"Is this Mr. Atlas's strength?!"
"Even Sarastu, who is famous in Fengyin City, could only withstand one blow from Mr. Atlas!" Kaxiu, the young man, stared blankly at the dozens of corpses on the grassland, utterly shocked. "Ascetics are actually this strong!"
"This Ascetic, 'Atlas,' is truly terrifyingly strong!" The gray-robed elder thought to himself, "I've dealt with many Ascetics before. Although their strength was not bad, none of them had the strength of this Atlas!"
The gray-robed elder was tens of thousands of years old. Even though he rarely left Fengyin Territory, he still had considerable experience and had met many Ascetics.
But he had never seen an Ascetic like 'Atlas.' He even suspected that he was a Domain-level expert; otherwise, he wouldn't have killed Sarastu so easily!
"Good thing I'm smart enough! I firmly chose to be Young Master Kaxiu's loyal guard, otherwise…"
Watching Sarastu being easily killed, Bald Strong Man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling immensely grateful.
Initially, when he saw the Ascetic 'Atlas' emerge from the Forbidden Domain Mountains, he thought he was likely a powerful expert capable of traversing the Forbidden Domain Mountains. But he never expected that he had still underestimated his strength!
Dozens of Sky Level, six Clouds Level, including Sarastu, a Pinnacle Clouds Level expert renowned in Fengyin City, were slaughtered in mere seconds by that Ascetic 'Atlas,' like chickens and dogs!
Outside of the three, the remaining Sky Level adventurers and guards were all terrified.
Clouds Level experts were already formidable in their eyes, but they never expected that even Clouds Level experts were merely weaklings who could be slaughtered at will in the eyes of that Ascetic 'Atlas.'
After killing everyone from the Abate Family, Ender stood quietly in place, sighing inwardly, "That Sarastu was so weak! I almost instantly killed him."
One must know that he hadn't even used Law or Domain, only an attack secret technique.
If it weren't for Sarastu, a Clouds Level ninth-rank expert, having a decent shield that blocked his first attack secret technique, he would have achieved an instant kill.
"Currently, the strength I can display is very strong, but it can also be explained."
Ender silently thought, "I somewhat underestimated the Spiritual Force strength of a 128-fold life gene level. I'm afraid my Spiritual Force attack alone can rival a Domain Master fourth or fifth-rank."
To avoid revealing any flaws, he used Spiritual Force to collect Sarastu's shield fragments and put them into his spatial ring.
As an outsider, being too strong on the Blood River World might not be a good thing.
"Kaxiu!" Ender turned and called out.
Hearing this, the young Kaxiu quickly flew over and said, "Mr. Atlas! Do you have any instructions?"
"Please ask your people to help clean up the battlefield," Ender said. "Except for secret technique books and some strange items, everything else belongs to you."
"This won't do!"
"It was you, Sir, who single-handedly killed the Abate Family members. If not for your help, we would probably all have died at the hands of the Abate Family." The young Kaxiu refused, "With your life-saving grace, Sir, how can we take your spoils of war?!"
"In that case," Ender said, "then I will take all the spoils of war."
"It should be so."
After Kaxiu finished speaking, he sent a voice transmission to his guards and hired adventurers to clean up the battlefield.
Upon receiving Kaxiu's command, the other guards and adventurers joyfully flew over to clean up the battlefield. In their opinion, being able to work for a powerful expert like "Mr. Atlas" was their honor!
Many hands make light work, especially with the help of the gray-robed elder, a Spiritual Master. The battlefield was quickly cleaned up, and all weapons and equipment were placed in the captured storage wristbands, which were then handed over to Ender.
Taking the spatial ring, Ender didn't check it but directly put it into his own spatial ring, saying, "Let's continue on our way."
Young Kaxiu and the others nodded, then continued flying towards Fengyin City.
Ender flew while simultaneously splitting his Divine Thought to check the spoils of war in his spatial ring. Among them, a book recounting stories and legends of the Blood River World caught his attention.
This book recorded dangerous places on the Blood River World such as the 'Demon Ocean,' 'Ancient God Ruins,' 'Forbidden Domain Mountains,' and so on. It also mentioned the Blood River Crystal, which was called a continental treasure.
The book described Blood River Crystals as precious treasures bestowed upon the continent by Spiritual Gods, not only rare and only distributed by the Immortal Shrine, but also capable of granting power from the Spiritual Gods upon Fusion.
Furthermore, the Immortal Shrine stipulated that Domain-level (Domain Master) experts must fuse one Blood River Crystal to be qualified to govern a territory; otherwise, ordinary Domain-level experts were not qualified to serve as lords.
World Level (World Master) experts also had to fuse one Blood River Crystal to be qualified to govern a Yunwan World City!
A Warrior who fused three Blood River Crystals would possess incredibly miraculous abilities, such Warriors were the legendary "Blood Warriors." A Warrior who fused ten Blood River Crystals was a "Black Warrior," born only once in countless years!
"Blood River Crystals are indeed treasures, but they cannot be bestowed by those native Immortals of the Blood River World."
Ender secretly thought, "These Blood River Crystals are treasures left behind after the Gold Beast God's demise. Fusing three can grant Blood River Power, and fusing ten will greatly enhance Blood River Power. Even within the Human Race, they are precious treasures."
"However, the native Immortals of the Blood River World seem to know how to manufacture Blood River Crystals."
After flying for another half an hour, Ender and his group finally arrived at Fengyin City.
As the center of Fengyin Territory, which spans tens of millions of square kilometers, Fengyin City occupies an extremely vast area. Its city walls alone are three to four hundred meters high, resembling an endless azure mountain range.
Beneath the majestic city gate tower, three large Blood River World characters were written: Fengyin City.
Below the three large characters "Fengyin City" was a city gate a hundred meters high and nearly two hundred meters wide. In front of the city gate were armored guards holding weapons and collecting entrance fees.
When Ender and the others were about to reach the city gate, the guards at the gate, seeing them, quickly drove away the people on the bluestone avenue and shouted, "Move aside! Young Master Kaxiu is returning to the city."
"Quickly move aside, quickly move aside!"
One by one, the guards were shouting. If it weren't inconvenient to use force in front of Young Master Kaxiu, these guards would let the people walking on the bluestone avenue know why flowers are red!
Soon.
The central bluestone avenue at the city gate was cleared, and guards stood respectfully on both sides of the bluestone avenue.
"Young Master Kaxiu!"
"Young Master Kaxiu!"
Amidst respectful greetings, Ender and the others entered Fengyin City. The gray-robed elder took out a bag of Treasure Currencys from his storage device and sent it to the captain of the city gate guards with his Spiritual Force.
The guard captain took the money bag with both hands and respectfully called out, "Thank you for the reward, Young Master Kaxiu!"
All the guards thanked in unison, "Thank you for the reward, Young Master Kaxiu!"
An hour later.
The Meyers Family mansion, which occupies a vast area in Fengyin City, has a solemn and magnificent main entrance.
"Mr. Atlas." Young Kaxiu smiled and invited Ender through the main entrance, saying, "Welcome to the Meyers Family."
Hearing this, Ender nodded slightly and followed him in.
"Elder Lu." Young Kaxiu then said to the gray-robed elder, "Please inform my father about today's events. As for Zhuomike and the others, that's fine."
Bald Strong Man and the other nine adventurers had completed their mission, safely escorting Kaxiu back to Fengyin City, so they parted ways with them.
"Understood, Young Master." The gray-robed elder bowed, then left alone.
Afterward, Young Kaxiu led Ender on a stroll around the mansion for a while, then arranged for Ender to stay in a guest room.
In the Meyers Family mansion, in the Patriarch's study.
The gray-robed elder stood respectfully, recounting, while a middle-aged man, strikingly similar in appearance to Kaxiu, sat quietly in a chair, listening.
"Patriarch, that's how it happened."
Soon, the gray-robed elder finished recounting Kaxiu's experiences today.
"Since Kaxiu doesn't want to pursue it, then we won't," the middle-aged man said after a moment of silence. "Also, have someone report it to the City Lord's Mansion, then wipe out the Abate Family!"
"Also, Elder Lu…" The middle-aged man closed his eyes and sighed, "Dispose of Shilubei and her two children as well!"
"Yes." The gray-robed elder simply nodded upon hearing this, not surprised at all.
He knew that among the Patriarch's many children, only Kaxiu was the most valued. Compared to him, the others were valued significantly less!
"That Mr. Atlas," the middle-aged man asked, "should have been brought back by Kaxiu, right?"
"Yes, Patriarch." The gray-robed elder nodded.
"Have someone receive Mr. Atlas well. After the Abate Family matter is settled, I will personally thank Mr. Atlas," the middle-aged man said. "Go."
"Yes." The gray-robed elder nodded and left the study.
After the gray-robed elder left, a murmur came from the study, "Nani, I promised you, no one can harm our child!"
Hours after the Abate Family was eradicated.
Tap, tap!
A knock sounded, and Ender got up to open the door.
"Mr. Atlas." The reception maid respectfully said, "The Patriarch wishes to meet with you."
"Oh." Ender asked, "When?"
"The Patriarch said it depends on you, Sir." The reception maid still respectfully said, "If you wish to meet today, your servant can lead you to the Patriarch now. If you wish for tomorrow, your servant will come to pick you up tomorrow."
"Now will be fine," Ender said.
"Please, Sir." The reception maid respectfully gestured for him to enter, then led Ender to a not-too-distant garden.
As Ender stepped into the garden, he saw an middle-aged man sitting in a small pavilion. His appearance was quite similar to Kaxiu's, as if he were Kaxiu in his future adulthood!
"Kaxiu's father is a Domain Level?!"
As soon as he saw the middle-aged man, he sensed his strength: he was a Domain Master third-rank Warrior.
"I am Colan, Kaxiu's father, and also the Patriarch of the Meyers Family." The middle-aged man first introduced himself, then gestured, "Mr. Atlas, please have a seat."
While speaking, Colan carefully sized up Ender, sensing that the latter's strength was at the Pinnacle Clouds Level.
"Thank you, Lord Colan." Ender bowed slightly, then sat opposite Colan.
"Mr. Atlas, you are too polite. Just call me Colan."
Colan smiled and said, "Speaking of which, I should be thanking Mr. Atlas. If it weren't for your help, Kaxiu would probably have met a tragic end."
"I heard that Mr. Atlas is an Ascetic." Colan poured a glass of wine for Ender. As the wine poured out, wisps of cloud mist wine swirled, ethereal and illusory.
"I'm still a bit short of being a true Ascetic; there are some hardships I can't endure," Ender said, raising the cup to sniff the wine's aroma.
Then, he took a small sip, his eyes lighting up slightly, and he praised, "Good wine."
Ever since he became friends with Manle, that old gourmand, he had developed some insights into food and drink under his influence.
"It seems Sir is also a connoisseur of wine," Colan smiled. "This is Yunyan, the finest wine in Yunwan World City."
"Good wine, good name," Ender praised, downing the wine in one gulp.
"To be able to kill Sarastu, who is quite famous in Fengyin Territory, in such a short time, Sir's strength is impressive," Colan said, pouring another glass of wine for Ender. "Presumably, your family background is also not simple."
"It's alright. It's not that my strength is too great, but that Sarastu's strength was too weak," Ender shook his head gently and sighed, "Compared to true powerful Geniuses, I'm still quite lacking, otherwise I wouldn't be out traveling."
"I see." Colan's expression subtly changed, and he smiled, "Actually, Sir's strength is very strong. That Sarastu specializes in defense, and even a Domain-level expert would likely not have an easier time than Sir."
"It was just good luck; I gained something during my travels," Ender said with a smile.
"Oh." Colan seemed interested and asked, "Can Sir elaborate?"
"It was just a mural. I gained some insights from it," Ender replied, then drained the fine wine in front of him.
"Speaking of which, I have a friend whose luck is similar to yours, Sir," Colan said, a hint of joy in his smile, "He obtained a rather mysterious statue, but unfortunately, he hasn't gained any insights from it."
"Statue!" Hearing this, Ender's heart skipped a beat. "Could it be a beast god statue?!"
Though shocked inwardly, he merely showed a hint of curiosity on his face and asked, "What kind of statue?"
"A beast god statue," Colan answered without hesitation, then asked, "Does Sir still remember what that painting looked like?"
"I remember it seemed to be…" Ender pretended to think, then after a moment, replied, "That's right, I remember now, it was a rather abstract leaf."
"Does Sir remember where that mural was located?" Colan asked.
"The exact location isn't too clear. I only remember it was in a mountain range," Ender replied. "When I came out, I only knew I was in the Yangang Territory."
"Yangang Territory…" Hearing this, Colan silently recited the name, as if wanting to engrave it in his mind.
"Oh, that's right!" Ender seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "There were also words next to that mural, but perhaps because of the passage of too much time, some parts of those words were starting to blur."
"It seemed to say that this mural was left behind by a Domain-level or World Level expert."
Hearing this, Colan's expression subtly changed, and his interest in that mural immediately waned greatly.
"This contains the Treasure Currencys exchanged from the Abate Family's assets," Colan said, taking out a storage bracelet. "I will present it to you now, Sir, to thank you for saving Kaxiu's life."