Chapter 2582: Chapter 2582: Like a Divine Being

At this moment, the eight centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon, including Liam King, finally all saw it clearly:

Wyatt Barnes had been holding back when he made his moves earlier.

And he wasn’t just holding back a little!

"Damn it! His strength... how can it be this terrifying? From what we’re seeing now... his power isn’t inferior to any of the Centurions, not one!"

Liam’s eyes had originally been full of ferocity, staring at Wyatt like a starving wolf.

But after witnessing Wyatt’s true strength, he couldn’t help his expression changing drastically. When he looked at Wyatt again, the ferocity in his eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by deep, deep wariness.

He had never imagined:

This purple‑robed ascender who had just flown up to Spiritual Heaven was actually this powerful!

Even though the earlier strike had been heavily restrained, Wyatt had still defeated him with ease.

"Th–this... how is this possible?!"

"Don’t say he’s just an ascender from the Ascension Pool that accepts half‑step immortals... even if he’d come from the Ascension Pool that accepts Nine Tribulations Loose Immortals, his strength wouldn’t necessarily be this monstrous, right?"

"Judging from the strength he’s displaying right now... he’s already no weaker than any Centurion in our Army of Silver Sea Dragon."

"I see it too... the power he’s showing now is enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with our Army of Silver Sea Dragon’s two Centurions!"

"Don’t forget... the reason those two Centurions can show such strength is partly because each of them is holding an Immortal Artifact. But that purple‑robed ascender doesn’t have any Immortal Artifact in his hands!"

"So that means... if you gave him an Immortal Artifact, his strength might even surpass the two Centurions?"

"It’s still hard to believe... but that’s what the facts are."

...

As the other seven centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon discussed among themselves, they too were scared witless by the strength Wyatt was displaying. None of them had expected Wyatt to still be hiding this much power, and hiding it this deep!

Especially that elderly man who had questioned Wyatt earlier; now he couldn’t help but secretly wipe a cold sweat in his heart.

Just before, because Wyatt had ignored him when he questioned him, he had flown into a rage and almost attacked Wyatt...

Fortunately Liam had acted first, otherwise the unlucky one would have been him.

Now, having further witnessed Wyatt’s terrifying strength, he only felt more thankful that Liam had taken action before him.

Otherwise, offending such a powerhouse would never lead to a good end.

The discussion among the group of centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon all happened in a split second.

And in that same instant, Wyatt’s "Sword Array" was about to collide head‑on with the blade‑and‑sword offensive launched by the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon.

Just as Wyatt’s Sword Array was about to meet the offensive from the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon—

"All Weapons, Submit!"

With a mere thought, wisps of a profound, unfathomable aura suddenly extended out from the Sword Array, seemingly carrying a trace of obscure, inscrutable power, as if imbued with some special property.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

As that mysterious aura spread out, the wisp of inscrutable power diffused and instantly twined around the Immortal Artifacts in the hands of the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon, and in the very first instant, it forcibly snatched both Immortal Artifacts from their grip.

"What’s going on?!"

"How is this possible?!"

Not until the Immortal Artifacts in their hands shook violently, injuring their palms and flying out of their grasp, did the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon snap back to their senses. Their faces changed drastically, filled with shock and utter disbelief.

In that moment, they distinctly felt:

A power that seemed utterly irresistible had directly "lured" the Immortal Artifacts from their hands away.

From beginning to end, they didn’t even have the slightest ability to resist.

They had tried, with a single thought, to put the Immortal Artifacts into their Storage Rings.

But they discovered that power had directly severed the connection between them and their Immortal Artifacts, leaving them completely unable to control the artifacts and send them into their Storage Rings.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

Right after the two Immortal Artifacts in the hands of the Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon were seized, the attacks they had unleashed smashed into Wyatt’s Sword Array, triggering a heaven‑shaking, earth‑shattering explosion.

After the explosion, the currents in the air trembled and reversed. Gusts of violent wind howled out, rampaging in all directions.

Accompanying the winds were waves of vast, majestic shockwaves, lashing out in all directions with crushing momentum.

Facing the incoming shockwaves, the eight centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon hastily roused the power within their bodies, forming a layer of defense around themselves to block it...

Otherwise, even if they didn’t die, they would definitely be severely injured.

"In the end, the two Centurions are still superior by a hair!"

As the eight centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon resisted the oncoming shockwaves, they clearly saw that the combined offensive of their two Centurions had only been half neutralized by Wyatt’s Sword Array.

The remaining half continued to sweep toward Wyatt with unstoppable force.

As if it wouldn’t rest until it obliterated Wyatt.

"At this rate... that ascender is as good as dead!"

"But... are the two Centurions really planning to kill him? If he dies, won’t the Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he has mastered vanish along with him, disappearing into smoke?"

"If that’s the case... then it really is a pity."

...

At this moment, the eight centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon thought of all the brilliant methods Wyatt Barnes had displayed and couldn’t help feeling a stab of heartache.

They didn’t care about the life or death of this purple‑robed ascender in front of them.

What they cared about were the various profound Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he had mastered, and it was precisely because of this that the Army of Silver Sea Dragon’s two Centurions had personally rushed over here.

"He can’t die!"

"We can’t let him die!"

The two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon had no time to wonder how their Immortal Artifacts had suddenly been taken from them. Seeing that half of the joint offensive they’d launched was still sweeping toward Wyatt Barnes, both of them panicked, their faces changing again and again.

If this purple‑robed ascender died, they would never again have any chance to lay a hand on the various profound Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he’d mastered!

If that happened, wouldn’t this whole trip of theirs have been for nothing?

Bang! Bang!

The two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon simultaneously stomped a foot into the void. Power erupted from their bodies once more, propelling them at extreme speed in pursuit of that offensive of theirs which was like some clawing, grasping monstrosity lunging toward Wyatt Barnes.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

At the same time, as the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon raised their hands, they continuously unleashed techniques, waves of boundless, matchless power sweeping forth, attempting to chase down the offensive hurtling toward Wyatt Barnes and pull him out of the sea of flames.

However, because they no longer had their Immortal Artifacts in hand, though they wanted to save Wyatt Barnes, they were powerless to do so.

"Damn it!"

"If we still had our Immortal Artifacts... how could the attacks I’m unleashing now not be able to catch up to that?"

Watching as the remaining half of the offensive they’d unleashed through their Immortal Artifacts arrived in front of Wyatt Barnes in the blink of an eye, like a giant beast opening its bloody maw to swallow him whole, the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon grew even more agitated and depressed.

If not for that bizarre power that had suddenly appeared and snatched away their Immortal Artifacts, they wouldn’t be reduced to just standing by and watching this purple‑robed ascender being killed.

They knew that on this purple‑robed ascender’s person were extremely profound Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities.

If he didn’t die, if they imprisoned him and forced him, they would have every chance to obtain the various Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he’d mastered!

"What a pity."

Realizing that they had no way of preventing that purple‑robed ascender from being killed, the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Of course, they weren’t sighing over the purple‑robed ascender who was about to die, but over the various profound Immortal Methods and Divine Abilities he possessed.

However.

Just when the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon thought Wyatt Barnes was doomed beyond a doubt...

At the very last instant.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

...

Sharp, ringing sword cries suddenly erupted just as the irreversible offensive of the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon enveloped Wyatt Barnes, as if splitting the heavens asunder.

The next moment, the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon were horrified to see:

That familiar purple figure, like a Divine Being, tore through the air and burst out from within that boundless, matchless offensive!

Right before him, there was actually a Sword Array opening a path for him, and the power of this Sword Array was clearly stronger than the one he had displayed earlier—anyone could see that.

"Just now... he was still holding back?"

"This... how is this possible?!"

Watching the Sword Array howl forward and effortlessly shatter their supposedly irreversible offensive, the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon couldn’t help widening their eyes, staring in disbelief at the scenes unfolding before them.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

...

After the Sword Array shattered the irreversible offensive of the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon, its momentum did not abate. It went on to smash apart the various subsequent attacks the two Centurions had unleashed in an attempt to block that irreversible offensive of theirs.

The whole process was extremely smooth, without the slightest hesitation or drag.

"Are we going to die?"

"I never thought... I would actually die at the hands of a ’Crimson Moon Heavenly Immortal’! And one who has just ascended to Spiritual Heaven at that!"

As Wyatt Barnes’s Sword Array arrived before them in the blink of an eye, the overwhelming, razor‑sharp sword qi filled the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon with despair. Both almost unanimously concluded that they would be killed in the very next instant.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

Yet just as the two Centurions of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon were sinking into despair, that Sword Array which had reached them in an instant bizarrely scattered away with the wind, leaving only a single sword ray reversing course and streaking back into Wyatt Barnes’s hand.

"That’s my Immortal Sword!"

One of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon’s Centurions recognized at a glance that the sword returning to Wyatt Barnes’s hand was actually his Immortal Sword.

"And my Immortal Sword!"

At the same time, the other Centurion of the Army of Silver Sea Dragon also saw at a glance that the blade Wyatt Barnes held in his other hand was actually his own blade.