"Lord Centurion, please quell your anger!"

"Lord Centurion, please quell your anger!"

...

Including the Centurion who had just been injured by Wyatt Barnes, the remaining Centurions all dropped to their knees one after another, heads lowered, not daring to look Wyatt in the eye again.

At this moment, they couldn’t help cursing that Black Dragon Army Centurion, Hector Simplicity, in their hearts.

If Hector Simplicity hadn’t said that their new Lord Centurion was only a "Purple Moon Celestial," they would never have been so rude in front of this new Lord Centurion, to the point of offending him.

At the same time, the group of centurions who had come back to their senses, seeing the several Centurions on their knees, also hurriedly knelt down.

The remaining ordinary soldiers naturally followed suit.

With both Centurions and centurions on their knees, even if they were given a hundred times their courage, they wouldn’t dare remain standing!

In an instant, in that vast stretch of empty sky, only Wyatt Barnes remained standing alone, like a crane among chickens, like a lofty "emperor" as he was encircled by a group of kneeling subjects, forming a scene like stars revolving around the moon.

"Hmph!"

Wyatt swept a cold glance over the Black Dragon Army soldiers kneeling on the ground and said indifferently, "I don’t want there to be a next time... Now, disperse."

As his words fell, Wyatt, eager to hurry back to his tent to cultivate, flickered and vanished from before the group of kneeling Black Dragon Army soldiers.

His speed was so fast it was as if he had vanished into thin air.

Only after Wyatt left did the Black Dragon Army soldiers, led by the few Centurions, rise to their feet in trepidation.

On the faces of most of them, there was still lingering fear.

"We’ve all been screwed over by that Centurion Hector Simplicity... The strength of our new Lord Centurion, even when compared to him, is only stronger, not weaker!"

The Centurion who had been injured by Wyatt Barnes spoke through gritted teeth, filled with hatred.

Even though he was the one Wyatt had injured,

he didn’t blame Wyatt in the slightest.

Wyatt, as his direct superior—he had been disrespectful toward Wyatt; the fact that Wyatt hadn’t killed him already counted as mercy.

And if Hector Simplicity hadn’t deliberately misled him, even if he’d been lent a hundred times his courage, he wouldn’t have dared act so presumptuously in front of his own direct superior, the new Centurion...

On the other side.

After Wyatt Barnes left the area where his subordinates’ tents were located, he returned to the sector where the Centurion’s tent stood. Entering his tent, he sat down cross-legged, took out a mid-grade immortal stone, and began cultivating.

Cultivating in the planes of the heavens was largely the same as cultivating in the secular planes.

Besides absorbing the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth, one could also assist one’s cultivation by absorbing "immortal stones," which were similar to the "Holy Stones" of the secular planes.

"This really is one of the top cultivation environments in the region surrounding Bloodshade City... Cultivating here, with a mid-grade immortal stone and the ninety-nine Heavenly Veins in my body, it won’t be long before I’m hopeful of breaking through to become a ’Blue Moon Celestial Immortal’!"

After a surge of excitement, Wyatt once more devoted himself wholly to cultivation.

This thought of Wyatt’s was unknown to the others in the Black Dragon Army.

Otherwise, they would definitely be scared out of their wits...

As a Centurion in the Black Dragon Army, his cultivation was actually only at the level of an "Azure Moon Immortal"?

In the Black Dragon Army, an Azure Moon Immortal was the minimum standard for a centurion!

Now, as the Black Dragon Army’s Centurion Hector Simplicity was vigorously spreading the word throughout the entire Black Dragon Army camp that the new Centurion Wyatt Barnes was only a "Purple Moon Celestial,"

he couldn’t even dream that:

Wyatt Barnes was absolutely not some "Purple Moon Celestial."

Wyatt was merely an "Azure Moon Immortal"!

Even so, Hector Simplicity’s enthusiastic rumor-mongering still shocked the Black Dragon Army soldiers currently stationed within the camp.

Of course, this did not include the more than eight hundred Black Dragon Army soldiers under Wyatt’s command.

When those eight hundred-odd Black Dragon Army soldiers under Wyatt heard the uproarious rumor spreading through the camp—the news that their new Lord Centurion was only a "Purple Moon Celestial"—they were all furious:

"They’re all saying our new Lord Centurion is just a ’Purple Moon Celestial’?"

"Could it be another rumor spread by Hector Simplicity?"

"If it really is Hector Simplicity... what on earth is he trying to do?"

"Everyone knows that once the Centurion under Hector Simplicity, Ares Cooper, leaves seclusion, there’s a nine out of ten chance Hector will be replaced by him... I think he just wants to redirect Ares Cooper’s spearhead toward our new Lord Centurion."

"Despicable! Far too despicable!"

...

Thinking of how Hector Simplicity had already screwed them over, and now even wanted to screw others, the group of Black Dragon Army soldiers under Wyatt’s command were instantly displeased.

For a time, they began spreading word throughout the Black Dragon Army camp in rebuttal:

Their new Lord Centurion was not a "Purple Moon Celestial"!

"I, Anthony Tucker, a Centurion under Lord Centurion Wyatt Barnes, a Purple Moon Celestial... In front of Lord Centurion Wyatt, I didn’t even have time to react before being severely injured by him!"

"If Lord Centurion Wyatt were merely a Purple Moon Celestial... how could he possibly possess such strength?"

The Centurion who had previously been injured by Wyatt Barnes didn’t hesitate to bring up his own past "embarrassing incident" in order to clear the name of this new Centurion Wyatt Barnes!

And under the deliberate guidance of the group of Black Dragon Army soldiers under Wyatt’s command, quite a few people also started to believe:

Wyatt Barnes was not as simple as just a "Purple Moon Celestial"...

There were even some who believed:

Wyatt Barnes’s strength was not beneath that of the former bottom-ranked one among the ten Black Dragon Army Centurions, Hector Simplicity.

When the news reached Hector Simplicity’s ears, his face turned completely green.

"Those bastards... do they think that by spreading fake news like this, they can help that Wyatt Barnes firmly secure the Centurion’s position?"

"Even if right now they all think I’m inferior to that Wyatt Barnes, so what? At worst, after I’m defeated by Ares Cooper and he replaces me, I’ll personally go challenge that Wyatt Barnes and make him hand over the Centurion’s seat!"

"When that time comes, I’ll be the direct superior of you troublemakers... then we’ll see how I deal with you!"

Thinking of what lay ahead, Hector Simplicity’s eyes flared with fire. He wished he could immediately replace Wyatt Barnes, become the new Centurion over that group of Black Dragon Army soldiers who were, in his eyes, spreading fake news, and then thoroughly fix them!

In the Black Dragon Army, if a Centurion wanted to screw with his subordinates, nothing could be easier.

Just as Hector Simplicity was having this "idea," an astonishing piece of news spread out from where the Black Dragon Army soldiers under his command were stationed:

"Centurion ’Ares Cooper’ has come out of seclusion and publicly declared that he will challenge his direct superior, the Centurion, Hector Simplicity!"

Hector Simplicity only heard about this after the news had spread through more than half of the Black Dragon Army camp.

"Ares Cooper!"

In that instant, Hector Simplicity’s expression sank, and his eyes looked as if they could spit fire:

"Even you... also think I’m inferior to that Wyatt Barnes, whose cultivation is only at ’Purple Moon Celestial’? You think I’m easy to bully?"

Hector Simplicity was angry, completely enraged!

When Hector Simplicity met Ares Cooper and questioned him—

Ares Cooper, however, answered neither humble nor overbearing: "Centurion, I issued that ’challenge declaration’ right after coming out of seclusion... at that time, I hadn’t yet had the chance to hear anything about that Centurion Wyatt Barnes."

Ares Cooper was a tall, handsome young man. The set of black armor of the Black Dragon Army on his body made him look extraordinarily valiant. Compared to the group of Black Dragon Army soldiers around him, he stood out like a crane among chickens.

Right now, Ares Cooper and his direct superior, the Centurion "Hector Simplicity," were standing face to face in confrontation.

Around them, not only had a group of Black Dragon Army soldiers under Hector Simplicity gathered, but even quite a few soldiers from under other Centurions’ commands had come over as well.

Joining the fun is human nature.

Even immortals are not exempt.

"Now that you know... are you going to change your mind, and challenge that Wyatt Barnes instead of challenging me?"

Hector Simplicity looked at Ares Cooper and asked in a deep voice. The anger in his tone had eased considerably.

At this moment, he simply thought that by giving Ares Cooper a step down like this, Ares Cooper would give up challenging him and turn to challenge that Wyatt Barnes instead...

Because of that, half of the flames of fury burning in his heart had already died down.

Only, what he hadn’t expected was:

Ares Cooper had no intention of taking the step he offered!

"There’s no need."

Ares Cooper looked at Hector Simplicity with calm eyes and said indifferently, "Centurion, I’m not very interested in unfamiliar environments... I feel it’d be pretty good to be the Centurion of the same brothers I used to fight alongside."

"So... I still intend to challenge you!" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

As Ares Cooper spoke to that point, his tone grew a few shades heavier.

Just as the surrounding group of Blackarmor Army soldiers fixed their gazes on Hector Simplicity, ready to watch him make a move and have a duel with Ares Cooper—

An unexpected scene unfolded before their eyes:

"Good! Very good!"

They saw Hector Simplicity stare icily at Ares Cooper and say in a deep voice, "Since you want my ’Centurion’ seat that badly... then, for the sake of how you used to be fairly diligent and conscientious under my command, I’ll hand this Centurion seat over to you!"

As soon as Hector Simplicity said this, Ares Cooper couldn’t help being stunned for a moment.

From what he knew:

Given Hector Simplicity’s character, even if he knew full well he was no match for the current him, in theory he still shouldn’t be conceding so easily...

But the fact remained that Hector Simplicity had conceded.

So he quickly came back to his senses, looked at Hector Simplicity, and nodded as he said, "In that case, I must thank you, Centurion... no, from now on, I should call you Centurion Hector Simplicity."

Since Hector Simplicity conceded, his "Centurion" position would naturally be taken over by Ares Cooper.

And Hector Simplicity had fallen to become a "Centurion" under Ares Cooper, this new Centurion.

Just as everyone was still dumbfounded by Hector Simplicity’s concession—

"I, Hector Simplicity, hereby make this declaration: As of today, I will challenge that Centurion ’Wyatt Barnes’!"

Hector Simplicity’s voice, filled with rage and icy cold, suddenly exploded!