Chapter 2997: Wyatt Barnes Makes the Rankings

No matter which power brought the Love Rowan Upper Immortal, once they die, it means that the dead Love Rowan Upper Immortal will no longer be able to bring benefits to that power.

So, although it’s quite remarkable that only one Love Rowan Upper Immortal from the Autumn Holding Kingdom has fallen so far, as the emperor of Autumn Holding Kingdom, Cyrus Cruz still feels uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, what’s the matter?"

The change in Cyrus Cruz’s expression was noticed by the elderly person accompanying him.

"Morris Thomsen is dead."

Cyrus Cruz said.

Morris Thomsen is the name of the Love Rowan Upper Immortal whose Soul Bead shattered.

"Is he the only one?"

The elderly person asked.

"Yes."

Cyrus Cruz nodded.

"Your Majesty, actually this is already quite a good outcome... Look, there are already over a thousand people on that leaderboard, which means the fallen exceed a thousand."

"Plus, the scores of the people at the top of the ranking mostly exceed three points or four points... Calculating roughly, it’s estimated that around two thousand people have fallen so far."

"A total of twelve thousand people entered, with about two thousand dead, and only one from our Autumn Holding Kingdom... This is a very good outcome."

The elderly person said to Cyrus Cruz while looking at the leaderboard in the void.

"You can’t calculate it like that."

However, after hearing the elder’s words, Cyrus Cruz shook his head again, "Although the possibility exists that around two thousand people have died inside... But now there’s no way that the number of shattered Soul Beads is two thousand, perhaps not even a thousand."

"In this situation, who can be certain that our Autumn Holding Kingdom’s Love Rowan Upper Immortal has only lost one?"

Cyrus Cruz asked in return at the end.

The elderly person remained silent.

Inside the lower bounds of South Heaven’s Ancient Realm, because of the formations containing time laws laid by the Immortal Emperor of South Heaven who created the realm, it’s impossible to immediately use the outside Soul Beads to reflect their life and death status.

In this situation, although only one Soul Bead outside has shattered, who can be sure that only one person has fallen inside?

The silent elder’s gaze just happened to fall on the bottom of the leaderboard, seeing the newly added names one by one.

With the same score, those who achieved that amount later generally rank lower.

"Francis Yellow!"

The elder exclaimed softly as he saw a familiar name appear, which is the fifth son of the Ducoin City City Lord, Ismael Yellow, named Francis Yellow.

"Wade has also come on the leaderboard?"

Upon hearing the elder’s exclamation, Cyrus Cruz looked up at once, indeed seeing Francis Yellow’s name appearing at the very end.

Following him, a few other names emerged.

"Treasure Morgan?"

Cyrus Cruz saw another familiar name appearing further down, and instinctively glanced at the elderly woman not far behind him.

Treasure Morgan is the granddaughter of this elderly woman.

And this elderly woman is a strong Loose Cultivator at the Immortal King one-yuan level.

In the past, Treasure Morgan participated in the South Heaven tournament and secured a slot, later residing in the Autumn Holding Kingdom’s palace.

And this elderly woman followed suit.

At that time, he had visited to request the elder to join their Autumn Holding Kingdom but was courteously declined.

Although feeling regret, he was not angered.

The other party is an existence at the Immortal King one-yuan level. Without cause, it is generally unlikely to condescend to stay in an eight-grade Immortal Kingdom.

As for the elder beside him, although also an Immortal King one-yuan level, he had been following Cyrus for years, even before breaking through to achieve Immortal King status.

"Hm? She seems expressionless... Is it because she’s not surprised to see Treasure Morgan on the leaderboard, or is she feigning calmness?"

Cyrus Cruz quickly realized that, although she glanced at the bottom of the leaderboard after hearing his voice and saw Treasure Morgan’s name, her expression remained calm, her gaze unchanged.

Cyrus Cruz more likely felt that this elderly woman was feigning calmness.

Time continued to pass.

The names on the leaderboard grew increasingly numerous.

Another ten days went by, and the leaderboard had around two thousand names.

During this process, many witnessed some names disappearing from the leaderboard, and later, those at the top gained many points at once.

This generally indicates that those at the top killed people from the leaderboard and took their points.

Of course, the leaderboard’s limitation on this has no time pattern to follow, and no one can confirm who killed whom.

"A month has passed... Wyatt Barnes’s name, why hasn’t it appeared yet?"

Cyrus Cruz first glanced at the intact Soul Bead of Wyatt Barnes quietly resting in the Storage Ring, then looked at the bottom of the leaderboard, muttering.

Ever since the leaderboard reached around two thousand names, the number has not surged, instead showing a downward trend.

This is because, of the twelve thousand people entering the South Heaven’s Ancient Realm, a portion is dead, and naturally, fewer are alive.

"His name appeared just now."

Just as Cyrus Cruz finished speaking, an old voice whispered in his ear.

He turned to look and found that the speaker was the old woman they brought from the Autumn Holding Kingdom, the grandmother of one of the Upper Immortals, Treasure Morgan, Love Rowan.

The old woman introduced herself as ’Mrs. Morgan.’

"Wyatt Barnes’ name... appeared?"

Cyrus Cruz frowned. He had been watching the scoreboard, and it was impossible for him not to notice if Wyatt Barnes’ name appeared.

"Your Highness, Wyatt Barnes’ name did appear... but not at the bottom, rather in the middle."

Just as Cyrus Cruz questioned, the elderly man beside him spoke up in a timely manner.

After hearing the old woman’s words, the old man’s gaze started sweeping up from the bottom of the scoreboard until he finally found Wyatt Barnes’ name frozen at the nine hundred and thirtieth position.

Wyatt Barnes.

Three points.

"Three points? Could it be that the first person he killed had two points?"

Cyrus Cruz followed the old man’s gaze and also saw Wyatt Barnes’ name.

Earlier, he had always been focusing on the scoreboard but always concentrated on the bottom, subconsciously thinking that once Wyatt Barnes’ name appeared, it would appear there.

Because earlier, the names of the four people from Autumn Holding Kingdom first appeared at the bottom.

"I didn’t expect Wyatt Barnes to appear and directly enter the top thousand... Now, it’s Wade who is lagging behind."

Cyrus Cruz glanced at the scoreboard again. Among the five from Autumn Holding Kingdom, four now had three points, while only Francis Yellow had two points.

The four with three points were Emanuel Yellow at the three hundred and twenty-second position, Ezequiel Cruz at the three hundred and fifty-third, Treasure Morgan at the three hundred and ninety-eighth, and Wyatt Barnes at the nine hundred and thirtieth.

Wyatt Barnes was also the last on the scoreboard to have three points.

Because he was the latest to acquire three points.

South Heaven’s Ancient Realm, lower realm.

In the forest, two figures stood in confrontation, and the tense atmosphere was almost palpable.

Two young men, one wearing purple robes and the other green.

Both were exceptionally handsome, with extraordinary demeanors, but on closer inspection, the one in purple robes was more pleasing to the eye and approachable compared to the one in green.

The green-clad youth stood there with a cold expression that naturally kept people at a distance.

Not far in front of the purple-clad youth lay a corpse.

The body had no bloody wounds on the surface, but upon closer inspection, a large section of the chest was sunken.

"It turns out he had two points."

Divine Sense infused with the jade plaques hanging at his waist; upon discovering one point increased to three, Wyatt Barnes was somewhat surprised.

After the surprise, there was joy.

"I wonder how many points this guy has..."

Wyatt Barnes looked at the green-clad youth across from him and mused.

The green-clad youth and the blue-clad youth, whose corpse lay there, were the first group he’d encountered after wandering the forest for a month.

The two walked together, obviously part of the same faction, and their relationship seemed close.

"Third Elder Brother, I’ll capture this kid and present him to you for the kill!"

That was the last sentence the blue-clad youth said to the green-clad youth before speaking, and then charged towards him menacingly.

However, the green-clad youth’s strength was at most comparable to Emanuel Yellow in the South Heaven Arena previously.

The only reason why I referred to Emanuel Yellow in the South Heaven Arena was simply because of this:

Now, Emanuel Yellow had undergone a significant transformation in strength after acquiring the Wind System king-level Divine Ability...

Although he hadn’t fully grasped the fundamental principle of the Wind System Law Rule, ’Element of Wind,’ he did manage to learn a bit of it, improving his strength considerably.

Furthermore, from the blue-clad youth’s words, it was also evident:

The green-clad youth surpassed him in both status and strength.

If it were merely about status, it might hold some deterrence externally, but in the lower realm of South Heaven’s Ancient Realm, power was paramount. If the blue-clad youth were stronger, no one would know if he killed the green-clad youth.

In this case, his reverence towards the green-clad youth indicated that the latter was not just superior in status but also in strength.

Before encountering Wyatt Barnes, the blue-clad youth had already captured someone for the green-clad youth to kill, and the process was smooth.

He could never have imagined:

This time, he would hit a snag!

A young man less than a century old killed him with a single strike.

The blue-clad youth’s corpse lay there, his face still showing disbelief, eyes wide open in death.

"Element of Earth... interesting."

After staring at Wyatt Barnes for a while, the green-clad youth finally spoke.