CHAPTER 1695: CHAPTER 1695: IF YOU WANT WAR, THEN LET THERE BE WAR!

Are you kidding?

The reason Wyatt Barnes appeared here this time and participated in the Overleaping Rankings battle was to kill the Junior House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion, Peace Adams.

Of course, only Wyatt himself knows this; others are not aware.

While a group of people whispered, curious whether Peace would challenge Wyatt, Peace’s gaze also fell on Wyatt.

In his eyes, this cold-faced young man named Eden Lee is just a Loose Cultivator.

Honestly, after learning that Wyatt killed Shane Adams, he did not hate Wyatt; instead, he felt it was good Shane died.

Shane was, before he practiced the Devouring Dark_Demon Art, the only person in Sky-scraping Mansion who could threaten him.

This threat referred to whether he could become the House Master of Sky-scraping Mansion in the future because Shane was the only peer who could compete with him for the next House Master position.

With Shane dead, it meant that his competitor was gone.

Even if Serene Adams was not dead, now he would not be afraid of Shane competing with him.

After all, he is now at the pinnacle of the Middle Saint Realm!

Even Monk Flower and Silent Void, in the late Middle Saint Realm, died at his hands, let alone Shane, who was in the mid Middle Saint Realm.

Although Peace had no interest in avenging Shane, when facing the anticipative gazes of the people from Sky-scraping Mansion, he quickly decided to challenge Eden Lee!

In his view, challenging Eden Lee was just a formality, and Eden, having just witnessed his strength, would surely be too scared to accept the challenge.

However, even this formality was enough to further establish his grand image in the minds of those from Sky-scraping Mansion, greatly benefiting his future bid for the House Master position.

Under everyone’s gaze, a person quickly stepped forward from the group from Sky-scraping Mansion.

"Junior House Master, please."

This disciple of Sky-scraping Mansion, as soon as he appeared, landed on the chess piece where Peace was standing, declaring a challenge to Peace.

Of course, nobody believed he really had the guts to challenge Peace. Once he declared it, everyone knew that Peace planned to challenge Wyatt Barnes, or rather, Eden Lee, the name Wyatt was using.

"I concede."

As expected, after the Sky-scraping Mansion disciple declared a challenge to Peace, Peace immediately conceded, eliminating himself.

The next moment, before Peace could challenge Wyatt, everyone’s eyes fell on Wyatt.

They all knew what Peace wanted to do next.

And as they guessed, after Peace conceded, he took to the air, swiftly landed on the large chess piece where Wyatt stood.

Peace stood in mid-air, looking down on Wyatt with a condescending gaze, "Eden Lee, is it? You killed a disciple of my Sky-scraping Mansion. If you have the guts, fight me!"

If you have the guts, fight me!

Peace’s words clearly implied that if Wyatt dared not accept his challenge, he was a coward.

The onlookers didn’t take his words seriously.

"Hmph! Does he think he can provoke Eden Lee into accepting the challenge with such words?"

"Exactly! If he hadn’t already shown his true strength, maybe. But now that he has, there’s no way Eden would accept his challenge. That would be suicide!"

"Eden Lee is probably only similar in strength to Monk Flower and Silent Void, both in the late Middle Saint Realm."

"It’s a shame about Monk and Silent Void... If Peace hadn’t deliberately concealed his cultivation from the beginning, they wouldn’t have fought him and met their end."

"Indeed, Peace is too cunning."

...

The crowd whispered among themselves, none expecting Wyatt would accept Peace’s challenge, considering Peace’s overwhelming strength.

In the Sky-scraping Mansion region, even across all Third-Rate Power regions, there wasn’t likely anyone under fifty with such strength like Peace.

Not yet fifty, standing at the pinnacle of the Middle Saint Realm!

Even among quasi Third-Rate Powers, such an existence is rare.

Just as everyone thought Wyatt would concede, Wyatt took a step forward, lightly glancing at Peace, "Hearing your words, you think I’ll concede?"

"Wouldn’t you concede?"

Hearing Wyatt’s words, Peace couldn’t help but sneer.

"Why should I concede? You want to fight; then let’s fight!"

Wyatt continued to speak calmly, but towards the end, his tone carried a hint of defiance.

You want to fight; then let’s fight!

Wyatt’s words made the entire Linglong Chess Layout fall silent, with only the sound of rapid breaths from many people still audible.

For a moment, everyone’s gaze was fixated on Wyatt.

"This Eden Lee actually accepted Peace’s challenge?"

"My god! Is he not afraid of death?"

"With Peace’s current strength, unless he’s also at the pinnacle of the Middle Saint Realm, he can’t possibly be Peace’s opponent... could Eden also be at the pinnacle of the Middle Saint Realm?"

"How is that possible? Don’t forget, he’s not even forty."

"Under-forty pinnacle Middle Saint Realm martial artists don’t exist in the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s Lower Domain... Such an existence would be a standout among the younger generation in the Upper Domain too."

...

The crowd snapped back to reality, discussing fervently, their topic completely revolving around Wyatt Barnes.

"Little Brother Eden, don’t be impulsive! Although Peace Adams has just broken through to the peak of the Middle Saint Realm and his cultivation is still unstable... his cultivation level is indeed at the peak of the Middle Saint Realm, which can’t be compared to the latter stages of the Middle Saint Realm."

At this moment, Donovan Tasker and Castiel Mullins’s reminders came to Wyatt Barnes’s ears.

Both Donovan and Castiel did not want Eden Lee to accept Peace Adams’s challenge because once Eden did, he might be killed by Peace.

Eden is the martial genius they value, and naturally, they don’t want anything to happen to him.

Unfortunately, in response to their reminder, Wyatt Barnes merely returned with a smile and replied telepathically, "Thank you for your concern, but I don’t think he has the ability to kill me yet!"

Peak of the Middle Saint Realm?

Unstable cultivation?

Upon hearing Donovan’s words, Wyatt Barnes’s somewhat agitated mood calmed down slightly.

Donovan’s words, he naturally believed.

After all, the opponent is the Vice House Master of the Fourth-Rate Power, "Teng Yue House."

Previously, his biggest worry was that Peace’s cultivation at the peak of the Middle Saint Realm had already consolidated. If that were the case, it would be much harder to deal with.

Now, knowing Peace’s cultivation is still unstable, he was slightly relieved.

Of course, only ’slightly’ relieved.

Even if the cultivation is not completely stable, as Donovan said, it’s still at the peak of the Middle Saint Realm, which can’t be compared to the latter stages of the Middle Saint Realm.

Donovan doesn’t know Wyatt Barnes’s current cultivation. If he knew that Wyatt’s cultivation was only at the ’mid-stage of the Little Saint Realm,’ he would probably be scared to death!

To kill an outstanding mid-stage Middle Saint Realm cultivator, Shane Adams, with mid-stage Little Saint Realm power in the Martial Dao Sacred Land, such an absurd event has never happened before.

Yet Wyatt Barnes happened to achieve it.

"Good! Good! Very good!!"

At this time, Peace Adams, who was stunned because Wyatt readily accepted his challenge, finally came to, staring at Wyatt with bright eyes.

"Eden Lee, I have to say, you have guts! But, unfortunately, the world of martial artists is not one for mere guts to survive... I will soon let you know how foolish it is to accept my challenge!"

"No! Perhaps with just one encounter, you’ll be killed by me before you even realize how foolish you are."

Towards the end, Peace’s face was full of mockery, as if implying Wyatt was about to become a doomed soul under his hand.

"Is that so?"

Even with Wyatt’s good temper, hearing Peace’s words made his anger surge.

"What? Angry?"

Peace laughed, laughing very brightly, "If you’re going to be angry, hurry up... soon, you might not have a chance to be angry."

"Hmph!"

Wyatt snorted coldly, ignoring Peace, just glaring at him with cold eyes.

"You start first; I won’t take advantage of you."

Peace mocked.

Hearing Peace’s provocative words, Wyatt’s anger surged again.

However, people present didn’t feel anything about Peace’s words because they all thought Peace had the capital to say such things.

"Is Eden Lee’s brain kicked by a donkey? He actually accepted Peace Adams’s challenge!"

"Doesn’t he know he’s courting death?"

"Hmph! Seeking his own doom!"

...

Among the people present, few held high hopes for Eden Lee.

Besides some loose cultivators looking at Wyatt Barnes with worried expressions, people from various forces were spectating him like watching a show.

As for loose cultivators, these people from various forces didn’t have much goodwill towards them.

Especially towards outstanding loose cultivators like Wyatt Barnes, who make them jealous. It’s infuriating that a loose cultivator can possess such cultivation at such a young age.

Upon the enormous chess piece, Wyatt Barnes rose into the air, slowing down only when reaching the same level as Peace Adams.

Staring at Peace, Wyatt’s gaze showed a trace of determination.

"Julia, today, Brother Wyatt will eradicate this pest for you... from now on, you can live carefree like before!"

Recalling the troubled Karina Hanson now, compared to the mischievous Karina of the past, Wyatt felt a wave of heartache.

For this reason, no matter what, he must eliminate Peace Adams today!

Even if it poses some difficulty for him now.

"And Silent Void... although we’ve never met, since your ’Yin Yang Sword’ inadvertently helped my ’Supreme Heart Sword’ further breakthrough, I owe you a favor. Today I’ll repay this favor. Once Peace Adams is dead, you can rest in peace under the Yellow Springs."

Wyatt continued to silently chant in his heart.