Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 1443: Exiting Seclusion, Accepting the Challenge!

Chapter 1443: Chapter 1443: Exiting Seclusion, Accepting the Challenge!

"Damn it! Aside from that freak Wyatt Barnes, is there really someone else in the Moon Radiance Sect’s domain stronger than me?"

In the stone hut region of the Outer Sect, after hearing rumors about ’Mandy Wood,’ Zephaniah Chase’s expression turned extremely sour.

He remembered how, back in Rowan River City, he was at least recognized as the strongest among the younger generation in the surrounding areas. Yet, upon arriving at the Moon Radiance Sect, he was repeatedly humiliated.

First, Wyatt Barnes had appeared and defeated him during the Sect entrance examination, leaving him full of resentment.

After entering the Moon Radiance Sect, he discovered that Wyatt’s strength far exceeded his imagination. Only then did his resentment gradually fade away.

What a joke!

Wyatt Barnes, upon joining the Moon Radiance Sect, had consecutively defeated two renowned figures in the Outer Sect. His strength was miles ahead of Zephaniah’s.

Losing to someone like Wyatt didn’t feel unjust.

But now, this person, Mandy Wood, had emerged out of nowhere, silently overshadowing him again, reigniting his sense of indignation—and even stronger this time.

"Hmph! Once I break into the ’Entering the Saint Realm,’ join the Inner Sect, and become an Inner Sect disciple, I’ll be able to meet Elder Evander Mullins. I imagine Elder Mullins, out of respect for my master, would help me out a little."

Zephaniah snorted coldly, "By then, Mandy Wood will undoubtedly be crushed under my feet!"

"As for Wyatt Barnes... Whether he can survive long enough to join the Inner Sect is still up in the air."

Thinking of Wyatt Barnes, Zephaniah’s heart was filled with apprehension, yet a cold smile appeared on his face at this moment.

Someone had sent Wyatt Barnes a ’Life and Death Duel’ challenge letter, initiating a fight to the death. When Zephaniah first heard about this, the first thought to cross his mind was that it was someone from Elder Mullins’s faction pulling the strings.

As the disciple of Hill Mountain City’s City Lord, Salvatore Rowan, who was once merely an Inner Sect disciple, Salvatore was also under Elder Mullins’s wing back in the day.

Thus, Zephaniah was well aware of the feud between Elder Mullins and Hill Mountain City’s City Lord Tabo Garcia.

"Wyatt Barnes, you’re truly ungrateful... How dare you reject Elder Mullins’s goodwill!"

Zephaniah sneered repeatedly.

His assumption was based on the belief that Elder Mullins wanted to take Wyatt Barnes as his disciple, and Wyatt foolishly refused, incurring Elder Mullins’s ire.

However, he was unaware that Elder Mullins had never heard of Wyatt Barnes and didn’t even know of his existence.

At present, Elder Mullins rarely set foot outside his residence, fully dedicating himself to nurturing his most promising personal disciple, Kai Simmons.

As for his other personal disciple, Quentin Campbell, it seemed like he had already faded from Elder Mullins’s memory.

Late at night, in one of the rooms in the isolated courtyard area.

Two young men faced each other.

"Senior Brother Quentin... Even if Wyatt doesn’t accept my Life and Death Duel challenge, I will cripple him! By then, with my master as my guarantee, there won’t be any consequences for me."

Sail Fenning glanced at Quentin Campbell and said with a smile, "If he dares to accept my challenge letter... The day he accepts the challenge will be the day he dies!"

"Junior Brother Sail, I owe you a great debt."

Quentin clasped his hands in gratitude.

Even though Sail was only an Outer Sect disciple, Quentin didn’t look down on him in the slightest.

This wasn’t merely because Sail was a strong presence on the Earth Ranking but also because Sail’s master was among the Inner Sect elders in the Moon Radiance Sect—a figure whose status surpassed Quentin’s own master, Elder Mullins.

Before Sail’s master, even Elder Mullins had to show utmost respect and call Sail’s master ’Senior Brother’ politely.

Of course, the fact that Sail had an Inner Sect elder as a master was a well-guarded secret within the Moon Radiance Sect. Few were aware of it.

In the Outer Sect, no one had the faintest idea.

Not even the Outer Sect elders or stewards knew that Sail had such a distinguished Inner Sect elder backing him.

If they knew, they would understand why Sail had refused to apprentice under them. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

What a joke!

When you already have a high-ranking Inner Sect elder as your master, why bother acknowledging Outer Sect elders, let alone stewards, whose ranks were only slightly higher than ordinary Inner Sect disciples?

Sail’s master had deliberately kept Sail’s identity under wraps to hone Sail’s skills.

"Senior Brother Quentin, there is no need for thanks. Back when I was training outside, if it weren’t for your intervention, I’d already be dead... You saved my life. Doing this small favor for you is nothing—it’s simply a minor effort."

Sail shook his head.

Listening to Sail, Quentin’s face broke into a faintly insincere smile. "In any case, once this is over, I must invite Junior Brother Sail out for a proper drink."

"Haha... Then I’ll eagerly await your invitation, Senior Brother Quentin."

Sail laughed heartily.

After chatting for a while longer, Quentin finally bid Sail farewell, disappearing into the night as he made his way into the Inner Sect to his master Elder Mullins’s residence.

"Who would have thought that a random setup from years ago would prove invaluable now? To this day, Sail Fenning remains utterly grateful to me."

Returning to his own courtyard, Quentin wore a smug expression.

Years ago, he had spotted Sail training outside. On a whim, he deliberately lured a Savage Beast far stronger than Sail to attack him. Then, just as Sail was on the brink of death, Quentin killed the beast, thus saving Sail’s life.

Because of this, Sail saw Quentin as his life-saving benefactor and remained grateful ever since.

To this day, Sail had no idea that the Savage Beast was intentionally lured to him by Quentin.

"With Sail stepping forward, Wyatt will either die or be crippled! Even if my master learns about Wyatt afterward and blames me, at most, he’ll punish me lightly... And Wyatt? He’d never succeed in becoming my master’s disciple or overshadowing me!"

For Quentin, this calculation was well worth the risk.

Still, Quentin made one assumption throughout the entire matter—if his master, Elder Mullins, ever wanted to accept Wyatt Barnes as a personal disciple, Wyatt would definitely agree.

He had never considered the possibility that Wyatt might refuse.

That was because Quentin had always thought from his own perspective.

If he were Wyatt, he would undoubtedly accept the offer.

In fact, if the Moon Radiance Sect Leader wanted to poach him from his master and take him as a disciple, he would betray his master without hesitation and join the Sect Leader instead.

To him, whoever nourished him was his true benefactor.

Time passed silently.

When Wyatt Barnes, radiant and brimming with confidence, opened the door and stepped out of his room, it had already been two full months since he joined the Moon Radiance Sect.

"Hmm? Another challenge letter?"

As soon as he opened the door, Wyatt heard a faint sound. With a quick motion of his hand, he caught the piece of special paper that floated down to the floor.

"Look! Wyatt Barnes is out of seclusion!"

"Finally! I’ve been waiting for twenty days now."

"Ha! You’ve waited twenty days? I’ve been here for twenty-two days!"

"Twenty-two days is nothing! I was here the day Sail Fenning sent out the challenge letter!"

...

Wyatt briefly glanced at the special paper in his hand to confirm it was a challenge letter. He hadn’t yet read its contents when the surrounding chatter reached his ears.

"The newly unlocked Saint Vein seems to connect to the ears... My hearing has improved severalfold compared to before. Even from this distance, I can hear their discussions clearly."

Wyatt’s eyes brightened as the corners of his mouth lifted into a faintly excited smile.

"Hmm?"

But Wyatt’s smile froze almost instantly.

Not only that, his brows furrowed deeply.

It was all because of his enhanced hearing—he caught snippets of Outer Sect disciples mentioning a ’Life and Death Duel challenge letter’ and realized the letter they were referring to was likely the one in his hand.

"Life and Death Duel challenge letter?"

When Wyatt opened the challenge letter, his suspicions were confirmed—it was indeed a Life and Death Duel challenge letter.

Three fingerprints were already imprinted on it.

"Sail Fenning?"

Seeing the sender’s name, Wyatt’s brows furrowed even deeper. "Someone from Elder Mullins’s faction?"

Soon after, Wyatt pieced together the whole story from the chatter of the nearby Outer Sect disciples. He now understood what was going on.

"Sail Fenning, an Outer Sect disciple ranked fifth in strength and ninety-ninth on the Earth List? A strength comparable to the early stages of Entering the Saint Realm?"

Wyatt now had a clearer grasp of the person challenging him.

"Who would have thought Elder Mullins’s faction harbored such a figure?"

Wyatt’s eyes flashed coldly, his face twisting into a sneer.

With that, Wyatt strode out of his courtyard, deliberately exposing himself to the nearby Outer Sect disciples, drawing their attention.

Under their watchful eyes, Wyatt picked up the Life and Death Duel challenge letter.

"Is Wyatt going to... tear up the challenge letter?"

"As I expected, Wyatt doesn’t dare take up the fight."

"That’s a Life and Death Duel challenge! Would you accept it if you were him? At Wyatt’s age, he doesn’t need to challenge someone as strong as Sail Fenning right now."

...

Many disciples murmured amongst themselves, all convinced Wyatt was about to tear up the challenge letter and decline Sail Fenning’s duel.

With his enhanced hearing from the new Saint Vein, Wyatt could clearly hear their whispered conversations.

"Decline?"

Wyatt sneered inwardly.

A month ago, he might have actually declined the challenge.

But now...

In the next moment, Wyatt’s actions stunned the whispering disciples into silence.

They watched in disbelief as Wyatt raised his hand—not to tear up the challenge letter, but to press his fingerprint onto it, accepting the duel.

The motion was swift and fluid, like flowing water.

With the fingerprints of both the challenger and the challenged, along with those of two witnessing Outer Sect elders, the Life and Death Duel challenge letter officially became effective.