Legend of Wyatt-Chapter 1509: Demonic Possession

"Could it be that the people from Shadow Mountain’s black market didn’t make their move?"

Even though Evander Mullins found it hard to believe that Wyatt Barnes had returned alive, the fact remained: Wyatt had indeed come back. No matter how reluctant Mullins was to believe it, he had to accept this reality.

For a moment, he simply thought that the people from Shadow Mountain’s black market hadn’t taken action yet.

"No, that can’t be! I agreed on a specific time with the Shadow Mountain black market. Once the time passes, it means the mission failed... And now, the time has long since passed, meaning this mission failed."

At that thought, Evander Mullins’s face turned even darker.

Soon, he left his residence and departed from the Moon Radiance Sect, heading in the direction of Thames River City.

He needed to personally verify this matter.

While Mullins was leaving, many people within the Moon Radiance Sect who had interacted with Wyatt Barnes also heard the news that Wyatt had broken through to the "Saint Realm".

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Mandy Wood, who had just ended his closed-door cultivation, was struck speechless when he heard about Wyatt Barnes breaking through to "Entering the Saint Realm."

He had thought that by coming to the Moon Radiance Sect, he could erase the humiliation of the past, thoroughly trample Wyatt beneath his feet, perhaps even personally kill him!

But the heavens seemed to play a colossal joke on him.

Even though he had succumbed to his obsessions, fallen into the Devil Path, and seen an explosive advancement in his cultivation speed, he was still far behind Wyatt Barnes.

Wyatt’s every step seemed to be always ahead of his own.

"No! No!! No!!!"

Unconsciously, threads of demonic energy began seeping from Mandy’s body, and his eyes turned blood-red.

Suddenly, he dashed out of his secluded courtyard, attacking anyone he encountered as if he had completely lost his mind.

At this point, Mandy had already cultivated to the pinnacle of the "Transcending Mortal Realm." Among the disciples in the outer sect, few could match him.

Within moments, several outer sect disciples had been torn to shreds by his bare hands, their bodies reduced to gore!

The gruesome scene left the surrounding disciples horrified, and they scattered in all directions.

"He’s killing people! He’s killing people!"

"Mandy has succumbed to his inner demons and started killing!"

"Elders, stewards, help! Please help!"

...

Disciples who witnessed Mandy’s rampage fled while shouting desperately for help.

For those who found themselves targeted by Mandy, they cried out continually in terror.

But unfortunately, it would still take some time for the outer sect elders and stewards to arrive. Before they could appear, Mandy Wood had already killed more than ten people.

With every life he took, the demonic energy emanating from his body surged.

In the end, he broke through!

He advanced to the "early-stage of the Saint Realm"!

"The early-stage of the Saint Realm?"

Mandy, who had been completely deranged and nearly insane, abruptly regained his clarity the moment he broke through.

At that moment, he realized the gravity of the disasters he had caused.

"Wyatt Barnes, you’re at the Saint Realm, and now so am I... One day, I will step on your back and crush you!"

Having achieved his Saint Realm breakthrough, Mandy appeared to regain his confidence.

Realizing the crisis he was in, he dared not delay any further and bolted madly for the outskirts of the Moon Radiance Sect.

However, how could his speed compare to that of the outer sect elders?

In the blink of an eye, several outer sect elders appeared around him, surrounding him with sharp and menacing gazes.

Whoosh!

At the same time, as if carried by a gust of wind, another figure materialized in front of Mandy.

"Elder Easton!"

Upon seeing this person, the surrounding outer sect elders immediately saluted with respect.

The newcomer was none other than the grand elder of the outer sect, Pete Garcia.

The outer sect elders hadn’t expected this incident to alarm Pete Garcia... But upon recalling the gravity of the situation, their surprise was short-lived.

If Elder Easton hadn’t appeared, that might have been truly unusual.

After all, he was the steward of the outer sect in the Moon Radiance Sect. Even these outer sect elders had to listen to and obey his orders.

"You must have some nerve to raise your hand against your fellow disciples."

At this moment, Pete Garcia’s face darkened. Never could he have imagined that such a heinous event would occur during his tenure as the outer sect’s grand elder.

Incidents like this had rarely happened in the history of the Moon Radiance Sect.

Though Mandy didn’t recognize the older man before him, the honorifics the surrounding elders addressed him with left no doubt as to his identity.

Instantly, Mandy’s expression turned grim.

Taking a deep breath, his trembling hands flickered with two streaks of cold light, leaving bloody gashes across both of his palms, from which blood poured out profusely as though it were inexhaustible.

In the same moment, Mandy clasped his hands together, unleashing a brilliant, radiant blood-red glow.

"No!"

Seeing this, Pete Garcia’s face changed drastically, and so did the faces of the outer sect elders around him.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

...

As Pete Garcia and the outer sect elders moved almost simultaneously, the fastest among them, Pete himself, reached the spot where Mandy had stood just moments ago—only to shatter the condensed blood mist left behind by the burst of light. They hadn’t managed to touch Mandy at all.

A living, breathing Mandy Wood had vanished right before their eyes.

"Blood Escape! It’s the Blood Escape technique!"

One of the outer sect elders said with a grim expression, "That Mandy Wood—he’s actually a Saint Realm Demon Cultivator!"

The Blood Escape technique was a secret skill that could only be mastered by Demon Cultivators above the Saint Realm.

Once used, it granted the cultivator a movement speed that surpassed their current realm by an entire large tier, allowing them to flee instantly. It was an ultimate life-preserving method for Demon Cultivators.

However, the price of such a defiant technique was steep.

Not only could it be used only three times in a lifetime, but it also burned the cultivator’s own vitality. Furthermore, they would lose all their strength for a period afterward.

Unless cornered at the brink of death, Demon Cultivators would never resort to Blood Escape.

"A Saint Realm Demon Cultivator was hidden in the outer sect, and none of you ever noticed?"

Pete Garcia swept a sharp glare over the outer sect elders and reproached them. If Mandy had simply been killed after murdering fellow disciples, that would’ve been one thing.

But now, that Demon Cultivator had escaped!

And he had escaped right under Pete Garcia’s nose!

This was nothing short of a humiliating disgrace for Pete Garcia!

While the outer sect elders exchanged bitter smiles, Pete Garcia vanished from the Moon Radiance Sect’s perimeter like the wind.

No matter what, he had to make every effort to track down and capture the fleeing Demon Cultivator!

Only then could he provide the dead outer sect disciples an explanation, an answer to the Sect!

Though the chances were slim, Pete Garcia knew that his best opportunity to catch the Demon Cultivator was now. The fugitive had just expended all his strength and couldn’t have fled far, even with the aid of Blood Escape.

While Pete Garcia pursued Mandy, the remaining outer sect elders returned to the sect grounds.

Yet, regarding what had transpired with Mandy, they dared not say much.

No matter how much the other outer sect elders or stewards inquired, they merely replied that they had encountered Pete Garcia midway, who instructed them to return and console the outer sect disciples while he personally dealt with Mandy.

"Elder Reid, wasn’t Mandy admitted into the sect under your watch? You’re not going to escape accountability for this incident," one of the elders remarked, turning to Pierce Reid.

Pierce Reid was the one who had overseen the Moon Radiance Sect’s entrance exam, where both Wyatt Barnes and Mandy had been present.

Reid could only offer a bitter smile in response to his peer’s comments.

He had already braced himself for this eventuality.

"If the Sect had originally imposed rules prohibiting Demon Cultivators from entering, this wouldn’t have happened."

Several outer sect elders spoke in indignation, voicing their dissatisfaction, "To be fair, this incident is the Sect’s fault, not Elder Reid’s. He merely acted in accordance with the rules set by the Sect."

"Exactly! Mandy’s a Demon Cultivator—it’s a well-known fact—but no one could’ve predicted he would suddenly lose his mind and slaughter so many outer sect disciples."

One after another, the elders expressed their outrage.

"Enough—we need to focus on comforting the remaining outer sect disciples right now. The events of today will surely leave a psychological scar on them. This issue could grow quite serious, and we need to contain any negative fallout," a more level-headed elder said, analyzing the situation.

"That’s correct. Our priority isn’t blaming the Sect’s regulations right now. What we need to do is stabilize the emotions of the surviving disciples," Pierce Reid agreed.

By the time Wyatt Barnes learned of the incident, it was already three days later.

For the past three days, he had been in the meditation chamber at Trevor Baillie’s residence, using intricate rune techniques to refine a "Two-Star Saint Marking."

Over time, his mastery of these intricate techniques had reached a near-perfect level.

It was only then that he stepped out of the chamber.

As soon as he emerged, he heard about the Demon Cultivator’s killing spree in the outer sect.

"Mandy Wood?"

Upon learning that the Demon Cultivator was Mandy, Wyatt’s expression turned subtly intriguing.

Mandy was no stranger to Wyatt.

In fact, Wyatt had encountered Mandy when he first arrived in the Martial Dao Sacred Land.

During that encounter, he had even "stolen" the spot in the Thorn Dragon Camp at the City Lord’s estate in Hill Mountain City that was rightfully Mandy’s.

One year later, he crossed paths with Mandy again during the Moon Radiance Sect’s entrance exam.

At that time, he had sensed Mandy’s deep-seated hatred and murderous intent towards him. Mandy had desperately wanted to kill him!

Yet, Wyatt had never taken Mandy seriously.

Back then—when Mandy hadn’t yet fallen into the Devil Path—Wyatt hadn’t feared him. Why would he fear him now, after his descent into darkness?

A Devil Cultivator like Mandy could only hope to match Wyatt if his cultivation surpassed Wyatt’s by two major levels. Otherwise, he’d be powerless against the suppression of the Demon Sealing Monument’s "Demon Suppression Force," which guaranteed his soul would be obliterated.

"It appears he lost control to his inner demons?" Wyatt mused to himself.

"Was he captured?" Wyatt asked Trevor Baillie.

"They claimed he was captured," Baillie replied.

"But in truth... they didn’t catch him? How is that possible!" Wyatt found it hard to believe.