Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 2701: Ares Cooper’s Helplessness
"Void Shadow Escape Talisman?"
Upon hearing that Wyatt Barnes had escaped, Ares Cooper sighed in relief, but couldn’t help casting a puzzled look toward King Cooper.
Because this "Void Shadow Escape Talisman" was something he was hearing about for the first time.
"The Void Shadow Escape Talisman is an Immortal Talisman crafted with great effort by an Immortal King, and the success rate is extremely low... having a Void Shadow Escape Talisman is equivalent to having a chance to save one’s life in the hands of someone below an Immortal King."
"As long as the person isn’t stronger than an Immortal King, if they cannot kill the target before the target uses the Void Shadow Escape Talisman, they can only watch helplessly as the target escapes."
Saying this, King Cooper glanced again at the elder woman in the distance.
Now, the elder woman stood there, her old face further twisted, appearing exceptionally ferocious.
"Did you give him the ’Void Shadow Escape Talisman’?"
Suddenly, the elder woman turned around sharply.
And in the moment she turned, her gaze sharply focused on King Cooper, as if she would not hesitate to strike him down as long as he responded with a ’yes’.
"Senior... do you really think I might have the ’Void Shadow Escape Talisman’?"
King Cooper smiled wryly.
And in King Cooper’s wry smile, there was also a deep sense of helplessness.
As the master of the King Cooper’s Mansion, he was usually revered, awe-inspiring, and respected by everyone...
But today, before the elder woman in front of him, he couldn’t muster a bit of assertiveness.
Because he simply couldn’t afford to be assertive!
This was an Immortal Lord; if she wanted to kill him, it would only take the flick of a wrist.
"Wyatt Barnes isn’t dead?"
"Impossible, under such terrifying force, he actually survived?"
"How could he not be dead?"
...
At this moment, the crowd around also realized that Wyatt Barnes hadn’t died.
"Wyatt isn’t dead; it seems he used the ’Void Shadow Escape Talisman’!"
"The Void Shadow Escape Talisman? That’s the Immortal Talisman that only those above the Immortal King level can craft? Even for an Immortal King-level powerhouse, the success rate is less than one percent?"
"This Void Shadow Escape Talisman, once used, is said to allow easy escape in front of those below the Immortal King level; it is an extremely precious and rare Immortal Talisman."
"Generally speaking... even in an upper-level Immortal Kingdom, such an Immortal Talisman is rare. How would Wyatt have it?"
...
As people talked among themselves, they were also shocked at Wyatt Barnes possessing a "Void Shadow Escape Talisman" and using it at a critical moment to escape smoothly.
"It seems Wyatt Barnes’s ’background’ is truly extraordinary... Not only can it provoke the pursuit of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect’s powerhouses, but he also holds such a precious and rare Immortal Talisman as the ’Void Shadow Escape Talisman.’ He must be someone from a rival force to the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect!"
"Previously, I wasn’t sure... Now, I also think he must be from a rival force to the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, and that force is not weak either, and Wyatt’s ’status’ in that force must be not simple as well."
"Of course! Even within the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, those disciples who aren’t yet a hundred years old... I’m afraid there aren’t many who possess such rare and precious Immortal Talismans as the ’Void Shadow Escape Talisman’!"
...
Now, more people conclude:
Wyatt Barnes’s ’origin’ is extraordinary, and nine times out of ten, he belongs to a rival force of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect.
"Earlier, you said he ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago?"
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, standing in the air above the duel ring, the elder woman’s gaze coldly fell on Ares Cooper, asking with a sneer.
"Senior, I’m really not lying to you."
Ares Cooper smiled wryly.
Although he wore a wry smile on his face, inside he was glad for Wyatt Barnes’s successful escape, unable to help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Someone who ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago, still under a hundred years old, has strength comparable to a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal,’ and holds an Immortal Talisman crafted by an Immortal King, the Void Shadow Escape Talisman... Do you really take me for a ’fool’ to be played with?"
The elder woman’s voice grew colder and colder, and her increasingly sharp gaze gave Ares Cooper a feeling of falling into an ice cave, causing Ares Cooper’s face to turn pale in an instant.
"Senior, I’m not tricking you."
Ares Cooper’s face grew even more bitter.
From start to finish, the elder woman’s cold gaze stayed fixed on Ares Cooper’s eyes, seeking ’clues’ to confirm that Ares Cooper’s words were false.
But she discovered:
Even with the pressure on Ares Cooper now, he showed no signs of a guilty conscience, nor any indication of deceiving her.
This left her somewhat irritated:
"That boy... could it really be that he ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago?"
"If this is true... then his ’background,’ I fear, even our Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect cannot compare to?"
It’s not that she truly considers it impossible that someone who ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago could possess strength comparable to that of a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’ class monster, but such monsters are extremely rare even across all the celestial realms.
Such prodigies usually have received the legacy of the powerful forces in the Celestial Planes while in the mundane planes, and they themselves are also outstanding.
Because, in the mundane planes, there are many people, even if they receive the legacy of the top forces in the Celestial Planes, they might not be able to achieve, in just five years and less than a hundred years of age after ascending to the Celestial Planes, a power comparable to a ’Daai Law Golden Immortal’.
Ascenders who are under a hundred years old cannot be Scattered Immortals from the mundane planes, because Scattered Immortals cannot be under a hundred.
A Scattered Immortal, upon ascending to the Celestial Planes, directly achieves the ’Golden Immortal’ status.
Yet, those non-Scattered Immortals from the mundane planes, upon ascending to the Celestial Planes, can only achieve the ’Heavenly Immortal’ status.
"If I find out later that you have been lying to me... I will not only kill you but also tear you to pieces and scatter your ashes. I will even make the entire King Cooper Manor bury along with you!"
After casting a cold glance at Ares Cooper and leaving these chilling words, the old woman’s figure began to blur in front of everyone.
Eventually, she turned into a phantom and gradually disappeared from everyone’s sight.
In the end, she vanished into thin air.
Swish! Swish!
Although the old woman had left, the words she left before departing made the faces of King Cooper and the Third Prince change drastically.
Swish!
Even the strong figure from King Cooper Manor presiding over the martial gathering of the sixteen counties had a change in expression.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
...
Behind the curtain at the place which had turned into a ruin where the VIP audience seats once were, everyone from King Cooper Manor’s group, without exception, also had changes in their expressions.
They unanimously felt that Ares Cooper was deceiving the old woman.
Wyatt Barnes, ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago?
How is this possible!
"Perhaps Ares Cooper initially did not expect that his cleverness would drag King Cooper Manor into this mess?"
"Indeed cleverness backfired! An ascender who arrived in Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago, and is under a hundred years old... how could such a person possess such formidable power in a mere five years."
"That expert from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect mentioned before leaving that when she returns to confirm that Ares Cooper deceived her... Not only will Ares Cooper suffer, but King Cooper Manor will also suffer along with Ares Cooper."
"This Ares Cooper is simply a ’jinx’ to King Cooper Manor, as soon as he returned to King Cooper Manor and recognized his kin, he brought potential threats, and this is an extermination threat."
...
In the surrounding void, aside from the people from the Flying Dragon Sect, everyone else in the VIP audience seats started discussing, and they all felt that Ares Cooper was dragging King Cooper Manor into a calamity, bringing about the danger of extermination.
Even everyone from King Cooper Manor thought the same now.
"Robert... you..."
King Cooper and the Third Prince looked at Ares Cooper with nothing but helplessness on their faces.
If it were their child who had brought an extermination threat to King Cooper Manor like Ares Cooper, they would have slapped them without hesitation!
But Ares Cooper happens to be their fourth brother’s son.
"Uncles... now that the expert from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect has left, I need not deceive you, should I? Wyatt Barnes is... indeed an ascender, and has ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago."
Noticing the doubts of the two, Ares Cooper smiled bitterly and said.
He did not care about the threat left by the old woman before she left because he felt he had a clear conscience.
Yet, he could understand the feelings of his two uncles.
"Robert... are you telling the truth?"
The Third Prince frowned, he didn’t expect his nephew to still insist that Wyatt Barnes is an ascender who has been in Spiritual Heaven for less than five years.
As his nephew said:
Now that the expert from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect has left, there is indeed no reason for him to deceive them.
King Cooper’s brow also furrowed.
"Uncles... you should handle matters here carefully. As for Wyatt Barnes, I’ll tell you in detail after you handle the matters here."
Ares Cooper glanced around and said.
With so many eyes watching and ears listening, he had no intention of revealing Wyatt Barnes’ ’background’ here.
Initially, when he told the Immortal Lord from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect that Wyatt Barnes was just an ascender who came to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago, he was concerned about the Immortal Lord identifying the wrong person.
Since he thought it should be impossible for Wyatt Barnes to have any dealings with the Sect Leader of the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect.
However, later, as Wyatt Barnes spoke and mentioned a woman named ’Milana Harrington’, although he didn’t know what dealings that woman had, he was certain of one thing:
That expert from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect did not find the wrong person.
She was indeed looking for Wyatt Barnes!
Back then, he didn’t know there were no misunderstandings between Wyatt Barnes and the Immortal Lord from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect, nor did he know that Wyatt Barnes had an ’Immortal Talisman’ drawn by an Immortal King, allowing him to escape right under the nose of the Immortal Lord from the Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect easily.
Otherwise, he would never have revealed Wyatt Barnes as an ascender who had ascended to Spiritual Heaven less than five years ago.
By saying that, to some extent, it amounted to betraying Wyatt Barnes and might consequently bring some ’hidden dangers’ to him, creating obstacles for Wyatt Barnes’ future path.