Several noble ladies who stood too close let out short exclamations, and then closed their mouths when they realized that the blood did not splash on the tips of their shoes. [No pop-up novel website]
The lightsaber that penetrated Giovanni wedged itself into the gap in the floor. It was very fast and powerful, and its energy control was frighteningly precise. The energy attached to the lightsaber undoubtedly smashed all the organs in Giovanni's body into pieces, but the wounds on his body were burned and fused by the high temperature on the surface of the lightsaber the moment it was poked open. Before the blood could splash out, it was sealed in the body cavity. Then the energy was exhausted, the lightsaber disappeared, and the handle fell to his chest with a "snap". Giovanni's body, the hilt of his sword lying across the front of his evening gown, formed an inverse cross with the gold edge on the front of his evening gown. The appearance of his death could be described as solemn and solemn.
The guests fell into a brief silence, and the crowd took the initiative to part in front of Anthony. The way they looked at him was obviously different from before. It has been many years since the autumn banquet during the social season saw such a wanton and bold duel.
After all, Lighthouse Star is a place where fame and wealth are sought, and duels here are often more about showing off one's skills than winning. Achieving victory gracefully and gently declaring strength is the way a wanderer who wants to choose will choose. They will always walk with death until they get enough family support. Therefore, they rarely actually kill their noble opponents in duels. He would not choose such a dazzling method as killing with one blow, even if he had a sure chance of victory.
Reputation is a double-edged sword. Overly dazzling performance not only brings extraordinary gains to the Wanderers, but also brings them extraordinary crises and pressure. If you are not careful, you will be crushed into pieces by the crisis and pressure that go hand in hand with shining.
But on the other hand, a wanderer who dares to kill his noble opponent with one blow in a duel must be extraordinary. There is no more domineering declaration of strength than this, which shows great power and unparalleled self-confidence.
What's even more terrifying about this duel is the direct meaning of the action of "killing with one blow" - this is obviously a duel between level 7 superpowers. According to the registration data of the Super Power Association, the number of individuals with level seven super powers in human society is currently 673. Counting those who have made breakthroughs and have not yet had time to report to the association, and those who are outside the charter of the Super Power Association and have never completed the information The number of registered space ronin can be increased to approximately 800 people. Including the super-powered slaves controlled by various family training camps and the mutants created by major research institutions, there are no more than 3,000 level-7 superpowers in the entire galaxy, all mankind, and the broad category.
Among these three thousand level seven superpower users, how many can kill another level seven superpower user with one blow in a fair one-on-one duel? The fighting madman Sviato of the Ryuk Empire counts as one, Danyang of the Yves family counts as one, and the eighth-level potential David Duran can theoretically do it... In short, people who can do this can do it. They can be counted on one hand, and each of them has a very famous reputation in the universe. Now a little-known wild boy has done it. What does this mean?
The flame of greed ignited in the eyes of these super-powerful nobles at the banquet: no matter he was Sviato Second or Danyang Second, he was worth having, no matter if he was bribed or captured in a trap. And if this is another David Duran, it will be even more valuable, and he will fight for it at all costs - what's even better is that his surname is not Duran, Yves, Solomon, he has no surname! All these thorn branch emblems of the House of Thousand Generations have nothing to do with him! He doesn't have a bad background like David Duran! His name is Anthony, he is alone, has no family name, and is a wild boy who has just arrived on Beacon Star. No one knew his name before today. After today, his name is destined to make the entire Lighthouse Star agitated.
"I originally thought that this year's social season would be dull from beginning to end, with the only bright spot being the lace of Mr. David of the Duran family. I didn't expect that at the last moment, it would happen so suddenly and wonderfully!" Standing with Rosie, Yi A close friend of her husband's family whispered and asked him on the spot: "Have you known this gentleman before, Rosie?"
Rossi admitted happily: "We met by chance on the spaceship coming to the lighthouse planet. It just so happened that it was a passenger ship belonging to my family. I had to take a ride on it because I was going to the earth, so I happened to meet him."
A good friend who is also the heir to a certain fallen Thornbough family admired: "You are so lucky!"
Rossi nodded slightly to his friend: "I'll go take care of it." Then he left.
In fact, there are not many places that Rossi needs to take care of. There are always fixed rules for duels at banquets. Giovanni's body has been taken away by his followers, the venue has been cleaned up, and the banquet continues - even if The Giovanni family would not be in a hurry to seek revenge right now at the banquet. Regardless of whether you have the ability to retaliate, the act of retaliating on the spot itself destroys the sanctity of the duel and will damage the honor of the family and the deceased, so it must be avoided.
The guests had various thoughts and planned to get acquainted with Anthony first, but they did not act rashly immediately. According to past habits, after the dance music starts, the lady of the Sikuon family will take the initiative to invite him to dance. After the dance is over, it is easy for everyone to come up to talk to him, and even make further invitations. But today's situation is a bit special. This dance was not completed due to a sudden accident.
Just when the music started playing, a short fat man rushed to Anthony in front of Miss Sikuon at lightning speed.
"I am the chief steward of the Palace of the Supreme Pharaoh of the Justin Empire Council of Elders. You can just call me Chief Jose," Mr. Steward said with a bright smile, "Your Excellency, can you say a few words to me."
"Of course." Anthony nodded, took a few steps to the side, and left the center of the banquet as a matter of course.
Everyone couldn't help but frown, angry at the short fat man's unruliness, but after seeing clearly the appearance of this short fat man without a long neck, they all dared not speak out. Who in Beacon Star didn't know that the person who looks like this is Mr. Su Yu? The sycophant and villain you trust most. It's completely normal for him to act unruly and act haphazardly. If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, who among you would dare to reason with him? Fortunately, there was no way he was attracted to Anthony, and no one cared much about it. I just feel sorry for Miss Sikuon. She has already stood up but no one can invite her. It is really embarrassing.
Rosie stepped forward to meet Miss Sikuon and relieved this embarrassment as the host of the banquet. When she held Miss Sikuon's shoulders and turned around on the dance floor, Rosie breathed a sigh of relief.
Rosie knew full well that it was impossible for her to talk to Miss Sikuon again, let alone dance with her. But if you refuse on this occasion, it will be too cold, arrogant and difficult to approach as a young man with super powers. After killing a super-powered noble with one blow to fully demonstrate his strength, then rejecting the convention of the Lighthouse Star nobles would be going too far. To reject convention is to reject the superpower aristocracy itself. Although the super-powered nobles of the Lighthouse Star have always been mean-spirited, they have always been arrogant. The rangers who are unwilling to show their sincerity are likely to arouse their mentality to join forces to suppress them even if they have a bright future. Although the adults are not afraid, it will not be of any benefit to what is to be done later.
"Fortunately, the manager Jose stepped forward in time!" he thought, "otherwise it would be unsightly for me to step forward directly."
Little did he know that Mr. Butler was cursing in his heart at this moment: Damn it, if I had known, I would just send someone here today! This guy Hong is doing a lot of harm to people! After all the hard work, I am making wedding clothes for others! When you come back and the adults know about it, you lose your temper. How do you want me to explain it? I didn't even prepare a scapegoat!
To be honest, Mr. Steward really doesn’t want to step forward and help Mr. Critikus out of trouble - let you show up! If you are asked to steal women from my family, then you can continue to dance with the women of the Briar Branch family. I, Jose, am here ready to secretly take pictures, and I can immediately inform Miss Gu and make a report. The adults will definitely be happy when they know about it.
However, Mr. Steward is a steward after all. No matter how he is different from his palace servants, he must have "the overall situation first."
What is the “big picture”? The red attendant made it very clear in the communication that the only purpose of Jose's coming here today was to cooperate with Lord Critikus's actions. It's obviously not okay to cooperate or not, and to create trouble to watch the excitement. At most, he lingered for a while, feeling satisfied in his heart, and still had to move his legs when the music started playing.
Walking to a slightly secluded place, Anthony glanced at Mr. Butler and said, "Please tell me anything, Mr. Jose!"
Jose was frightened by Anthony's look, and felt a chill coming up. His legs could hardly help but tremble, feeling that his previous dark psychology had been exposed to the broad daylight. He forced himself to calm down and hurriedly took the prepared invitation from his entourage and handed it over: "There will be a banquet in the Golden Castle on December 18th. Please attend."
The invitation was pressed with gold foil and was very luxurious and exquisite. Anthony held it in his hand and nodded slightly: "I will definitely go."
Jose felt like he was being pardoned and hurriedly left, thinking: "Compared with my pure and lovely Lord Suyu, this Lord Critikus is really terrible!"
It happened that an attendant came over at this time and invited: "Sir Anthony, Mr. Defelin would like to meet you."
Rosie saw this scene from a distance, so she handed Miss Sikuon to another noble man from a noble family by exchanging dance partners. She took the opportunity to quit the dance and walked over to accompany Anthony.
Mr. Defillin was with Rosie's uncle Roger Yves, an old man in his seventies or eighties, with an aristocratic reserve in every move, and he reached out to Anthony first in a very condescending manner - in the world of superpowers. In terms of the hierarchical order, this is very abnormal, because he obviously only has super power level four, and even now, he is far below Anthony; but on the Lighthouse Star, this is very normal, because he is the relative of the Dark Temple Knight Rhine. Grandpa is fully qualified to act like a fox or a tiger. So Anthony shook hands with old Mr. Defulin with the hand that did not hold the invitation.
Mr. Defelin was obviously very happy, and he greeted Anthony with a kind smile: "I heard that you are from the Sirius Star Territory?" The little time just now was enough for him to get to the bottom of this budding cosmic wanderer.
Anthony said humbly: "It's a very remote galaxy. It's rare for an old gentleman to know about it."
Mr. Defelin's smile became even brighter: "Remoteness in the region means nothing, and the Lighthouse Star is not in the center of the Milky Way on the star map. I believe that with talents like you, the Sirius Star Territory will soon prosper."
"Thank you for your kind words," Anthony nodded, "I haven't been back for many years."
After a few more brief conversations, Anthony said goodbye: "I'm a little tired, probably because I haven't done anything for a long time."
So Rossi took the opportunity to invite: "We have prepared a guest room in the manor. Can we spend the night here tonight?"
Rossi personally sent Anthony to the villa deep in the manor. The housekeeper had received orders in advance, so the arrangements were naturally extremely luxurious and meticulous.
After ordering the servants to leave, Anthony opened the gold-foil invitation and saw two sheets stacked together, one with his name and the other with Gu Hanhan's name, but both marked that he could bring his partner. So, Anthony asked casually: "Where is Hanhan now?"
"It should be at David Duran's villa," Rossi hesitated and answered quickly, "He went over specifically to pick up the lady today. If the laboratory's previous contract with the Duran family was followed, the lady should spend the night there. .”
"Very good!" Anthony said firmly and threw the invitation to Rosie.
"Hanhan's piece," he said, "ask that short guy to send it directly to David Duran."
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