyatt’s repeated questioning momentarily left Camden Taylor speechless, unsure of how to respond.

"What? Feeling guilty?"

Seeing Camden Taylor open his mouth but unable to speak, Wyatt Barnes said with a mocking smile, "Camden Taylor, I must say, you really have a talent!"

"Because of our personal grievances, to take revenge on me, you even stooped to slandering me and used your master, the Martial Emperor of Impermanence Sect, as your tool."

Wyatt spoke each word carefully, each one seeming to pierce the heart, infuriating Camden Taylor to the utmost.

As soon as Wyatt issued this statement, not only the old man in front of Camden Taylor but also the middle-aged man beside him subconsciously looked towards Camden Taylor.

"Master, don’t listen to Wyatt Barnes’s nonsense!"

Seeing even the old man in front of him glance his way, Camden Taylor’s face drastically changed, and he hastily said, "Everything I said earlier was absolutely true."

"At that time, he was indeed the only one who had the opportunity to ascend to the fifth level and even witness the corpse of the Qinfeng Martial Emperor, obtaining the three ’Mystic Fragments’ from inside it."

Now, Camden Taylor indeed feared that his master would believe Wyatt’s words and misunderstand him.

"So much talk, and yet everything you’ve said turns out to be merely your personal speculation."

Wyatt smirked coldly.

"The latter part is my speculation, I admit that... but after you killed Qadir Adams, you continued to stay on the fourth level of Qinfeng Hall, and I left, which you cannot deny!"

After seeing the old man, his master, nod in trust towards him, Camden Taylor swept away the clouds in his mind and fearlessly met Wyatt’s gaze, solemnly stating each word.

"Why would I deny what I myself have done?"

Wyatt said calmly, "But as for your claim of leaving, doesn’t that seem a bit far-fetched? Are you sure that back then, it was due to willingly giving up the chance to explore the fifth level of Qinfeng Hall that you left?"

While Camden Taylor’s face was turning pale, Wyatt Barnes did not plan to let him go and completely tore off his last ’veil of shame’, "Why do I remember... someone fleeing in panic before me?"

"Hmph! Don’t try to change the subject. Those three ’Mystic Fragments’ from the Martial Emperor’s corpse definitely ended up in your hands."

Camden Taylor took a deep breath, suppressed his agitated emotions, and then coldly huffed.

"Are you so sure?"

As the Martial Emperor of the Impermanence Sect and another man, likely an elder of the sect, looked his way, Wyatt Barnes felt a chill, but he maintained his composure as much as possible on the surface.

"Certainly!"

Camden Taylor replied without hesitation.

"What if I swear by the ’Nine-nine Thunder Tribulation’ that I did not obtain the three ’Mystic Fragments’ inside the Qinfeng Martial Emperor’s body?"

Wyatt countered.

"Would you dare?!"

Camden Taylor scoffed, looking arrogant.

However, the next moment, he was stunned.

Because he saw it.

Wyatt Barnes really did break his fingertip, contacted the ’Nine-nine Thunder Tribulation’ with his blood, and swore that he did not obtain the three ’Mystic Fragments’ inside the Qinfeng Martial Emperor’s body.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

Nine thunderous roars consecutively erupted, deafening, distinctively entering the ears of Wyatt and Winnie Romero, into the ears of the three from the Impermanence Sect, and into the ears of everyone in the palace.

After the nine thunderous roars, all was calm again.

Thunder Punishment did not descend as anticipated.

"How is this possible?!"

Camden Taylor’s face changed, unwilling to believe this ’fact’.