"You folks from Ink Pavilion seem to hold me in high regard!" Billy smiled faintly.
"Commander Gardner, you jest." Preston Page chuckled. "In the entire country, there are probably not many who dare to underestimate Commander Gardner."
"Is Azure Fang the one your people injured?" Billy continued to inquire.
"We found it rather difficult to meet with Commander Gardner, so we resorted to this." Preston admitted to Billy's question.
"The people you sent to the Kun Lun Mountains are from Ink Pavilion, I presume?" A cold edge emanated from Billy.
"Commander Gardner, don't you wonder what big secret that mountain village holds?" Preston smiled.
"You're quite candid!" Billy squinted his eyes slightly and continued speaking.
"You didn't attack in Celestiford but intentionally lured me here. You must have conspired with the Crimson Sun Sect, right?" Billy looked at the other party and spoke.
"Nothing escapes you, King of the West!" Just then, an old man's voice rang out again. Immediately after, a pressure, no less than that of Preston, swept down from above the Crimson Sun Sect's stone steps. Clearly, that was another War God-Emperor powerhouse.
"Introduce yourself!" Billy responded with a stern tone.
"Haha, I am the Sect Master of the Crimson Sun Sect, Walter Tarry. I pay my respects to Commander Gardner!" A blurry figure stopped below the archway and nodded slightly towards Billy. At the same time, about a dozen elders from the Crimson Sun Sect led a hundred core disciples down the stone steps.
"You Crimson Sun Sect folks are quite impressive!" Billy squinted his eyes again and then looked to the left before speaking in a deep voice. "Since you're here, show yourselves!"
"Impressive, Commander Gardner. I've concealed my presence, yet your mental prowess still detected me. Admirable!" Before the words had even settled, a blurred figure shot towards Billy and stopped about a hundred meters away.
"If I guess correctly, you must be from the Cloud-Stepping Sect, right?" Billy looked at the person and spoke nonchalantly.
"Indeed, you are worthy of the title, King of the West. You've even figured that out!" The newcomer smiled faintly. Then, he bowed respectfully and said, "I am Lonnie Silva, the Sect Master of the Cloud Stepping Sect. It's a honor to meet you here, Commander Gardner!"
As he spoke, footsteps echoed behind him, and soon after, forty to fifty men and women appeared before everyone's eyes. Among the crowd, Billy spotted someone he knew, Janice Harvey!
Janice Harvey noticed Billy as well, her eyes filled with a cold, hostile glare.
"These riffraff really intend to keep us all here today?" Judge cursed again.
The faces of Night Orchid and her companions also grew solemn.
There were three waves of forces here, all led by War God-Emperor level experts, and there were even a few War Emperors among them. With such a formidable array, it seemed like today's situation was quite precarious.
"Commander Gardner, we meet again." Janice Harvey said coldly.
"You've got some nerve showing up. Aren't you afraid of death?" Stout also recognized her.
"Ignorant! Today, the ones who'll die are all of you!" Janice Harvey said with indifference, then turned her gaze back to Billy. "Commander Gardner, to be honest, I admire you. If not for our conflicting positions, I might even want to be friends with you."
"Nanrania mobilized the entire nation to oppose you, and yet you forcibly repelled them for twenty years. You truly deserve to be called the genius in Glavale. However, you're too high-profile and lack restraint. If you focused on being King of the West, defending against external threats, and protecting Glavale, perhaps everyone would speak well of you. But you, not only do you repel external threats, but you also turn your spearhead against the internal clans and aristocratic families, talking about returning Glavale to its former glory. You overestimate yourself, don't you? Do you think you can reverse a thousand years of history with just your own strength?"
"Too bad, you won't live to see that day!" After giving her a glance, Billy ignored her and turned to Walter Tarry. "I understand why Ink Pavilion and Cloud-Stepping Sect are after me, but I'm curious about Crimson Sun Sect's motives."
"Perhaps you're still unaware, Commander Gardner. Crimson Sun Sect and the Flame Sect share the same lineage, and the Flame Sect's Sect Master happens to be my junior brother!" Walter Tarry spoke calmly.
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