Several of the ladies who stood too close let out a brief exclamation, and then realized that the blood had not spilled the tips of their shoes, and closed their mouths.

Piercing through Giovanni's lightsaber wedged into the cracks of the floor, it was fast, the force was fierce, and the control of energy was terrifyingly accurate. There was no doubt that the energy attached to the lightsaber had stirred all the organs in Giovanni's body into mud, but the wounds on the surface of the body were cauterized and fused by the high temperature on the surface of the lightsaber the moment they were poked open. Before the blood could splash, it was sealed in the body cavity. Then the energy is exhausted, the lightsaber disappears, and the handle "snaps" and falls to the chest. Giovanni's body, the hilt of the sword and the gold rim of the placket of the evening dress form a reverse cross, and the death can be described as solemn.

There was a brief silence as the crowd parted in front of Anthony, looking at him in a noticeably different gaze. It's been a long time since there have been such wanton and bold duels at the autumn party during the social season.

Beacon Star is a place of fame and fortune after all, and duels here are often more showy than victorious. Graceful victory, gentle declaration of power is the way the wanderer who wants it will choose. They always walk with death until they have enough family power to support them. As a result, they also rarely actually kill their noble opponents in a duel. He will not choose such a dazzling means as killing with one hit, even if the victory is in his hands.

Prestige is a double-edged sword, and the overly shining surface brings extraordinary gains to wanderers, as well as extraordinary crises and pressures. If you are not careful, you will be crushed to pieces by this kind of crisis and pressure that goes hand in hand with the shine.

But on the other hand, a wanderer who dares to kill a noble opponent in a duel must be extraordinary, and the most domineering statement of strength is none other than this, which shows great strength and unparalleled self-confidence.

And what is even more terrifying about this duel is the most direct meaning of the action of "killing with one blow" itself - this is obviously a duel between seventh-level superpowers. According to the number of registrations of the Superpower Association, the number of individuals with seventh-level superpowers in human society is currently 673, and this number can increase to about 800 if you count the cosmic ronins who have not yet had time to report to the association and who are outside the constitution of the Superpower Association and have never completed the registration of information. Counting the superpower slaves who are trained and controlled by various families and the mutants created by major research institutions, the entire galaxy, all mankind, and the seventh-level superpowers in the broad sense will never exceed three thousand.

Among these 3,000 Rank 7 Superpowers, how many of them were able to kill another Rank 7 Capable in a one-on-one fair duel? Sviato, the battle maniac of the Ruk Empire, counted one, the Danyang of the Yves family was also counted as one, and the Rank 8 potential David Duran could theoretically do it...... All in all, the people who can do it can be counted in a single slap, and each of them is very famous in the universe. Now that a little-known wild boy has done it, what does that mean?

The flame of greed ignited in the eyes of these superpowered nobles at the banquet: whether he was Sviato's second or Danyang's second, he deserved it, whether it was bribed or trapped. And if this is another David Duran, it is even more valuable, and he will not hesitate to fight for it - even better, he is not surnamed Duran, he is not surnamed Yves, he is not surnamed Solomon, he has no surname at all! All these thorn branch insignia of the House of Thousands have nothing to do with him! He does not have a bad background like David Duran! His name is Anthony, he is alone, he has no family name, he is a wild boy who has just arrived at Beacon Star. No one knew his name before today, and after today, his name was destined to make the entire Beacon Star agitated.

"I thought that this year's social season would be dull from beginning to end, and the only bright spot was the lace of His Excellency David of the Duran family, but I didn't expect that at the last moment, ** came so suddenly and so exciting!" Standing with Rossi, a friend of Yves's family whispered and asked him on the spot: "Did you know this gentleman before, Rosie?"

Rosie happily admitted: "I met by chance on the ship that came to the Lighthouse Star. Coincidentally, it was a passenger boat from my family, and I had to take a ride to cross the earth, and I happened to meet it. ”

A friend who is also the heir of a declining Thorn Branch family said admirably: "You are so lucky!"

Rosie nodded slightly to her friend: "I'll take care of it." Then he pulled his leg and left.

In fact, there weren't many places that Rossi needed to take care of, and there were always rules for duels at banquets, and Giovanni's body had been taken away by his henchmen, the venue had been cleared, and the banquet continued - even the Giovanni family would not be in a hurry to seek revenge on the spot of the banquet now. Regardless of whether or not you have the ability to retaliate, the act of taking revenge on the spot itself undermines the sanctity of the duel and will damage the honor of the family and the deceased, so it must be avoided.

The guests had all sorts of thoughts about getting acquainted with Anthony first, but none of them immediately made a rash move. According to the old custom, after a moment of dancing music, the young lady of the Sikuon family should take the initiative to invite him to dance, and when one dance is over, it is convenient for everyone to come forward to talk to him, and even make further invitations. But today's situation is a bit special, this dance was not able to be danced due to a sudden accident.

As soon as the music began, a Humpty Dumpty man scurried ahead of Miss Sicuon and walked up to Anthony.

"The contemptible man is the chief of the palace of the Supreme Pharaoh of the Justin Imperial Senate, you can call me Jose Governor directly," Mr. Steward smiled, "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 frowning, annoyed at Humpty Dumpty's unruliness, but after seeing the appearance of this Humpty Dumpty man without a long neck, they all dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak. It's too normal for him to be unruly, the upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked, who of you dares to reason with him? Fortunately, it is impossible for him to fall in love with this Anthony, and everyone doesn't care very much. It's just that I pity Miss Sikuon, who has already stood up and has no one to invite, which is really embarrassing.

Rosie stepped forward to meet Miss Sicuon, relieving the embarrassment as the host of the banquet. As she lifted Miss Sicuon's shoulders around the dance floor, Rosie breathed a sigh of relief.

Rossi knew that there was no way an adult would ever speak to that Miss Sicuon again, let alone dance with her. But if you refuse on this occasion, it will be too cold and arrogant to approach as a young man with superpowers. It would be too much to kill a superpowered nobleman in one blow and fully declare his strength, and then reject the conventions of the Beacon Star nobles. To reject conventions is to reject the superpowered aristocracy itself. Although the super-powered nobles of the Lighthouse Star have always been cheap, they have always been arrogant, and the rangers who refuse to show them sincerity, even if they have a bright future, are likely to provoke them to join forces to suppress them. Although the adults are not afraid, they do not do any good what they will do later.

"Fortunately, the Jose manager stepped forward in time!" he thought, "otherwise it would not be beautiful for me to come forward." ”

As everyone knows, Mr. Manager is scolding his mother in his heart at this time: Fuck, I knew that I would send someone here casually today! This guy is a lot of harm! I have worked so hard that I am making a wedding dress for someone else! When I come back, the adult knows that I am losing my temper, how can you let me explain? I am not even prepared for a scapegoat!

Speaking from the heart, Mr. Steward doesn't want to stand up and help this Lord Criticus out of his trap - let you come out and show up! Let you grab a woman from my family, then you can continue to dance with the women of the Thorn Branch family, I, Jose, have prepared a candid photo here, and I can immediately report to Miss Gu for a small report, and the adults will be happy when they find out.

However, Mr. Steward is a steward after all, no matter how he can't be the same as his palace servants, he must have a "big picture".

What is the "big picture"? The Chief Red Saloon made it very clear in his correspondence that José's only purpose in coming here today was to cooperate with Lord Criticus's actions. This should cooperate or not, and it is obviously not possible to dismantle the stage to see the excitement. He rubbed for a while at most, and he was addicted to it in his heart, and he still had to step when the music sounded.

Walking to a slightly more secluded place, Anthony glanced at Mr. Steward and said, "Please tell me something, Mr. Jose!"

Jose was frightened by Anthony's sight, a cool breath rose up, his legs almost couldn't help shaking, and he felt that his previous dark psychology had been exposed in broad daylight. He forced his composure, hurriedly took the prepared invitation from his entourage and handed it over: "On the eighteenth day of December, there is a banquet in the Golden Castle, please attend. ”

The invitation was pressed with gold leaf, very luxurious and exquisite, Anthony held it in his hand and nodded slightly: "I will definitely go." ”

Jose was pardoned, and hurriedly took his leave, thinking: "Compared to my family's pure and lovely Lord Su Yu, this Lord Criticus is really terrible!"

At this time, an attendant came over and invited: "Your Excellency Anthony, Mr. De Philin wants to meet with you. ”

Rossi saw this from afar, so he exchanged dance partners and handed Miss Sicuon to another nobleman, while he took the opportunity to quit the dance and came over to accompany Anthony.

Mr. Defelin was with Rossi's uncle, Rojeif, an old man of seventy or eighty years old, with an aristocratic reserve in his every move, and he condescendingly reached out to Anthony first - this was not normal in terms of the hierarchical order of the superpower world, because he obviously only had the fourth level of superpowers, and even now, he was far below Anthony, but in the lighthouse, this was normal, because he was the grandfather of the Dark Temple Knight Rhine, and he was fully qualified to be a fox and a tiger. So Anthony shook hands with old Mr. De Fillin with the hand that was not holding the invitation.

Old Mr. Defilin was obviously very happy, and greeted Anthony with a kind smile: "I heard that Your Excellency is from the Sirius Domain?" A little time just now was enough for him to find out about this budding cosmic ronin.

Anthony said humbly: "It is a very remote galaxy, and it is rare for the old gentleman to know about it." ”

Mr. Defelin smiled even more: "The remoteness of the region does not represent anything, and the lighthouse star is not in the center of the galaxy on the star map. I believe that with a talent like Your Excellency, the Sirius Domain will soon prosper. ”

"As I am sorry," nodded Anthony, "I haven't been back in years. ”

After a few more words, Anthony said goodbye: "I'm a little tired, probably because I haven't done it for a long time." ”

So Rosie took the opportunity to invite: "There is a guest room prepared in the manor, and you will spend the night here tonight, right?"

Rossi personally sent Anthony to the villa in the depths of the manor, and the butler had been ordered in advance, so he naturally arranged it with the utmost luxury and meticulousness.

After ordering the servants to retreat, Anthony opened the gold leaf invitation and saw that it was two stacked together, one was his own name, and the other was Gu Hanhan's name, but both indicated that he could bring a partner. So, Anthony casually asked, "Where is Hanhan now?"

"It should already be at David Duran's villa," Rosie hesitated for a moment, and replied quickly, "He went over to pick up Miss today." If according to the previous contract with the Duran family, the young lady should have spent the night there. ”

"Good!" Anthony said two words stiffly, tossing the invitation to Rosie.

"Hanhan's one," he said, "told the dwarf to go straight to David Duran." ”