Outside Eden City.

The army of the Emporium Academy members had arrived.

Not only were there the Dukes of the outer court, there were even inner court Dukes who had extremely high statuses in the Emporium Academy.

The reason they came here was because of Charlie and Luis.

Those two members were people the Academy were going to groom in the future. If anything happened to those two, it would be considered a small blow to the Academy.

Another reason was to strengthen their image! They were showing the world how powerful the Emporium Academy was, and they were the absolute overlord within a radius of a hundred thousand kilometres. No one is allowed to cause a disturbance because there's only one outcome when offending the Emporium Academy - Death!

Three Dukes and more than two hundred senior elite outer and inner court members had surrounded the eastern gate. The huge aura exuding from them made it so no one dared to approach.

There were hundreds of similar-looking, silver rank-spawned beast mounts that were snorting out white mist in arrogance. They looked no different to a spawned beast army that intimidated anyone who laid eyes on them.

"Bam!"

Lightning streaked across the sky, and dark clouds started accumulating. The humidity in the air started increasing, and the environment became ominous as if a storm was about to arrive.

"I cannot sense the aura of those three."

"Could they be dead already?"

A white-bearded man was sitting on top of a giant crane with his eyebrows furrowed and a slightly irritated look on his face.

Next to him was another old man who shouted: "Impossible! How can anyone in this little City be capable of hurting our members? Who would have the guts?"

The two of them were both inner court Dukes. The one riding the crane was called Duke Lucas, who had chosen Luis as his legacy student. The other old man was called Duke Banner, and he was the one planning on accepting Charlie as a personal student. This was the reason why they would both rush here today.

Behind those two was the outer court, Duke Godfrey.

Godfrey had an imposing expression on his face. His powerful senses swept out and covered the entire Eden City, continuously searching and searching...

Eden City had a few hundred thousand in population. With such a large population density, his senses were still able to sweep past every single one of them, demonstrating how terrifying his cultivation level had reached.

A while later, Godfrey's brows slanted a bit to a frown as he said: "The auras of them three are indeed not inside the city. Could it be that my son has..."

His voice was shaking a bit.

Godfrey's eyes tightened as the flames of rage in his heart started rising.

Lucas's complexion darkened as he coldly eyed Eden City. A powerful aura then exploded forth from him as he coldly said: "A rural town like this dares to challenge our Academy's mighty presence?"

"They dare to kill members of our Academy? I really want to see who these people are." Banner angrily harrumphed.

Godfrey shook his head with a confused expression as he mumbled, "The strongest person in this city is only at level 2 silver rank, and there's no way he can be Charlie's opponent. Could the person who killed them have already fled?"

"It doesn't matter if the killer had escaped or not; members of our Academy aren't people that anyone can kill. I don't think this city needs to exist anymore." Lucas softly said.

As he was saying this, killing intent started spreading out - It was thick and filled with brutality.

Slaughtering an entire city was like nothing to him.

"Enter the city!"

"We'll first go to the Castro Household to check on the situation."

"Take over all north, south, east and west entrances. People may enter, but none may leave!"

"It doesn't matter if my people's killer is in the city or not; everyone inside will be buried along with them!"

The overlord within a radius of a hundred thousand kilometres!

Their dominance was absolute, so who dares to go against it?

The mounts were exuding a fierce aura while the Emporium Academy's members showed expressions of disdain and contempt, as if they were all superior to the common people.

They quickly rushed towards the Castro Household with a powerful momentum.

Anyone on the main streets who dared to bump into this group would only have one outcome - instantly killed!

Dozens of people died beneath their swords along the way. They were absolutely inhumane because these people weren't humans in their eyes; they were just ants blocking their path.

They were being stomped to death beneath their feet.

The Emporium Academy members brutally went through the city, causing turmoil on every street they passed. The whole city had suddenly turned quiet at this moment.

"Bam!"

A huge lightning streaked across the sky, and the sudden brightness revealed the faces of the Emporium Academy members, who were filled with contempt and cold-bloodedness.

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Main hall of the Gillette Household.

Everyone was sitting up straight with an extremely nervous look on their faces.

They didn't expect the Emporium Academy to really send people here. They had arrived too suddenly and quickly.

And they even sent out three Dukes! This type of circumstances was something rarely seen!

Maxwell's brows were locked in a frown, and his thoughts were running fast forward. He was trying to come up with a solution so that the Gillette Household could escape this incoming disaster.

But, he couldn't come up with anything.

It all came down to one thing: He lacked the bullish strength!

"Reporting!"

"My Lord, most of the Emporium Academy members have arrived at the Castro Household. The four main city gates have been taken over by their people. People may enter but cannot leave."

Maxwell's brows scrunched up, "Even our escape route has been blocked off..."

Austin's brows sank as he looked around at the people of the Gillette Household. He made up his mind and said, "My Lord, let me shoulder this matter!"

Everyone looked at Austin.

Austin faintly smiled and said, "My cultivation level is currently the strongest in Eden City, so I'm the most suitable candidate to assume all responsibilities."

"Moreover, only I have a good enough reason to convince them that I killed their students. Since their students destroyed my household, I killed the three of them for vengeance. I believe even the Dukes of the Emporium Academy should be reasonable people."

Being reasonable?

This world was a place where one's fist determined what was reasonable.

You're going to try being reasonable with the Emporium Academy's Dukes? Are you seriously joking?

Of course, Austin knew the truth of things. He was only saying these words in the hope that Maxwell would agree to let him assume all responsibilities.

Just when Austin finished speaking, Maxwell already stood up and said, "No way!"

"I am the Lord of this household, so if someone had to shoulder this, then I should be the one."

"Moreover, they were all killed by me, which was witnessed by the entire city. Duke Austin, I cannot allow you to risk your life over this."

One should always bear the consequences of what they have done, and Maxwell was never a timid person afraid of trouble.

He did not feel any fear even if he had to face the Emporium Academy.

Maxwell had to shoulder everything and not back away because he was the pillar of the Gillette Household.

Austin wanted to continue arguing when, suddenly, a loud noise was heard from the Gillette Household's main entrance.

"Bam!"

The Gillette Household's main entrance was smashed into pieces. The four guards guarding it were now being stepped on by four members of the Emporium Academy. There were dozens of wounds on their bodies; blood was pouring out, and their faces were extremely pale.

They've come so quickly!

"This is the so-called Gillette Household?"

"They are nothing more than a bunch of trash."

"I bet their Lord is definitely a piece of trash as well."

Those four started speaking with disdain.

One of the Gillette Household members being stepped on roared out like an enraged lion: "Our Lord isn't trash, you're the trash! Your entire Academy is trash!"

In their hearts, Maxwell had become a supreme existence and wasn't someone people were allowed to insult.

Once he finished saying that, the members sneered in disdain before using their strength on his foot and directly busting his head with a stomp. "You damn dog thing, are you even qualified to mention those three words?"

Godfrey had an extremely angry look on his face as he coldly looked at Lena. "Are you sure Maxwell is inside?"

Lena nodded her head, who was wearing a white flower wreath. With her eyes filled with tears and her face filled with heartache, she replied: "I'm sure. I've sent someone to keep an eye on the Gillette Household just to wait for you to avenge my elder brother, Luis and Dustin."

Godfrey's eyes changed as his Gold rank aura exploded out. His mana roiled as the killing intent from his body immediately enveloped the entire Gillette manor. He then shouted in rage: "Maxwell, give me back my son's life!"

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