Chapter 1816
“This is great! Are they really letting us go?” A third-class aristocratic family master was so excited that
his eyes were filled with tears. They were no longer hunted by the Bloodshed Clan.
Although Jackie and the others broke through very quickly, so many of them had died and not many
people were left. They were still no match for the Bloodshed Clan’s opponent despite having an
increase of members in the First-grade ultimate god level.
Apart from that, no matter how high Jackie and the others’ fighting prowess was, they would never rival
the Bloodshed Clan Masters.
It was why they felt like they would die if the battle continued, and surviving was no easy feat.
However, they never expected that the Bloodshed Clan members would retreat at this moment.
“This is weird. Why did all of them retreat?” Ethan also frowned, puzzled at what had happened.
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Sam thought about it and said, “No matter what it is, it’s a good thing now that they’ve retreated. It’ll be
afternoon soon, and they won’t resume their assault at night if we manage to get through the afternoon.
Anyway, everybody should quickly increase their fighting prowess if possible. Who knows if they’ll give
up or resume their attack after their pause?”
Those who were initially relieved faltered at the thought. It was true that they would be in quite the
predicament if the Bloodshed Clan members merely retreated for a rest.
“Sigh… Angus and the others truly are vexing. Didn’t they promise that they’ll go back to plead on our
behalf to their people and bring the Nine Armies here to help us? Are they still members of the Alliance
Guard? Why aren’t there any movements until now?!” growled a middle-aged man from the Cabello
family, utterly displeased.
Helena seemed to be dismal, too. “Maybe the Bloodshed Clan is too strong. I think we can’t place all
our hopes on others.”
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“However, if the people of the Nine Armies don’t help us, we won’t have hopes of surviving!” An old
man from one of the second-class aristocratic families had a helpless expression on his face. “The
Bloodshed Clan don’t have as many people as us, and many of them must’ve died during the battle in
the forest, but they have more masters in the ultimate god level. By then, we’re no match for them.
Without the help of the Nine Armies, how can we fight them? It’s like we’re bound to be defeated!”
All of a sudden, one of the White family’s members exclaimed, “Look! Look! Those people from the
Bloodshed Clan seem to be flying toward the direction of the Nine Armies!
“This is great! Are they going to attack the Nine Armies? Everyone, let’s sneak out of the forest from
the side and leave this accursed place. By then, only the boundless sky will be our limit. If everybody
leaves separately, I believe that some of us will survive!” suggested a bald man excitedly.
However, another man said, “No way. We’re not very familiar with the situation in this area, and
wouldn’t it be more difficult for us to stay alive if we break into the territory of the Alliance Guard?”
One of the Wood family’s elders said, “We can’t leave now no matter what; we need to stay and wait for
Young Master Jackie and the others. Without them, we would’ve died a long time ago. How can we
leave just like that? On top of that, Young Master Jackie is a third-grade alchemist, and we’ll only
survive if we follow him. We may even grow stronger!”
Chapter 1817
“That’s right. You guys can leave now if you plan to do so, and we welcome those who want to stay, but
if you choose to leave now, don’t blame our White family if we don’t help you out when you run into the
Bloodshed Clan later on,” Yolanda chimed in. “Young Master Jackie has his own plans for asking us to
wait here. If you guys want to leave now, we won’t stop you!”
“That’s right!” joined another elder of the White family. “Elder Yolanda is correct. If any of you plan to
leave now, feel free to do so. Frankly speaking, having too many of us isn’t a great thing, and some
people might burden us. It’ll be much easier for us to act with lesser people!”
Everybody lowered their heads, no one daring to leave after what they had said.
They were no fools. Without the help of Jackie and the others, it would be difficult for them to survive,
even if they left the area. On top of that, no one knew if members of the Bloodshed Clan dispatched a
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtfew disciples to guard the forest’s perimeters.
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Noticing how no one was insisting anymore, Helena walked forward and smilingly said, “We, the
Cabello family are definitely staying. There has to be a reason as to why the people of the Bloodshed
Clan suddenly retreated. What if they stationed a few of them guarding the forest’s perimeters while
waiting for us to go out? They’re no fools, after all.”
At this moment, Jackie and the others finally came into view and returned at last.
“Oh, how wonderful! Jackie and the others have returned!” Venus was rather elated to see them
returning. They had been worried about Jackie and his companions, seeing as her father was traveling
with him. It was, of course, a treacherous journey as they had to battle with masters of the Bloodshed
Clan to buy the others some time.
“This is great! Everybody is safe!” Daniella smiled delightfully as well.
Selena approached them and asked caringly, “Honey, how are you? How’s your fighting prowess now?
You aren’t wounded, are you?”
“Don’t worry! I’m not wounded, and everything is well. I’m already in the Seventh-grade ultimate god
level now, and I can cultivate third-grade intermediate pills!” Jackie smiled and held Selena’s hand.
Selena blushed when he held her hand in public. She rolled her eyes at Jackie shyly before she pulled
back her hand. “It’s good that nothing happened to you. We’ve been so worried for these past couple of
days, worried that you’d run into masters of the Bloodshed clan.”
“Oh my god, a Seventh-grade ultimate god level!”
“He even knows how to cultivate third grade intermediate pills?! How amazing!”
“That’s right, Young Master Jackie truly is a master among masters! Not only is he strong in terms of
fighting prowess, but he’s also incredibly capable in terms of cultivating pills. It looks like it won’t trouble
him in cultivating a fourth-grade pill and lifting the young madam’s spell!”
Everyone else was shocked at Jackie’s claim. His breakthrough truly was horrifying.
“Haha… Young Master Jackie truly is strong. What do you mean, we didn’t bump into any masters from
the Bloodshed Clan? We met an elder from the Bloodshed Clan who was in the Ninth-grade ultimate
god level, but Young Master Jackie ended him then and there!” Kenneth started laughing loudly. “On
top of that, all of us had broken through into the Sixth-grade ultimate god level because of Jackie. Also,
the Supreme Clarity Sect’s sacred lady is in the Fifth-grade ultimate god level!”
Chapter 1818
“How’s this possible? Young Master Jackie slew one of the Bloodshed Clan’s elders? Does that mean
that Young Master Jackie is capable of fighting their sect master?” Some of the members of the
shadow families were extremely shocked when they heard of this battle record.
“This is great! We have several masters with us now. Together with the people who have broken
through into the First-grade and Second-grade ultimate god level here, we’re a pretty solid team
members of the Bloodshed Clan won’t get to torment us so easily!” Helena grinned happily. Everyone
was relieved and assured, knowing some of them had greater fighting prowess and that Jackie
managed to kill one of the Bloodshed Clan’s elders.
“Goodness. Our family master… Our family master is also in the Sixth-grade ultimate god level?” The
entire Cabello family was elated with the knowledge, and several old men even trembled as they
spoke. They never expected their family master, Alejandro Cabello, to have broken through into the
Sixth-grade ultimate god level.
“Yes, and it’s thanks to Jackie. If he didn’t give me pills, I wouldn’t have broken through so quickly! If we
place any of such pills outside, it’ll stir a battle among masters for sure!” Alejandro nodded, and from
the way he looked at Jackie, he had obviously grown fond of him. If they were not caught in such an
intricate situation and everyone had settled, seeing as they just entered the forest, he wanted Jackie to
immediately marry his daughter.
Meanwhile, one of the Supreme Clarity Sect’s elders walked toward Melody excitedly and took her
hand, asking, “Sacred lady, have… Have you truly broken through into the Fifth-grade ultimate god
level?”
The Supreme Clarity Sect’s disciples looked at her with high hopes, to which Melody smiled faintly and
nodded. “Yes, and this is all because of Young Master Jackie. Not only did he rescue us, but he even
gave me a pill,
Wa and it increased my fighting prowess significantly. I don’t know how to repay his kindness.”
Unexpectedly, Aureole walked forward at this moment and yelled loudly, “Disciples and elders of the
Supreme Clarity Sect, gather and hear me!”
Everybody looked at Aureole, puzzled at what was happening.
Aureole smiled indifferently as she successfully had everyone’s attention. “Everybody, listen carefully.
From today onward, I shall no longer be the Supreme Clarity Sect’s sect master, and I’ll now appoint
Melody Lawson, our sacred lady, as the sect master. She’ll be your sect master from this moment
onward!”
“Pavilion master, I… I won’t accept this!” Melody hastily refuted as she came forward. “Pavilion master,
you’ve already broken through into the ultimate god level, and you have another hundred years ahead
of you. If you breakthrough into the soul-penetrating level in the future, you’ll have even more years
ahead of you, so there’s no need for you to pass the position of sect master to me right now!”
Of course, Aureole was already at an old age, and everybody had expected she would pass the
position of sect master to Melody within a couple of years.
However, things have changed as she had already broken through into the ultimate god level and had
more years ahead of her. Aureole could surely continue to be the sect master, but nobody expected
she would step down at that moment.
Aureole shook her head, a small smile on her face as she insisted, “The sect master should be
someone capable. You are young, talented, and in the Fifth-grade ultimate god level now. I’ve wanted
to pass the position of sect master to you for a long time, but I didn’t do so because your fighting
prowess wasn’t high enough and you weren’t strong enough. The time has come, Melody, and you
cannot refuse me this time. Do you understand?”
Chapter 1819
Aureole then called on the members of the Supreme Clarity Sect, “Bow down to your new sect master!”
Led by an elder, the entire Supreme Clarity Sect saluted thunderously, “Best wishes, new sect master,
for ascending to the position!”
Aureole, meanwhile, took out her sect master token and passed it to Melody.
“Alright. If that’s the case, I’ll take up the mantle of sect master.” Melody finally nodded and took the
token. “Please rise, everyone. We just need to train well together in the future. Although this area is a
good place to train, everyone is well aware that there are forces in the Alliance Guard who are
purposely pinpointing toward us, and we might come face-to-face with more dangers in the future.
Regardless, no matter how many people are left in our sect, I hope that everyone will stay united and
work together!”
Aureole smiled in satisfaction when everyone stood up. “Pavilion Master Melody, you are now the sect
master, no longer the sacred lady of our sect. You can take off your veil now.”
Melody’s face was tinted in pink in embarrassment, though she nodded before gently taking off the veil
she had worn for many years.
Many from other families had been looking forward to seeing the sacred lady’s true appearance, hence
all of them had their eyes fixated on that beauty standing up ahead.
The veil was slowly lifted, and an almost perfect face came into view. She was so beautiful that many
people were floored in awe.
The beauty’s shy smile was utterly mesmerizing, but she only gave others a feeling of holiness and
purity. Others could barely have blasphemous thoughts of her.
“What a beauty!” Even Daniella could not help but smile. This beauty was comparable to the three of
them sisters. More importantly, her smile was such a pure one, one they could never have.
Growing shy as everyone gawked at her, Melody immediately changed the subject, “Young Master
Jackie, what should we do next? The Bloodshed Clan people seemed to have left, no? When we were
standing on this mountaintop just now, we noticed that those people were flying out of the forest toward
the direction of the Nine Armies. We don’t know if they’ve left gatherings of men outside the forest.
Would they be conning us?”
Jackie smiled indifferently and looked at the forest underneath them before he said, “It looks like most
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmof them had exited the forest. Even though there might be people left outside the forest, I don’t think
there are a lot of them. We’ll be able to handle those people, at least.”
One of the family masters from a second class aristocratic family thought about it before asking Jackie,
“If that’s the case, Young Master Jackie, shall we lead our people and rush out of the forest? Apart from
the people who came from the seas, there shouldn’t be a large number of people who came in with us
in the forest underneath, right? We can just ignore those people as almost all of them are dead. There
are a couple hundred thousand of us here, and if we fly out from the forest speedily, we’ll get to leave
this place!”
Jackie frowned as he silently deliberated everything before then responding, “We won’t do anything
right now. Let’s take a look and see what they plan to do after heading toward the Nine Armies. This
forest is a place full of treasures, and I think the Bloodshed Clan had been longing to take over this
place for a very long time.”
Chapter 1820
“They’ve been planning this for a long time?” Nash had a small frown when he heard this. “Do you
mean that the Bloodshed Clan are now prepared to attack the Nine Armies?”
Jackie nodded. “I think that’s highly likely to happen. They must’ve killed many of our people
throughout these past couple of days as it doesn’t sound like battles are happening often now.
However, they have no idea that we’ve rescued people ahead of them and have been informing people
along the way to hide at this place.”
The elder from the second-class aristocratic family who spoke previously was even happier when he
heard this. He excitedly spoke, “How wonderful! This is good, Young Master Jackie. If they attack the
Nine Armies, we’ll use this opportunity to escape!”
A few others nodded excitedly at the possible opportunity.
Unexpectedly, Jackie’s expression turned rigid as he began to question the man, “If that’s the case,
where should we run off to? Based on my understanding, the Alliance Guard’s forces would surely
send their sects or others to hunt us down if they knew that so many of us had entered this area. On
top of that, Ella Lavigne, whom I met earlier, told me that this area isn’t as big as our Daxia.”
“It’s not as big as Daxia?” The old man’s facial expression faltered when he heard this. He initially
thought that this was an independent space, relatively large enough. They only needed to find a
secluded space and hide after escaping from the forest, and things would slowly come to pass
afterward.
From the looks of things, however, it did not seem to be that easy.
“Then, what should we do if we’re not going to leave with such a great opportunity? Are we going to
start a fight with them?” Alejandro thought about it and looked at Jackie, visibly puzzled.
Jackie actually nodded. “Yes, we can fight them if a battle is initiated. Don’t any of you hate the
Bloodshed Clan, seeing as they killed so many of our people? Don’t you guys think of having revenge?
They dare attack the Nine Armies, and this means that they’re quite confident. Based on what I know,
they only have one master who is in the First-grade soul-penetrating level. The Bloodshed Clan is
stronger than the Nine Armies, but not that far of a reach.”
Jackie paused momentarily before he added, “Although they killed lots of our people, we also killed lots
of theirs, so they also suffered a huge loss. Going into a fight with the Nine Armies at this moment…
Haha… In fact, both sides will suffer losses. They never expected that so many of us are left inside the
forest here. If we go over and help the Nine Armies by then, we’ ll surely win!”
Nash also nodded in satisfaction after he heard that. “The Nine Armies must’ve known of what’s
happening in the forest-they can’t possibly not know. Helena had mentioned that several of their
younger people said that they’d go back and inform their First Fortress Master. This means that they
know about the situation but did nothing. This means that they’re also afraid of the Bloodshed Clan.”
Jackie smiled bitterly. “Yes. Not only are they afraid, but they’re quite selfish as well. We thought that
they’d say something to the other party or do something, but who knew that they hadn’t done anything.”
“Are we still heading over to help them? I want to kill them so badly!” snarled Venus angrily upon
hearing everything.
“Haha… The reason as to why they did this is no longer important. The most important thing is that we
have to do this if we want their support in the future.”
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