So Frightened He Turned and Ran

"So Mingshe City truly deserves to be called a city established by the Ashcroft Family. It probably wasn't much worse than a Main God City, was it?"

On the streets of Mingshe City, a young man in a green robe with long green hair curiously surveyed the sights around him.

The young man was named Paul, a Six-Star Demon of the Netherworld whose strength was considered quite respectable.

"With my strength as a Six-Star Demon, if I pull a few strings, I should be able to obtain a decent position in the Ashcroft Family."

The Six-Star Demon named Paul had come to Mingshe City primarily to seek refuge with the Ashcroft Family.

Paul had cultivated for tens of trillions of years, yet his strength had remained at the level of a Six-Star Demon, unable to advance any further.

He knew that he had exhausted his potential.

Since he could not make any breakthroughs in strength, Paul decided to attach himself to a major power. Perhaps that would give him the chance to come into contact with figures at the level of Seven-Star Demons or even Prefecture Lords.

Following his prior arrangement with a friend from the Ashcroft Family, Paul arrived at a rather impressive villa.

As one of the Netherworld's renowned great clans, the Ashcroft Family was not somewhere one could join simply by wanting to.

Paul also knew a core member of the Ashcroft Family who held a very high position. That was why he was confident he could join the clan.

Having someone recommend you and having no one recommend you were entirely different matters.

"Still not here?"

Looking at the empty standalone villa, Paul thought to himself.

However, he was not in any hurry. This amount of time meant nothing to him.

"Ashcroft, you dared to speak disrespectfully of the Four Divine Beasts Overgods and show disrespect toward a Paragon. I sentence you to death."

Just as Paul was about to find a room to rest in, an icy voice resounded across the skies above Mingshe City.

Immediately afterward, a terrifying pressure descended over Mingshe City, so dreadful that even Paul, a Six-Star Demon, trembled inwardly!

"What's going on?"

Paul was startled. Mingshe City had many rules, and like a Main God City, it did not permit flight within its airspace.

Yet the person who had just spoken was clearly in the skies above Mingshe City.

"Ashcroft? Isn't that the current clan leader of the Mingshe Family? And that pressure just now was far too terrifying. What kind of expert could possess such an aura?"

Drawing a deep breath, Paul felt that he might have encountered some extraordinary figure.

As he swiftly left the villa, he looked up toward the sky.

A figure stood suspended in the air.

It was a Purple-Haired Youth clad in black robes, his hands clasped behind his back. His eyes were cold and indifferent, and he stood high above all others, devoid of any visible emotion.

That terrifying aura had come from him.

"Th-this is the Paragon from the Four Divine Beasts Family?"

Paul's eyes widened. He swallowed hard and muttered in disbelief.

Paul had been fortunate enough to see Wyatt's Crystal Shadow once before.

In the Crystal Shadow Paul had watched back then, Wyatt had still been far from becoming a Paragon, with strength only around the level of a newly advanced Asura. Even so, that Crystal Shadow had been enough to leave Paul deeply shaken.

Now, news of Wyatt becoming a Paragon had spread throughout all the Supreme Planes. As a Six-Star Demon, Paul naturally knew of it as well.

"From the looks of it, Lord Wyatt intends to make a move against the Ashcroft Family. With the abilities of a Paragon, the Ashcroft Family is probably finished this time!"

The meaning behind Wyatt's words just now could not have been clearer.

This Paragon had come to kill!

Paul, who had just been preparing to seek refuge with the Ashcroft Family, instantly abandoned that thought.

Was this a joke? If he truly joined the Ashcroft Family, was he supposed to oppose a Paragon?

Did he have a hole in his brain, or had his brain shrunk?

Though he had only heard that Paragons were invincible among gods and did not know exactly how powerful they were, Paul certainly had no intention of getting involved.

He had not lived all these years for nothing.

"This place is too dangerous. I'd better hide outside Mingshe City and watch what happens."

Without even looking back, Paul sprinted straight out of the villa.

He did not hurry too far away. If he hid outside Mingshe City, he might even have the chance to witness a Paragon High-God in action.

Paul was not the only one. Within Mingshe City, whether they were gods who had come to shop and sightsee or experts from the Ashcroft Family itself, all of them noticed the powerful figure in the sky.

Under the suppression of that terrifying aura, the guards of Mingshe City did not dare step forward for a time.

Looking down at Mingshe City below, Wyatt's gaze remained indifferent.

Given the current situation, there was no longer any need for the Mingshe Family to exist.

After all, the Four Divine Beasts were Wyatt's ancestors.

As a member of the Four Divine Beasts Family, Wyatt still held these four Overgods in considerable respect.

Moreover, the Four Divine Beasts had helped Wyatt not long ago, directly confronting the Lightning Sovereign.

Disrespecting the Four Divine Beasts was the same as disrespecting Wyatt. What was more, the clan leader of the Mingshe Family had cursed Wyatt along with them.

After reaching the Paragon level, Wyatt had barely had the chance to make a move. This was the perfect opportunity to stretch his limbs using the Mingshe Family.

Normally, when a Paragon released his divine sense, other High-Gods could detect it. A Paragon's Divine Power was also High-God Divine Power. When Wyatt observed the Mingshe Family, its clan leader should have been able to sense it.

However, Wyatt's circumstances were different. During one of his travels through the Material Planes, he had obtained a Heavenly Artifact.

Whenever Wyatt released his divine sense, as long as he slightly activated that Heavenly Artifact within his body, his divine sense would rise to an entirely new level, making it impossible for even High-Gods to detect.

With that Heavenly Artifact, Wyatt's divine sense was somewhat similar to Linley's fused divine sense after his Soul Mutation in the Original Time and Space.

Whoosh!!!

A blood-red streak of light shot out from the Ashcroft Family's core territory. It did not dare approach Wyatt and instead came to a stop at an enormous distance from him.

It was an aged old man whose eyes glowed with crimson light.

The moment the old man saw Wyatt's face, his expression visibly twisted.

He had never expected that merely venting his emotions a little would lead to such a coincidence, causing him to run into the Four Divine Beasts Family's Paragon.

From the look of it, Wyatt had clearly heard what he said just now. But why had he not sensed Wyatt's divine sense at all?

"This is serious."

Ashcroft's heart turned cold as he began considering how to deal with the situation.

Whoosh!!!

Whoosh!!!

Whoosh!!!

Following Ashcroft's appearance, one figure after another shot into the sky. Members of the Mingshe Family appeared one after another, all standing in front of Ashcroft and shielding him tightly behind them.

In only a short while, more than ten thousand Mingshe Family members had gathered here!

Aside from the High-God soldiers responsible for maintaining order in Mingshe City, there were also quite a few powerful members of the Mingshe Family among them!

This was the Ashcroft Family's headquarters. Unless there were special circumstances, the Mingshe Family's Six-Star Demons and even Seven-Star Demons rarely left. It was clear just how many experts were mixed among these High-Gods.

Tens of thousands of High-Gods faced a single High-God.

Such a sight was indeed rare.

Yet the spectators below in Mingshe City discovered that the aura of those tens of thousands of High-Gods seemed to be faintly suppressed by that one person?

"That is the Ashcroft Family's clan leader and their clan's experts. If I'm not mistaken, the one facing the Ashcroft Family alone should be the Paragon High-God of the Four Divine Beasts Family!"

There were no shortage of knowledgeable gods in Mingshe City, and they recognized Wyatt's identity.

"What? A Paragon High-God?"

As many gods discussed the matter, they learned Wyatt's true identity.

While reeling in shock, many gods who cultivated the Water Law secretly took out Crystal Shadows, preparing to record the scene before them.

Shadow Crystals were items refined by gods who cultivated the Water Law. They could record the image of a particular moment within a crystal.

Crystal Shadows of Paragons were exceedingly rare in all planes. Selling a Crystal Shadow of a Paragon taking action would definitely bring in a fortune.

Despite facing tens of thousands of High-Gods alone, Wyatt's heart did not ripple in the slightest.

He did not give Ashcroft or the others any chance to speak.

At that moment, a faint smile suddenly appeared on Wyatt's lips, but it made every expert before him shudder!

Rumble!!!

An unimaginably terrifying power began gathering within Wyatt's hand.

With a single palm strike from Wyatt, an enormous Golden Palm containing the six profound mysteries of the Lightning Law and infused with Willpower shot directly toward the tens of thousands of High-Gods before him!

Not only was the power of this palm strike terrifying beyond measure, but it was also astonishingly fast.

Those Ashcroft Family clan members were only several tens of thousands of meters away from Wyatt.

At such a distance, many of them did not even have time to react!

Golden Arcs spread outward from the palm. Vast sections of the buildings below in Mingshe City collapsed, while a Spatial Rift a thousand meters wide appeared around the Golden Palm and extended directly toward Ashcroft!