Chapter 70: Traitor (3)
There were about four eighth or ninth-rank evolvers, and all of them wore the Duskwood Family badge, which had the logo of a black crow.
And just above them was a flying drone.
"Everyone, we have found him!" the evolver in the center spoke. "We will now subdue him!"
Grey glanced at the drone slightly and sighed. He was already aware of the purpose of this drone; it was a stream drone. While he was traveling to Sector Six, he had already seen the livestreams on the way. That was also why he managed to avoid many Duskwood Family evolvers.
But, in the end, he still got caught.
[There he is!!! I can see him on the feed!]
[Lock him up! Don’t let him blink!]
[Is that really Grey Lockhart? That’s him, right?]
[Finally. Took them long enough.]
[Execute him! Public execution now!]
[This is what happens when you stab a Duskwood. No mercy.]
[Why is he so calm?]
"Surrender yourself, you filthy High Order member!" the evolver in the center said righteously.
Grey’s eyes flashed slightly. The people present here both knew who the real High Order member was, but Grey didn’t say anything about it and simply spoke.
"What if I won’t surrender?" Grey asked with a calm smile on his face. "What are you going to do to me? Do you believe you can stop me?"
[How arrogant! Those are high-ranking evolvers of Duskwood, the core of the family. Does he think he can win against them?]
"What we will do?" The evolver in the center had a cold expression as he unleashed his aura. "Then we will have no choice but to resort to violence."
"The patriarch of the family has already commanded us that we can eliminate you directly."
As soon as he spoke, the other evolvers’ expressions changed, and they too unleashed their auras.
Seeing this, the livestream chat went wild.
[They are going to attack! Kill him! Eliminate the High Order member!]
"Kill!" the evolver at the center, clearly a ninth-level first-ranker, shouted and charged forward. The other evolvers followed right behind him.
They all unleashed their killing intent.
Seeing this, Grey smiled coldly and spoke. "Since you lot have decided to kill me, then I don’t need to hesitate either."
As he said that, a powerful aura surged out from him and a sword materialized in his hand. He hadn’t brought Mimi back since the last battle with Zeryth, and he definitely wasn’t going to bring it out now either as it could reveal his own identify in the future through the cat.
Purple-black sword energy surged, and the circles on the edges of the sword glowed with a deep violet light.
Then Grey swung.
Bzzz!
Sword energy shot out from his weapon in a wave and directly charged toward the ninth-level evolver.
The Duskwood Family evolver, seeing this, was alarmed and tried to dodge to the side, but to his dismay, the sword energy was slightly faster than him!
The sound of flesh tearing apart rang out as Grey’s sword energy tore into the evolver’s shoulder.
Seeing this, the entire livestream fell silent.
[???]
[Did he just injure a late-stage first-ranker? How old is he? 17?]
[Monster! This must be some power-enhancing technique from the High Order!]
The group of evolvers, seeing this, didn’t stop their momentum. They grunted and charged forward.
Seeing this, Grey merely laughed. "You want to stop me?"
A wide grin formed on his face. "You’ll have to be born twice before that happens."
As he said that, patterns emerged on his hands and eyes, crackling with Nexus Energy.
Boom!
Calmly, Grey took a step forward and instantly, the air distorted. Before anyone could even see what happened, the group of eighth-level first-rank evolvers fell to the ground one by one with looks of disbelief on their faces.
All dead.
[???]
[???]
The entire livestream fell silent when they saw the sight.
Grey’s eyes crackled with dense purple energy as he stared down at the injured ninth-level evolver, who was now looking at him with a look of horror.
He had taken down four eighth-rank evolvers in one move!
This level of strength, it wasn’t something the man could match at all.
Grey then slowly walked toward him with his long sword in hand.
"You! Stay back!" the ninth-level ranker shouted as he took a step back.
He felt a crushing presence emerging from the young man in front of him; it made his energy tremble, refusing to come out under the young man’s pressure.
"I would’ve let you go if you weren’t a member of the Duskwood," Grey said coldly. Then, unleashing Nexus Overlock at full power, he closed the distance between them and cleaved the ninth-level first-ranker’s head off.
But just then, Grey’s expression changed. He looked up into the sky and immediately sensed an oppressive aura descending.
It was a second-ranker!
"Run!" Grey exclaimed in his mind as Nexus Overlock surged faster than before.
Behind him was danger, and he had to escape!
At the same time, within the Lockhart household before the evolvers attacked Grey, both Alissa and Richard anxiously looked at the TV.
"No, all of this has to be a lie," Richard said with a downcast look. "My son would never do that!"
"Dad, don’t worry. I’ve already contacted the Evolver’s Association, I’m sure they know something!" Alissa tried to comfort Richard with a heavy expression.
"But, Was it really him?" Alissa’s heart wavered slightly. She had already asked the Eterna System, and the video was proven to be true and not artificially made up. Thinking back to the past few days where Grey suddenly stopped coming home only made him seem even more suspicious.
While she didn’t want to believe that Grey was the culprit, a part of her also told her that he might have indeed done it.
But on the other hand, it made no sense for Grey to abruptly eliminate a seventh-level first-ranker like Cedric Duskwood; after all, he had only awakened a week ago.
However, just as Alissa thought that, the live television shifted and a new screen appeared. Inside the screen was Grey, and in front of him was a group of Duskwood cultivators.
"My son!" Richard shouted in anxiety. "No! They found him!"
Richard had a look of disbelief and shock. "No! No! This can’t happen!"
"Grey! Run, my son!"
Almost as if he had lost his sanity, Richard shouted in distress. Even if his son was a world criminal, a son was still a son, and he didn’t want Grey to be caught.
Then, the very next moment, both Richard and Alissa fell silent. They saw Grey cleaving apart the four eighth-rank evolvers and then killing the ninth-level ranker with a cold gaze.
However, instead of being sad that his son was a cold-blooded murderer, Richard was excited.
"Yes!" Richard exclaimed. "Run, my son, run! Now is your chance! Don’t let them catch you!"
"Those Duskwood bastards definitely forged that video! I know my son better than anyone!"
Hearing this, Alissa glanced strangely at Richard.
But at the same time, it made sense. Grey was his son, if he didn’t support him, then who would?
At the same time, Alissa sighed. She was now conflicted about whether he was truly the murderer and had worked for the High Order or not. She denied it because of his lack of power, but the prowess he displayed just now was strong enough to cut down several eighth-level first-rankers and even dispatch a ninth-level one.
And remembering the fact that he was a reincarnator only added fuel to her doubts.
"I don’t know..." Alissa mumbled under her breath.