"My dear son-in-law, it seems we truly have no way back this time," Commander Victor Wei muttered with a wry smile as they approached the gates of Chang'an. His gaze lingered on Tom White, whose deadly aura radiated from where he stood blocking their path.
"You really are exhausting, you know that?" Jason Ji massaged his temples, irritated by Victor Wei's constant fretting. The few hundred meters remaining to the city gates seemed to stretch endlessly with Wei's worrying.
"Don't worry, my lord; we'll protect you no matter what!" Victor Wei declared, gritting his teeth in firm resolve. There was no retreat, only confrontation.
Jason waved him off with a dismissive gesture. "No need. The commotion might get a bit loud; just keep an eye on Red."
Victor Wei hesitated, baffled by Jason's nonchalance. "Uh... what do you mean by that?"
Jason's lips twisted into a smirk that hinted at recklessness, sending a chill down Victor Wei's spine. It was the same crazed smile Jason had worn when he single-handedly fought a legion of ten thousand skeletal warriors in the Nether Abyss.
At that moment, Tom White's cold, lifeless gaze fell on Jason. "So, you are the wielder of the Immortal Slayer Sword?"
"And you must be Tom White?" Jason met his gaze fearlessly, unshaken by the assassin's aura, which felt as though it had been forged from countless bloody battles.
"Seven-Star level already?" Tom White's gaunt face contorted into a grim smile. "In mere days, you've somehow leaped forward in cultivation. Perhaps I underestimated you."
Around them, the crowd gaped at Jason, struggling to process his rapid advancement. Tom White was right; Jason's jump from the peak of the innate realm to Seven-Star in just a few days was unheard of.
From the crowd, Xavier Lo's eyes blazed with envy as he watched Jason. "Such rapid cultivation—if I could absorb his talent, I'd be unstoppable."
Jason glanced briefly at Xavier, a glint of disdain flickering in his eyes. He knew exactly what Xavier was after; in the original tale, Xavier practiced a dark art known as the Devouring Star Technique, which allowed him to drain both cultivation and talent from others.
Meanwhile, Sarah Long observed Jason closely, a small smile hidden behind her veil. As a close friend and rival of Lucia Dong, she was undoubtedly curious. Jason's victory over Lucia meant she would inevitably want to test herself against him to prove her superiority over her friend.
So both of them saw him as a target, Jason thought, rolling his eyes.
Suddenly, Xavier stepped forward, his eyes now pure white, void of pupils. A ripple of dread swept through the crowd as they instinctively backed away.
"Jason Ji, dare you dismount and fight?" Xavier's voice was icy, his finger pointing directly at Jason.
Jason rolled his eyes again, unimpressed. He turned to Tom White instead, asking, "Hey! He cut in line. You don't mind, do you?"
Tom White shook his head, expression unchanged. "He seeks to defeat you; I am here to kill you. No conflict."
Jason nodded, unfazed, and turned to Sarah. "Want to join Mr. White Eyes over there?"
"White Eyes?!"
The crowd didn't quite understand, but it was clear from Jason's tone that it wasn't a compliment. Sarah's cold gaze grew sharper, and though she held her ground, it was clear Jason's dismissive attitude grated on her.
Jason chuckled and muttered, "Women—always so complicated."
Dismounting, he turned to face Xavier. "Fine. If you want a fight, let's get on with it."
With his cultivation fully restored, Jason didn't see Xavier Lo, the Demonic Sect's Saint, as much of a threat.
Xavier sneered, his lips curling as he formed a series of hand seals. "I'll soon see how you defy fate itself, leaping realms to challenge your betters!"
Dark energy surged around him, filling the air with swirling clouds that darkened the skies above.
But before the two could clash, a booming voice rang out from within Chang'an. "Hahaha! So this is the son-in-law of our Dong family! He does have a bit of my own youthful spirit!"
Everyone turned in surprise as the city gates opened, and Lord Dong Junn himself rode out on a dark stallion.
"Master!" Victor Wei exhaled in relief. With Lord Dong's arrival, surely Tom White wouldn't dare make a move.
But then Lord Dong's words made Wei's heart plummet. "Don't mind me. Continue as you were—I'm here to watch." He smirked. "That fellow won't hurt my son-in-law."
The crowd exchanged shocked glances. They had all assumed Dong Junn had come to rescue Jason from danger. Instead, he was here to… supervise? And boasting so brazenly about Jason's chances? Was he intentionally tempting fate?
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