A streak of blue light cut through the sky, landing beside James. The blue light materialized slowly into a man with a blue robe.
The man looked young, around twenty years or so. He had sharp features and was rather handsome and gentleman-looking. His
smile was so warm it made those who set eyes on him feel cozy.
“Who is this man?”
The man in the blue robe’s appearance confused many living beings behind James. Their sole purpose in following James in the
first place was to see for themselves the powerful figures who were about to partake in the Martial Ranking. However, this man in
the blue robe was not one of those figures they were looking forward to meeting.
James stopped to look at the man. With a casual and relaxed face, he asked, “You are...?”
The man replied with a chuckle, “Gutierre Linford.”
“Gutierre Linford?” The sound of his name startled the living beings behind James.
“G-Gutierre? The guy who emerged as number three on the Martial Ranking of Mount Heavenly Path? That powerful genius who
was birthed into existence a thousand Epochs ago and who cultivated eight Path Seals? The guy who crushed an entire Age and
was the champion in the Martial Ranking? But didn’t he disappear after his ranking dropped to third?”
“Tsk tsk.”
“I can’t believe that we would meet Gutierre once we arrived at Mount Heavenly Path.”
“This is getting interesting.”
“James defeated Xesus Leofwine and emerged as the top thirty in the Martial Ranking. But can he defeat this champion of a
man who was third on the Ranking?”
“This is so exciting.”
“This trip certainly didn’t go to waste.”
James now found out about the identity of this man, who was apparently a genius who cultivated eight Paths and eight Path
Seals, an achievement that the heavens would rarely tolerate.
In the Herschel Palace’s main hall within Mount Heavenly Path, Herschel Theophanes immediately stood up once he saw
Gutierre. He could not conceal his smile as he said, “James has finally arrived at Mount Heavenly Path.”
As he spoke, he took a glance at Thea Callahan who was in the hall, and said, “I will arrange for Gutierre’s first battle to be
against James as a demonstration of my respect towards him. Is this alright?”
Thea had a gloomy look on her face. She knew that Gutierre was a genius who was born a thousand Epochs
ago.novelebook.com Having remained at the Grand Emperor Rank Ninth Heaven for such a long time, a person like that was
frightening, to say the least. She felt anxious for James now.
Herschel looked again at Sienna who was wearing a red wedding gown and asked, “Is Gutierre a suitable match for you?”
Sienna only bit her lip without letting out a word. Since she had decided to come here, she believed in James. If James was not
Gutierre’s opponent and perished at his hands, she would not marry Gutierre either. She would rather die with James.
Two stunning women were located in another area of Mount Heavenly Path. They were Melinda and Winnie.
“Winnie, who do you think will prevail in this fight? Or should I say, how many strikes can James withstand?” Melinda asked
smilingly.
Winnie looked anxious. She never expected that James would show up at Mount Heavenly Path. So, she decided to say nothing.
Melinda took no heed of this and continued, “James is still rather frightening though. The last time I met him at the Katun Realm,
he had only just begun to comprehend the power of the Five Great Paths. I wasn’t expecting that he could rise in such a short
amount of time.”