The Black Crow King roared angrily, “You old fool, once I eat you, of course I can—”

Before the Black Crow King could finish his sentence, a spherical object shot through the air, striking his already injured left wing!

Iron feathers scattered, blood splattered everywhere!

A huge bloody hole appeared on the Black Crow King’s left wing, and only after the spherical object had flown far away did a sharp sonic boom reach their ears.

The speed of that spherical object had already surpassed the speed of sound!

The Black Crow King’s body instantly lost balance and plummeted rapidly. He gritted his teeth against the pain in his left wing, flapping both wings in an attempt to slow his fall.

Henry Sutton saw it all clearly: the object that struck the Black Crow King was nothing but a lump of scrap metal!

It was just that this ball of scrap metal was formed by many pieces of iron pressed together, like a wad of steel crumpled into a paper ball.

But who could possibly crumple such hard scrap metal into a ball so easily, and then throw it at such an incredible speed?!

The Black Crow King plummeted toward the ground, no longer able to care about Henry Sutton, using only his wings to shield himself and absorb some of the impact.

However, just as the Black Crow King was about to hit the ground, a black shadow suddenly leapt high from the earth, slashing with a hand like a blade, directly severing the Black Crow King’s legs!

With his left hand, the shadow caught Henry Sutton in midair, then flipped through the air and landed steadily on the ground.

As for the Black Crow King, he crashed to the ground like a cannonball, smashing a deep pit into the rock-hard earth.

“Puh!!”

The Black Crow King spat out a mouthful of blood, struggling to get up, but finally collapsed weakly to the ground.

Not far away, a young man with wine-red hair set Henry Sutton down on the ground.

Henry Sutton was utterly shocked, trembling as he pointed at Blake, unable to utter a single word!

It was unclear whether it was from shock or for some other reason.

Severing the legs of a king-level wild beast with a hand chop? Was this guy even human?

Henry Sutton had lived most of his life and had never seen such a heaven-defying existence!

The old man almost thought he was hallucinating from blood loss.

Blake glanced at Henry Sutton’s injuries and said in a low voice, “Lie still and don’t move. I’ll find a way to stop your bleeding.”

Henry Sutton seemed to think of something, shook his head, and raised his blood-soaked right hand, pointing at the Black Crow King lying on the ground.

“Quick, kill him,” Henry Sutton said haltingly.

“He’ll be dead soon,” Blake replied without turning around, considering tearing off his own jacket to bandage Henry Sutton.

“B-be careful!” Henry Sutton warned anxiously.

Suddenly, the Black Crow King let out a desperate roar, flapping his wings violently as his right claw whirled toward Blake’s back!

But—

Blake spun around, lightning-fast, and clamped the Black Crow King’s throat.

“Tired of waiting to die, are you?”

With a squeeze of his right hand, Blake crushed the Black Crow King’s throat!

“Crack!”

The Black Crow King’s head drooped powerlessly, his eyes still filled with disbelief!

Why would such a powerful human exist in this world?!

Blake casually tossed the Black Crow King’s corpse aside, as if flinging away a dead dog.

Turning around, Blake found Henry Sutton completely frozen.

In that instant, the old man felt as if he’d lived his whole life in vain.

However, Blake noticed that the old gentleman had lost too much blood and likely didn’t have long to live!

“Sir, hang in there.”

Henry Sutton shook his head, his bloodied hand grabbing Blake’s wrist.

“Hero, this old man’s name is Henry Sutton. It’s the first time I’ve known that someone as strong as you exists in this world. I can die without regret.”

“You don’t need to waste your strength. I know I don’t have much time left. Before I die, I’d like to ask you for a favor.”

As Henry Sutton spoke, he coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood.

“Go ahead, I’ll consider it.”

Blake knew the old man’s time was short, so he didn’t waste words.

Henry Sutton, trembling, took a diamond-shaped pendant from his chest.

“Inside here is the essence of the Shadow-Remnant Thousandfold Palm. Please, go to Yunzhou City and deliver this to Benlei Martial Hall, to my second disciple, Ethan Grant.”

Blake didn’t take it right away. “The Hunter Alliance and Silver Watch should be arriving soon.”

Henry Sutton shook his head. “I—I don’t trust the people from Silver Watch, and I trust that William Foster even less.”

“Then why do you trust me, sir?” Blake said with a wry smile.

Chapter 9 Two Wishes

Henry Sutton said haltingly, “Y-your strength is far above mine, you wouldn’t covet such a minor martial art. Even if you learn it yourself, it’s fine, as long as you deliver it to my second disciple.”

Blake understood. It seemed the old man didn’t trust those people, fearing they’d covet the essence of the Shadow-Remnant Thousandfold Palm for themselves.

Actually, the old man wasn’t afraid of someone secretly learning the technique—he just feared that if those people kept it for themselves, they’d cover it up, and Benlei Martial Hall would lose the Shadow-Remnant Thousandfold Palm forever.

“All right, I promise you.” Blake nodded.

“There’s… one more thing.” Henry Sutton, trembling, took a black crystal from his chest.