“Trying to run? Dream on!”

He braced his arms on his knees, stood up through the pain, and raised his fists, ready to fight again.

William Carter shook his head with a smile and sighed softly. This time, it was truly luck! If he hadn’t only learned the most basic martial arts of his family! If it weren’t for the pulse of his soul seed, which could repair his body, he would probably be dead by now, and it would be impossible to turn the tables and gain the upper hand.

But Andrew Carter was different. His body was unstable, clearly not yet recovered from the heavy blow of the Thunder Eight Roars.

If he tried to fight again, it would truly be courting death!

William Carter walked step by step toward Andrew Carter. That steady stride, in Andrew Carter’s eyes, was so glaring! What did such a steady pace represent? Any martial artist would know!

“Andrew Carter... you can die now.”

As William Carter’s voice just entered Andrew Carter’s ears, the thunderous palm strike landed on his chest at that very moment. The ‘crack’ of bones shattering also rang in his ears.

The powerful impact sent Andrew Carter flying!

“How is this possible! How could that loser turn the tables on me?”

Andrew Carter, lying on the ground, stared wide-eyed at the sky in a daze. He wanted to get up, but found his body wouldn’t obey at all, and the intense pain in his chest was so excruciating that even the slightest movement was unbearable.

Escape! Only one word flashed through Andrew Carter’s mind. He tried to crawl away with both hands and feet, but found he couldn’t even stand, and even moving was extremely difficult. His internal organs had already been shattered by the previous strike! Let alone escaping, he couldn’t even get up!

He gritted his teeth through the pain and knelt before William Carter, slapping his own face as he pleaded, “Young Master Yi, you’ve always treated me, Andrew Carter, so well, yet I did such a stupid thing and betrayed you.”

“I’m worse than a pig or a dog! I know I was wrong now. For the sake of our childhood friendship, please spare my life! From now on, I’ll follow you wholeheartedly!”

“In your eyes, am I really that stupid?” Without any expression, William Carter brought the thunderous strike down on Andrew Carter’s head.

Andrew Carter raised his hands to shield his forehead, trying to block William Carter’s blow, but the force of the punch was too strong, instantly knocking his hands aside.

With a “bang,” his head was smashed to pieces.

“Thomas Carter, I’ll remember everything that happened today! Just you wait! Wait for me to come back! We’ll settle all our scores then!”

William Carter spat a mouthful of blood onto the ground, then leapt onto the “Wind-chasing Colt” and sped off toward the Xuanming Sect.

Chapter 11: Enemies Meet in the Sect

After seven days on the road, on the morning of the eighth day, William Carter arrived at the Xuanming Sect.

After tying up the “Wind-chasing Colt,” he walked toward the mountain gate with the “Xuanming Sect” plaque, its calligraphy bold and powerful.

The reception was handled by disciples in blue robes, who were checking the tokens of those, like William Carter, who had come to register at the Xuanming Sect.

“Please show your token!”

When it was William Carter’s turn, a blue-robed disciple with a black mole at the corner of his mouth reached out to stop him.

William Carter took out the invitation token and handed it over.

He examined the token, and when he saw the “郑” character on the back, a hint of a smile appeared on his previously cold face. He smiled at William Carter and said, “So you’re from the Zheng family. The person your family sent last year was outstanding.”

“Hope you can be as outstanding as the one sent last year. Go on in.”

Outstanding? William Carter frowned. Was he talking about Edward Carter? It seemed that in his year at the Xuanming Sect, Edward Carter had done quite well! Otherwise, in such a large sect, how could even a reception disciple say he was outstanding?

“Thank you!”

William Carter thanked him and stepped through the mountain gate, only to find that many senior disciples were standing nearby, waiting to welcome the new disciples from their own families, gathering in small groups and heading this way.

Among them, William Carter spotted a familiar figure.

He was broad-shouldered and burly, with a red mark on his right cheek, and when he smiled, his teeth were uneven.

Who else could it be but Edward Carter, the one who caused his martial soul to be extracted?

“Edward Carter!”

Rage burned in William Carter’s heart, and his fists clenched tightly without him realizing it.

Edward Carter walked at the front, accompanied by disciples previously sent by the Zheng family.

They were listening intently to Edward Carter’s explanation. “My younger brother, Robert Carter, is very talented. He reached the fifth level of the Qi Wheel Realm last year. Now that he’s joined the sect, you all should look after him.”

“Don’t worry, Cousin Edward Carter, we’re all from the Zheng family. Of course we’ll look after him.”

“Besides, with Cousin Edward Carter’s reputation in the sect, as soon as someone hears he’s Edward Carter’s younger brother, who would dare bully him?”

They all looked at Edward Carter with respect. To make it onto the sect’s Hall of Fame in just one year, he had already become the leader among the Zheng family disciples in the Xuanming Sect.

Edward Carter strode forward proudly, urging, “Brothers, my little brother should have arrived at the sect by now. Let’s hurry up!”

The others nodded and followed with big strides.

“Greetings, Senior Brother Edward Carter!”

Disciples passing by Edward Carter kept greeting him.

“Robert Carter, when you see how well your brother is doing in the sect, will you be so happy you jump for joy?”