Chapter 853 Invincible Advance

• "I command the Battle Banner Faction of Xosa Valley. Getting past my checkpoint will not be the casual stroll you imagine."
• The guardian of the sixth gate was a sinewy man whose skin clung to his bones like weather-worn leather. His eyes, sharp as filed flint, tracked Jaziel's every step. Jaziel had shattered the first five tests so quickly that the watching disciples no longer dared breathe too loudly, much less belittle him.
• Rumors rippled through their ranks: this string of duels resembled some secret examination for the next valley master of Xosa Valley—yet Jaziel could not have cared less. Whether it was an assessment or an ambush hardly mattered. He had only one goal, which was to take Linus with him.