Chapter 5480

“Who I am is irrelevant. What matters is that, as of this moment, every soul here walks free,” Jared answered.

“Insolent cur!” Maurice thundered. “Do you realize whose domain this is? Obsidian Stone Sect rules these grounds. Your defiance is a death wish!”

“Death wish?” Jared answered with a single, contemptuous laugh that seemed to thud off every wall. “You think a pack of half-trained rejects can threaten me?”

One of the enforcers stammered, outrage hitching in his throat. “Y-You arrogant fool!”

Maurice let a dark smile twist across his face. “Since talk won’t teach you respect, perhaps a little blood will.”

Pebbles rattled underfoot when Maurice stepped forward, every movement promising violence the way thunder promises rain.

Jared raised one palm. “Hold it.”