Chapter 556: Waiting (1/2)

Chapter 556: Waiting

“What happened?” Abreu asked, looking grimly at a female Birdman. “Where’s my brother?”

Awkward and nervous, the female Birdman said, “Lord Armes went after that human named Nie Tian.”

After a brief pause, she added, “And he forbade us to interrupt his battle with him. I think Lord Armes found that man a worthy opponent, so wanted to finish him off alone?”

“How is that possible?” Tago, the Demon leader, blurted with a frown. “How can some human intrigue Lord Armes?”

Upon hearing these words, all of the Phantasms and Demons fell silent, somewhat confused.

At that moment, a dilapidated teleportation portal flew over with a burly Stoneman on it.

Upon his arrival, the large Stoneman leader asked for a description of Nie Tian and said, “That same person damaged our teleportation portal on that nearby island. It was him who forced us to come back.”

Tago gasped. “That’s the guy you told us about?”

The Stoneman leader, who was named Stonemountain, nodded vigorously. “I wouldn’t be mistaken. Of all the humans we met, that person is the only one that possessed such battle prowess. He destroyed a layer of our teleportation portal with what seemed to be a human’s Spirit Channeling grade treasure.”

“Is he really that good in battle?” Tago asked, frowning.

“He’s very hard to deal with,” Stonemountain said with all seriousness. “He killed several of my men without breaking a sweat. I don’t even think I’d be able to take him by myself.”

Tago was astounded. “What?!”

All of the other outsiders also gasped with astonishment.

Admittedly, Stonemen were a minor race, yet Stonemountain’s strength was superior to the others of his generation, making him like a crane in a flock of chickens.

Even Tago and Abreu didn’t think they would be able to beat Stonemountain in a battle, considering they hadn’t awakened their races’ most powerful bloodline talents.

The Stonemen might not be a powerful race, but Stonemountain had already awakened most of his race’s powerful bloodline talents, which made him one of the top fighters at his grade.

Various expressions flashed across Abreu’s face. “No wonder he intrigued my brother...”

Then, after a moment of silence, he seemed to loosen up and said, “Anyways, since my brother has set his mind on this guy, he’s going to die beyond the shadow of a doubt.

“As you know, the reason why he didn’t come here with us was because he was busy awakening one of our race’s core bloodline talents.

“The fact that he managed to come through that unstable spatial rift means that he has already finished awakening that bloodline talent.”

Upon hearing these words, all of the other outsiders looked deeply surprised.

Phantasms were a very powerful race, and Armes was one of the most promising of their younger generation.

It seemed that all of the outsiders present, no matter the race, had great respect for Armes’ formidable strength. They agreed with Abreu that whoever he meant to kill wouldn’t get to live another day.

After a moment of hesitation, Abreu went on, looking somewhat apprehensive, “You know my brother’s temperament. Since he told us to stay out of it, we’d better just do that. Even I will be in serious danger if I dare to disobey him, not to mention you guys.”

The crowd of outsiders couldn’t help but shudder slightly upon the thought of Armes’ ferocity and brutality.

With a dark smile, Abreu added, “We have nothing to worry about. Now that my brother wants that guy dead, that Nie Tian person will have no chance of escaping death, no matter how good he is. He might be able to hide his traces from us, but he can never fool my older brother!”

All of the other outsiders nodded slightly. Apparently, they were no stranger to Armes’ shrewd perception and formidable battle prowess.

…

SHEW!

With a few Starshifts, Nie Tian had long since escaped the blockade formed by the converging outsiders like a flash of starlight.

He arrived in a dense forest on the other side of the vast black lake.

With his Heaven Eyes hanging high in the sky, he was keeping a close watch on everything around him.