The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 1013

Kendrick's question was not random-he was not sensing Nerissa's presence but had recognized the Resonance Bell. Among the Top Ten Menaces, everyone knew that the Resonance Bell was a unique, pseudo-magical artifact that belonged solely to Nerissa.

This was thanks to Westley Xavier, a major mastery-level Transcendent Realm warrior of the Xavier family, who spoiled Nerissa and gave her all the best treasures. It also explained how she could sneak up on Felix unnoticed, even by the Grand Elder and Dean.

"Why is Felix heading in that direction? Shouldn't he be running toward Westville?" Kendrick suddenly wondered aloud as they chased him.

"It doesn't matter," Dean responded curtly. "Even if he were running toward the city, do you think he'd make it in time? We chose this rocky wasteland to prevent exactly that. He's as good as dead."

Kendrick nodded in agreement. Felix was like a lamb to the slaughter now. No matter which way he ran, the outcome would not change.

Within minutes, the gap between them had closed, and Felix was almost within striking distance. Just then, the Grand Elder shouted in alarm, "Wait! That kid's heading for Echo Cavern!"

"You've got to be kidding me. We can't let him reach it!" Dean's voice grew panicked. Even as major mastery-level martial artists, neither dared to enter the Echo Cavern.

the Grand Elder cursed under

entire plan would fall apart. Whether Felix lived or died was not even the point. The Grand Elder's goal

even worse. The Dragonspines inside Felix's body were their true objective. If Felix died in the Echo Cavern, the Dragonspine would be lost forever, rendering their efforts

his voice tight with urgency. "If you enter that cavern, you'll

seriously think I'm a child? If you really wanted to negotiate, you'd stop chasing me right

as they silently activated forbidden techniques, increasing their speed at the cost of harming themselves. It was now or

the distance between them shrank to mere feet. The two martial artists launched powerful, long-range attacks. The air

twisted in frustration. The entrance to Echo Cavern was only 16 feet away, but their attacks would hit before he could reach

unleashing every technique

tore through the

UT

backward at

shot straight into the darkness of the cavern, disappearing from