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Chapter 962: Chapter 962 Shirley Arrives in Beijing
The news of Jerry Anderson’s murder was like an earthquake to the martial arts world.
Within three days, two Grandmasters of the Martial Arts Association had fallen.
It shocked the world!
What terrified them even more was that the murderer was somehow connected to Seven Clouds Academy.
Could the overlord who disappeared four years ago be making a grand return?
Or could it be that someone was using another’s body to resurrect themselves?
All sorts of news spread throughout the martial arts world, creating widespread panic.
Meanwhile.
The person in question was sitting in the Southern City airport waiting room, looking out the window.
The afternoon sunlight was just right, but Julius Reed’s expression was solemn.
He always felt as though there were a pair of eyes behind him.
Watching unceasingly.
Watching his every move.
Now.
Julius Reed could almost be certain that his appearance in Gonzalez City four years ago was no coincidence.
Behind it all, there were hands orchestrating everything!
"Hiss..."
He took a deep breath.
Suddenly, he felt as though there wasn’t a single person by his side he could trust.
He couldn’t tell who was truly loyal to him, and who was a pawn secretly placed by someone pulling the strings.
The most crucial memories, he could never recall!
Dragon King Ring!
The Dragon King Ring on his hand definitely had a special purpose!
If the ring could awaken the Sealing Dragon Platform, it certainly had other effects.
Yet, in the memories Reed had recovered, there was nothing about the Dragon King Ring.
The seemingly ordinary ring was hiding a conspiracy.
He couldn’t take it off...
Ever since the fusion of his memories, the ring had fixed itself to his finger as if it belonged there.
He could not remove it.
Julius Reed certainly wouldn’t do something as foolish as cutting off his finger.
If the Dragon King Ring had originally been on his hand but had been lost for four years, it certainly could be removed.
He just hadn’t thought of the method yet.
But this aura of slaughter, this malevolence!
Was growing increasingly intense.
"Mad Dragon, are you alright?"
Templeton Lena noticed Julius Reed’s abnormal state and asked in a soft voice.
They were among the few who had seen Mad Dragon’s true face.
"I’m fine."
Julius Reed replied with a faint smile.
He held no suspicions towards Seven Clouds Academy.
After all, the original purpose of establishing the academy was to search for the lost Divine Dragon Tripod.
But after seven years, they found nothing.
In the end, he fell victim to a scheme on Demarco Mount, defeated at the snowy summit.
"The traitor from that year, what position did he hold within my academy?"
Julius Reed looked at Venassa Pine and asked.
Though Venassa Pine was a woman, she held significant power within Seven Clouds Academy.
She had almost complete control over all core institutions.
All major and minor affairs passed through her hands.
The bloodstained ancient tome that the academy desperately tried to bring out was one of the core documents Venassa Pine was in charge of.
Not only was she outstanding in management, her abilities were equally strong.
Along with Templeton Lena, they were known as the unmatched pair.
The internal personnel management of the academy was also under Venassa Pine’s direction.
"The traitor Rainer Ellsworth was the academy’s second-in-command. One of his team members, Devlin, was a new face."
After a moment of thought, Venassa Pine nodded and said, "The rest of the team was all loyal to Rainer Ellsworth. That operation was personally organized by you, and I wasn’t informed about it."
"And then, they all betrayed me?"
Julius Reed let out a wry smile.
He had no memory of this.
And there was nothing recorded about it on the ancient tome.
"After you disappeared, various powers vied to attack Seven Clouds Academy. Rainer Ellsworth immediately turned traitor, but his subordinate Devlin suddenly disappeared."
When Venassa Pine spoke of Rainer Ellsworth, her tone was clearly filled with hatred.
"Devlin."
Julius Reed leaned back in his seat, deep in thought.
What exactly were they planning to do when they left Seven Clouds Academy?
And why did Devlin appear with Granny Xihua?
The sunset slowly dimmed.
As a plane gently ascended at the Nathaniel City airport.
An old man carrying a Longsword arrived belatedly.
Watching the plane disappear into the sky, he shook his head and turned to leave.
At the same time.
In the capital city.
A plane gently touched down.
Onboard was an old man with a Longsword on his back.
It was strange, as these kinds of controlled knives were not allowed on planes at all.
Yet the elder was blatantly carrying it on his back.
Parading through the streets.
"Excuse me, sir, please stop!"
An anxious security officer pulled out his walkie-talkie, "Someone is carrying a knife, we need backup."
After he spoke, he quickly ran over, "Please stop, sir!"
"Oh?"
The elder halted and looked at the security guard with a chuckle, "May I ask, what seems to be the problem?"
"Sir, please put down the longsword you’re carrying behind you, thank you for your cooperation!"
The security guard was very nervous.
He could not comprehend how such a thing was brought onto the plane.
Had no one noticed it all along?
"Young man, all things originate from the mind,"
the elder said with a chuckle, pointing at himself, "Just like me, you open your eyes wide and see clearly. I, do not exist."
With that, the elder’s figure began to blur and then he vanished.
"What’s going on! Where did he go!"
The security guard rubbed his eyes, seeing no trace of anyone.
Was it a trick of his sight?
He turned around to look, but where was the elder’s figure?
"What’s going on!"
Just then, his fellow security officers quickly arrived, each carrying their gear.
"Where is he!"
But there was no one to be found.
"I... he was right here, I saw him with my own eyes..."
The security guard scratched his head, unable to comprehend what happened.
"Buddy, you must be drunk, aren’t you? Later, take some tonic for kidneys, to bolster your health,"
one colleague scoffed helplessly.
"Impossible!"
The security guard sighed deeply. Could it really be that his kidneys were weak?
Causing dizziness and blurred vision?
But he did not even have a girlfriend!
Just then,
the elder suddenly appeared at the entrance.
He turned around and gave a slight smile to the security guard.
Thump!
"You..."
The security guard collapsed to the floor, pointing at the entrance like he had seen a ghost, but unable to speak.
Ninjutsu!
East Asian Ninjutsu!
Shirley’s famous secret technique.
"The capital is indeed bustling,"
the elder looked up at the sky, slowly spreading his hands.
Under the cover of Deep Cold, he fought all the way and finally reached the capital.
Next, he would head to the Carmichael family mansion.
Assassination, treasure looting!
...
"Eli Yarrow, did you see Lawrence Koller’s face today?"
At the Carmichael family’s front gate,
Beckett Carmichael got out of a black sedan and said with a smile, "At Darrell Huntington’s funeral, Lawrence Koller looked even more distressed than if he had been the one who died."
They had just returned from the Huntington family.
Today was the day of Darrell Huntington’s funeral procession.
The capital’s elite and the friends and family of the Huntington family all gathered in the courtyard.
To offer condolences.
As a prominent figure of the capital, Beckett Carmichael naturally had to attend.
He represented the will of Julius Reed.
When Anson Huntington shook his hand and exchanged pleasantries, the faces of the elite turned green with envy.
This signified that Darrell Huntington’s death was far from simple!
And the core forces that had been restraining Julius Reed might have already defected.
If the Huntington and Carmichael families formed an alliance, the first to be affected would be the Koller Family.
"Lawrence would rather die himself,"
Eli Yarrow responded with a smile as well.
"Go to the airport, I just got off the phone with Mr. Reed, he will be arriving in an hour,"
Beckett Carmichael glanced at his watch before instructing.
"Understood!"
Bang!
Eli Yarrow shut the car door and quickly left.
"Who’s there!"
Beckett Carmichael raised his head, intending to go inside, when he saw an elder standing in front of him.
He instinctively stepped back.
"An enemy."
Swish!
A cold glint flashed by.
All the Carmichael family guards lay on the ground.
A sword through the throat.
