Lara said in astonishment. "But this is impossible."
"Human Butcher proved his Dao and became a Saint ten thousand years ago."
"Even if he was utterly lawless in the mortal realm, he could not possibly defy the iron-clad restriction laws of the Immortal Realm!"
In order to protect the human race, the rules of the Immortal Realm were extremely strict.
Any Saint who had already proven their Dao could not return to the mortal realm without authorization, much less attack mortals.
Even if this Human Butcher had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of living beings back in the day, becoming a terrifying legend spread throughout the ages, it was impossible that in the Immortal Realm, where experts were as common as clouds, he could still kill gods and buddhas that stood in his way, remaining entirely unstoppable, right?
Just as everyone fell into despair and panic, a burst of wild laughter suddenly echoed from mid-air. "Hahahaha, I did not expect the imperious Hale family to also be so desperate and helpless!"
Hearing this laughter, everyone’s expressions changed, and they simultaneously jerked their heads up, seeing a figure floating in mid-air, the vast majority breathed a slight sigh of relief.
They had originally thought that the Slaughter Saint had descended to slaughter their entire Holy Land.
But fortunately, the one who appeared was not the Human Butcher, but an old acquaintance most of them recognized.
It was exactly Knox.
At this moment, Knox was clad in a black robe, stepping on a pitch-black auspicious cloud, his whole body exuding a majestic and ghastly aura, and the butcher knife grasped in his hand was shockingly identical to the one that had attacked Tobias.
"Knox!" Cold intent burst from Cedric’s eyes. He slowly stood up and said coldly.
"Was it you who sneak-attacked from mid-air just now, injuring our Third Elder?"
"Correct." Knox nodded flatly.
"To be accurate, I have no need for sneak attacks."
"Even in a head-on fight, he is absolutely not my match."
"Heh, Knox, what are you so arrogant about?" Julian took a step forward and sneered.
"Back then, you repeatedly came to provoke us, and our Saint Lord dismantled your schemes one by one."
"A lowly person like you should hide in the gutters like a rat. You actually dare to come openly to our Holy Land and bark so wildly?"
"Come, come, come! If you have the capability, come down here, and see how this young master destroys a piece of trash like you!"
"Noisy!" Knox sneered playfully and casually tossed the butcher knife toward Julian.
Julian narrowed his eyes, immediately circulating his technique to execute his strongest defense.
However, the instant they made contact, the butcher knife shattered his shield, sending him flying tens of meters away, spitting out fresh blood, he fainted dead away on the spot.
"Julian!" The crowd cried out in alarm, Cedric’s expression turned ashen.
Julian was the most outstanding talent among the younger generation, his cultivation should have been superior to Knox’s.
Why was it that facing Knox’s attack, they could not even parry a single blow?
Cedric looked carefully, finally seeing the clues, and his pupils shrank abruptly. Unseen for just a few short days, Knox’s cultivation had explosively surged to the peak of the Supreme Realm, he was on par with the Saint Lord, far surpassing people like them.
"Heh, looking at you ants from the stance of the Supreme Realm truly puts one in a joyful mood."
"Fortunately, the Nether Earth Ghost King bestowed this peerless power upon me."
"Otherwise, I am afraid this young master would never have had the chance to step on the heads of your entire Hale family."
Knox raised his chin and mocked playfully. "Back then, how much humiliation did I suffer in your Hale family? How many fortuitous encounters did I lose?"
"Today, I will return it all to you a hundredfold!"
"World-Extinguishing Starfall!"
Knox’s eyes widened in anger, spreading his arms, he let out an earth-shaking roar.
The next second, freezing astral winds whipped up around him, his hair and robes fluttered wildly, and tens of thousands of rays of golden light shot out from his eyes, nose, and mouth.
Feeling a majestic pressure slowly descending, everyone looked tense, bringing out their spiritual weapons to prepare for defense.
However, the next second, the faces of the vast majority of the Hale family disciples turned pale as paper, their arms hung down powerlessly, and the spiritual weapons in their hands fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Hey..."
"What... is this guy doing?"
"Did... did he obtain the power of a god?"
Under Knox’s worship-like summons, a meteor broke through the cloud layer, slowly descending from the sky.
There was nothing particularly special about this meteor, except that it was massive.
The radius reached over ten thousand meters. It was more than five times the area of the entire Hale family Holy Land, enough to completely raze their Holy Land and a thousand miles in radius to flat ground.
At this very moment, from the perspective of the Hale family disciples, this meteor slowly descending from the heavens was no different from the arrival of the apocalypse.
Cedric and Lara’s faces were ashen, they executed their strongest techniques, but it was useless, fundamentally unable to halt its fall.
Knox’s cultivation had merely reached the peak of the Supreme Realm, but the power he displayed clearly possessed the might of a Saint.
Cedric and the others did not understand what this kid had experienced to undergo such a transformation.
But he was clear on one thing: today was the day the Hale family’s ultimate doom arrived.
Watching the meteor get closer and closer, most of the Hale family disciples dropped to their knees with a thud, closing their eyes to await death.
And Knox, taking in the expressions of despair and helplessness of all the Hale family members, instantly felt ten thousand kinds of exhilaration in his heart, revealing a twisted, ecstatic laugh on his face.
Thrilling! So fucking thrilling!
In this moment, all the humiliation Knox had suffered in the Hale family in the past was completely reduced to nothing.