Chapter 430

Right after Leander spoke, a gust of wind rose under his feet. It wrapped around him and the people nearby, cutting them off from everything else as if they were in a different space. His aura shot straight toward the three Transcendent Realm practitioners in the sky.
The young prodigies around him felt their hearts pound. Elara and the Clarke siblings stared at Leander’s back without blinking.
Leander’s name had spread across the nation and shaken the world, but they had only heard of him before. Now they could finally see the Iron Sovereign fight for real.
They wanted to know if Jeff, the man said to be ruthless and unbeatable, was really as terrifying as the rumors said.
“You want to wipe out my sect?”
Reid stood with golden light under his feet. His eyes filled with killing intent and rising anger.
“Jeff, what a big mouth you have!”
His cold gaze sharpened. The golden light rose from his legs to his hands and then to his head, until it enveloped his whole body.
“You think that because you defeated eleven Transcendent Realm practitioners at Southern Shore, you’re invincible now?”
“Even if there were twenty Blaze Transcendents, I would still kill them all!”
“You have no idea what level an Infernal Crown Transcendent has reached!”
He clenched his palm. The inner walls of the Dual Meridian Hall shook. Stones rolled down. The whole ground trembled.
“Jeff, I respected you as one of the strongest in the country. We had no grudge. I did not want trouble. Don’t think my sect fears your title as the Iron Sovereign!”
“This is your last chance. Leave or die!”
At that moment, the former Imperial Commander revealed his true nature. This was who he really was.
In his younger days, he had dominated the world and defeated many masters from the former dynasty. He had lost at first but later rose to victory. In the palace filled with masters, he earned the title of Imperial Commander. His power had once shaken the empire.
When foreign armies invaded, they feared his strength so much that they avoided a direct fight. They pressured him and tempted him until he switched sides. That alone showed how strong he was.
The Shimmering Isle royal family had ruled the lands beyond the desert. Their king reached the peak of power decades ago, yet Reid still killed him in battle.
The Shadowrealm Sect was known for how vicious it was. Its disciples were fierce and bloodthirsty. As the founder of the Bloody Palm Sect, Reid had a reputation that came from real strength, not empty talk.
He was not listed in the International Combat Units, but if ranked by power twenty years ago, he would have easily made the top ten. Now that he had stepped into the Infernal Crown Transcendent level, his confidence grew. He believed he could rank in the top three in the world.
Leander’s fame was immense, but in Reid’s eyes, he was still a young man. Reid felt no fear.
He also had no idea what happened in Highcliffe when Leander fought the Wanda Sect leader, Galen.
Major families in Highcliffe watched that fight, and no other practitioners were present. The Captain General and four other top-ranked generals blocked the news, so it never spread.
If Reid had known that Leander defeated Galen, an Infernal Crown Transcendent, and even matched a move with David from the Ancient Lingster Sanctum without losing, he would have walked away at once.
“Is that so?” Leander’s eyes stayed calm. He hooked his finger.
“Then show me.”
Reid’s aura deepened until it felt like a heavy weight pressing on the hall. Many young prodigies struggled to breathe.
Albert and Elliot, who stood behind him, stepped forward. Both were Blaze Transcendents and watched with sharp eyes.
“Iron Sovereign, people say you’re powerful and killed over ten Transcendent Realm practitioners alone. I don’t believe that!”
Albert’s long beard moved with the air. His black robe rustled. His thin hand reached out from his sleeve. A dark glow flashed over his palm, followed by sparks of light.
“Blaze Hundredfold!”
He swung his arm back, then formed a fist and struck forward.
His punch carried fire and light. The air lit up. A massive flame fist more than ten yards wide formed and blasted toward Leander.
“Wyatt, let’s stop those two elders so Sovereign Ashcroft can focus on Reid!”
Clara patted Wyatt’s shoulder and prepared to move. Wyatt lifted his hand to stop
her.
“Clara, don’t. Just watch. Ever since
Sovereign Ashcroft appeared, he has fought every battle alone and won every time. He has never needed help if you step in you wiff only get in his way
Clara looked confused, but Leander had already moved.
Albert’s fiery punch filled the air and sealed off all space around Leander. Everyone watched as Leander slowly raised his right hand and pointed his index finger.
A soft sound spread through the air as if a thin layer had been pierced.
A blue streak of energy shot from his fingertip and pierced the center of the flame
fist.
The fiery fist was massive, and Leander’s attack was only an inch wide. The difference in size was huge.
But that small blue strike cut through the attack like a knife slicing through something soft. It broke the flame apart at once.
“Not good!”
Reid’s gaze sharpened. He moved to the side and tried to block something.
Leander’s attack was too fast. Everything ended in a blink.
A sharp sound followed. Albert froze. A small hole appeared between his brows. It went straight through his skull.
His body lost support and fell heavily to the ground. He stayed silent.
The crowd gasped in shock.
It happened in a second.
A Blaze Transcendent is dead?
Everyone was stunned.
Even Clara and Wyatt stayed silent.
Clara was stronger than Wyatt, but she was still only a Blaze Transcendent. Did that
mean Leander could kill her just as easily?
“Killing a Blaze Transcendent as easily as crushing a bug? His strength really can’t
be measured by normal standards.”
Wyatt shook his head with a bitter smile.
When he first met Leander in
Ravenridge, he knew he could not win but could still sense the gap. Now Leander felt like a vast ocean, boundless and impossible to grasp.
Reid’s expression darkened. Rage burned inside him, but he could not hide his shock.
He had tried to save Albert, yet even with Infernal Crown Transcendent power, he was still too slow.
He could now see that Leander had killed a Blaze Transcendent with ease.
He did not know that ever since the know
fight at Southern Shore, where
Leander killed eleven Transcendent Realm practitioners Leander’s
hhad grown even more
His
fight with Galen and David in Highcliffe had pushed him to a new level.

Now, Blaze Transcendents were no different from insects to him.
Leander looked calm as he spoke.
“The next one.”