A stout man asked in doubt, "Hey, according to what you two said, this Worton is quite something. Such a figure should have made a name for himself long ago. But why has no one ever mentioned him before?"

  The bald-headed man nodded and said, "I was also puzzled by this question at first, but after investigating it. This Worton has not participated in any competitions at O'Brien Academy for many years, nor has he fought with any masters. So there is no reputation at all."

  "With such ability, yet he doesn't show it off." The blue-haired man and the fat man both sighed in admiration.

  "Let's just forget the past," said the bald man confidently. "Ever since that Obrien Academy 7th grade class tournament, Worton is definitely going to shine even brighter."

  In a quiet tavern, Lin Lei savored fine wine, but a smile appeared on his face.

  "Little Worton, are you 2 meters 2 yet? But you're still taller than me."

  When Warton left Wushan Town that year, he was only six years old. At that time, the young Warton still had tiger teeth and was extremely cute. In the blink of an eye, eleven years have passed.

  "Little Wotton!"

  A warm feeling rose up in Lin Lei's heart, a brotherly affection.

  "Worton's Dragon Blood Warrior bloodline concentration is even higher than mine, and his warrior talent is also stronger. Defeating an 8th-level warrior at the age of 17? Hmm... I estimate that Worton should have reached the level of a 7th-level warrior two or three years ago."

  Lin Lei's guess was correct on one point.

  At the age of six, Warton traveled with his housekeeper Shiri to Auburndale Academy and easily entered Auburndale Academy with his talent.

  Butler Shiri understood that the Baroque family still belonged to the Sacred Alliance. So he always let Worton hide his strength and not expose it casually. If Worton's light was really too dazzling, I'm afraid that after graduation, O'Brien College would not easily allow Worton to return to the Sacred Alliance.

  Worton also followed Xi's instructions closely, occasionally revealing a bit of his true strength when he was young. However, he was too young and didn't attract much attention. When he grew up, he naturally knew to hide his abilities.

  Years of hard work and bitter practice.

  Especially at O'Brien College, in the highest institution of the First Warrior Empire, Worton's training efficiency was extremely high.

  When Warton was fourteen years old that year, Hillman arrived at Aubrey Academy under Lin Lei's entrustment.

  In fact, when Hillman arrived in the Imperial City, the day of destruction had already occurred. The royal family and some upper nobles had learned about this news through the empire's special communication system, and naturally, the Aubrey Academy, an elite academy of the empire, also knew about it very early on.

  When Hillman arrived in the Imperial City, Worten already knew that the day of destruction had occurred.

  Hillman told Worten the news of Hogg's death and Lin Lei's decision to avenge his brother. Worten was stunned, he had no idea what to do.

  There were Hillman, Guan Jiaxili and others by his side, plus the war knife 'Túlù' brought by Lin Lei to Hillman. Worton was determined to take on the responsibility of the family, but he had always been worried about his elder brother 'Lin Lei'. Worton didn't know what had happened to his brother.

  The Holy Alliance is too far from the O'Brien Empire, and just starting out would take a year of travel time.

  Luckily, later on, someone from Dawson's firm found Wotton and sent a secret message to him.

  That secret letter was written by Yale, detailing the grudges between Lin Lei and the Church of Light, as well as Clyde. It also informed Worton that Lin Lei was fine, having simply begun a long period of solitary cultivation on his own.

  Warton felt relieved when he heard the news.

  But Worton became more and more proud of his older brother, and at the same time, he was determined to work harder, so that in the future, he could join hands with his older brother. In the past, Worton had been very hardworking, but for the next three years, he worked even harder. At the age of 15, Worton reached the seventh level of warrior realm.

  At the age of seventeen, Worton used the war sword "Massacre" and thought that his knife skills had reached a certain level, so he finally decided to participate in the annual tournament. In this annual tournament, Worton made a stunning debut, and for a time became the most dazzling new star in the imperial capital. The emperor also granted him the title of earl.

  Lin Lei sat in a corner of the tavern, feeling more joyful than he ever had before.

  "Older brother, Warton? Is that your younger brother?" Beibei was curled up in the chair, at this moment using those shiny black eyes to stare at Lin Lei.

  Lin Lei smiled and nodded.

  "That little kid can already defeat an eighth-level warrior." Beibei exclaimed, "Boss, your younger brother can also become a Dragon Blood Warrior, right?"

  "That's natural."

  Lin Lei was very proud of his younger brother, "Bei Bei, I activated the Dragon Blood Warrior bloodline in my body by drinking the blood of a Thorned Iron Dragon. My younger brother's Dragon Blood Warrior bloodline concentration is much higher than mine and he can directly transform into a Dragon Blood Warrior. However, his transformation is different from mine."

  Lin Lei still remembered the records of 'Dragon Blood Warrior' in his family's book.

  The Dragon Blood Warrior has a high enough blood concentration, and after cultivating the "Dragon Blood Secret Book", he directly becomes a Dragon Blood Warrior. In normal form, there are green dragon scales on his body, a green dragon tail, and a dragon horn on his forehead.

  Lin Lei's form was that of a full-body black dragon scales, with black sharp thorns on his forehead, back, elbows and knees, and the dragon tail was also black.

  "A bottle of emerald green for everyone!" A familiar voice of Lin Lei rang out in the tavern.

  "What is this?"

  Lin Lei was struck by lightning, his whole body stiffened for a moment, and then immediately transmitted his soul to Beibei: "Beibei, come over here, don't show your head." Lin Lei put Beibei on the chair inside himself.

  The tavern was quite dimly lit.

  Moreover, each table was separated by a screen. Lin Lei's body was almost completely blocked by the screen, and that acquaintance couldn't see Lin Lei at all.

  Lin Lei turned his head and looked over with a hint of his eyes - that chubby body, laughing with narrowed eyes.

  "It's him after all."

  Lin Lei immediately withdrew his head, "Red-robed Archbishop Lampson, how could he appear in the O'Brien Empire. Moreover, the people beside him are not weak, among them is the ascetic who was once at the highest level of the Temple of Light."

  That ascetic was one of the ones who had set up the formation with Haitings in the beginning. He was also a 9th level strongman.

  Lanpason and that ascetic are two 9th-level powerhouses.

  "There were a few others I didn't recognize, but judging from their aura, they shouldn't be much weaker than Lampson. Maybe they're also ninth-level strongmen."

  Lin Lei was shocked from the bottom of his heart.

  "In this place of Cheluo County, so many powerful people from the Church of Light have appeared. Could it be... could it be..." Lin Lei's heart was shocked, "Could my identity have been exposed?"

  Lin Lei knew that the existence of a behemoth like the Holy See of Light would definitely have an intelligence network in other empires. The question was whether that intelligence network was dense enough to cover even a single county town?

  "What's going on?" Beibei was still in a state of confusion. He was also puzzled by Lin Lei's order to not come out from the corner.

  Lin Lei looked at BeiBei, a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, and transmitted: "BeiBei, the powerful ones from the Church of Light have arrived, there should be several 9th-level strong practitioners."

  "Vatican of Light?" Bebe's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

  "They want to make a move, I'll let none of them leave Chir County Castle." Lin Lei also had the intention to kill. Now Lin Lei's strength was much stronger than before.

  At the time of the dragon's transformation, it was completely at the ninth level peak. Moreover, with the current use of Hei Yu's heavy sword, Lin Lei has reached the pinnacle of "momentum" and is gradually touching another higher level of existence.

  Lin Lei listened carefully with his ears.

  It's clear that those people from the Bright Church didn't discover Lin Lei's existence.

  "It's been two years for this guy. Finally, in another ten days or half a month, we can go back." Lampson's voice was very low.

  Lampson also spoke very carefully, revealing nothing that might give away his identity.

  "Two years." Another black-robed man standing with his back to Lin Lei shook his head and said, "In order to deal with this old guy, all my good brothers were killed off."

  "It's all worth it if we can just get him," Lampson said.

  Lin Lei frowned as he listened to those people's conversation.

  "What does it mean?"

  I myself have killed six Special Grade Executors before, so I shouldn't be considered an old man yet.

  "Old guy? And they said they're going back?" Lin Lei somewhat understood now. These people came here, should be to deal with another person.

  Lin Lei started to get suspicious, what kind of person was worth the Bright Church spending so much effort.

  "Old fellow, what are you staring at?" one of the men in black robes hissed in a low voice.

  "What arrogance!" An aged voice rang out. "If it weren't for your numerical superiority and those tactics, I would have fallen into your hands. What a joke."

  Lin Lei's eyelid twitched.

  It seems that this elderly man with a hoarse voice is indeed someone whom the Holy See of Light attaches great importance to.

  "It's just for me, the Holy See of Light didn't even send a large number of experts to other countries to hunt down. On the contrary, for this old man... who exactly is this old man?"

  Lin Lei secretly thought in her heart.

  "No matter what, and no matter who this old man is, I'm definitely going to save him." Lin Lei sneered in his heart, "Being able to disrupt the important plans of the Bright Church is enough to make me feel a little more comfortable."

  It's too difficult to uproot the Vatican completely.

  Let's take it one step at a time now.

  After waiting for about an hour, Lampson and his group finally left the tavern with the old man. From start to finish, Lampson and his group did not see Lin Lei behind the screen.

  Lin Lei walked out from behind the screen.

  "Baby, let's go." Lin Lei casually threw a few gold coins to pay the bill and immediately took Baby out of the tavern quietly, following behind Lampson and his group.

  At present, Lin Lei's understanding of 'aura' has reached a peak. Simply relying on the understanding of 'aura', one can walk on water without sinking, which is something that even ordinary 9th-level strong practitioners cannot do. This is a state of mind, not just a matter of having strong aura or physical strength.

  Walking on the road, as long as others can't see Lin Lei, he absolutely feels that there is actually someone behind him. Following closely behind a group of people led by Lampson, Lin Lei finally saw the person clearly.

  "On the side of the Radiant Church, there were six people, plus a mysterious old man who was being escorted. Lin Lei had a feeling at this moment that all six people on the side of the Radiant Church were ninth-level strongmen."

  Six 9th-grade powerhouses were escorting an old man. Moreover, they even had the Red-robed High Priest Lampson lead the team personally.

  Listening to them talk, it seems that Lampton and his group have spent two years on this matter, and many people have died in the process.

  "What's with this old man?" Lin Lei also slightly noticed the appearance of this old man from behind.

  He was extremely thin, with white eyebrows that reached down to his chest. Most importantly, the old man had a pair of handcuffs on his hands. There was only a piece of cloth covering the handcuffs. Ordinary people wouldn't notice if they didn't look carefully. Lin Lei also followed him for a long time before he saw the handcuffs under the cloth when it was blown up by the wind.

  "Huh? That's...?" Lin Lei saw the legendary tool for the first time, "Demon Sealing Handcuffs?"

  It is recorded in the book that anyone who wears the magic-restraining handcuffs will never be able to use any magical power again. Even the strongest magician has to live like an ordinary person. However, the magic-restraining handcuffs are very rare and precious, and Lin Lei also saw them for the first time.

  Lin Lei dodged and weaved through the crowd on the street, sometimes hiding and sometimes advancing, so elusive that Lampson and others couldn't sense him.

  After a while, Lampson and his men arrived at an alley, stopping in front of the courtyard of a two-story small building. A man in black robes knocked on the door.

  "Gentlemen." The gate of the courtyard opened and a middle-aged man came out, bowing respectfully. "Everything is ready, please rest, gentlemen."

  Lampson and others nodded.

  "Kosatsu, you two brothers watch this old guy first. We'll switch shifts later," Lampson said.

  Lin Lei was secretly shocked: "Even with the magic-restraining handcuffs, they're being escorted so tightly, this old man is really not ordinary." Lin Lei's desire to disrupt the plan of the Bright Church grew even stronger.

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