Chapter 589 - 457: Perverted Jude Seymour

Chapter 589: Chapter 457: Perverted Jude Seymour

"So the one sustaining the matrix... was your sister?"

Saul Sterling nodded, his expression hollow. "My sister was the most powerful prognosticator in the Sterling family, the one with the most potential. If she were still around, she’d be far, far more powerful than I am!"

"My father said that with her potential, my sister was destined to become the most powerful figure the Sterling family had seen in millennia. But the Seymour family... for their own selfish greed, they wanted to create a fighting force possessing the rare superpowers of every major family, and they did... this!"

"And the great families of the Star Nation just let them get away with it?"

"The current Family Head of the Seymour family insisted it was all Jude Seymour’s doing and had nothing to do with the family. He even expelled Jude from the Seymour family. But who would have thought he’d show up here, representing the Seymours!"

"Damn it! Boss, once we’re back on our home turf, we can’t let the Seymour family get away with this!"

Lex Cross nodded. "Don’t worry. The Seymour family’s actions have earned them the wrath of everyone. Retribution will come for them. For now, the question is how we get inside."

"There are tons of guards, and beyond the door, there’s an anti-surveillance energy field. The slightest disturbance could trip the alarm and alert whoever set it up."

The three of them were stumped.

"My Devouring Force can absorb any energy and take its place," Lex Cross said, deep in thought. "But if this trap was set by someone on my level, it could still alert them." ’How can I figure out the power level of the person who set it?’

But then Flora Bloom had a flash of inspiration. "If we can’t go through the main entrance, then why not try going up?"

Flora Bloom gave Lex Cross a mischievous wink. "Hehe, Lex, now that you’re at the Cosmic Level, your internal space must be pretty big, right?"

An indulgent smile touched Lex Cross’s eyes. He summoned Shadow, enveloping him in his Devouring Force.

Shadow was already several times larger than a normal horse, so carrying the three adults and one small child was no problem at all.

Concealing their presence, the four of them made their way to the rooftop of the building occupied by the Seymour family.

Sure enough, the rooftop door was unlocked, and there were no detection devices, anti-surveillance fields, or any other protective energy wards.

"Hehe, the Seymour family was so cautious, posting so many guards and setting up all these devices. My dad, my brother, Old Lynch, and Shauna Wallace... they must be in here!"

"We can’t waste any time. Let’s go," Lex Cross said, recalling Shadow into his internal space. He led the way with a frown, sensing a strange odor permeating the place.

The building had nineteen floors. Once they were inside, the light from Saul Sterling’s superpower flared again. But the longer he scanned, the more tightly his brow furrowed.

Flora Bloom sensed something was wrong.

"What is it? Can you find my father and the others?"

Saul Sterling nodded. "Uncle Bloom and the others are in a room on the third floor. They aren’t hurt and haven’t been mistreated."

"Then why do you look so grim?" Flora Bloom studied Saul Sterling’s face, a terrible premonition taking root in her heart. ’The Seymour family uses rare female superpower users as broodmares. Even the Cross and Sterling families were targeted. In that case...’

"Shauna Wallace!"

"Shauna Wallace isn’t in that room!"

Flora started to panic. From what Saul had told them, that Jude Seymour was capable of anything! Shauna Wallace was only a High-level Superpower User; how could she possibly have the strength to resist him?

"Flora, don’t panic yet. Shauna Wallace might be okay!"

Flora Bloom looked at Lex Cross, unable to hide the anxiety on her face. "What do you mean?"

"Uncle Bloom and the others went missing the day before yesterday in the afternoon, so it hasn’t even been two full days. Based on my understanding of Jude Seymour, he has only two ways of dealing with the women he desires."

"First, he makes them fall in love with him, so they’ll willingly bear his children. If the woman remains unwilling, he’ll torture her into submission and only then, in that state, satisfy his twisted desires!"

"That sick bastard!"

Though Flora was cursing him under her breath, she also felt a small sense of relief. "Saul, can you find where Shauna Wallace is?"

Saul Sterling shook his head. "I can’t find her, but there’s an anti-detection energy shield on the second floor. I’m afraid of being discovered, so I don’t dare probe it recklessly."

"That must be it."

"If we rescue Uncle Bloom and the others first and then try the second floor, we’ll tip them off if Shauna Wallace isn’t there. But we don’t have a better way to confirm her location right now." Saul Sterling was also extremely anxious about Shauna’s situation. He didn’t want what happened to his sister all those years ago to happen to Shauna Wallace.

So while Flora was anxious, Saul, who could personally relate to the horror of the situation, was even more frantic.

"How many people are guarding the third floor?" Flora Bloom asked.

"Not many. Just ten. The boss can take them all out with a single use of his superpower!"

Flora Bloom nodded. "We’ll go to the third floor first. Lex, don’t kill them. I have a use for them!"

"Flora, are you going to...?"

"Yeah. Don’t forget how special my space is. Once they’re inside, they belong to me! I normally hate pulling people into my space, but desperate times call for desperate measures. These men should know if Shauna Wallace is on the second floor. If not, we can force them to tell us her exact location."