The Strongest Man in the Universe

Chapter 557

Archimedes never thought a young boy would turn him down when he voluntarily came to him to be friendly. As the first heir of the Lightfoot family, Archimedes had never been insulted like this before. So many people are watching too! If word got out, how would he show his face?

Everyone on the 9th floor was shocked by what David said. Although they did not know who Archimedes was, they knew he was not simple because he had a Sovereign Ranker as his protector.

'How dare the boy do this?

Is he an idiot?'

Before Archimedes could figure out what was going on, David had taken his things to go. Then Archimedes reached out to stop David.

“Son, you are not at all careful. I'm older than you, so I'm your senior. Is this how you treat your senior?" Archimedes said with a grim face.

“Kak, I'm busy. There are so many people here. Can't you take them for a drink with you?” David answered helplessly.

He still had no idea that the person in front of him was the first heir of the Lightfoot family, and that he was here to investigate Cornelius' death. If David knew, he wouldn't waste time spewing nonsense with him.

"I want you to drink with me." urged Archimedes.

"I'm busy!"

"Pending your business!"

"Can't! This is very important to me, so I have to go now.”

“You can go, but you have to leave the wine jar in your hand here. I'll then go have a drink with someone else and let you go." After Archimedes said that, he stared at the wine bottle in David's arms.

He doesn't know what's in it. However, since David took it wherever he went and it looked very old, Archimedes thought it must be a good item. At the same time, he wanted to test David's reaction. If David was willing to give it to her, then she was wrong. If David didn't want to give it to him, then it might be a good thing.

When David heard that, he understood what was going on. 'She's interested in my Beautiful Grapes of Hundreds Flowers and Fruits. This guy might be smart at judging things. He knows I have good stuff here.'

If David didn't need to give Celia and the others this wine to help them get more chances of entering the Eternal Realm, he wouldn't mind sharing it. After all he already had 30 thousand fancy points, so he didn't care about anything else. However, he needed the wine, so whoever asked for it, he would not give it to them.

"My teacher gave me this wine, so I can't give it to you." David refused without hesitation.

"Oh? May I know who your teacher is? Can you tell us? Maybe he's an old friend of the Lightfoot.” family Archimedes said indifferently.

Of course, he didn't think David's teacher was an old friend of his family. Instead, he was indirectly trying to uncover his own identity. The status of the Lightfoot family was at the top rank in the Central Sacred Continent. When everyone heard the name, they were shocked.

Indeed, when Archimedes said that, everyone immediately gaped. The sounds of discussion immediately filled the room.

“He's from the Lightfoot family, so no wonder he looks so amazing. The reputation of the Lightfoot family is completely justified.”

"Yes! This one is supposed to be Master Archimedes, the first heir of the family.”

“The Lightfoot family is the actual controller of Splendor, one of the top five trading companies in the Central Sacred Continent. As the first heir of the family, Mr. Archimedes is indeed handsome and rich not only his name is famous.”

"really? But I heard something happened to the family recently, have you heard of it?"

“I know part. Gossip has it that Cornelius, the heir to the second family, died mysteriously. Everyone in the West End is very worried. If they were unable to immediately find the killer, the impact might spread throughout the entire Central Sacred Continent.”

“Not too serious, right?”

“Not that serious? Don't underestimate the power of the Lightfoot family!”

The sound of discussion caused David's heart to cool. 'Archimedes?

The first heir of the Lightfoot family?

Didn't Cornelius, whom I just killed, call himself the second heir of the Lightfoot family?'

After connecting the dots, David finally realized who the person in front of him was. He and Cornelius, whom he had just killed, were from the same family, the Lightfoot family.

'How small the world is. I just killed the second-in-line heirs, and now I'm meeting the first-in-order heirs. He doesn't want me to leave either. They are from the same family. Because they are both very arrogant.'

When David thought about how Archimedes came to him when he arrived, his heart trembled slightly. 'Did the murder of Cornelius come to light and now he is here for revenge?'

After thinking about it, this possibility was small, If the Lightfoot family knew that David was Cornelius' murderer and could even figure out where the murder had occurred, they would not have done this, only sent two people. One of them was even the first heir of the family.

'Are they not worried that I will also kill Archimedes?

Obviously, this doesn't make sense. If the Lightfoot family had already ascertained who the murderer was, they would have accumulated a lot of strength and suppressed him with everything they had. It's the only way the big family reacts. They will avenge Cornelius, and at the same time demonstrate the strength of their family to intimidate the culprit. So, Archimedes' existence here is just a coincidence. He's not here for revenge.'

When David thought about this, he heaved a sigh of relief inside. He's not worried the Lightfoot family will find out he killed Cornelius. Ever since he killed Cornelius, David is ready to become an enemy of the Lightfoot family. He was worried that he would be caught at this critical moment.

David might not be able to defeat a late stage Sovereign Ranker next to Archimedes so easily, but he would not be afraid. However, if they started fighting, David would definitely miss the auction that he had hung up all his hopes and had him prepared for a very long time. If he missed the auction, he would not be able to spend money to earn fancy points.

If that were to happen, David would not be able to increase his strength for now. He couldn't accept this no matter what. Furthermore, the Lightfoot family would also chase and kill him.

David was now merely a Mid-Sovereign Ranker, so even with the help of his mind power and the Evil Splitting Sword, it would not be enough to defeat a peak Sovereign Ranker or even a partial Saint. Even if the Lightfoot family did not have a Saint, David might not be able to escape from the Sacred Continent of the Center unscathed.

Therefore, the auction was very important to David. If nothing happened, David would reach the Saint Partial stage after the auction. Back then, David would have the power to annihilate the entire Lightfoot family if the Saint masters did not show up. Plus, a Saint wouldn't just appear.

As long as David did not show that he had the power to destroy everyone below the Saint Realm, the Lightfoot family would not ask their Saint Realm grandmaster to come out. Otherwise, it would create an unnecessary commotion, and also show how weak the Lightfoot family used to be.

That way, David can fight or retreat depending on the situation and continue to handle the Lightfoot family slowly. The more he delays, the greater the profit.

Countless thoughts flashed through David's mind to calm him down. He should try his best not to have any conflict with Archimedes now. He had to think of a way to go and then decide after participating in the auction safely.

After the discussion around him died down, David said, “My teacher and I have been living in seclusion all this time, and I have just been released. Therefore, I don't think he will know your family.”

“In exile? Where is that?" Archimedes asked curiously.

“Sorry, this is a secret between me and my teacher. I can't tell you.”

“Is this a secret or do you look down on my family and me?”

"It's up to your opinion! I have to go, so please step aside.”

“What if I don't want to do it?” Archimedes said mockingly.

"What do you want? Are all from big families like you? Do you all like to make trouble out of trivial things?" David was getting angry.

He did not want to come into conflict with Archimedes out of concern that it would affect the auction later. However, he could not stop the other party from making trouble for him. If he continued to retreat, it would keep the other party pressing on.

Their violent quarrels caused the spectators around them to show joyous expressions on their faces. Everyone loves drama. It would be better if this increased and it would be better if they could fight, so everyone would have something interesting to watch.

The arguments of the Lightfoot family members are more interesting than the arguments just now. They are not on the same level at all. Right now, Eamon heaved a sigh of relief. He had joined the Heavenly Sect for so many years and he thought his cousin might have grown up. However, he was even more arrogant than before.

The main thing was that he was stupid and did not know how to read the room. If Archimedes did not arrive on time and stop the quarrel from escalating, both sides would suffer once a fight broke out.

'How should I explain to Master if they accidentally hurt Angelica?'

Eamon swore that he would not contact the idiot boy when he came here again. If not, they will be his death.

Archimedes was utterly humiliated by what David said. He was the heir to the first family, so how dare a punk talk to him like that?

Plus, so many people were staring.

“Laughter, I told you you could go, but you have to leave the wine jar and the wooden box on your back here. Otherwise, never think of getting out of this place. This is the Central Sacred Continent, not the old forest where you live in seclusion. No one can go safely after offending me.”

The first time Archimedes saw David, he felt that this boy was special. Everyone was focused on him, but David was only focused on his food. Plus, after Archimedes approached him, he somehow felt a very disgusting energy from this child. He smells like blood.

This was the disgust that came from the bottom of his heart, making Archimedes want to kill David when he stopped. It was as if he could only stop the disgust in that way. If there weren't so many people here, Archimedes might not have been able to resist killing David.

In reality, this was because David had the blood of a direct descendant of Lightfoot on his hand. If the Saint Realm grandmaster of the Lightfoot family was in front of David and not Archimedes, they could tell at a glance that David had killed a direct descendant.

When someone from a family became a Saint, their veins would undergo some changes.

Anyone who killed a direct descendant in this kind of family would smell a faint smell of blood. It will only disappear as time goes on. However, only people from the same family can feel the blood, and they must approach the killer to find out.

For a Saint, they could sense it even from a distance, The stronger they were, the stronger they would feel it.

Archimedes and Cornelius are direct descendants of the Lightfoot family. So Archimedes had this feeling when he was near David because David had killed Cornelius not long ago. However, Archimedes was young, so he did not know the reason.

On the other hand, Bernard who was standing beside him could not feel anything as he was merely a distant relative of the family.