CHAPTER 1708: CHAPTER 1708: SWAGGERING OUT

Rescuing Trevor Baillie from the execution rack, Wyatt Barnes immediately sensed something amiss.

"With Senior Brother’s current Little Saint Realm cultivation, these minor injuries shouldn’t have made him faint..."

With that thought, Wyatt began investigating Trevor’s condition.

Soon, he discovered an inexplicable force within Trevor Baillie’s body, firmly suppressing his True Origin.

This force was draining continuously as Trevor’s True Origin surged within him.

Once this force completely dissipates, Trevor’s True Origin will regain its freedom.

"Sealing Origin Pill?"

Instantly, a thought flashed in Wyatt’s mind: a pill medicine capable of sealing a Saint Realm expert’s True Origin.

This pill, unless forced to consume, is not something one would willingly take, nor can it be taken unknowingly.

Simply because this pill is so unique, its pungent odor can be noticed from afar. Even mingling it with myriad other things cannot mask its smell.

Much like the ’Energy-sealing Powder.’

The Energy-sealing Powder, as its name implies, is a pill medicine that can seal True Energy, effective against beings at the Transcending Mortal Realm or Entering the Saint Realm levels.

And the Sealing Origin Pill, depending on its grade, can seal the True Origin of Saint Realm experts with varying levels of cultivation.

Of course, it can only seal for a period of time. Once the time passes, the pill’s efficacy vanishes completely; to be precise, as the efficacy diminishes, it gradually loses the ability to suppress the user’s True Origin.

"No wonder Senior Brother fainted after the punishment; he consumed the ’Sealing Origin Pill.’

Realizing this, Wyatt’s face swept over with fierce resolve.

A Trevor who consumed the Sealing Origin Pill is no different from an ordinary person, and such brutal punishment, if continued, he may not endure for long.

Soon, Wyatt’s attention returned to the Sealing Origin Pill’s efficacy within Trevor’s body, "Judging by the pill’s potency, it likely suppresses only Little Saint Realm True Origin... Any True Origin at Middle Saint Realm and above can dispel it! My Solar True Origin, although just at Little Saint Realm, is not inferior to typical Middle Saint Realm True Origins, perhaps I can assist Senior Brother in dispelling this pill’s efficacy."

With that thought, Wyatt began taking action.

Within moments, Wyatt discovered he was correct.

As his domineering Solar True Origin surged massively into Trevor, the Sealing Origin Pill’s efficacy fled like a mouse sighting a cat.

In a mere dozen breaths, Wyatt had thoroughly dispelled the Sealing Origin Pill’s efficacy from Trevor’s body, and Trevor’s True Origin was no longer suppressed.

With his True Origin unrestrained, Trevor, equipped with his cultivation, naturally awakened swiftly.

When he set eyes on the unfamiliar, ordinary face before him, he couldn’t help but pause, "You are..."

"Senior Brother."

As Wyatt spoke, he reverted to his true face.

"Junior Brother!"

Seeing Wyatt’s true visage, Trevor couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, "You... how are you here?"

Before Wyatt could respond, Trevor noticed the corpses strewn around, recognizing one as a Little Saint Realm mid-phase martial artist, a Sacrificial Officer of Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family.

"Junior Brother... Did you... kill them?"

Trevor asked, astonished.

"Yes."

Wyatt nodded, then added, "Senior Brother, I’m here to take you back."

"Back?"

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Trevor awakened fully and immediately shook his head, "Junior Brother, I know your strength is not weak, but within Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family, there are plenty much stronger than these, and several Middle Saint Realm beings... Moreover, Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family recently welcomed a guest rumored to be a peak Middle Saint Realm martial artist, who also injured Amelia, our Sect Leader."

Speaking to this point, Trevor’s face showed guilt.

"So, while they haven’t discovered you yet, hurry and leave... If anything happens to you because of me, even if I miraculously survive, I’ll never forgive myself!"

Currently, Trevor urged Wyatt to leave, deeply worried about implicating him.

"Senior Brother, regarding Amelia the Sect Leader, I’ve already learned."

Wyatt shook his head, his eyes revealing a fierce resolve, "However, precisely because of this, I don’t plan to leave immediately after rescuing you... Senior Brother, if you trust me, follow my lead from here on."

"Junior Brother, how could Senior Brother not trust you? But, what do you mean by your earlier words? What do you mean by precisely because of this, you don’t plan to leave after rescuing me?"

Trevor smiled bitterly, growing more bewildered as time went on.

Quickly, as Wyatt spoke again, Trevor finally understood the meaning behind Wyatt’s words, and he was slightly stunned in disbelief.

"Junior Brother... Are you truly confident?"

Trevor took a deep breath, looking at Wyatt anew, as if meeting him for the first time.

"Senior Brother, rest assured, even at the cost of my life, I won’t gamble with yours!"

Wyatt smiled, yet despite the smile, the killing intent in his eyes couldn’t be restrained.

"Alright! Senior Brother will risk it all today, let’s go crazy together!"

Ultimately, Trevor chose to trust Wyatt.

A quarter hour later, a venerable old man emerged from the deep palace prison of Fletcher Kingdom’s royal palace.

The old man, clad in blood-stained garments, naturally startled many of those stationed outside his path.

"It’s Trevor Baillie!"

"How did he get out?"

...

The people outside the prison, though unaware of what had just transpired within, recognized Trevor Baillie and knew why he had been imprisoned here.

Seeing Trevor Baillie swaggering out, they naturally stepped forward to block him.

Yet to their surprise, this old man, who had taken the ’Sealing Origin Pill,’ was vigorous enough to effortlessly send them flying, utterly unlike someone who had consumed the ’Sealing Origin Pill.’

"What’s going on?"

Suddenly, they were all bewildered.

"Sealing Origin Pill, taken once every half month... I remember, three days ago, he had just taken it! It’s only been three days, how can its effects have worn off?"

To them, this seemed inconceivable.

But facing a martial artist of the initial Little Saint Realm whose True Origin wasn’t sealed, they naturally dared not confront him again.

Watching Trevor Baillie swaggering outward, many entered the prison, only to discover bodies strewn everywhere, including the prison director, a martial artist of the middle Little Saint Realm, "Not good! Master Casey has been killed by him!"

"How is this possible! Isn’t he just an early-stage Little Saint Realm martial artist? How could he kill Master Casey! You know, Master Casey was a middle-stage Little Saint Realm presence!"

"You ask me, who do I ask? I also want to know, Trevor Baillie had taken the ’Sealing Origin Pill’ three days ago, why today is he so lively, not at all looking like his True Origin is sealed."

"This matter must be quickly reported to Sacrificial Officer Hudson!"

...

As chaos erupted in the prison, Trevor Baillie swaggered right through the deep palace, heading outward.

Encountering obstacles along the way, he forcibly struck.

Initially, those hindering him were martial artists not yet in the Saint Realm, whom he could dispatch with mere gestures.

Later, as Little Saint Realm members joined in, he began to struggle.

"Trevor Baillie, His Majesty sincerely invited you to become an Honorary Minister of our Imperial Family, yet you refused time and again; today you daringly escaped from the prison. Do you truly believe I dare not kill you?"

As some Little Saint Realm presences joined in, an elder with a proud demeanor timely appeared, overlooking Trevor Baillie, and coldly intoned.

This elder is the one who took Trevor Baillie away from Swayer Family two months ago.

Accurately, he led the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family then. He is also a peak Little Saint Realm martial artist with considerable stature within the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family.

Indeed, in Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family, only a few Middle Saint Realm presences prevail. In a world where the powerful are revered, as a peak Little Saint Realm martial artist, he holds a position second only to those few.

Seeing this elder arrive, present Little Saint Realm members all greeted him, "Sacrificial Officer Hudson!"

"Anderson Hudson!"

Upon seeing this elder, Trevor Baillie’s face darkened, eyes revealing deep apprehension.

If when taken to the palace by this elder he knew little of him,

After residing in the palace, Trevor thoroughly understood him.

This elder is not only a peak Little Saint Realm martial artist but also the foremost below the Middle Saint Realm within the Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family!

This signifies that the Imperial Family’s other peak Little Saint Realm presences are inferior to him!

"Trevor Baillie, I led people to ’invite’ you back that day, yet discovering now, I truly underestimated you... Although unaware of your escape method, you usurp, openly flaunt, and harm Imperial Family members unconcernedly! Such audacity!"

In discourse, Anderson Hudson stepped mid-air, promptly arriving near Trevor Baillie.

"Not good, Master Casey has died!"

At this moment, a panicked voice emanated from afar, precisely the direction from which Trevor Baillie came.

"What?!"

Hearing this, the onlookers were all astonished, instinctively gazing at Anderson Hudson.

They knew Casey was Anderson Hudson’s direct nephew!

In Fletcher Kingdom’s Imperial Family, only Casey was dubbed ’Master Casey.’

Whoosh!

Simultaneously, as all eyes turned to Anderson Hudson, he became akin to the wind, instantaneously gripping the messenger, sinisterly demanding: "What did you say?!"

"Sacrificial Officer... Hudson!"

The herald, merely an ordinary prison guard, trembled under Anderson’s grip.

However, noticing Trevor Baillie from the corner of his eye, he promptly pointed, "Sacrificial Officer Hudson, it’s him! He’s the one who killed Master Casey!"