Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 861: The Traitor

Chapter 861: Chapter 861: The Traitor

Deep within this mansion, there was a separate Martial Arts Performance Field, flanked on both sides by a row of towering pavilions.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

Under the guidance of Briggs Colby, as Wyatt Barnes approached the Martial Arts Performance Field, he could hear a series of thunderous explosions coming from inside.

Upon closer inspection, two young men around the age of thirty-five were sparring.

The two were evenly matched, neither of them able to secure victory over the other.

"Both at the ’Second Layer of the Cave Void Realm’?"

Wyatt Barnes narrowed his eyes slightly and concentrated on the two young men in the distance, instantly determining their cultivation level with his spiritual power.

"They are the two disciples from the Cave Void Realm that we, the Wood Peak, recently recruited," Briggs Colby told Wyatt Barnes. "You’re the third."

"Hmm."

Wyatt Barnes nodded. Even if Briggs Colby hadn’t mentioned it, he could have roughly guessed the identity of the two men.

"Briggs Colby!"

Just then, an elderly figure with one arm dashed out from one of the pavilions by the Martial Arts Performance Field, moving swiftly like the wind to appear before Wyatt and his group—it was an elderly one-armed man.

The old man’s eyes sparkled with brilliance, and he exuded a profound and unfathomable aura, clearly a formidable entity.

"Another Transforming Void Realm powerhouse!"

Wyatt Barnes raised an eyebrow and was inwardly shocked.

"Senior Brother!"

In the presence of the one-armed elder, Briggs Colby greeted him with due reverence, not daring to show any neglect.

"Senior Uncle!"

Noel Walton followed suit with a salute.

"How did the recruitment go this time?"

The one-armed old man asked with some anticipation.

From beginning to end, he never glanced at Wyatt Barnes or Daisy Wood standing off to the side; perhaps, in his opinion, these two couldn’t possibly meet the recruitment conditions of the Five Elements Sect this time around.

Although there were only two conditions for joining the Five Elements Sect this time,

these two conditions, if considered separately, weren’t much; there were plenty of people who met them.

However, when combined, they were quite strict.

Under forty years old!

A warrior of the Cave Void Realm!

Even within the Five Elements Sect, disciples of the Cave Void Realm under forty were only about a hundred in number; even divided equally among the five peaks, each peak would have only about twenty disciples.

"Senior Brother, he is ’Wyatt Barnes’, a disciple I’ve confidently recruited for our ’Wood Peak’. And this girl beside him will also be a disciple of our Wood Peak in the future," Briggs Colby said with a smile as he introduced Wyatt Barnes and Daisy Wood to the one-armed elder.

"Them?"

The one-armed old man frowned slightly and examined Wyatt and Daisy Wood, assuming they were inducted into Wood Peak because of their high talent.

"Senior Uncle, you shouldn’t underestimate Brother Ling Tian just because he’s young. With his strength, he could defeat those two junior brothers with a single move," Noel Walton said, raising his voice intentionally so that the two young men who had just stopped practicing nearby could clearly hear him.

Sure enough, right after Noel Walton finished speaking, the two young men approached with grim visages.

Surprised by Noel’s words, the one-armed old man gave Wyatt Barnes another look but didn’t say much. Instead, he seemed quite interested in waiting for the arrival of the two young men.

"Noel Senior Brother, we acknowledge our inferiority to you, but you can’t insult us like this!"

The two disciples who had recently joined Five Elements Sect’s Wood Peak came over and stared at Wyatt Barnes, "Just him, defeating the two of us together in one encounter?"

"Exactly! What makes him qualified?"

The two disciples of Wood Peak were very angry, their faces challenging as they looked at Wyatt Barnes.

"Hmph! My Brother Barnes is much stronger than you two," Daisy Wood huffed, unabashedly speaking her mind.

"Whether or not he’s stronger than us, that’s something we’ll only know after a trial... What do the two Elders think?"

One of the Wood Peak disciples ended his statement with an inquisitive look towards Briggs Colby and the one-armed elder, eagerly watching as both elders nodded slightly, which brought a sinister smile to his face.

Then, he turned to Wyatt Barnes with a taunting smirk, "Kid, we don’t need both of us to join hands... I alone, with one hand, am enough to defeat you!"

"Is that so?"

Wyatt Barnes chuckled as well, his laughter relaxed and indifferent.

He could tell that Noel Walton had stirred up the event before them and that Briggs Colby tacitly agreed to it, undoubtedly aiming to showcase his strength to the one-armed elder.

Therefore, he decided to play along with them.

"You’re just bragging until you can beat my Brother Barnes. Otherwise, you’re just blowing hot air!"

Daisy Wood stuck out her tongue at the Wood Peak disciple who was challenging Wyatt Barnes and childishly retorted.

"Little girl, I’ll let you see right now how your so-called Brother Barnes will be defeated by my one hand..."

The disciple from Wood Peak wore a malevolent grin, lifting his hand as he spoke.

However, before he could finish speaking, he felt a tremendous force charging towards him. He had no time to comprehend what was happening as the overwhelming force struck him.

Boom!

The next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, his blood surged violently, and he flew out like an arrow released from a bowstring. After a brief sense of soaring through clouds and fog, he slammed heavily onto the ground.

"Good!"

The one-armed elder stared at Wyatt Barnes, his eyes shining with excitement. The speed with which Wyatt had just struck surprised even him, "Kid, your strength must be greater than Noel Walton’s, right?"

"It’s okay... I can send him flying with a single palm strike," Wyatt Barnes replied casually, fully aware that Noel Walton had intentionally tricked him before, showing no mercy in his response to the one-armed elder.

The one-armed elder was taken aback, then turned to look at Noel Walton, and burst into laughter when he saw Noel nodding with a wry smile, "Good, good!"

"Elder Brother, I’ll leave Wyatt Barnes to you... And this girl, I’ve promised Wyatt to let her join us at Niklaus Woodson together."

Briggs Colby respectfully said to the one-armed elder, then greeted Wyatt and Daisy Wood and left with Noel Walton.

The entire movement was graceful and natural, like flowing water.

"Your name is Wyatt Barnes?"

The one-armed elder asked Wyatt, devoid of the previous disdain.

"Elder, how shall I address you?"

Wyatt Barnes nodded.

"Just call me ’Elder Sun’... Come, let me arrange accommodations for you."

The one-armed elder warmly led Wyatt Barnes and Daisy Wood towards a row of pavilions beside the Martial Arts Performance Field, arranging a place for them to stay.

"You couldn’t react at all to his move just now?"

Another disciple from Niklaus Woodson helped the disciple who had been easily blasted away by Wyatt Barnes stand up, and asked in astonishment.

"No."

The latter gritted his teeth as he got up, his face showing a mix of wry smile and solemnity, "We must report the appearance of such a young powerhouse in Niklaus Woodson to Elder Don as soon as possible!"

"You’re injured, go back and rest first. I’ll personally notify Elder Don about this... I really didn’t expect that weak ’Niklaus Woodson’ could find such an outstanding young powerhouse."

The former took a deep breath, his face very serious.

"Alright."

Then, the injured Niklaus Woodson disciple went back to his pavilion to rest, while the other disciple walked out and left the Niklaus Woodson stronghold in Andington.

"Hmph!"

All this was observed by a one-armed elder, who snorted coldly, "Just as I expected... Elder Don? Earth Peak, some actions are truly excessive!"

By the end of his monologue, a chilling light flashed in the elder’s eyes, and his robe fluttered without any wind, giving off a vast and mighty aura.

"Interesting."

Atop the pavilion, Wyatt Barnes stood on the balcony, smiling as he watched the one-armed elder descending to the ground.

He had also noticed the commotion caused by those two Niklaus Woodson disciples a moment ago.

But he had never imagined that the two of them were actually ’spies’.

"I wonder what kind of expression Elder Colby would have if he knew that the two Niklaus Woodson disciples he found were ’spies’?"

Unconsciously, a profound smile appeared on Wyatt Barnes’s face.

As for the origins of the two ’spies’, it was easy for him to guess—they must be from the Five Elements Sect’s Water Peak, Flame Peak, or Earth Peak.

"It’s getting more interesting."

Wyatt Barnes shook his head with a smile, then returned to his room to cultivate and comprehend the ’realm’.

On another side of Andington,

Outside the high walls of a vast estate, a swift figure leaped in and quickly headed towards the inner depths of the estate, stopping at last in a lush back garden.

In the center of the garden was a pavilion where an old man sat playing chess.

The old man held white pieces in his left hand and black pieces in his right, playing against himself, seemingly enjoying the solitary game immensely.

"Elder Don."

An uninvited guest appeared out of nowhere, approached the pavilion respectfully, and saluted the old man.

The sudden appearance of the guest seemed not to surprise the old man at all; he continued to play chess, asking indifferently, "What’s the situation?"

"Yes."

The visitor replied, then continued, "Today, Briggs Colby brought someone back."

"Oh? So Briggs Colby really found a martial artist in the Cave Void Realm under forty outside?"

The old man was slightly surprised, but he kept on playing chess as if his emotions were not affected in the slightest.

"Yes. It’s a young man who seems to be no older than twenty-five..."

The visitor responded again with a grave tone.

"Twenty-five?"

The old man finally put down the chess piece in his hand, looking at the visitor, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure he’s a martial artist of the Cave Void Realm? A martial artist around twenty-five at the Cave Void Realm would be a rare martial Dao genius even for our Five Elements Sect’s Gold Peak, seen only once in a hundred years!"

The visitor nodded, speaking with some trepidation, "Arc Ferguson challenged him and was blasted away before he could even react... Also, Noel Walton admits that he’s not as strong as him."

"What?!"

Finally, the old man’s face changed drastically, he stood up abruptly, his gaze piercing as he fixated on the visitor, "Did he fight with Noel Walton?"

"No."

The visitor shook his head, and as the old man let out a sigh of relief, he added, "But when he told ’Ableton Sun’ he could send Noel Walton flying with a single palm, judging by Noel Walton’s expression... it seemed like it was true."

"Send Noel Walton flying with a single palm?"

The old man’s pupils contracted as he murmured, "Then his strength must be above the ’Second Layer of the Cave Void Realm’? Are you sure he looks only like a twenty-five-year-old young man?"