Wyatt Barnes’ voice wasn’t loud, but it seemed to contain some sort of magic.

In an instant, it reached inside Sin City, resonating like thunder in the ears of the surrounding humans and Demon Race.

After a brief silence, the humans who heard Wyatt Barnes’ voice erupted completely:

"Wyatt Barnes is going to make a move! He’s finally going to make a move!"

"Whether he acts or his wife does, there’s virtually no difference."

"Ever since Wyatt Barnes’ wife killed the Dragonsmith Clan Chief of Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal rank, I’ve been eagerly awaiting for them to act again and drive the Demon Race out of our land of exile... Unexpectedly, now they are indeed going to act!"

"The Dragonsmith Clan Chief was a Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal, yet even he couldn’t expel the Demon Race... among the Demon Race, most likely, there are also figures of the Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal caliber!"

"Of course there are! I’ve heard some Demon Race folks say that there are Nine Tribulations Loose Immortals among them!"

"What kind of era is this? Not only have prodigies like Wyatt Barnes and his wife emerged, but even among the Dragonsmith Clan and the Demon Race, there are Nine Tribulations Loose Immortals."

"Wyatt Barnes challenging the strongest of the Demon Race? If you ask me, it’s a challenge set for his wife!"

"Most likely. I have a friend in the Dragonsmith Clan who said that Wyatt Barnes’ strength is not enough to defeat their Clan Chief... It was because of his wife’s intervention that the Clan Chief fell."

... 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

While the humans who heard Wyatt Barnes’ voice were fervently discussing, they all felt:

The duel Wyatt Barnes mentioned was not between him and the Demon Race’s Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal, but between his wife and the Demon Race’s Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal.

And the reason they believed so, was naturally because of the formidable strength Wyatt Barnes’ wife had previously exhibited when she killed the Dragonsmith Clan Chief, which left a deep impression on them.

They did not know that Wyatt’s wife had already left the Holy Domain Plane and wouldn’t be able to return for a short time, at least not within a millennium.

"My god! It’s that ’Wyatt Barnes’!"

When the Demon Race members heard Wyatt Barnes’ voice, they couldn’t help but change color rapidly.

They had heard of the strength of Wyatt Barnes’ wife, knowing that she could kill a Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal-level Dragonsmith Clan Chief with utmost ease...

And their Demon Race’s strongest was merely equivalent to the Dragonsmith Clan Chief, only a Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal.

"Wyatt Barnes’ wife... is she finally going to make a move?"

"I’ve always dreaded this day coming... Yet has this day finally arrived?"

...

At the time when the news of Wyatt Barnes’ wife killing the Dragonsmith Clan Chief with ease spread, it caused a huge sensation within the Sanctuary.

Initially, the Demon Race didn’t quite believe it.

But after some verification, they had to accept it even if they were reluctant to!

At that time, all Demon Race members knew:

Within this Holy Domain Plane, there existed a being whose strength surpassed Nine Tribulations Loose Immortals, and she was the wife of the well-known Wyatt Barnes in the Holy Domain Plane, who once killed a Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal-level Dragonsmith Clan Chief from the Dragonsmith Clan with ease.

"If Wyatt Barnes’ wife makes a move against us Demon Race... what do we have to stop her?"

"Even our strongest would likely be no match for Wyatt Barnes’ wife, right?"

...

At that time, the Demon Race was plunged into a state of panic.

Some of the more timid members of the Demon Race obediently returned to their homeland ’Exile Plane’, known as the ’Land of Exile’ by the inhabitants of the Holy Domain Plane.

However, most of the Demon Race still harbored a glimmer of hope, staying behind.

To them, compared to their homeland exile plane, the Holy Domain Plane was simply a paradise, not only abundant in spiritual energy but also rich in various cultivation resources.

They were truly unwilling to leave.

Moreover, most importantly, their top-tier Demon Race experts hadn’t made a statement from beginning to end, so they could only stay with bated breath.

To this day, they had almost completely put Wyatt Barnes and his wife out of their minds.

And today, Wyatt Barnes suddenly appeared, directly proclaiming that he would challenge the strongest of their Demon Race a month later, once again plunging them into a great sense of crisis.

Some even felt that their strongest would be finished!

After all, Wyatt Barnes’ wife could effortlessly kill a Dragonsmith Clan Chief.

And the Dragonsmith Clan Chief was a genuine ’Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal’.

...

Half a month later,

In the North Territory, atop a perpetually frozen glacier, there was a serene calm.

But, suddenly, the calm atop this glacier was shattered!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

The swift sounds of breaking through the air shattered the calm atop the glacier.

Several swift figures whistled out from different directions, moving at incredible speed, leaving ferocious void cracks in the air in their wake.

These figures were like space rippers, and wherever they passed, the void was left in shambles.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

Soon, a total of seven figures appeared suspended over one corner of the glacier, stopping in the sky in perfect harmony, as if they had pre-arranged it.

"Gentlemen... this time, you have also come for Wyatt Barnes’ challenge against the Infinite Great One, right?"

A middle-aged man dressed in blue cast a stern gaze at the other six and asked.

It wasn’t that he was intentionally showing a stern face; he was just like this by nature, always wearing a stern expression that subtly conveyed a feeling of keeping people at a distance.

"Yes."

"That’s right."

"We’ve come for this matter."

...

The other six nodded in succession upon hearing this.

Boom!!

Just as the seven appeared in the sky above a corner of the glacier, the glacier beneath them suddenly produced a loud sound.

Immediately following that, the glacier beneath them seemed to suffer a heavy blow from its interior, revealing terrifying cracks.

Eventually, these cracks intertwined, resembling a spiderweb on the glacier.

Boom!!

When the spiderweb expanded and stretched to a certain point, another loud crash was heard.

This time, the section of the glacier with the spiderweb was directly shattered by an extremely powerful force, turning into countless ice shards, and falling into the water within the glacier’s gap.

As countless ice shards continuously fell into the icy water, water splashes rose up.

"Do you... have business with me?"

A distant voice followed, seemingly coming from all directions, its origin unknown.

Though not loud, once it reached the ears of those seven people, it caused their bodies to tremble in unison.

"Infinite Great One!"

"Infinite Great One!"

...

After their bodies shook, they quickly regained their senses and respectfully saluted the elderly man who seemed to appear out of thin air in the nearby void.

Anyone familiar with these seven from the Demon Race would be utterly shocked upon seeing their demeanor.

It was simply because any one of these seven was considered a major force within the Demon Race!

Without exception, they were all ’Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals’!

Seven Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals from the Demon Race respectfully saluting an elderly man...

This elderly man, of medium height and ordinary appearance, one that would be impossible to spot in a crowd.

However, since he could command such respect from seven Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals of the Demon Race, his identity was naturally apparent:

The sole ’Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal’ of the current Demon Race!

"Wyatt Barnes? Planning to duel me in half a month?"

Upon learning about Wyatt Barnes’s duel challenge from the seven, the elderly man, addressed by the Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals as ’Infinite Great One,’ suddenly had a grim expression on his previously indifferent face.

"Did he say... it’s him seeking the duel, or is it his wife?"

The elderly man asked with a piercing gaze directed at the people before him.

To him:

Wyatt Barnes challenging him, or Wyatt Barnes’s wife challenging him, were two completely different matters!

He had already investigated the matters that transpired within the Dragonsmith Clan.

With Wyatt Barnes’s abilities and full exertion, he could at best hold a draw against the Dragonsmith Clan Chief...

Whereas Wyatt Barnes’s wife could effortlessly slay the Dragonsmith Clan Chief!

If it were Wyatt Barnes, he was confident in battling to a draw since his strength was not weaker than the Dragonsmith Clan Chief.

But if it were Wyatt Barnes’s wife, he had no confidence in surviving under her hand...

After all, even the Dragonsmith Clan Chief with strength comparable to his perished instantly at her hands!

"He mentioned he wants to duel you, Infinite Great One... but he did not say his wife won’t intervene."

One Eight Tribulations Loose Immortal said.

The other Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals nodded in agreement.

"What do you think about this matter?"

The elderly man glanced at the Eight Tribulations Loose Immortals and asked.

Though he was the only ’Nine Tribulations Loose Immortal’ in the current Demon Race and the strongest among them, he usually did not involve himself in Demon Race affairs, focusing solely on his seclusion and awaiting the arrival of the tenth ’Loose Immortal Tribulation.’

Only when the Demon Race needed his intervention would he act.

To him, staying on the Holy Domain Plane and the Exile Plane made no real difference.

"We can’t really decide this matter... it depends on your judgment, Infinite Great One, especially if Wyatt Barnes’s wife intervenes, it will be exceedingly dangerous for you."

One Demon Race’s Eight Tribulations Loose Immortal remarked.

"Indeed."

Another Eight Tribulations Loose Immortal agreed, "If you accept the challenge, your life and safety will undoubtedly be under threat... I don’t know about others, but I don’t advise you, Infinite Great One, to take risks."

"Infinite Great One is the ’pillar’ of our Demon Race and must not be lost!"