chapter 15 I'm here, do you welcome me?

"My heavens!" someone exclaimed with a trembling voice, "Is this the entire War God Palace showing up?" "Fifty Heaven Rank experts! In this world, which force can compare with the War God Palace?" "Look, on the cliff top, those hundred thousand members of the War God Palace, every single one is an Earth Rank master! This is too terrifying." "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that there's such a powerful force in the world!" The hundreds of thousands of spectators showed longing in their eyes. The War God Palace's reputation is indeed well-deserved! "Today's visit is worth it!" someone said excitedly, "I wonder if I'll have the chance to join the War God Palace." On the stage. Riggan abruptly stood up, a hint of fear flashing in his pupils. Fifty Heaven Rank experts! Exactly fifty! Looking behind him, even adding the three members of the Seymour family, there were only six Heaven Rank experts. Moreover, the War God Palace had a hundred thousand Earth Rank masters! Among these people, perhaps many could become Heaven Rank! Such a formidable force actually existed in the world! In an instant, Riggan was tempted. The War God Palace, compared to the Profound Darkness Sect, was hundreds if not thousands of times stronger! If he could control the War God Palace, then looking at the world, who would dare to disobey his orders? In front of the stage. Fifty Heaven Rank experts stood in a row behind Atius, exuding an overwhelming presence. And Steef, pale as a ghost, collapsed on the ground, no longer possessing the demeanor of a Heaven Rank expert. Atius walked up to him and calmly asked, "Steef, five years ago, you plotted against my parents and sent people to kill me. Did you ever think that one day you would kneel before me?" Steef trembled, not daring to look into Atius' eyes. He couldn't believe that in just five short years, the insignificant remnant of the past had become the Lord of the War God Palace! Steef began to roar, "Impossible, this must be fake!" But the next moment, his legs gave out, and he knelt on the ground, "My nephew, my dear nephew, spare me, we are family!" Steef crawled to Atius' feet, repeatedly kowtowing on the ground, "Your parents' death wasn't my doing, I was forced, by Blood Shark Island, it was people from Blood Shark Island who made me do it!" "I beg you, you must spare me!" Seeing Steef kowtowing and begging for mercy, the other two Heaven Rank elders of the Seymour family on the stage attempted to flee, only to be killed on the spot by two Heaven Rank experts from the War God Palace. Atius coldly looked at Steef, "Didn't you want to skin me alive and draw my tendons?" "Come on, I'll give you a chance to make a move." Steef's face was filled with despair. He knew he was bound to die today. "Little brat, you won't die a good death!" Steef's aura erupted in an instant, throwing a punch at Atius like a madman. This punch mobilized all his qi, and even a late-stage Heaven Rank expert would not dare to take it head-on! "Boom!" The punch exploded the air, igniting sparks and arcs of electricity, slamming fiercely towards Atius. "Die!" Steef's eyes were split with rage, "I want you to be buried with my son!" Atius slowly raised his hand. Without using any qi, he caught Steef's fist with his physical strength alone. "The one who deserves to die a thousand times is you!" Atius roared, his eyes instantly turning blood-red. With a flick of his arm, Steef was thrown into the air, his body's bones continuously cracking, twisting into a grotesque shape. "Ah!!" Steef's pitiful scream echoed throughout the valley. He was like a boneless lump of flesh, plummeting through the air at high speed. Atius stomped his foot, soaring into the sky, and kicked Steef higher into the air again. For a moment, the tens of thousands of people in the valley could only see Steef being tossed up and down in the air, blood splattering from his body. With the final kick, Steef was sent into the air and exploded into a cloud of blood mist. Atius waved his hand, and the Heaven Rank experts behind him instantly charged into the crowd. In an instant, screams rose from the crowd, and not a single person from the Seymour family escaped. Atius' blood-red eyes turned to the stage, making Riggan's whole body cold, his back hairs standing on end. He heard Atius say coldly, "Mr. York, on the phone last night, I said I would destroy your Profound Darkness Sect, and you told me to come." "Now I'm here in person, bringing all the members of the War God Palace. Are you welcoming me?" Hearing Atius' indifferent tone, a cold light flashed in Riggan's eyes, "As a Saint Rank expert, I naturally welcome all the younger generations in the martial world to admire my majesty." "If I had known about your feud with Steef earlier, I would have helped you kill him." Riggan smiled, "I think your War God Palace is quite impressive, why not cooperate with my Profound Darkness Sect?" "With me, a Saint Rank expert, no one in this world will dare to trouble you again." Atius slowly shook his head, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "Today, you must die!" Riggan's face was filled with mockery, "Without reaching Saint Rank, you're nothing but an ant." "I never believed you could be a Divine Rank expert when I first heard about it." "Now I see, you've just touched the threshold of Saint Rank." "Today I will personally take care of you and show everyone here what true Saint Rank expert strength is!" "After I kill you, I'll take over your War God Palace!" As he spoke, a strong wind arose on the stage, sweeping across the entire valley in an instant. Countless arcs of electricity crazily danced in the air, drawing dark clouds overhead, with thunder and lightning flashing! Everyone looked at the sky in horror, "Is this the power of a Saint Rank expert? To cause such a natural phenomenon!" "Is this really a power that humans can possess?" "If Saint Rank is so powerful, how terrifying must the legendary Divine Rank be!" This was the first time Riggan had displayed the power of a Saint Rank expert, which was a hundred times stronger than before! Feeling the surging power within him, Riggan looked up at the sky and laughed wildly, "In today's world, who can stand shoulder to shoulder with me!" "Boy, it's your time to die!" Riggan slapped his hand, and the surging qi roared towards Atius. Atius stood emotionlessly in place, showing no intention of dodging. "It seems you also know that you have no chance of survival," Riggan sneered, "I will leave you with nothing!" "Boom!" The stage could not withstand the pressure and instantly turned to dust. The violent qi kicked up a storm of sand and stones, overwhelming Atius and finally crashing into the cliff a hundred meters away. The ground began to tremble, and the hundreds of meters high cliff crumbled and collapsed! In an instant, at least a thousand people were buried under the rock pile, unable to escape in time. As the dust settled, Riggan's wild laughter rose again, and he pointed at the place where Atius had been standing, shouting, "The price for defying me is the same as his, leaving no trace!" Tens of thousands of people followed Riggan's pointing finger. There, a pile of collapsed boulders had formed a small mountain. At the top of the small mountain, a tall figure gradually became clear. Someone exclaimed, "How... how is that possible! How could he still be alive!" "Not only is he alive, but look, there's not even a scratch on him, not even dust on his clothes!" "How did he do it?" As for the dozens of Heaven Rank experts from the War God Palace, they showed no emotion, feeling that their Lord was too modest and should have slapped Riggan to death. "You!" Riggan's eyes bulged, "How did you dodge that!?" "Dodge?" Atius sneered, "With your little skills, do I need to dodge?" Riggan was suddenly at a loss for words, and the next moment his aura exploded, appearing in front of Atius in the blink of an eye. He raised his whisk, and the horsetail hairs, infused with a large amount of qi, turned into thousands of steel needles, aiming to turn Atius into a sieve. "Too slow." Atius slowly shook his head and lightly stomped his foot, a domineering qi forming a visible whirlwind around him. In the blink of an eye, the qi whirlwind grew a hundred meters high, engulfing Riggan within it. Riggan, caught in the whirlwind, felt the rapidly spinning qi around him like countless blades, continuously cutting bloody wounds on his body. In just a moment, Riggan was completely drenched in blood. He used all his qi to try to break through the whirlwind, only to find that his qi was like a drop of water hitting the sea in the face of this whirlwind, unable to stir up the slightest ripple. "Impossible, why do you have such majestic qi!" Riggan struggled and roared hysterically in the whirlwind, "I am a Saint Rank expert, a Saint Rank expert! Damn it, let me out!" Outside the whirlwind, tens of thousands of people watched in astonishment as the giant whirlwind reached into the clouds. The entire sky was covered with rolling clouds, and lightning intertwined and struck the whirlwind. Inside the whirlwind. Riggan's body burst into a blood mist, his aura weak and dying. Atius spoke with a cold smile, "Didn't you want these people here to witness your strength as a Saint Rank expert?" "Now, do you still feel strong?" Riggan's pitiful screams came from the whirlwind, "I was blind not to recognize you! I admit defeat, let me out!" Riggan howled in pain, "There are only a handful of Saint Rank experts in this world, as long as you let me out, we will be allies in the future!" Atius raised his right arm and opened his palm, his fingers slowly curling. Visibly, the giant whirlwind shrank violently, its power becoming even more terrifying. The whirlwind, formed by Atius' qi, was now under Atius' control, turning into endless qi and pouring into Riggan's body. Riggan's bloody body inflated like a balloon. Riggan was utterly terrified. "Spare me! Please, spare me!" "If you spare my life, I'll be your dog from now on!" "Mercy, sir!" Riggan screamed continuously, "Woof! Woof woof! Sir, I can be your dog!" Atius' face was cold to the extreme, "From the moment you hurt my daughter, you were doomed to die without a place to be buried!" As he spoke, Atius' right hand clenched tightly. Riggan's body exploded with a bang, the shockwave knocking tens of thousands of people in the valley off their feet. The dozens of Heaven Rank experts from the War God Palace stood up, excitedly approaching Atius, "Lord is mighty!" At the same time, atop the surrounding cliffs, hundreds of thousands of members of the War God Palace shouted in unison, "Lord is mighty!" The shouts echoed in the valley, shaking everyone to their core. For a moment, countless admiring eyes turned to Atius.