Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 860: Demon-reflecting Mirror

Chapter 860: Chapter 860: Demon-reflecting Mirror

"What, you think of laying a hand on me?"

The leading bandit of the Seventh-Order Cave Void Realm, with a gloomy face, stared at the three subordinates in front of him.

These three subordinates, who never dared to so much as fart in his presence, to say nothing of harboring the intent to kill him.

"Kill!"

The three Sixth-Order Cave Void Realm bandits bellowed and immediately attacked their leader, going all out from the start, aiming for his vital points without any mercy.

"Have you gone mad?"

The bandit leader roared, but he didn’t launch an attack, just evading the three bandits’ moves while shouting his question.

However, the three bandits seemed not to hear his words at all, continuing their relentless assault.

Eventually, the bandit leader realized something was amiss.

But the incessant attacks of the three bandits left him no room to be distracted by other thoughts, only able to fight back furiously, unleashing a relentless onslaught that enveloped the three attackers.

The strength of a Seventh-Order Cave Void Realm was clear to see!

The power of the Seventh-Order was like a chasm compared to the Sixth-Order, a whole new leap.

Unless a Sixth-Order martial artist possessed some special methods, they stood no chance against a Seventh-Order practitioner.

In the span of ten breaths, the bandit leader, furious, killed all three subordinates.

After killing the three subordinates, he came back to his senses, his gaze falling on Briggs Colby, and he said in a deep voice, "What did you do to them?"

Briggs Colby had just regained his composure when he heard the bandit leader’s question, and was somewhat at a loss for words.

What had he done?

All along, he seemed to have just been standing by and enjoying the show, hadn’t he?

Soon, the bandit leader took a deep breath, and as his emotions calmed down, he recalled the scene just now with a shiver.

"Hmph! Today, I’ll spare your lives."

With a cold snort, maintaining an unyielding stance, the bandit leader’s figure flickered, turning into a bolt of lightning, preparing to leave the area quickly.

He sensed an air of crisis about the four of them.

"Now that you are here, don’t even think of leaving."

An aged voice seemed to come from all directions.

Then, in the bandit leader’s path of retreat, a figure appeared out of thin air.

It was ’Briggs Colby’.

The bandit leader, seeing the shadow that appeared like a ghost before him, and whom even he could not capture, had a drastic change in expression, and said in alarm, "You... are you a Transforming Void Realm expert?!"

Briggs Colby didn’t answer the bandit leader, just looked at him calmly, his eyes void of any emotion.

"Senior, spare my life! Senior, I beg of you!"

Under the astonished gazes of Wyatt Barnes, Daisy Wood, and Noel Walton, the bandit leader, a mighty Seventh-Order Cave Void Realm warrior, actually knelt before Briggs Colby, pleading for mercy incessantly.

"A true warrior should have an iron will, unafraid of life and death... someone as cowardly and fearful of death as you is unworthy of being a warrior!"

Briggs Colby’s expression turned cold, and with a raise of his hand, a vast wave of flames swept out, engulfing the bandit leader and instantly turning him to ash.

From beginning to end, the latter didn’t even have a chance to scream.

"So powerful!"

Daisy Wood, leaning on Wyatt Barnes’s back, said in astonishment.

"Transforming Void Realm Seventh-Order!"

The old man, though he held back, Wyatt could see traces in his Origin Force that had fused with ’high-order fire realm’.

Keep in mind, Wyatt had merged the memories of a Martial Emperor’s entire life, and although he temporarily couldn’t use his spiritual sense to check the old man’s cultivation, he could still detect some things with his eyes.

"With Elder Colby’s strength, his status in the ’Five Elements Sect’s Wood Peak’ must also be quite high."

Wyatt speculated quietly.

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Wyatt, it was ’Briggs Colby’ who had returned after killing the bandit leader, staring intently at him.

"Elder Colby."

Feeling Briggs Colby’s stare, Wyatt felt a bit uncomfortable and somewhat embarrassed.

"The way you dealt with those eight bandits just now... was it a method similar to ’illusion’?"

Finally, Briggs Colby spoke, asking with a tone of surprise.

"It’s not similar... the method I just used was indeed an illusion technique."

Wyatt stated truthfully.

"I didn’t sense any fluctuation of Inscription or Inscription formations... So, are you saying you used your spiritual power to execute a method similar to ’Soul Technique’, creating an ’illusion’?"

Briggs Colby’s breathing became a bit rapid.

"Yes."

Wyatt nodded, which was undeniable.

"Could you be an ’Odd Species’?"

Briggs Colby scrutinized Wyatt up and down, his face questioning as he asked.

Upon hearing this, Wyatt was rendered speechless.

"No, I must verify this."

Briggs Colby suddenly said.

"How will you verify?"

Wyatt was taken aback.

"You will soon find out."

Briggs Colby gave Wyatt a meaningful look, then took out an antique bronze mirror, with faint traces of flowing light revolving around it.

"Demon-reflecting Mirror?"

Seeing the object in Briggs Colby’s hand, Wyatt was completely lost for words, "Senior... is this really necessary?"

In the Cloud Skies Continent, a Demon-reflecting Mirror wasn’t considered something rare.

Any Artifact Refiner above third grade could make one, provided they had the materials.

The Demon-reflecting Mirror is not a spiritual artifact, it has only one function, which is to verify whether a person is a ’demon’ transformed into human form.

As long as the person is a ’demon’ transformed into a human form, once they appear in the reflection of the Demon-reflecting Mirror, their human image will not appear, their original demon form will.

"Let me take a good look and see if you, this little monster, are a ’demon’ transformed into a human,"

Briggs Colby picked up the Demon-reflecting Mirror, aimed it at Wyatt Barnes, and peered into the reflective surface.

When he saw that the reflection in the mirror was still that of the ’human’ Wyatt Barnes, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, he could be one hundred percent certain that Wyatt Barnes was a genuine human being and not a ’demon’ transformed into one.

"You’re not a ’demon,’ so how could you possibly display a mental power technique similar to ’Soul Technique’?"

Although it was confirmed that Wyatt Barnes wasn’t a ’demon,’ Briggs Colby couldn’t help but ask curiously.

As far as he knew, human martial artists, unless they became ’Martial Emperors,’ simply could not use mental power techniques against enemies, but Wyatt Barnes had defied this common knowledge.

"Elder, have you never heard of ’Odd Species’?"

Wyatt Barnes narrowed his eyes, intentionally muddying the waters.

Odd Species?!

Hearing Wyatt Barnes’s words, Briggs Colby was completely petrified.

As an elder of the Five Elements Sect, how could he not be aware of the existence of ’Odd Species’?

Odd Species, beings born from the union of humans and demons, are either mediocre or possess exceptional talents, the latter even more so with their unique ’Divine Abilities.’

However, Odd Species are considered rare across the entire Cloud Skies Continent, only found within the top sector of first-rate powers.

The Five Elements Sect, in the region east of the Northern Desert, can be considered a local hegemon, but when looking at the entire Cloud Skies Continent, it is merely a Third-Rate Power, not worth mentioning.

Therefore, he hadn’t initially thought of Wyatt Barnes as an ’Odd Species’ because he dared not think it.

"You, you..."

Briggs Colby looked at Wyatt Barnes, somewhat incoherent, his heart filled with indescribable excitement.

Odd Species!

He had actually encountered an Odd Species from the legends!

Moreover, this Odd Species was about to join the Five Elements Sect and become a disciple of Niklaus Woodson.

"Hahahaha... Hahahaha..."

Under the stupefied gazes of Wyatt Barnes, Daisy Wood, and Noel Walton, Briggs Colby laughed heartily for no apparent reason, his laughter echoing far and wide.

From Briggs Colby’s laughter, Wyatt Barnes could hear his joy and naturally guessed why he was so delighted.

Finally, Briggs Colby contained his laughter.

Now, any doubt about the technique Wyatt Barnes had just displayed vanished from Briggs Colby’s mind.

Divine Ability!

"Brother Barnes, what are ’Odd Species’? Why did Elder Colby get so excited upon hearing about ’Odd Species’?"

Daisy Wood leaned against Wyatt Barnes’s back and asked curiously.

"Odd Species are a kind of unusual existence... You can think of it as a being that defies common sense," Wyatt Barnes explained with a smile.

Daisy Wood nodded her head in semi-understanding.

"Let’s go!"

After his bout of laughter, Briggs Colby seemed to have swept away his previous gloom and appeared reinvigorated.

"Wyatt Barnes, thank you."

Noel Walton had come to Wyatt Barnes’s side at some point and thanked him sincerely.

"Thank me for what?" Wyatt Barnes asked in surprise.

"Thank you for making my master so happy."

Noel Walton sighed, "Ever since the day I became a disciple of my master, because of Niklaus Woodson’s situation at that time, he placed great hope on me... Until now, although he has never said it, I know he is disappointed."

"Noel Walton, there is one thing I don’t understand," Wyatt Barnes frowned.

"Hm?"

Noel Walton looked at Wyatt Barnes, puzzled, and asked, "What is it?"

"I’ve always felt that Elder Colby’s feelings toward ’Niklaus Woodson’ seem to be extremely unusual... His concern for ’Niklaus Woodson’ does not seem like what a Niklaus Woodson elder’s concern should be," Wyatt Barnes said softly. "If it were someone else, they might even mistake Elder Colby for the ’Peak Master’ of Niklaus Woodson, rather than an elder."

"You noticed that?"

Surprised by Wyatt Barnes’s words, Noel Walton then said, "Actually, this isn’t much of a secret... My master, many years ago, was adopted by the previous peak master of Niklaus Woodson and grew up there. He regards Niklaus Woodson as his own ’home’."

"For him, the decline of Niklaus Woodson is akin to the collapse of his family’s fortunes," Noel Walton said with a wry smile.

"I see."

Wyatt Barnes suddenly understood. He hadn’t expected such a connection between Elder Colby and Niklaus Woodson. Considering this, everything made sense.

At dusk, Wyatt Barnes saw a city nestled in the grasslands, like a colossal object in a verdant and picturesque fantasy.

"That’s Andington," Noel Walton said.

"Hmm."

Wyatt Barnes nodded, his gaze fixed on the city ahead.

This Andington, while not as vast as the ’Ancient Desert City,’ was definitely not smaller than the capitals of the Great Turdo Dynasty or the Great Mini Dynasty.

Wyatt Barnes and the others followed Briggs Colby into the city, and before long, they stepped into the bounds of a vast estate.

"Elder Colby!"

Wherever Briggs Colby passed, the bustling people throughout the estate promptly bowed and paid their respects to him.