Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 1438: Startling Arrow

Outside the Moon Radiance Sect, at the Martial Arts Performance Field.

A group of outer sect disciples formed an empty space in the middle of the Martial Arts Performance Field.

In the middle of the space, a young man and a middle-aged man stood opposite each other, locked in a tense standoff.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the young man raised his hand, releasing a lightweight and special piece of paper that floated forward steadily until it stopped before the middle-aged man.

On the special paper were two lines of clear, visible text.

Additionally, it bore three finger imprints.

It was unmistakably a ’challenge letter’!

"Though I don’t know why you issued me a challenge letter... It doesn’t matter anymore."

Wyatt Barnes sent the challenge letter flying and spoke calmly to Javier Lynch.

"Indeed, it doesn’t matter anymore."

Javier Lynch put away the challenge letter and looked at Wyatt again, his eyes flashing with a sharp glint. "You, Wyatt Barnes, stirred up such a storm among the outer sect disciples upon entering the sect... Today, I, Javier Lynch, can’t help but give you a lesson, to show you that we senior outer sect disciples are not so easily trifled with."

"I’ve never thought senior outer sect disciples are easy to trifle with. My conflict with Ricky Ridge arose solely because of him... This fact is widely known."

Wyatt replied indifferently.

The crowd watching nodded unanimously.

They all knew this to be true.

"Hmph! Enough nonsense—show your skill with your hands instead!"

Javier Lynch sneered coldly.

"Seems like you were the one rambling first, weren’t you?"

Wyatt shook his head and chuckled softly, exuding a hint of helplessness.

At this, quite a few of those around burst into laughter.

"Courting death!"

Javier Lynch’s expression darkened. Without hesitating further, his figure shifted, transforming almost like a grand roc taking flight. True Energy spread out like flapping wings soaring through the skies.

In mere moments, Javier closed the gap with Wyatt. A three-foot-long blade appeared suddenly in his hand, flashing with piercing True Energy brilliance as it aimed directly at Wyatt.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

...

As Javier’s sword struck out, faint sword cries echoed in the void, while streams of sword brilliance, resembling a meteor shower, cascaded straight toward Wyatt.

Moving seamlessly with the arrow!

As Javier approached, Wyatt had already drawn his Solar Shot Bow, bracing his energy. Seeing Javier’s sword attack, Wyatt immediately unleashed an arrow with full force.

At once, Wyatt used the momentum of the arrow flight to soar outward, rendering Javier’s sword move completely ineffective.

"Taste my arrow!"

Wyatt spoke lightly, raising his hand to shoot an arrow formed entirely of condensed True Energy.

"Why aim at the sky?"

When Wyatt shot the arrow upwards, many spectators couldn’t help but be puzzled.

But they quickly got their answer.

As the arrow soared skyward, it suddenly transformed, unleashing thousands of arrow streaks that roared downward like a tide of shooting stars—a force vastly superior to Javier’s earlier sword attack.

If Javier’s earlier sword technique, with its scattered sword brilliance, resembled a gentle drizzle...

Then Wyatt’s "Meteor Arrow Rain" was an overwhelming downpour.

The deluge enveloped Javier completely, leaving him nowhere to hide.

"A trivial technique!"

As a peak Transcending Mortal Realm expert of Grand Perfection, Javier sneered. With a shake of the three-foot-long blade in his hand, the void seemed to ripple and twist. The sword light coalesced into a violent vortex.

"The Spiral Sword Aura!"

Several spectators gasped, immediately recognizing Javier’s sword technique.

As the vortex surged upward, it devoured the arrows from Wyatt’s meteor shower, leaving no trace as though they had never existed.

"Is that all you’ve got?"

Javier ridiculed, looking at Wyatt, who had now flown far away using his arrow momentum.

"Then try taking another arrow!"

Wyatt replied casually as he raised the Solar Shot Bow once more. True Energy surged in his right hand as he formed a sharp arrow and nocked it against the bowstring.

The bowstring trembled slightly, beginning to stretch just a little.

Despite Wyatt’s cultivation advancing to the late Transcending Mortal Realm and his body undergoing two transformations, he remained far from being able to draw the bowstring into a full moon shape.

The bowstring, after all, was formed of the dragon tendons of the Five-Clawed Demon Dragon, and Wyatt’s current strength simply wasn’t sufficient to fully pull it back.

With a bent bow and nocked arrow, Wyatt’s gaze narrowed.

In this singular moment, Wyatt’s aura underwent a profound transformation, as though heaven and earth had flipped upside down.

This was something even the crowd of outer sect disciples noticed.

"Senior Brother Barnes is about to unleash his full power!"

Among the crowd, Baer Bear couldn’t hide his excitement.

Standing silently beside him, Clouds Edge also had eyes brimming with anticipation.

As the dissipating arrow below finally faded away, Wyatt descended gently to the ground. Yet, in his sights, only one figure remained...

Javier Lynch!

Focusing his gaze on Javier, Wyatt’s right hand, clutching the arrow, began to loosen.

In that instant, Javier’s face turned wary and solemn.

For no apparent reason, an inexplicable fear rose in his heart, as though the arrow in Wyatt’s hand was some dreadful beast.

Meteor Strike!

Finally, Wyatt released the arrow, launching it with the tremor of the bowstring. It shot forward like a bolt of lightning, making everything around it seem dim in comparison.

In that moment, the arrow resembled a vivid shooting star streaking across a pitch-black night—the briefest yet most breathtaking of sights.

Simultaneously, Javier Lynch reacted, his sword aura flashing violently and pressing outward with overwhelming force.

Boom!!

Before the crowd of outer sect disciples could fully register what had happened, a thunderous explosion erupted in their ears.

Then, they clearly saw.

Javier Lynch, who had moments ago stood so full of vigor, was now on one knee, leaning on his sword for support. His clothes had been torn in half.

More than that, his long hair had come undone, spilling over his shoulders like a broken dam.

He looked utterly bedraggled—a sight akin to a beggar’s.

A tempest originated from Javier’s position, sweeping outward and rustling the robes of the onlookers like dancing spirits.

"Wow!!"

Javier’s face flushed red as he finally lost control, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

When he looked up at Wyatt again, his eyes betrayed a mixture of fear and disbelief.

Earlier, his calm composure came from the confidence he had in his strength, convinced he could withstand Wyatt’s arrow.

Only when Wyatt’s True Energy-condensed arrow collided with his strongest sword aura did Javier realize how naive he had been.

The power contained in Wyatt’s stunning arrow actually surpassed his sword technique!

Although not by much, it was still enough to suppress his move and injure him, leaving him battered and defeated.

"Outer Sect’s rank forty-seven? Nothing remarkable."

Before the crowd could react, Wyatt stowed away his Solar Shot Bow, glancing indifferently at Javier Lynch. Javier’s face turned pale and he coughed another few mouthfuls of blood.

Even though Javier felt aggrieved, he had no grounds for rebuttal.

His loss stemmed from his own complacency.

Had he been more cautious, though defeated, he wouldn’t have fallen so quickly.

As the crowd stirred from their daze and broke the brief silence with murmurs, Wyatt had already grouped up with Clouds Edge and Baer Bear.

"Let’s go! We’ll find a place to talk."

Wyatt led the way, and wherever he passed, the crowd of disciples parted to make room.

The gazes directed at Wyatt were filled with respect and awe.

In this world that respected the strong, strength always commanded reverence... This had nothing to do with how recently Wyatt entered the sect, his age, or his standing.

Only when Wyatt and his companions disappeared from view did the crowd erupt into commotion, breaking the brief tranquility.

"Senior Brother Barnes’ strength is terrifying!"

"Indeed. That arrow was like a transient meteor in my eyes. Before I could respond, the meteor had already fallen and injured Senior Brother Lynch."

"Such a divine move! At the very least, it overwhelmed an outer sect disciple ranked forty-seventh like Senior Brother Lynch."

"I wager Senior Brother Barnes might be able to rank among the top thirty outer sect disciples!"

"It’s unbelievable. Senior Brother Barnes has been an outer sect disciple for only one month... At less than forty years of age, his talent is truly extraordinary."

...

The outer sect disciples debated fervently, their words tinged with admiration for Wyatt Barnes.

"It seems you all forgot something... Senior Brother Barnes, during the first stage of the entrance assessment a month ago, was revealed to be only at the ’late Transcending Mortal Realm’!"

"A late Transcending Mortal Realm cultivation defeating someone ranked eighty-fifth like Ricky Ridge and then forty-seventh like Javier Lynch? Impossible!"

"I think Senior Brother Barnes must have already broken through to Small Perfection in the Transcending Mortal Realm before fighting Ricky Ridge. That makes sense."

"I agree. Otherwise, it’s just too incredible."

...

Catching these whispered speculations, the elder standing on the edges of the Martial Arts Performance Field only shook his head.

His face bore traces of astonishment.

Just moments ago, his spiritual force had probed Wyatt’s cultivation, and he was shocked to discover that Wyatt was still only at the ’late Transcending Mortal Realm.’

"Could it be that Wyatt Barnes knows a secret technique to conceal his cultivation? If so, then spiritual arts probing his realm would be useless as well."

The elder was Pierce Reid, an outer sect elder.

The challenge letter Javier Lynch issued to Wyatt bore the elder’s fingerprint, pressed personally by him.

"Senior Brother Barnes, is something wrong?"

Noticing Wyatt suddenly turn back and frown, Baer Bear asked curiously.

"It’s nothing."

Wyatt shook his head, though a touch of dissatisfaction lingered in his heart.

He didn’t recall antagonizing this outer sect elder Pierce Reid. This wasn’t the entrance assessment, so why probe him so blatantly? Did they think he wouldn’t mind?

In that instant, Wyatt’s respect for Pierce Reid vanished entirely.

"Where are you currently staying?"

Stopping at a more secluded area, Wyatt paused and asked.