CHAPTER 1686: CHAPTER 1686: PEACE ADAMS ARRIVES

However, he never expected that, in his haste, Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins could still intercept him in time.

He believed that Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins must have been prepared in advance; otherwise, they would never have reacted so quickly and stopped him.

In that moment, Serene Adams gritted his teeth.

He hated it!

He hated himself for not being able to kill Eden Lee and avenge his grandson.

Meanwhile, the onlookers, who were initially stunned by Serene Adams’ actions, began to come to their senses, exclaiming in surprise.

"This Grand Elder from Sky-scraping Mansion is truly arrogant!"

One after another, displeased gazes fell on Serene Adams. These gazes belonged to representatives of various forces other than Sky-scraping Mansion, as well as the loose cultivators present.

Even among the group from Sky-scraping Mansion, quite a few felt their faces flush with embarrassment.

After all, the rules of the Overleaping Rankings’ placement battle are fierce and unyielding. Even if people die, it is viewed as normal.

If you can’t afford to lose, you shouldn’t participate.

Since you participated, you have to be able to afford to lose.

The fact that their Grand Elder of Sky-scraping Mansion disregarded the rules of the Overleaping Rankings’ placement battle showed to some extent that he couldn’t afford to lose. As members of Sky-scraping Mansion, they too felt ashamed by their Grand Elder’s display.

"So many people died just now, and yet Serene Adams didn’t react at all... Now, his grandson is dead, and he has directly disrupted the rules of the Overleaping Rankings’ placement battle."

Many laughed mockingly.

"Exactly! When his grandson killed that loose cultivator just now, I saw him smiling without feeling a bit that his grandson was excessive... Now that his grandson is dead, he breaks the rules, clearly only deeming his grandson’s life worth something, while disregarding others’ lives."

"And he’s supposed to be the Grand Elder of Sky-scraping Mansion... Humph!"

"If this spreads, Sky-scraping Mansion might just be utterly embarrassed."

...

The crowd engaged in discussions, speaking freely without regard for Serene Adams.

Serene Adams’ earlier actions obviously incited public outrage.

"Elder Adams, you are the Grand Elder of Sky-scraping Mansion... How do you propose to resolve this matter?"

Donovan Tasker looked at Serene Adams and spoke calmly.

Though his tone was steady, his eyes gleamed with a chilling light, as if he wouldn’t mind exchanging a few moves with Serene Adams if the latter’s resolution didn’t satisfy him.

"Elder Adams, the Vice House Master’s words also align with my thoughts."

Castiel Mullins glared at Serene Adams with a fierce look, eager to seize the opportunity to perform in front of Eden Lee.

Moreover, Serene Adams was clearly in the wrong, and for Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins, it was simply aiding the flow.

Facing Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins’ targeting, a fierce light flickered within Serene Adams’ gaze.

Nevertheless, he knew he was in the wrong, so after taking a deep breath, he suppressed his inner fury and hatred, cupping his fists toward Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins, "Both of you, my actions just now were entirely due to my grandson being killed. I lost my mind in anger... Reflecting on it now, it was indeed inappropriate."

"However, as it seems he’s unharmed, can we just let this matter go?"

As he spoke, Serene Adams sounded somewhat humble.

At this point, he had no choice but to act this way.

"Hahaha..."

Just then, before Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins could respond to Serene Adams, Wyatt Barnes burst into laughter, laughing until tears seemed ready to fall, "What a great ’I’m fine too!’ Just now, if not for Vice House Master Tasker and Elder Mullins’s timely intervention, I fear I would have already become the ghost under Elder Adams’s hand."

"You think a mere ’inappropriate’ could gloss over your violation?"

As he spoke, Wyatt’s originally stern visage grew even colder, "Is such logic found on this earth?"

"Boy, if you don’t want to die, you’d best shut your mouth!"

At that moment, Wyatt’s ears were struck by Serene Adams’ sinister voice, dripping with threat.

"Idiot!"

Upon hearing Serene Adams’ voice, Wyatt openly cursed him, "At this point, you’re still trying to intimidate me with your voice? Grand Elder of Sky-scraping Mansion, your quality is indeed only thus."

As Wyatt uttered these words, not only did Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins’ expressions sour, but even the surrounding onlookers were in an uproar.

Aside from the individuals from Sky-scraping Mansion, the others’ gazes toward Serene Adams grew increasingly colder.

Under such circumstances, most ordinary people would instinctively sympathize with the ’weak,’ and presently, Wyatt Barnes was the weak.

"Elder Adams, you must immediately apologize to my young brother Eden Lee and sever an arm yourself... Otherwise, we will not only revoke Sky-scraping Mansion members’ qualification to participate in the Overleaping Rankings, but personally sever your arm."

Castiel Mullins stepped forward, coldly addressing Serene Adams.

It was the result of his and Donovan Tasker’s deliberation.

Meanwhile, when Donovan Tasker glanced sideways and noticed Wyatt Barnes’ expression becoming more at ease, he realized Wyatt was pleased with the decision and sighed in relief.

Upon hearing Castiel Mullins’ words, Serene Adams’ expression changed drastically.

If Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins joined forces to sever one of his arms, it would be a simple task.

He wouldn’t even be able to escape.

"You two, isn’t this going a bit too far?"

Serene Adams asked coldly.

However, Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins ignored him, staring coldly at him with firm resolve.

Seeing this, Serene Adams realized that he probably couldn’t save one of his arms.

Suddenly, Serene Adams felt utterly humiliated, yet he had no solution.

"You two, I, Serene Adams, will remember this."

With a deep gaze at Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins, understanding that he would lose an arm no matter what, Serene Adams said in an icy voice, "I can sever one of my arms myself, but if you want me to apologize to him, that’s impossible!"

After speaking, Serene Adams raised his right hand and directly severed his left arm.

Just as his right hand moved, ready to collect his left arm, Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins acted together.

Donovan Tasker rushed forward, startling Serene Adams to the extent that his face changed dramatically and his actions slowed.

As for Castiel Mullins, with a wave of his hand, the void trembled, and a series of azure knife lights appeared out of nowhere, shredding Serene Adams’s severed arm into fragments with overwhelming force, leaving only a pool of blood as Serene Adams’s left arm completely vanished.

"You..."

Seeing the two approaching aggressively and then returning to their original positions in an instant, while his left arm was destroyed with no possibility of reattachment, Serene Adams’s face became extremely grim.

He hadn’t expected Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins to be this ruthless.

He knew that although his left arm was severed, he was confident he could reattach it within a certain period.

Of course, to reattach the left arm, it had to be intact.

But now, his left arm was destroyed by Castiel Mullins, which meant he would only have one arm for the rest of his life.

How could this not anger him?

Seeing Serene Adams’s left arm gone, the surrounding crowd not only didn’t sympathize with him but instead took some schadenfreude, feeling he brought it on himself.

Seeing this, Wyatt Barnes’s anger lessened a lot.

"Elder Adams, would you really sacrifice the qualification of Sky-scraping Mansion’s members to partake in the Overleaping Rankings just to avoid apologizing to brother Eden Lee? You should know, as the host of the Overleaping Rankings, once Elder Mullins and I reach a consensus, we have the complete authority to disqualify the members of Sky-scraping Mansion from participating in the Overleaping Rankings."

Donovan Tasker looked at Serene Adams, speaking coldly.

"Hmph!"

Upon hearing Donovan Tasker’s words, Serene Adams glanced at the other nine arena masters on the scene, then at the group from Sky-scraping Mansion, before finally snorting coldly, stepping into the air, and addressing the group from Sky-scraping Mansion: "Let’s go!"

The moment his words fell, he shot a look full of hatred at Wyatt Barnes and then prepared to leave with his people.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

But just at that moment, above the Linglong Chess Formation, the gray clouds swayed, followed by the appearance of two figures.

They were two young men, standing one behind the other.

The man in front wore a cyan robe with a wicked face, exuding a faint but ominous presence.

Following him was a hunchbacked young man, evidently his subordinate.

Their appearance immediately drew everyone’s attention within the Linglong Chess Formation.

"Junior House Master!"

Instantly, many among the group from Sky-scraping Mansion had their eyes lit up, exclaiming in surprise.

"It’s the Junior House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion, Peace Adams!"

At the same time, all eyes on the scene were drawn to the wicked-faced young man in the lead, many of whom recognized him.

This was indeed the Junior House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion, Peace Adams.

Seeing Peace Adams appear, Serene Adams felt not only no joy but his face grew somber.

Earlier, the reason he refused to apologize to Wyatt Barnes was firstly because he did not want to apologize to the enemy who killed his grandson, and secondly, because among Sky-scraping Mansion members present, none was capable of ranking in the Overleaping Rankings.

The three who had the capability to rank, including his grandson Shane Adams, were all dead.

Because of this, he felt it made no difference whether the Sky-scraping Mansion members were disqualified from the Overleaping Rankings or not.

Of course, he had considered their Junior House Master from Sky-scraping Mansion.

However, in his view, given the Junior House Master’s past progression, even with the recent resource shift from Sky-scraping Mansion, it was unlikely he could outmatch his grandson Shane Adams.

Moreover, with his grandson dead, he naturally didn’t want to see that Junior House Master rank in the Overleaping Rankings, as that would mean the Junior House Master could become the next House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion, which wasn’t something he wished to see.

Since his grandson was no longer eligible for the position of Sky-scraping Mansion House Master, he naturally didn’t want the Junior House Master to become the next House Master either.

So, he simply didn’t care whether the Sky-scraping Mansion members were disqualified from the Overleaping Rankings.

However, Serene Adams never expected that just as he was about to leave with his people, the Junior House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion, Peace Adams, would appear in time.

The appearance of Peace Adams also meant that he could no longer act recklessly.

"Is he really the Junior House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion, Peace Adams?"

Upon hearing the surrounding murmurs, Wyatt Barnes’s gaze immediately locked onto the wicked-faced young man, knowing that his target this time was precisely Peace Adams.