Reaper of the Martial World

Book 7: Chapter 54: If (3)

Not long after, Dyon had made his way to the 36 youngsters of the Mortal Clan. It didn’t take much for him to notice Kedar’s gritting teeth and the rest of their amused expressions.

However, watching Dyon from a distance and seeing him so close to them now were too completely different concepts. Even while being bare chested and wearing ragged sweatpants, Dyon’s demeanor was no less than that of an Emperor of a thousand nations.

Allura’s shy eyes shined as she couldn’t seem to take her eyes off of him while Sibyl displayed an odd combination of battle intent and thigh squeezes. As members of the mortal realm, never had these two young girls seen a man so handsome. Still, it was clear to even them that he had no interest. The caring look in his eye was more akin to a big brother than a potential lover.

Suddenly, Dyon looked up to see groups of people preparing to leave.

“Wait,” His voice travelled across tens of miles with little to no effort. “The events of today aren’t as clean cut and concluded as you all believe. If you’d like to survive to see the end of the year… It’s best you listen to what I have to say.” historical

These words of Dyon immediately caught their attention. Who wouldn’t be concerned with their own mortality?

As Dyon’s eyes scanned through the few thousand of them that had appeared, he suddenly noticed an odd pair. It looked like a young woman grabbing the hand of a middle-aged man to stop him from running away.

“Meiying? Head Bai?”

Hearing his name called, Qiangda froze before reddening from head to toe.

With a happy grin on her face, Meiying skipped through the skies like a little girl, knowing her father couldn’t escape now even if he wanted to. But, what Dyon couldn’t help but stare at were the small but profound blooms of violet that followed her delicate feet with every step.

As though she was a little sister seeing her elder brother for the first time in a long time, Meiying dove into Dyon’s arms before sticking her tongue out to provoke Allura and Sibyl.

“Where have you been hiding? Do you know the kind of state King Belmont is in because of your Holy Land?” Dyon bitterly chuckled, seeing that Meiying was still as childish as ever. Well… She was childish until she felt the need to cuss someone out.

“Ri! Clara!” Ignoring Dyon’s questioning, Meiying dove into their arms as well, leaving her distraught father to deal with the gritty details she was too uppity to care for.

“Well?” Dyon raised an eyebrow, looking at Head Bai’s sulking appearance.

Qiangda glared at Dyon. “Who are you to question me, boy?! I remember a time when you hadn’t even stepped into the first foundation stage yet.”

Dyon’s head tilted to the side. “If I remember correctly, I still managed to make you quite mad back then. I wonder if you dared to do anything in retaliation?”

Seeing the sinister grin on Dyon’s face, Head Bai immediately realized he would never win a war of words with this boy.

“Forget that for now… There are more important things to deal with.” Dyon sighed as he scanned over familiar faces, even giving Madeleine’s foster family a light smile.

Oliver couldn’t bring himself to meet Dyon’s eyes, but Pertinacis, at the very least, greeted him back graciously.

“I’m sure you all saw the nine-tailed man just now… What you know is that he was powerful, what you don’t know is how powerful he was. That man, was a dao formation expert.”

Murmurs spread over the crowd. How could they be expected to believe that?

First of all, if he was a dao formation expert, that meant Dyon who wasn’t even 40 years old yet had defeated a dao formation level tribulation?

And, secondly, didn’t that also mean that he immobilized and killed a dao formation expert as well? What kind of joke was this?

Dyon couldn’t exactly blame them. Not everyone had his level of senses… To someone of a lower realm, often times those far above your own understanding looked no different than mortals. They had no way of accurately gauging that elder’s strength.

“Whether you believe me or not, this is the truth. Simply put, it doesn’t matter whether or not you do. You only need to ask yourselves one question: Could you survive what he and I survived?”

Dyon’s words cornered the crowd in the simplest fashion possible. They had all seen the strength of the tribulation… They had all seen how quick the movements of the avatars were… Could they themselves even fight a battle that shook the entire planet? Especially one so large as Earth?

The answer to all of these questions was a resounding no. The realm of the opponent after that point was just semantics…

 “I’ll keep this short. If you want to survive to the end of the year, go home, pack your things, and be ready to leave within half a year. If you want to die, feel free to stay.

“If you want to make a life for yourselves outside of this universe, prepare your hearts to swear loyalty to me. If you want to die in the outside world, feel free to go along your own separate path.

“If you want to grow to be powerful, to the point where you can face the tribulation I faced and still keep your head held high, then come with me…

“If you want to live of life of mediocrity… Well, that’s up to you.”

Dyon’s Presence laced each and every one of his words. He had no doubt that any thoughts of not following him were squashed under the prowess of his Emperor’s Aura. They simply stood no chance.

That said… He had no intention of taking any Sapientia with him. As for them… He had other plans.