Chapter 1385 Benevolence And Authority
The outcome was way beyond his expectations. “Seven Deadly Stars, I’m merely telling you the truth when I told you Jared is powerful. Perhaps, he’s a little weak in terms of mental energy, which explains why he could not put up a fight against you. Your attack had left him mindless!” the elder from Warriors Alliance hurriedly explained.
“That’s right. He should be weak in mental energy. After all, not everyone is perfect,” Zion quickly chimed in. Seven Deadly Stars scoffed in response. From his point of view, those people out there had over-glorified Jared. He’s so young. Even if he started learning from a young age, what could he possibly achieve?
“Bah. Whether or not he’s talented is no longer something we should be concerned of anymore. Let’s welcome this powerful addition into my ranks of zombie puppets!” Seven Deadly Stars burst out laughing merrily.
“Seven Deadly Stars, you can’t turn him into your zombie puppet!” Zion hurriedly said.
Hearing that, Seven Deadly Stars glanced at Zion in confusion. “Why not? Don’t you want him dead?”
Zion explained, “Of course, I want him dead, but the problem is that I need his head.”
Seven Deadly Stars grimaced at Zion’s revelations. After all, he could not turn Jared into his zombie puppet if Jared was decapitated.
“President Zeigler, I’m the one who defeated Jared. The credits are mine and mine alone, meaning I have all the right to decide how I wish to deal with Jared. Do you think I’d hand him over to you just like that? Are you out of your mind?” Seven Deadly Stars stared at Zion in displeasure.
Zion furrowed his eyebrows, for he never thought Seven Deadly Stars would even dare to talk back to him, let alone disobey his orders!
“Let me remind you of your identity again if you have forgotten about it. Don’t forget about what I have in my possession!” Zion replied with a grim expression.
Seven Deadly Stars opened his mouth, trying to say something, only to snap it shut after that.
As much as he was unsatisfied and upset by Zion’s doing, he found no courage to continue talking back to Zion.
In the meantime, seeing how Seven Deadly Stars was reduced to silence, Zion smiled with satisfaction. “Don’t worry. I’ll figure out a way to send a couple of Martial Arts Marquis and resources to Blood Corpse Cult. By then, you will have a couple of powerful addition to your arsenal.”
Zion was showing him both benevolence and authority. Despite having the authority, Zion knew that with his own strength, none of the cult members would obey his orders.
“Thank you very much, President Zeigler.”
Satisfaction only returned to Seven Deadly Stars after Zion gave him his word.
Right then, Jared, who had been maintaining a lifeless stare like a dead man, suddenly smiled.
He put up an indescribable expression and asked, “Did you think you could take my head just like that?”
The sudden movements coming from Jared startled Zion and Seven Deadly Stars.
When they both turned around hastily, they noticed that Jared was not as lifeless as he had appeared. He was entirely normal and showed no sign of being manipulated by Seven Deadly Stars.
“What’s going on?” Zion looked toward Seven Deadly Stars in puzzlement.
Seven Deadly Stars, too, was confused by what happened. He quickly snapped out of it and waved his hands around abruptly. “Maybe this brat managed to unshackle himself from my mental energy’s bindings. I’ll just do it again!”
That said, the black mist started slithering out from Seven Deadly Stars’ hands and wrapped around Jared again.
As the black mist emerged, so did the lamentations.
Zion and the elder hurriedly covered their ears, for they were on the verge of losing control after being affected by the groans that attacked them.
“Hmph. Did you really think a mere puppet-controlling technique like that could stop me? How naive!” Jared sneered before he promptly opened his mouth wide.
In an instant, the black mist surrounding Jared was instantly absorbed into his body.
He swiftly absorbed them all, and once he was done, he satisfactorily wiped his mouth.
