"Confession" of the Truth

"You even know about this?" Luke's bloodshot pupils constricted violently.

He quickly recovered, gritting his teeth, "It was Hall who told you, wasn't it?"

Hall was also a seventh-rank warrior; although his strength was not as great as Luke's, he was highly valued by Duke Patterson and knew just as much as Luke did.

"He did say it, but it's a pity he died too quickly," Hogg said with a cold expression.

Luke pondered for a moment, then said hoarsely, "There is indeed someone behind Duke Patterson, but that person is not someone you can afford to provoke."

As he spoke, he suddenly recalled how his wrist had been crushed by that golden-scaled monster in a single move, and how his battle blade had been shattered by a single palm strike.

He fell silent again: "Perhaps, you really might be able to kill that person."

"Who?"

Hogg frowned and pressed him.

"King Clayde!" Luke looked up, a sneer plastered across his face.

"What? His strength is very high, but King Clayde is a ninth-rank warrior, and he has more than one ninth-rank warrior protecting him!"

Luke mocked, "Do you think you have any hope of getting revenge?"

"King Clayde, it really is him!" Hogg's hands trembled with rage.

Duke Patterson, King Clayde's own younger brother, could be considered a blade in Clayde's hand.

Because of this relationship between the two, Hogg had long suspected King Clayde.

"However, I happened to overhear a secret!"

Luke suddenly spoke again, "A secret that goes beyond your imagination!"

"What secret?" Hogg looked at him, "Tell me, and I will send you on your way, and I guarantee I will not touch a single hair on your family's heads."

"Good!"

Luke nodded heavily, then said, "I accidentally overheard a conversation between Duke Patterson and King Clayde. Actually, after King Clayde took your wife away, he sent her to another faction."

"Another faction?" Hogg was startled, "King Clayde has another faction behind him?"

"That's right!"

Luke said every word clearly, "That faction is none other than the Radiant Church, which rules over the entire Holy Union!"

"The Radiant Church?"

Hogg was incredulous, "Impossible, impossible, you are lying to me!"

"Why would a behemoth like the Radiant Church kidnap my wife?"

Hogg's body swayed.

If the true mastermind behind the scenes was indeed the Radiant Church, then even if Wharton and Moke both became Dragonblood Warriors and reached the Saint Domain!

There would still be almost no hope of revenge!

Within the Radiant Church, there were countless experts; just the Saint Domain experts known to the public numbered in the several!

"Hmph!"

Although Luke's face was drained of color, he held his head high, "I, Luke, can swear on the lives of my family that everything I said is true!"

"Father, he is likely telling the truth." Now that the truth had come to light, Moke spoke up at the right moment, "I did not sense any fluctuations in his spirit."

"Good, I believe you. I promise I will not touch your family."

Hogg looked at Luke, "One last question: who else knows that you came to Wushan Town?"

"Just the five of us. I killed that beggar, so after I die, no one will know."

Luke gave a miserable smile, "We only happened to be found by that beggar and decided on a whim to come to Wushan Town. I never expected that..."

Luke looked at the golden-scaled monster, Moke, his eyes still filled with terror.

He clearly had not expected that Wushan Town would harbor such a monster!

Luke had seen ninth-rank warriors in action before.

But in his memory, those ninth-rank warriors were not as strong as this golden-scaled monster!

"Peak ninth-rank?"

"Good!"

Hearing Luke say this, Hogg felt relieved.

In the courtyard, a cold glint flashed and vanished, and a massive head was sent flying into the air.

"Boom!"

Moke, who had been silently chanting a spell beforehand, directly unleashed fire-attribute magic.

Several clusters of scorching flames erupted from the corpses of the men.

In just a few seconds, the bodies of the men, lacking battle qi to protect them, were burned to ashes.

"Hillman, there are traces left behind here; I'll have to trouble you to clean them up."

Hogg remained silent for a moment before giving Hillman instructions.

"Yes, Lord Hogg." Hillman took one last look at the golden-scaled monster Moke before turning to find tools to dispose of the remains.

"Moke."

Hogg looked at Moke again and smiled, "Can you turn back into human form now?"

"I can, Father."

Moke immediately exited his Holy Dragon Warrior transformation and donned a robe, "After becoming a Dragonblood Warrior, I can transform and revert at will."

"A Dragonblood Warrior. You truly have become a Dragonblood Warrior."

Hogg was both excited and gratified, though a trace of confusion remained in his eyes, "However, I recall that when you underwent the bloodline test, your concentration did not meet the requirements? Furthermore, the records of our ancestors in the Baruch Clan state that the scales on a Dragonblood Warrior after transformation are cyan..."

"This..."

Moke wore a look of "confusion," "Father, to be honest, I don't know what happened either."

"You don't know what happened either?" Hogg raised an eyebrow.

"Yes."

Moke nodded, "After the test that day, I felt very dejected and secretly ran back to the clan ancestral hall, where I found the Dragonblood Secret Canon."

"I tried practicing it and discovered that I could actually cultivate the Dragonblood Secret Canon, and after that, I was naturally able to transform into a Dragonblood Warrior."

"Oh?"

Hogg was startled, "There is such a thing?"

"Yes, Father."

Moke nodded and then lied, "I started practicing the Dragonblood Secret Canon when I was six and a half, which is why my physical fitness improved so quickly."

"A few days ago, I just became a Level 5 warrior, and after transforming, I reached the peak of Level 7."

"Peak of Level 7? You are so powerful, yet you are only at the peak of Level 7?"

Hogg was stunned again.

Moke nodded, "Although I am at the peak of Level 7, the Dragonblood Warriors of our Baruch Clan are invincible among those of the same rank."

"Ordinary warriors of the same level simply cannot be my match."

Three years of cultivation to reach a Level 6 warrior, and transforming directly into a Level 9 warrior.

Such a statement was too shocking, and Hogg would likely find it hard to accept.

Therefore, Moke told a white lie.

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is!" Hogg muttered to himself in excitement, his eyes bright, "The Dragonblood Warrior bloodline that has been passed down in our Baruch Clan for a thousand years—perhaps a mutation has occurred in you!"

"A mutation?"

Moke blinked.

"Correct!"

Hogg laughed heartily, "Otherwise, why are the scales on your body golden? Why did you not meet the conditions during the test, yet were able to transform afterward?"

"Only a mutation can explain all of this." Hogg nodded with certainty.

"Perhaps it is just like the mutation that occurred in the body of the first patriarch of our Dragonblood Warrior clan."

Hogg sighed softly, "To this day, no one knows how our Baruch Clan ancestors obtained this Dragonblood Warrior bloodline."

"Or perhaps, were the ancestors of the Four Great Clans truly born of heaven and earth?"

He shook his head; there were too many secrets involved, and they were not for him to investigate.