Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 716: The Curtain Falls

Chapter 716: Chapter 716: The Curtain Falls

"Could it be that this ’Demon Sealing Monument’ has also recognized me as its master?"

An outrageous thought rose in Wyatt Barnes’s mind, a thought he himself found unbelievable.

However, since when did this Demon Sealing Monument acknowledge him as its master?

This point, he genuinely did not know.

At this moment, Wyatt had returned to the medium spectator seats occupied by the people of the Blackstone Empire, but the gazes around the arena were still locked onto him, onto the Demon Sealing Monument floating by his side.

Although Wyatt Barnes had already claimed the honor of ’first place’ in the Dynasty Martial Competition, the course of the competition left the audience deeply puzzled, and even felt incredulous.

To them, all that just happened was too eerie.

The battle between Wyatt Barnes and Marshall Tyler, competing for the honor of ’first place’ in the Dynasty Martial Competition.

Initially, Wyatt Barnes’s ’Mysterious Technique’ failed, and he was severely oppressed by Marshall Tyler, who had successfully activated his ’Mysterious Technique’— his situation was precarious.

Just when everybody thought Wyatt had been defeated, at a critical moment, an abrupt change occurred.

Wyatt pulled out seemingly ordinary ’Monument’, a broken one at that. It looked as though he had picked it up from the roadside.

Yet this ordinary-looking monument hit Marshall Tyler, inflicting grave injuries.

Despite Marshall Tyler’s remarkable strength after executing his ’Mysterious Technique’, he was defenseless before the monument.

Then, everyone watched as the black flame mark on Marshall’s forehead disappeared, indicating the failure of his ’Mysterious Technique,’ and the broken monument returned to Wyatt’s side.

In the end, Marshall, who had sustained severe injuries, stood on the spot in a daze.

At that moment, Wyatt Barnes easily went behind Marshall Tyler, raised his hand and struck out his palm, directly knocking Marshall unconscious and hence, winning the ’first place’ in the Dynasty Martial Competition.

And with that, the Great Turdo Dynasty’s ’Dynasty Martial Competition’ came to an end.

Neither the process nor the result was expected by anyone.

Originally, everyone was looking forward to the final battle. Who would have thought that the ending would be so straightforward, direct and filled with dramatic flair?

Some even suspected that Wyatt Barnes and Marshall Tyler had conspired to put on a show for them.

Phew!

Seeing the weird behavior of the ’Demon Sealing Monument’ had caught more and more attention, Wyatt recalled the Demon Sealing Monument into his Storage Ring with a thought.

"Wyatt Barnes, congratulations!"

Prince Yakim looked at Wyatt Barnes, his face filled with excited smiles, somewhat losing his composure.

Although he was the foremost expert of the Blackstone Empire, usually serious, witnessing Wyatt winning the first place in the Dynasty Martial Competition and bringing immense glory to the Blackstone Empire today made him forget about his status.

"You really live up to the saying... A gold bar, no matter where it goes, will shine and won’t be buried."

Walter Simmons said to Wyatt Barnes.

"Elder brother Ling Tian, it seems I underestimated you before."

Valiant Charlesworth sighed.

Besides Kase Dragonsmith, the other talented youngsters of the Blackstone Empire also congratulated Wyatt Barnes one after the other.

Kase Dragonsmith was staring at Wyatt Barnes, his eyes flickering, as if he was contemplating something.

"Our Great Turdo Dynasty’s ’Dynasty Martial Competition’ has come to an end... Ten talented youngsters have gained the qualification to participate in the ’Ten Dynasties Martial Meeting’ one year from now!"

One of the old men in the sky above the arena announced loudly.

Then another old man looked at the emperor of the Great Turdo Dynasty, "Now, let’s welcome our esteemed emperor to address us."

The moment the old man had finished speaking, the emperor had already appeared beside him, looked around, and said slowly, "Today’s ’Dynasty Martial Competition’ gave me a great surprise! The ten young talents who won the qualification to participate in the ’Ten Dynasties Martial Meeting,’ especially the top ones, have left me speechless."

"I won’t say much more... Half a year from now, please gather at the royal palace. At that time, I will personally lead the way to the ’Northern Desert’ to witness the competition between our Great Turdo Dynasty’s ten talents and the talents from the other nine dynasties."

After the emperor finished speaking, his palanquin appeared above the arena.

Within no time, the emperor entered the palanquin and disappeared from everyone’s sight.

The remaining members of the Imperial Family also left one by one.

"Wyatt Barnes, I want to see... Once the Imperial Family develops an interest in the ’Demon Sealing Monument’ in your hand, whether you can keep it."

Before leaving, Marshall Tyler glanced coldly at Wyatt Barnes and then left, walking shoulder to shoulder with Sophie Tyler, following an old man in black.

Once the Imperial Family left, many people followed suit.

At the same time, Wyatt Barnes noticed that quite a few people were heading toward the spectator stand where he was seated, their targets being the group from the Blackstone Empire.

"Walter, I’m leaving."

Seeing the situation was not favorable, Wyatt Barnes said hello to Walter Simmons and left immediately.

Whoosh!

Before Walter Simmons could react, Wyatt Barnes had already left the medium spectator stand and climbed onto the high-grade spectator stands exclusive to the Romero Clan.

On the high-grade viewing stand of the Romero Clan, only Taoi Romero, Winnie Romero, and Elder Kane were left, with the Clan Chief and other executives of the Romero Clan no longer present.

"Fortunate I managed to escape."

Seeing a group of people from the Blackstone Empire, including Prince Yakim, surrounded by a crowd of enthusiasts, Wyatt Barnes felt somewhat relieved.

Although some people noticed Wyatt Barnes’s departure, no one dared to follow him.

Not just anybody could be seated in the premium seats after all.

"Brother Barnes, I never thought you would also have times of flight," Elder Kane teased.

Wyatt Barnes felt somewhat embarrassed, immediately looking towards the woman in red standing next to Taoi Romero, brightening up, "Winnie, how much did we make?"

Winnie Romero smiled, "Brother Barnes, see for yourself."

Winnie said, handing Wyatt Barnes a storage ring.

Wyatt recognized the storage ring with a drop of blood, and with a thought, he peered into it. At just one glance, he saw piles of lower-grade original stones inside.

"These lower-grade original stones... there should be at least one hundred thousand, right?"

Since the first prize of ’Dynasty Martial Competition’ was fifty thousand lower-grade original stones, the amount of original stones in front of him was twice as much.

Therefore, Wyatt Barnes easily guessed the figure.

"Over one hundred and seventy thousand," Winnie chuckled.

"That many!"

Wyatt was astonished, then as if he thought of something, he took out the storage ring that he had just received as the first prize of the Dynasty Martial Competition and handed it to Winnie Romero, "Winnie, I didn’t expect you to help me make this much—take these fifty thousand lower-grade stones."

However, Winnie Romero didn’t accept them and flatly refused, "Brother Barnes, I’ve said it before—no matter how much your five thousand lower-grade original stones earn, all of it is yours. I won’t take any."

Wyatt Barnes gave a bitter smile, "But I never thought I’d make this much... just take them. Even if you take these fifty thousand lower-grade original stones, I’ve still earned an extra fifty thousand plus."

Originally, by the last round of his duel with Marshall Tyler, when his Soul Technique ’Thousand Illusions’ proved ineffective, Wyatt Barnes had already given up hope.

At that time, he had thought about the pile of lower-grade original stones that he had entrusted to Winnie Romero, feeling that those original stones were surely going to be wasted.

But who would have thought, fate played a grand joke on him.

With the appearance of the ’Demon Sealing Monument’, it directly suppressed Marshall Tyler, even severely wounding him, which allowed Wyatt to turn defeat into victory.

"Brother Barnes, I don’t lack original stones...besides, my dad got a great deal out of you too."

Winnie Romero shook her head resolutely, and by the end, she couldn’t help laughing.

"Huh?"

Wyatt Barnes looked puzzled.

"Brother Barnes, you probably don’t know... in your duel with Marshall Tyler, your odds were 1:3. My dad made quite a wager of a hundred thousand lower-grade original stones on you."

Winnie Romero said with a smile.

An odd ratio of 1:3 and wagering a hundred thousand lower-grade original stones meant extra gains of three hundred thousand lower-grade original stones.

Upon hearing this, Wyatt Barnes was stunned, then he cursed, "Who made these odds? They have certainly underestimated me!"

"Although, I don’t know who set the odds, but it is certain, that guy must be regretting it now," Elder Kane laughed, then with a sigh, "Even our Young Master is really daring, directly placing a wager of a hundred thousand lower-grade original stones on you...I only bet ten thousand. If I knew earlier, I would have also placed the other twenty thousand."

Towards the end, Elder Kane seemed regretful.

"Grandpa Kane, you simply didn’t believe in Brother Barnes!"

Winnie Romero gave Elder Kane a scornful glance, then she slipped her arm through Taoi Romero’s and laughed, "Only my dad believed in Brother Barnes."

"I was originally prepared to let those hundred thousand lower-grade original stones go for nothing."

However, Taoi Romero’s words completely froze the smile on Winnie Romero’s cute face.

Soon, Winnie Romero changed the subject, her curious eyes twinkling as she looked at Wyatt Barnes and asked, "Brother Barnes, what was that broken stele you took out earlier? It didn’t seem like a spiritual tool?"

Before Wyatt Barnes could even speak, Taoi Romero said, "We’ll talk about it when we get back."

It was at this moment that Winnie Romero realized that many people from the other seven premium booths were staring intently at them, or to be exact, at Wyatt Barnes.

Wyatt Barnes and the three Romeros rose into the air together and headed for the Romero mansion.

Watching Wyatt Barnes’ figure disappearing from sight, the quiet atmosphere from the other seven premium booths was instantly shattered.

"This son-in-law of Lord Taoi is really something!"

"Indeed, that Wyatt Barnes, he appears to be only about twenty-five years old, his real age wouldn’t exceed thirty... At such an age, he has triumphed over our Great Turdo Dynasty’s young talents, earning the honor of being the ’Dynasty Martial Competition’ champion, that is truly commendable!"

"In my opinion, his championship is still reliant on that mysterious stele...otherwise, he wouldn’t be Marshall Tyler’s match."

"I also don’t know what that stele is, but it’s terrifying."

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Several individuals who formed the upper echelon of the Great Turdo Dynasty were engaged in intense discussion.