Charlotte had not expected someone else from the New Continent Council to step forward. He activated insight and briefly scanned the cold, beautiful woman. She was exactly at the upper limit of his challenge range: Twenty-second Order!
Charlotte thought, Why were the people of the New Continent Council so convinced that I had to fight them one-on-one?
Charlotte had only come out because he wanted to meet the New Continent Council's new leaders and learn what they were thinking. He truly did not like dueling others.
Charlotte gave a carefree whistle, and his good son Gareth shot into the sky, taking the lead to intercept Abelia, the Fourth Speaker of the New Continent Council!
Gareth made no unnecessary movements. He spread his five fingers and reached for Abelia's chest. Since switching to the Blood Butcher path, every muscle in his body had been tempered like steel and iron, no less formidable than any Saint Rank Supernatural Artifact. Especially after secretly eating so many of Emilia's "snacks," he had now come infinitely close to the Twenty-Fourth Order. This grab was ferocious, sending Abelia, one of the New Continent's Saint Rank powerhouses, recoiling like a startled cat. She abruptly hunched over and retreated hundreds of meters.
After only a few exchanges in midair, seven Hands of Blazing Flame flew out from behind Abelia to desperately hold Gareth back while she used the Agility Technique at full force and fled back to Arcadia Port.
The cold, stunning beauty who had been so captivating moments ago now had a pretty face covered in sweat. Their clash had been swift and fleeting, lasting only a few moves, but if she had reacted even slightly slower, she might have died on the battlefield.
Gareth was ruthless and savage, his attacks incomparably fierce. He had suppressed the