Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 2190: As If a Lifetime Has Passed
Of course, the Fire Worship Sect Leader ’Lofty Don’ only suspected Wyatt Barnes because everything seemed too coincidental.
When Wyatt Barnes left ’without any hesitation’, even Lofty Don himself wondered if he had made a mistake in suspecting him.
"I hope you’re really not... otherwise..."
Muttering to himself, Lofty Don’s eyes flashed with an intimidating cold gleam.
The cold gleam was like a blade, seemingly able to shatter everything!
If Wyatt Barnes were just an ordinary true disciple of the Fire Worship Sect, he could have easily forced Wyatt to swear an ’oath under Thunder Punishment’ to verify his suspicions.
However, Wyatt Barnes was no longer an ordinary true disciple; he was a Protector of the Fire Worship Sect!
As a Protector, Wyatt Barnes was akin to a pillar of strength for the Fire Worship Sect.
Without absolute certainty, even though he suspected Wyatt Barnes and even though his strength exceeded Wyatt’s, Lofty Don couldn’t compel Wyatt to swear the ’oath under Thunder Punishment’.
After all, even he wasn’t sure if his suspicions were accurate.
If accurate, that would be fine.
Should he be wrong, they would surely lose the allegiance of this ’Protector Wyatt’, and the Fire Worship Sect might lose this strong Protector forever!
Together with losing him, they would lose the supreme sacred artifact that restrains the Demon Race—the ’Demon Sealing Monument’!
With the Demon Race’s arrival imminent, losing the ’Demon Sealing Monument’ would be akin to losing an arm for the Fire Worship Sect. Unless necessary, he would never let such a thing happen.
Therefore, without absolute certainty, Lofty Don could not, over some groundless suspicions, force Wyatt Barnes, now a Protector of the Fire Worship Sect, to take such an ’oath under Thunder Punishment’.
"The future is long... If he really is the Saintess’s ’wild man’ in the Lower Domain, he’ll show traces eventually."
Mumbling once more, Lofty Don disappeared from his original position and returned to his place of cultivation.
And Wyatt Barnes was unaware of any of this.
Now, after leaving, he was contemplating how to quickly rescue Keer and her daughter, fearing delays might bring changes!
After leaving the Fire Worship Sect Leader’s cultivation ground, Wyatt Barnes returned to his former residence as a ’true disciple’, everything moving quickly, everything so familiar.
The only difference was the ’power’ and ’status’ he had undergone monumental changes over these years.
A few years back, who would have thought:
That today, he would possess such strength and become a revered ’Protector’ in the Fire Worship Sect!
In the next three days, the Fire Worship Sect was in an uproar over Wyatt Barnes’s return, for his actions at the White Tiger Altar, and even more for his conduct at the Enforcement Hall!
Wyatt Barnes, returning to the Fire Worship Sect after a few years, made waves upon his return.
He stormed into the White Tiger Altar, subdued the Altar Master swiftly when stopped, showcasing his prodigious and earth-shattering strength!
Subsequently, Wyatt Barnes aggressively entered the ’Enforcement Hall’, casually killing Elder ’Fore Reid’, and then boldly, in front of Hall Master ’Eagle Coldring’, killing Vice Hall Master ’Johnny Reid’!
The crucial point was, all this happened while Eagle Coldring had already reached the ’Seventh Ascension Transformation’!
These explosive news spread, naturally causing a great sensation.
"As far as I know... the various Divine Abilities mastered by our Enforcement Hall’s Eagle Coldring are highly impressive. Even Protector Laney once said: once Hall Master Eagle Coldring reaches the ’Seventh Ascension Transformation’, even she might not be his match."
"Indeed, I remember Protector Laney said that."
"They say Wyatt Barnes defeated Hall Master Eagle Coldring with just three fleeting sword strikes!"
"Three sword strikes to defeat Hall Master Eagle Coldring?"
"Looking at it now, the news previously returned from Sin City is true... with the strength Wyatt Barnes possesses now, killing one of the Four Great Dharma Kings of the Mysterious Buddha Sect, Golden Lion King ’Steve Simpson’, with three sword strikes isn’t impossible."
"Exactly. That Mysterious Buddha Sect’s Golden Lion King ’Steve Simpson’, in terms of strength, is even weaker than our Fire Worship Sect’s Protector Laney by several degrees... Seeing that Wyatt Barnes can defeat Hall Master Eagle Coldring, who even Laney claims not to surpass, with three sword strikes, he naturally can kill him with three too!"
...
Throughout the Fire Worship Sect, the mighty and unrivaled strength Wyatt Barnes had displayed so far was spread everywhere.
"I never thought that such a figure could emerge among our true disciples in the Fire Worship Sect... simply a ’monster’!"
"Yes. In the history of the Fire Worship Sect, it seems that such a powerful ’true disciple’ has never appeared before."
"True disciples have an age limit, yet Wyatt Barnes hasn’t exceeded that limit. At such an age, possessing strength above the ’Seventh Ascension Transformation’... even the acknowledged number one prodigy of the Martial Dao Sacred Land from the Loose Cultivators ’Jagger Patel’, if he truly reaches the ’Eighth Ascension Transformation’ under a hundred years old, still seems insignificant before Wyatt Barnes!"
"Hmph! Our Fire Worship Sect’s Wyatt Barnes is the true ’number one prodigy of the Martial Dao Sacred Land’!"
...
At an indeterminate time, someone compared the acknowledged number one prodigy of the Martial Dao Sacred Land from the Loose Cultivators ’Jagger Patel’ with ’Wyatt Barnes’.
Yet it was discovered:
Even if Jagger Patel really boasts, under the age of a hundred, of achieving an ’Eighth Ascension Transformation’ cultivation, compared to Wyatt Barnes, this accomplishment seems utterly insignificant!
Wyatt Barnes, less than fifty years, already possessing strength likely rivaling ’Saint Immortals of the Eighth Ascension Transformation’.
How can Jagger Patel compare to him?
Simply incomparable!
"The first prodigy of the Martial Dao Sacred Land!"
For a moment, the entire Fire Worship Sect regarded Wyatt Barnes as the ’first prodigy of the Martial Dao Sacred Land.’
"The first prodigy of the Martial Dao Sacred Land?"
At the Azure Dragon Altar, in the chamber where the altar master ’Kaisen Wright’ cultivates, Bruce nearly fainted from anger upon learning of Wyatt Barnes’ recent exploits.
He never imagined in his wildest dreams:
The true disciple who once destroyed his gifted spiritual root would return with such terrifying strength!
"From today onwards, forget the enmity between you and him... Otherwise, you will only trouble yourself."
Even ’Kaisen Wright,’ the altar master of the Azure Dragon Altar, had to bow his head in the face of the current Wyatt Barnes.
What a joke!
Wyatt Barnes can suppress even the White Tiger Altar master with ease, let alone someone like him who has about the same strength as the White Tiger Altar master.
With Wyatt Barnes’ talent, he already surpasses him, and will only grow stronger in the future!
Besides, Wyatt Barnes’ actions in the Enforcement Hall made Kaisen Wright realize that Wyatt is not soft-hearted, and if he and Bruce continue to target Wyatt, they will likely end up like the Reid family father and son.
"I understand, Master."
Bruce lowered his head, but upon closer inspection, it was clear:
His eyes still brimmed with intense resentment and ferocity.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Three days later, at the Fire Worship Sect’s Holy Island ’Central Square,’ the Sect Leader ’Lofty Don’ appeared, naturally causing a stir throughout the Holy Island and prompting a swarm of Sacred Land disciples to flood into the Central Square, making it a sea of heads.
After all, this was the first time their Sect Leader appeared after breaking through to the ninth transformation of Saint Immortal, the ’Ascension Transformation’!
"Leader!"
"Leader!"
...
The group of Sacred Land disciples in the Central Square were exceptionally excited upon seeing Lofty Don.
Meanwhile, many people also noticed the two figures following behind Lofty Don.
Sharp-eyed individuals immediately recognized them, "It’s the Hall Master of the Enforcement Hall, ’Eagle Coldring,’ and ’Senior Brother Wyatt Barnes!’"
Standing behind the Fire Worship Sect Leader ’Lofty Don’ were none other than Wyatt Barnes and Eagle Coldring.
"Silence."
As Lofty Don spoke, the vast Central Square instantly fell completely silent, quiet as a sparrow.
In this silent atmosphere, Lofty Don went straight to the point, announcing directly:
"I, Lofty Don, the Sect Leader of the Fire Worship Sect, hereby announce... From today onwards, the Fire Worship Sect will have two additional ’Protectors,’ namely the ’Protector Wyatt’ and ’Protector Coldring’ beside me!"
With Lofty Don’s announcement, everyone present at the scene, including all Fire Worship Sect disciples and high-ranking members, were informed:
From today onwards, the Fire Worship Sect would no longer have just three Protectors, but five!
As Lofty Don’s words fell, and he conferred the ’identity tokens’ belonging to sect Protectors to Wyatt Barnes and Eagle Coldring, crowning the two, the scene unsurprisingly erupted in excitement.
The entire place was in uproar!
Although many present had mentally prepared themselves for this.
Witnessing the spectacle firsthand, they couldn’t help but feel incredibly thrilled.
Moments later, led by the two Vice Sect Leaders, a host of Fire Worship Sect high-ranking members stepped forward to greet and congratulate Wyatt Barnes:
"Greetings, Protector Wyatt! Congratulations, Protector Wyatt."
"Greetings, Protector Wyatt! Congratulations, Protector Wyatt."
...
Among those congratulating Wyatt were some familiar faces.
Including the Elder Silver Flame from the Black Tortoise Altar ’Abraham Clifford,’ ’Charles Thorn,’ the Steward from the Life and Death Hall ’Asaiah Nigel,’ along with some Enforcement Hall elders who were standing relatively at the back offering their congratulations.
Their posterior position was due to their comparatively low status against the high-ranking Fire Worship Sect members standing in the front.
Among the high-ranking members, apart from the two Vice Sect Leaders, were individuals of the ’Golden Flame Elder’ echelon.
Included were the White Tiger Altar master ’Jeremias Bailey,’ whom Wyatt Barnes suppressed with a palm three days ago, along with the Azure Dragon Altar master ’Kaisen Wright.’
"Hmm."
Facing the greetings and congratulations of the group, Wyatt Barnes nodded indifferently, wearing a calm expression, yet feeling a sense of ’as if in another world’ within his heart.
Once, these people were entities he looked up to.
Now, they were all bowing and greeting him, offering congratulations with utmost respect.
