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Lira’s spine straightened instantly. Darius’s eyes darted between her and Elijah. Phantom and Shadow looked over sharply. Jessica’s hand stilled beside Elijah’s cheek.Lira suddenly pushed her chair back. The sound scraped loudly against the floor as she hurried forward, dropped to her knees before Elijah, and bowed her head deeply. Her voice trembled with urgency as she said, “Master… my sect and I are in grave trouble. We’re facing a disaster we can’t deal with. If you help us, we’ll be indebted to you for life.”Elijah straightened slightly, the fatigue in his body still there but his mind clear. He looked down at her calmly and asked, “What trouble?”Lira lifted her head slowly, fear plain in her eyes, and began to explain how one of her sect members had made a grave mistake and crossed paths with a terrifying force. She spoke of threats delivered without mercy, of warnings that carried the weight of death, and of a vow made to completely annihilate the Ghost Crows if they failed
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He shook his head gently.“I’m fine. What’s going on here?”Jessica exhaled, half relieved, half worried.“They’re having a feast. Celebrating… something. Come, come and eat a little.”Even though he was hungry, the exhaustion was sitting heavy in his chest.“I’m so tired I don’t even have the energy to eat,” he murmured. “Let me just go and sleep first.”Jessica shook her head quickly.“No, no—don’t worry, I’ll handle everything. Just come and sit. What did you do to get this tired? Did you go fight someone?”Elijah looked at her but didn’t answer.Instead, he simply let his hand fall gently around her neck, leaning on her for support.Jessica immediately guided him to the table.“Serve, please,” she said firmly.Plates and trays began arriving almost instantly—every sect member and assassin in the yard scrambling over each other to serve Elijah first, terrified of disrespecting him.Jessica helped him lean back comfortably, her hand still steadying his shoulder, before the food bega
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Aurora hurried forward before Elijah could fully turn away, her voice trembling.“Please… your contact,” she whispered, almost ashamed that the great Aurora Halden was begging.Elijah paused, glanced back at her, and for a brief second his cold expression softened.He collected her phone, tapped a number, and handed it to her.“Thank you… Elijah.”He turned around fully this time. The moment Elijah disappeared from sight, the place fell into a heavy silence.It was already around 2 p.m., the sun high—yet the Halden families felt as if a shadow had just passed over their legacy.The Haldens—whose name shook Iron Vale City—had been challenged by a single young man.And not just challenged… defeated.Even worse:The only Grandmaster among them—Shank Thorian—now sat on the ground trembling, his cultivation abolished completely.He was no different from a normal human now.Dorain was pale. Aurora clutched Elijah’s contact against her heart.Elder Edmund’s voice trembled as he finally spoke
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A ripple of disbelief surged through the Haldens. Edmund’s shoulders sagged in relief, Lucian exhaled shakily, and Geneva clenched her jaw, hating the fact that their survival depended on Aurora kneeling before a stranger.Elijah then looked down at her again, his eyes cool but steady.“Stand up.”The words hit the family harder than any strike Shank had taken. Elijah wasn’t just sparing them — he was acknowledging Aurora’s plea.But no one dared celebrate.Aurora lifted her head slowly, relief softening her usually sharp features as she whispered a shaky, “Thank you,” before rising to her feet. But instead of stepping back to join her family, she stayed right in front of Elijah, eyes fixed on him with a stubborn, burning determination.She took a small breath and said, “Since you agreed to spare them… then please, become my master.”Elijah blinked once, unimpressed. “No.”Aurora didn’t move. “Please. I’m serious. I want to learn from you.”“I said no,” Elijah replied, turning slightl
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Gasps erupted. Aurora’s face lost all color. Elder Edmund stumbled backward. Lucian dropped his blade. Even Dorian’s knees weakened.Aurora’s lips parted slightly— “…Elijah… w-what are you saying?” He finally looked at her.A cold, unbothered, almost amused expression.“I ignored your questions because they don’t matter.”He stepped forward, and every Halden flinched.“What matters now…” He raised his hand slightly— Not attacking, yet the entire courtyard shuddered like the air itself feared him.“…is whether I erase your family from Iron Vale tonight.”The Halden estate plunged into dead silence.Fear swallowed every single person alive.Aurora—who moments ago had been demanding answers couldn’t speak, couldn’t breathe.Elder Edmund stared at Elijah with a tight, cold face that could no longer hide the tremor beneath it. The courtyard was silent enough to hear the wind scrape across the stones, every member of the Halden family frozen in a mixture of disbelief and dread after watchin
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Elijah narrowed his eyes.He felt the pressure — real pressure.He could tell instantly:“If I go easy… I might actually die.”Not because Shank was stronger — but because 100% of a Grandmaster’s killing intent would crush any careless opponent.Elijah rolled his shoulders lightly.“So he’s really serious…” he muttered.He planted his feet more firmly, his calm aura beginning to rise quietly.Not loud. Not violent. But focused. Dense. Controlled.Elijah inhaled once. And made his decision:“Fine. I’ll use… thirty to fourty percent.”Even saying that shocked the Halden who overheard him.Forty? Fifty? To face a full-power Grandmaster?Shank didn’t hear him clearly — but he sensed Elijah’s energy shift.His pupils contracted.Elijah’s aura began to push back against the crushing pressure, creating a small clean space around him — as if the world itself adjusted to his presence.Shank suddenly vanished.The ground where he had stood cracked open, dust exploding outward.He reappeared rig
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