Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 751: Better Dead than Alive

Watching Wyatt Barnes methodically step towards him, each step seemingly landing on Matias Dunn’s chest, making Dunn’s face progressively paler.

Once upon a time, the purple-clothed young man in front of him was like an insignificant ant in his presence, easily crushed.

However, today, he stood before Barnes, feeling no different than an ant himself.

Just as Firey Don couldn’t comprehend, neither could he.

In just a few short years, how could Wyatt Barnes amass such formidable strength? What extraordinary fortune did he come across?

Even if he had the help of the ’Giovanni Stone Milk’ he could not have progressed so quickly in such a short time span.

Dunn was sure of this.

Unbeknownst to him, Wyatt Barnes now stood in front of him, his icy gaze fixed on Dunn, "Matias Dunn...in the beginning, I thought you only defected to the Green Forest Sect after the almost complete extermination of the Seven Stars Sword Clan and the killing of its top level leaders and disciples..."

"If that were the case, while I would condemn you for your ingratitude, I wouldn’t hold any personal grudges. After all, everyone has their ambitions!"

"However, what I never anticipated was your betrayal, backstabbing Elder Palm at the height of the impasse between the Seven Stars Sword Clan and the Green Forest Sect...and then conspiring with the higher ranks of the Green Forest Sect to murder our Sect Leader!"

Barnes uttered each word with deliberate articulation.

By the end, only a palpable chilling intent remained in Barnes’ eyes. His icy gaze bore into Matias Dunn, making him feel like he was plunging into an ice-cold abyss.

"Your actions have angered the deities and the people alike! Have you done right by the sect that nurtured you? Have you done right by your master?"

As Wyatt Barnes’ cool, clear voice uttered each condemnatory word, each felt like a blade, ruthlessly driving into Matias Dunn’s heart, causing him to tremble violently, his complexion turning extremely ashen.

Indeed, as fury clouded his judgment causing him to betray Elder Palm, who had been his close comrade for many years, and conspire with the powerful figures of the Green Forest Sect to murder their Sect Leader, Zeke Foxsong, a seed of regret had item planted in his heart.

In particular, although he was accepted and promoted to the position of Elder Protector by the Green Forest Sect afterwards - a status even more esteemed than before.

But during the darkest hours before dawn, he would frequently dream of Elder Palm and Zeke Foxsong seeking retribution from him.

Not just that, but he would often dream of the very master who brought him into the Seven Stars Sword Clan and who wholeheartedly helped him flourish; in his dreams, his master would always die spitting blood out of fury caused by him.

All this had unfortunately become his ’nightmare’.

Taking a deep breath, Matias Dunn, who has already come to the stark realization that his chances of surviving today were slim, a murderous light glimmering in his eyes as he stared fixedly at Wyatt Barnes, "Wyatt Barnes, the reasons for my betrayal are all because of you! You were the one who killed my grandson, and even turned my great-grandson into a genderless monster!"

"If it weren’t for you, would I have let my rage cloud my judgment and betray my own sect?"

Dunn managed to grit out between clenched teeth.

"At this juncture, you’re still shifting the blame?"

Wyatt Barnes sneered, and then slowly articulated word by word: "Are you saying that if the Seven Stars Sword Clan was on the brink of extinction, and if there was an opportunity to survive, you wouldn’t defect to the Green Forest Sect?"

"Even if I, Wyatt Barnes, did do something, what does that have to do with the rest of the Sect? Why would you harm Elder Palm, why would you aid in murdering the Sect Leader?"

By the end, Wyatt Barnes was seething with anger, his eyes sharp as daggers, as if he wanted to flay Matias Dunn into pieces.

Dunn kept silent, a dark expression on his face.

Each of Wyatt Barnes’s words were biting and irrefutable, leaving him tongue-tied and unable to retort.

"Oh, by the way, I have to tell you...those two genderless great-grandchildren of yours, Elder Giant Bird already took care of them awhile ago."

Wyatt Barnes told Matias Dunn.

Upon hearing this, Dunn’s face drastically changed.

Even though he had already heard about the destruction of the Green Forest Sect from Wyatt Barnes and Firey Don’s conversation earlier.

He still harbored the belief that his great-grandchildren should be able to escape the catastrophe.

But now, the words of Wyatt Barnes had completely shattered the last strand of hope he had held onto.

"Wyatt Barnes, I swear I’ll kill you!"

Dunn’s eyes were bloodshot, his behavior akin to a madman as he desperately lunged at Wyatt Barnes, his Origin Force surging violently, the realm of the Wind trailing behind him.

Bang!

However, his strength wasn’t much better than Firey Don’s. In front of Wyatt Barnes, he was nothing. He was casually kicked away by Barnes with a mere flick of his foot.

Just as he staggered to stand up, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes cooled down.

Storm Sweep!

Even before Dunn could stand up, Wyatt Barnes had already struck like a gust of wind, appearing in front of him in an instant.

Bang!

With another powerful kick, Wyatt Barnes fiercely stomped onto Dunn’s face, causing the back of Dunn’s head to harshly collide with the ground, leaving him dizzy.

Humiliation!

Naked humiliation!

"Ah!"

Dunn’s consciousness was hazy from the impact, and it was only after he regained his senses that he realised his dignity had been trampled on by Wyatt Barnes.

Suddenly, he howled in fury: "Even if I die today, I will make you pay the price!"

He launched himself at Wyatt Barnes once again, seemingly intent on dying together with Wyatt Barnes.

But at that moment.

Swish!

A rapid ’Wind Thunder Finger’ whistled through the air, breaking the silence and stirring a spray of fresh blood, punching a hole through one of Dunn’s legs.

The now crippled Matias Dunn, who had been trying to stand up, collapsed to the ground, his body writhing in agony.

"This is what you owe to Elder Palm."

Simultaneously, Wyatt Barnes’s indifferent voice echoed crisply in Matias Dunn’s ears."

"I want you dead!"

Dunn gritted his teeth as he pushed himself to his feet, raging Origin Force rolling about him. He leaped into the air, set on dying together with Wyatt Barnes.

Swish!

Another ’Wind Thunder Finger’ attack shot through the air.

However, this time, its target wasn’t Matias’ limbs or his head...

But his ’dantian’!

Splat!

With a soft sound, the dantian of Matias was pierced through. The mighty Origin Force accumulated within seemed to have found a vent and it surged out, dissipating into thin air almost immediately.

At this point, Matias’s dantian was like a deflated balloon. Once it was emptied, the Origin Force shrouding his entire body was lost as well.

"This is what you owe the Sect Leader."

Wyatt Barnes spoke slowly, his voice was cold and detached.

Simultaneously, Matias, who had been levitated a few meters above ground by the Origin force, crashed hard onto the ground with a ’bang’ upon losing his force.

"Ah!!"

Matias, without the origin force, was no different from an ordinary old man, howling in pain as he hit the ground.

After a while, perhaps having become numb from the pain, Matias gasped for breath. His eyes, filled with deep-seated hatred, stared at Wyatt, "You...you actually destroyed my cultivation level!!"

The Cloud Skies Continent, a place where Respect the Powerful was the law.

The basis of a martial artist’s existence is his level of cultivation.

If one’s cultivation were to be destroyed, to a martial artist, it is deemed worse than death.

"You’re going to die anyway. What does it matter if you lose your cultivation? Watch yourself, Elder Mattias."

Wyatt and Matias exchanged glances, a smile appearing on Wyatt’s face.

This smile, in Matias’s eyes, was no different from a devil’s grin.

"I...I will kill you!"

Although his cultivation level had been destroyed, Matias suddenly seemed invigorated, drumming the ground harnessing his remaining strength, and once again charged towards Wyatt.

Wyatt easily avoided the assault of the ordinary old man - it was effortlessly done.

Whoosh!

Another ’Wind Thunder Finger’ streaked out and hit Matias’s back, striking right on his spine.

Crack!

Once his spine broke, Matias let out a scream. He collapsed on the ground and passed out.

However, Wyatt Barnes did not intend to let Matias go so easily. He raised his hand, sent out the force, and directly drew water from the ’Spirit Cleansing Pool’, furiously lashing it on Matias.

Matias startled awake, but he was now numb and unable to support his body due to the broken spine, he could only lie on the ground, hatred filled his eyes as they remained fixed on Wyatt.

"This is what you owe the leadership of our Seven Stars Sword Clan."

Wyatt said, tone indifferent.

"Wyatt Barnes, just kill me!"

Matias bellowed. Right now, his life was worse than death, he didn’t even have the strength to take his own life.

This feeling, left him nearly breathless.

"Rest assured, you won’t live for long."

Wyatt’s eyes were calm. He raised his hand, another ’Wind Thunder Finger’ streaked out, setting off a series of eerie shrieks, extremely piercing to the ear.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three Wind Thunder Finger attacks, they penetrated into Matias’s two arms and one intact leg respectively.

"This is what you owe the disciples of Seven Stars Sword Clan."

"This is what you owe your mentors."

"This is what you owe the Sect that nurtured you."

Matias’s screams rang out one by one, his body trembling, his face pale.

Each time Matias was about to pass out, Wyatt would splash a bucket of water on him, waking him for the next round of torment.

"Wy...Wy...Wyatt Bar...Barnes...You...You...Kill...me..." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Matias’s words were now incoherent with desperation written all over them as he beseeched Wyatt.

"I am not going to kill you."

Wyatt sparingly glanced at Matias.

His words caused Matias’s pupil to shrink.

Not kill him?

What did this Wyatt Barnes want to do?

A surge of dread rose in Matias’s heart. Right now, he regretted not killing himself before his cultivation had been destroyed by Wyatt.

If he had taken his life earlier, he wouldn’t have suffered the torment he had just endured.

Now, he didn’t even have the strength to end his own life.

"From now on, you can stay here and fend for yourself...you can choose to die of hunger."

Wyatt had one last look at Matias. Then with mental power, he opened the ’Inscription Array’, leaped out, and disappeared before Matias.

"No...No...No!!"

Matias turned his neck. Now, he only had the ability to move his head. His eyes were filled with unending hatred and ferocity.

This hatred and ferocity, seemed to pierce the sky.

Sometime later, Matias’s eyes widened with shock.

For he saw a figure enveloped in a black robe, who instantaneously penetrated the barrier of the ’Inscription Array’ and appeared before his eyes.