*****Although Ares already agreed that he would stay in the room under the staircase, he had never anticipated the condition in which he met the room.Apart from it being incredibly small and tight, it was so dirty and dusty, appearing to not have been put to use in years.Thankfully, Ares is now a powerful cultivator. However, he was already covered in dust from head to toe before he remembered this fact and with just a wave of his hand, a gust of wind blew through the room, instantly cleaning away all traces of dust.The little room that was less than ten square feet became sparkling neat in less than a second but added with the manual labor he had begun with, Ares was finally done cleaning and arranging the room a little bit over two hours later.Once done, Ares washed himself from the guest bathroom downstairs and finally prepared to set out."My daughter told me you were just a college student.” A condescending voice abruptly entered Ares’s ears just as he was on the verge
***** Tara, who also works for a financially okay boss comprehended what the manager was doing, so, she soon returned to her senses. “Would you rather I leave right now and your restaurant loses me, a potential customer, who would come to dine here a lot in the future or you blacklist this eyesore, choose one!” Acting like an irritated old granny, she uttered once the manager had dropped the phone, then she arrogantly placed her hands on her waist, already imagining the choice that would be taken by the manager. The manager, however, was unable to respond. Her mind and heart were completely chaotic at this moment, and she was already terrified beyond words, recalling the content of the call she just had. 'Did... did Master Robert just address this young man in a faded dress as his esteemed visitor? This...' She swallowed hard and then looked at Ares. The instant she saw the small smile on the corner of his lips, indicating that he already knew what had happened, her heart thumped
*****Everybody gasped as soon as they heard Andrew’s words.Although they all knew that he was arrogant, they had never expected that he would challenge their grandmaster like that."Grandmaster, please pardon Senior Andrew. His words were spoken in error," Master Liam hastily apologized on behalf of Andrew, whom he had vowed to pretend not to know earlier. However, Ares remained stunned. "I stand by what I said," Andrew interjected, dismissing Master Liam's attempt to mitigate the situation.Master Liam, Master Robert, and the two other men in the room visibly tensed up, while the only lady, Sharon, maintained her intrigued gaze on Ares, curious to see how he would handle the current situation. ‘‘Is he testing me?’ Although Are’s mentality was still the same from the past, it did not take him that long to grasp the situation.He Internally smirked after a moment and then he maintained a calm exterior, appearing every bit the composed master.Sharon nodded her head slightly
*****"Um... Grandmaster, what are we waiting for, exactly?" After spending close to an hour outside the restaurant, Master Liam and Master Robert, both with their faces concealed by caps, couldn't resist asking cautiously.As soon as Ares heard them, he smiled mysteriously. “You will know soon,” he responded.Just then, a taxi pulled up before Ares and then he stepped forward.“Old m..." He began with a smile, but his expression quickly changed when he noticed the urgent and frightened look on the taxi driver's face."Younger brother," Old man Lean suddenly spoke with a solemn tone. "You promised me three times my usual fare if I agreed to pick you up, no?"“This…” Ares, still very certain that the old man had encountered some sort of trouble dragged his words for a second then he nodded his head.“Let’s enter,” he informed the still-confused master Liam and Master Robert.Despite harboring numerous questions, the two elderly men complied without hesitation. Master Liam took
*****"Return my daughter to me! Don't you people want your money? I'll give it to you!"By the time Ares caught up with Old Man Lean, he was already in the reception area, yelling and pounding the desk furiously, but there was no response to him for a while."That's not how it works." Manager Mo, known for deriving pleasure from witnessing people's despair as their lives crumbled, calmly emerged from his office after a while of leaving Old Man Lean to almost shout out his throat and lungs."You!!!" Old Man Lean's eyes reddened even more upon sighting Manager Mo. "I demand my daughter's immediate release, or else I'll turn this place into ruins right now!!!" He roared again, his voice filled to the brim with fury and hatred.This was what Manger Mo loved the most."You want to turn my establishment into a ruin, huh?" He laughed daringly. "Well, I regret to inform you that your daughter has already joined our ranks of prostitutes and is likely already servicing someone your age.
****** After pleading desperately and offering to risk his life for mercy by bringing Old Man Lean’s daughter, Manager Mo quickly sent someone to bring the lady. She was incredibly beautiful, especially in her provocative attire which was likely meant for the alleged boss. Regrettably, however, her eyes were a deep crimson, and her tear-stained face showed distress as she rushed into her father's arms upon arrival. As soon as Ares saw her, her brows deeply squinted. “Why does she look familiar?” He mumbled to himself, but then he shook his head before glancing back at manager Mo. “I want you to release everybody else in your captive straight away.” Manager Mo was terrified again and he burst into tears like a little bullied kid after hearing Ares’s order. Although he was greatly reluctant to comply, he had no choice but to obey, realizing that defying Ares’s order would result in an undoubted death for him, which he deemed to be a far worse outcome. The captives consisted of bo
***** ‘How could this be?’ ‘Why are Master Robert and Master Liam showing him this massive respect?’ ‘Wasn't he always ridiculed for being insignificant?’ ‘So, he truly does have a connection with Master Robert and Master Liam.’ ‘Perhaps this is why Master Liam hurried over yesterday, and it's not just a matter of coincidence as my roommates and others have insisted.’ Alle, one of Ares’s schoolmates wouldn’t stop gaping at Ares after she returned to her father’s taxi together with him. Her thoughts and mind were in total disarray right now, and she struggled to focus on anything being said around her until her grandfather gently touched her. “Are you alright?” He inquired gently while Ares, who had long caught Alle’s gaze on himself stared intently at her. “I…” Alle opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, but then Ares spoke. “You know me somewhere, don’t you?” Everybody instantly glanced at Alle and she directly became nervous, recalling how scary Ares had been within the
*****Although Ares was now a powerful cultivator, he was still a human being at the end of the day, so, by the time he got to the villa that night, he was already starving. This made him recall that he had not eaten anything in days and he was greatly amazed.“Father.”As soon as he entered, he saw Smith sitting on the couch and watching some news on the television, but Smith only spared him a glance before nodding his head slightly at him and then returning to watching his news.Knowing that his father-in-law wasn’t interested in communicating with him, Ares moved toward his little room, hoping to take a cold shower before looking for something to eat, but just as he walked past the kitchen, which was just a few feet adjacent to his room, Ava, who had just finished preparing the dinner saw him.“And where do you think you are sneaking to in my house?”‘Sneaking?’ Ares was confused about why his mother-in-law would say that.He glanced at her and greeted her. “I had no idea th
***** "What can I do now that you and second brother decided to disappear on me?" The first brother, who appeared to have matured significantly compared to his past self, let out a deep sigh in response to Ares's question. Ares stared at him for a moment before clenching his fists. ‘Do I really think he would feel like he's on top of the world just because I decided to come back?’ he thought with a wry smile, recalling something. “Aren’t I also like him?” he mumbled, recalling how he wouldn’t forgive his parents after learning the true reason behind their disappearance. Instantly, all of Ares's remaining anger toward his parents vanished. .... Returning to see his first brother made him realize that sometimes, causing pain to one's loved ones is beyond one’s control because as long as there are bigger pictures to consider, one would always betray the trust of their loved ones. Ares let out a heavy sigh and gazed intently at his first brother before finally deciding to open up t
***** "So, this is Jasper," Ares thought as he observed the middle-aged man bowing respectfully to his parents. He was at a loss for what to feel, gazing at the person he had deeply despised and always hated to the bone until now. He had always believed this person had betrayed his parents. In case it had been forgotten, this was the name Ares heard on the day he unlocked his inheritance—the name of the person who had betrayed his parents. Actually, Jasper had not betrayed his parents, no. In fact, everything that happened back then was all part of his parents' plan. They had deliberately made Jasper constantly reveal their locations in order to draw the enemy's attention toward themselves, allowing their organization, which had been on the verge of collapse at the time, a chance to recuperate. Apart from the organization being the main reason, another factor was that the couple had discovered the existence of a deceased Deity’s tomb. Needing to search for this Deity’s inherita
***** Of all the things Ares had anticipated, seeing his parents—whom his heart had long yearned for since learning about them—definitely wasn't one of them. He had never expected to meet them at his weakest and most desperate moment.It was a moment he would never forget in his life as their arrival immediately saved him and ended any presence of intruders on Earth.The husband and wife duo did not hesitate to eradicate all the members of the Demon sect clan, leaving them in regret, unwillingness, and pain.As for the deity, given how her strength was on par with either of the couple, she was let off after making to swear an oath to heaven, using her cultivation that she would never intrude on earth or cause trouble again. And like that, in a matter of minutes, the horror and virus that had pillaged the earth for hundreds of thousands of years was put to an end. It was a moment that would forever be recorded in the anal of history. ….. “You know nothing hadn’t actually changed,
*****Everyone went stunned before quickly looking, the following second, all mouths gaped open.The grand elder of the Demon sect, who had always been all high and cold was currently kneeling and bowing repeatedly toward the Deity.“Grand… Grand elder!” A few of the Demon sect warriors cried out.However, just as they finished, the grand elder waved his hands and… (pft.. pft…)Blood splashed and the unlucky warriors fell dead.The place fell silent in an instant and this silence lasted for a moment before; “Please accept us as your slave!”It began with an elder, also kneeling and following this;“We surrender!”“We surrender!!”All the Demon Sect’s members fell to their knees, crying…..The members of the Orders of the Immortal Shield appeared stunned and were unresponsive for an extended period, questioning if the opposing group was still the same one that had troubled them for years.The virus they had been doing their all to destroy.….Apart from the cries of the
*****No matter how much he tried, Ares couldn’t believe his eyes.He continued gawking blankly for a long time before he shook his head and then blinked his eyes hard.“Second brother?” He inquired again.At this time, everybody had already realized that Ares seemed to know the other party.“Master, do you know them?” Andrew, who was standing beside Ares couldn’t help but inquire, but Ares was too stunned right now to respond.As for the second brother, he stared intently at Ares for a moment before he forced a smirk that did not come from his mind.“You really hid yourself well,” he said, recalling the level of his shock and disbelief after learning Ares’s true identity.He couldn’t help but become nostalgic for a moment, recalling the Ares he knew.After that, he shook his head.“Although I don’t want us to be enemies, the situation around has already made that imminent,” he continued and Ares hurriedly shot him a gaze.Right now, Ares is filled with a lot of questions,
*****The war was an all-out one that seemed to be changing in favor from time to time.one time, The Order of the Immortal Shield would be winning, another time, it would be the Demon sect winning.This war took over two hours with almost a hundred lives lost while almost everybody suffered all sorts of injuries.Everyone became weak and they started becoming sluggish, unable to attack well again.This was the time the Oriole, who had been completely motionless from the start, finally decided to make his move.“Hahahahaha!” A sudden laugh erupted within the battlefield that was now covered in blood, startling everyone.The two groups instantly departed from each other, regrouping before looking toward the source of the laughter.“Junior, what’s the matter?” The Demon Sect Patriarch, one of the few people who hadn’t suffered even the slightest cut inquired.He was unhappy, but even though he wasn’t that smart, he understood that the weak junior wouldn’t disrupt the battle for
*****The instant the member of the Immortal Shield arrived, the situation in the Johnson Family’s estate swiftly changed.In an instant, hope returned to the faces of the people on the ground while the members of the Demon sect became serious.As for the Vanguard, he became unwilling, breathing heavily as he stared hatefully at Ares.Like a mighty general in battle, Ares remained suspended at the forefront of his men, staring at the enemies.Right now, his blood was wildly pumping as he knew that he could finally use his strength without constraint.Suddenly, however, he glanced at the ground, at his wife in particular.“You should withdraw this site completely,” he stated.“I…” Olivia, who had been gaping at Ares immediately hesitated, but noticing that the situation had already reached its peak and this was the only time she could escape without pulling Ares and his group back, she nodded her head.“Take care,” she said with millions of unspoken emotions, and with this, sh
*****“You really want to protect this brat who had killed my daughter?”The owner of the voice was nobody other than the Vanguard who had just returned to his senses.Old Man Ton did not respond, but his silence already showed his stance. He would fight till the end.“Don’t blame me then!” The Vanguard spelled slowly and began to gather his strength.“Why don’t I send you two of my men to play with him together?” The Demon’s sect patriarch abruptly asked.Although The Vanguard directly understood that he was being treated as his name had suggested, he did not mind.“Please,” he responded and instantly, two of the Demon sect’s soldiers landed beside him.“Since you have learned not to mind your business, you can only blame yourself!” He growled beneath his voice, and then without further delay, he waved his hand.“Attack!!!”“Attack!!!” The two soldiers also roared.They rushed beside the Vanguard and like three arrows shot by a god, they flew with an insane speed toward Ol
*****The attack was so fast and sudden that nobody had anticipated it.“To think this one is this powerful,” the ghost-looking Patriarch of the demonic sect suddenly mumbled to himself with shock, staring at the attack even he would be wary of if thrown at him.He sighed heavily before looking at the grand elder."Didn't you say we needed his help because he's human, and humans are only good at scheming?" “How come he couldn’t use that in a time like this?” he suddenly asked.The grand elder, whose gaze had been following the Vanguard immediately stopped and then turned toward the patriarch.He directly understood what the question meant, so he smiled wryly."He has clearly lost all ability to reason since the other party just killed his only daughter," he mumbled.The patriarch immediately shook his head with disappointment upon hearing the response."Considering the other party was just a young kid whom anyone from the sect could have easily handled, doesn't that mean we