Chapter 1028 - 1028 – Worthless Promise (1/2)

There were seven people currently near that wall, and Gravis recognized all of them.

As soon as he saw them, he was filled with disbelief and excitement.

Nearly everyone was here!

Nearly all the friends Gravis had made during his life were in this room!

They all still remembered him?

They had all remembered where they could find him, and even after such a long time, they had come to greet him when he came home?

”You… you're all here?” Gravis asked with shock.

BANG!

The man in red robes with red hair jumped forward and stopped just before Gravis with excitement.

”Hey, Gravis! Have you seen how powerful I became? Look! Look, I blocked Joyce's attack! Isn't that great? Are you powerful, Gravis? How powerful have you become? How many Laws do you know, Gravis?” he quickly said with excitement, bopping up and down in front of Gravis.

Gravis smiled widely.

”I'm glad you're doing well, Ferris, and yes, I have seen that you've gotten quite powerful,” Gravis said.

This was Ferris, the wolf that had accompanied him for a long time in the middle world.

Ferris grinned with excitement as he circled Gravis, inspecting him from all angles.

BANG!

The sound of a collision came from behind Gravis as Mortis caught another one of Joyce's sabers.

CRACK!

Mortis broke the saber in half and grabbed Joyce by the throat.

Gravis took a deep breath through his teeth when he saw that.

Mortis sure was vicious.

”And what makes you think that I will just stand here and take whatever attacks you decide to launch?” he asked coldly, looking into Joyce's eyes.

Joyce only glared back. ”You?” she said as she spoke for the first time. Her tone was filled with disdain. ”A mere clone? A fake?”

Gravis cringed in discomfort as he heard that.

These words were vicious.

However, Joyce's words unveiled the fact that she already knew about Mortis' existence.

That also explained why she was so angry.

She had probably heard it from Stella.

Yet, Mortis' expression only remained neutral.

He hadn't lied when he had said that he didn't care about what other people thought of him.

These words had no effect on him.

”A fake, huh?” Mortis repeated coldly.

CRACK!

Mortis' grip tightened around Joyce's throat as her neck nearly broke. A human of the same Realm couldn't compete with a beast when it came to physical power.

BANG!

Then, Mortis threw Joyce at a wall, breaking her spine in the process.

The walls of this room were not things that just anyone could break.

Joyce's being was shaken with pain, but physical pain was not something that could stop someone of her caliber.

”Don't sit on your righteous horse,” Mortis said coldly, not looking at her. ”Your promise with Gravis was made when you guys were barely 20 years old. We are all far older now. Don't take a careless promise made as children as a binding contract for eternity.”

Mortis glanced at Joyce coldly. He might have been stunned by her beauty, but he wouldn't allow himself to be played.

”If you believe that such a promise holds any weight after having lived for so long, you are truly naïve. Is your show of brutality only there to convince yourself? Are you still as naïve as you have been in the lower world?” Mortis asked coldly.

Joyce glared at Mortis with hate.

”What?” Mortis asked coldly. ”Will you now complain about me striking you? You just attacked me twice with your saber. Am I supposed to just take something like that?”

Joyce's body had already healed as she glared at Mortis.

Then, her gaze traveled from Mortis to Gravis.

Gravis only smiled with discomfort.

BANG!

Joyce charged forward with all her speed as she attacked Gravis with her saber.

BANG!

Gravis easily caught the saber in his hand, just smiling at Joyce with discomfort.

”Hey, we can talk about this, alright?” he said. ”We don't have to immediately grab our weapons and attack. We're all adults here.”

Joyce was doing a good job in hiding her true feelings right now.

In reality, she was frustrated beyond belief, and this, surprisingly, had nothing to do with their promise.

She was frustrated with her power.

She had been the most powerful Cultivator in her higher world, even in Battle-Strength.

She had been known as a timeless genius!

She had been able to fight three levels above herself nearly the entire time!

Yet, as soon as she came to the highest world, she met one powerful Cultivator after the other.

All the previous Ascenders could already fight one level above themselves, increasing the average power of Cultivators as soon as only those Ascenders were left.

Joyce's power had fallen from being able to jump three levels to only being able to jump maybe one or two levels, depending on the person.

Then, she had met Liam and Stella.

Liam's power was about the same as her own, frustrating her even more.

However, Stella's power was ridiculous.

Joyce hadn't even had a chance against her.

Then, when she heard about what had happened in Gravis' higher world, she became frustrated again.

This lowlife Gravis wanted to hand her off to a mere copy of himself!?