Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 859: Fierce Bandit

Chapter 859: Chapter 859: Fierce Bandit

"Let’s not talk about the past,"

Briggs Colby shook his head, then said, "Now that everyone is here, we should leave."

"Elder Colby, why don’t you have lunch before leaving?"

Adan Walton urged.

"There’s no need... Family Head Walton, thank you for your hospitality these past few days."

Briggs Colby nodded to Adan Walton, then called out to Wyatt Barnes and the two others to follow him as he walked outside.

"Family Head Walton, I take my leave."

Wyatt Barnes took Daisy Wood with him, bid farewell to Adan Walton, and followed them.

Noel Walton also hurriedly followed them.

The group of four rose into the air within the Walton Family estate and headed west.

Along the way, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Elder Colby, are we heading back to the ’Five Elements Sect’ or somewhere else?"

"I’ll take you to ’Andington’ first; our Niklaus Woodson has a stronghold there... The two people we recruited recently are also there,"

Briggs Colby said.

"Hmm."

Wyatt Barnes nodded.

"Elder Colby, can you tell me more about the Five Elements Sect?"

Wyatt Barnes asked again.

Briggs Colby nodded, then began to explain, "Our Five Elements Sect is divided into the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Peaks. Except for ’Gold Peak,’ which is the main peak where the Sect Leader’s lineage resides, the other four peaks hold equal status and are managed by four Peak Masters."

"The four peaks are always in competition. In the last twenty years, however, our Niklaus Woodson has fallen behind,"

Briggs Colby said, sighing heavily.

Soon, through Briggs Colby and Noel Walton, Wyatt Barnes gained a fair understanding of the situation in the ’Niklaus Woodson’ of the Five Elements Sect, which used to be the most glorious peak after Gold Peak.

However, more than twenty years ago, the leader of Niklaus Woodson was seriously injured outside, and since he went into seclusion after returning, Niklaus Woodson began to decline.

First, the talented disciples of Niklaus Woodson were lured away by the other three peaks through threats and temptations, then the three peaks deliberately joined forces to suppress Niklaus Woodson, making it the least of the peaks for a time.

Though the older generation of strong practitioners still remained in Niklaus Woodson, the younger generation was lacking in strength compared to the other three peaks.

"A power, even if it is a small one branching off from the same sect, will mark the beginning of its decline once the younger generation fails to carry on,"

Briggs Colby sighed.

"Why don’t you just recruit more talented disciples? With more time spent, you can still find disciples with good potential,"

Wyatt Barnes said.

"Of course, we know that and have indeed done so... but those talented disciples scarcely warm their seats in our Niklaus Woodson before they are lured away by the other three peaks through threats and temptations,"

Briggs Colby said with a wry smile.

"And Gold Peak, the Sect Leader’s lineage, does nothing about this?"

Wyatt Barnes frowned as he asked.

"That’s something you don’t know... In our Five Elements Sect, there has always been a tradition: the five peaks coexist and compete with each other. Aside from barring disciples from casually maiming or killing each other, and elders from laying hands on the younger generation, there aren’t many other restrictions,"

"Gold Peak has always been the unchallenged number one peak within our Five Elements Sect, with a position that’s difficult to shake... The other four peaks have always been involved in open and covert fighting. Twenty years ago, our Niklaus Woodson became the target of suppression by the other three peaks, and that pressure has left us out of breath for over twenty years,"

Briggs Colby said, sighing.

Wyatt Barnes suddenly realized and could understand the plight of Niklaus Woodson.

"It’s no surprise given it’s a power outside the territory, being a Third-Rate Power with such fierce competition... Perhaps, it’s precisely because of this that the Five Elements Sect has continued to develop until today,"

Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.

If a sect were too peaceful and comfortable, it might be strong for a time, but after a few decades or a century, it’s doomed to decline.

Not because of anything else, but because the younger disciples in the sect lack passion and motivation.

"No wonder Elder Colby looked at me as if a hunter had spotted his prey... He must be hoping to use me to help Niklaus Woodson rise again,"

Wyatt Barnes smirked wryly at the thought, which might seem a bit self-important, but it was clear Briggs Colby had this in mind.

The competition among the peaks of the Five Elements Sect mainly involved the younger generation.

The older generation of strong practitioners rarely took action and could not easily intervene.

The younger generation, though currently far less powerful than the older generation, are the future mainstays of the sect and the foundation for its continuous strength,

"Once I get to that ’Niklaus Woodson’ of the Five Elements Sect, life may not be easy,"

Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.

Of course, he was not afraid, but rather looked forward to it.

Soon, a morning passed, and Wyatt Barnes and his group left ’Drifting Cloud Town,’ arriving above a complex and continuous mountain range.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Wyatt Barnes, traveling alongside Briggs Colby and Noel Walton, furrowed his brows, as if sensing something.

"Be careful!"

Briggs Colby shouted in a low voice, issuing a warning.

Immediately, Noel Walton, as if facing a great enemy, conjured a seven-foot-long spear in his hand. The spear tip shimmered with light, using a weapon identical to his father’s.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

A series of swift figures suddenly surrounded Wyatt Barnes and his group from all sides, encircling them.

These were a group of middle-aged men dressed in simple clothes, their expressions cold, and their gazes at Wyatt Barnes and his party were as if they were looking at prey.

"Bandits?"

Wyatt Barnes’s eyebrows raised, and he immediately guessed the identities of these men.

Before leaving the ’outside territory’, he had learned from the memories of the Reincarnation Martial Emperor that in some remote areas outside the territory, bandits often lurked.

The sole purpose of these bandits was to use their formidable martial prowess to kill passing warriors and seize their wealth.

Put simply, they were a group of desperadoes engaged in ’risk-free trade,’ living off bloodshed and hanging their lives by a thread for immense wealth.

Wyatt Barnes had stayed in ’Drifting Cloud Town’ without leaving alone because he was worried about encountering these ’bandits’.

Bandits weaker than him were no issue; he would simply kill them outright.

If they were significantly stronger than him, he would only become a lamb to the slaughter, with no chance whatsoever of survival.

"Brother Barnes."

Seeing so many people surrounding them, Daisy Wood’s face turned pale; having grown up with a silver spoon, when had she ever encountered such a scene?

"Daisy, get on Brother Barnes’s back."

Immediately, Wyatt Barnes noticed Daisy Wood start to tremble with fright, and promptly called her to climb onto his back.

Daisy Wood clung to Wyatt Barnes’s neck, her emotions somewhat stabilizing as she leaned on his back.

Taking a deep breath, Wyatt Barnes extended his mental power and immediately surveyed every bandit surrounding them.

Nine people in total.

One Seventh-Order Cave Void Realm.

Three Sixth-Order Cave Void Realm.

The rest were all Fourth or Fifth-Order Cave Void Realm.

"Such a strong group of bandits!"

Wyatt Barnes inwardly took a sharp breath, not expecting to meet his first group of bandits with such terrifying strength just after arriving in the outside territory.

However, Wyatt Barnes was not aware.

This was not the first group of bandits he had encountered since arriving in the ’outside territory.’

Previously, after being "Devil Transformed" by the Demon Sealing Monument and completely losing consciousness while separated from Taoi Romero and en route to ’Drifting Cloud Town’, he had already faced several groups of bandits with strength no less than this group.

Even some were from the Transforming Void Realm.

However, those bandits, without exception, were all instantly killed by him after his "Devil Transformation."

"Kill!"

The leader of the Seventh-Order Cave Void Realm bandits, without a word, gave the order directly.

In an instant, the other eight bandits pounced toward Wyatt Barnes and his group.

In the void above, the vast ancient Horned Dragon shadow appeared, sweeping toward them and blocking out much of the sunlight from the horizon.

"Those three are Fourth-Order Cave Void Realm."

He spoke up, with no intention of attacking, but pointed toward three of the charging bandits and told Noel Walton.

Then, he looked at Wyatt Barnes and asked, "Apart from the leader, the other five strongest are only ’Sixth-Order Cave Void Realm’... How many can you handle?"

Clearly, the old man wanted to test Wyatt Barnes’s strength.

Up to this point, the old man had not yet seen Wyatt Barnes in action and only knew that he had defeated Family Head Walton and the supreme elder of the Walton family.

The supreme elder of the Walton family was a Sixth-Order Cave Void Realm warrior.

"Elder, apart from the leader... leave the others to me,"

Wyatt Barnes confidently smiled. As his words fell, his eyes began to flicker with a ghostly light, and deep in his mind, vast mental power pierced into the ’Soul Imprint.’

Illusion!

An illusory space sprang out of nowhere, crafted by Wyatt Barnes, covering an area of several tens of meters.

The nine bandits appeared clearly within the range of Wyatt Barnes’s mental power.

Except for the leader of the Seventh-Order Cave Void Realm bandits, he could influence the others with a ’Soul Technique’, trapping them in the ’illusory space’.

As Wyatt Barnes employed the Soul Technique ’Illusion’, Briggs Colby and Noel Walton were both startled by his words.

Briggs Colby couldn’t help but frown, feeling Wyatt Barnes was being too arrogant.

"Sigh... Have I really misjudged him?"

Briggs Colby sighed inwardly, his Origin Force stirring inside him, ready to attack the group of bandits coming at them at any moment.

Clearly, he didn’t believe Wyatt Barnes’s ’big talk.’

However, he was quickly stunned.

Noel Walton was stunned too.

Daisy Wood, who was tightly clinging to Wyatt Barnes’s neck and lying on his back, had initially shut her eyes tightly due to fear from the group of bandits.

But when her curiosity made her open her eyes to look outside, she witnessed a scene she would never forget.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

The eight charging bandits suddenly came to a halt in mid-air, their eyes showing confusion as if they had suddenly lost their target.

Following that, they abruptly turned violent and attacked their former comrades, finally releasing their pent-up power in full force.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

...

Terrible power tore through the sky, creating a series of harsh blasts, as the three Sixth-Order Cave Void Realm bandits jointly killed their other five peers.

"What are you doing?!"

The bandit leader, who wasn’t affected by Wyatt Barnes’s Soul Technique, watched this unfold, his face changing drastically after a moment of stupefaction, as he roared furiously.

However, as he roared, the three Sixth-Order Cave Void Realm bandits turned to look at him simultaneously, their faces showing murderous intent.

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