Chapter 288: Capture (1/2)
As soon as Xue Wei left the house, he felt his senses tingling. He spread out his perception and sensed that a rather substantial number of experts were trailing him.
Looking around, Xue Wei found that there were a lot of people walking on the streets again, yet none of them dared to get close to him. All of them looked at him with fear evident in their many eyes.
It was clear that everyone knew that Xue Wei had killed the Baili members without even showing the slightest hint of mercy. This was frightening and something that they could not accept with their views on murder.
Those who previously had looked down upon him, or bad-mouthed him and his friends for being show-offs from another continent did not even dare to look him in the eye.
“This is troublesome,” Xue Wei sighed. “They will not come out and drag me away in front of all these people.” As he mused to himself, Xue Wei was starting to walk towards the forbidden area again.
The forbidden area was the best place to fight without being noticed. Not many went there, and it was quiet; it was the ideal place for a confrontation.
From what Xue Wei had sensed when spreading out his perception, he could tell the experts were all stronger than him, though most likely it was only a batch of Sky Knights that had been sent out.
Even if Xue Wei were capable of killing one Sky Knight that specialized in spiritual energy, it would become difficult when there were multiple present. Even though he believed in his ability to escape them all on his own, he also understood that if the Baili family failed in capturing him, then they would change their tactics. There was even a possibility of them moving on Luoluo and his friends, and this thought alone was enough to make him feel bloodlust rise from within.
No one should touch his friends or family. They were his reverse scale, the one thing that could make him lose all his rationality.
As he reached the area in front of the Forbidden Area, Xue Wei stopped in his tracks and turned around, “Come out and play, wherever you are,” he called out in a whimsical tone. Not long after, the people who had followed behind him suddenly appeared out of the shadows, one after another.
So far, the people that had tried to deal with Xue Wei were all students at the academy, and their ages were not too dissimilar from Xue Wei’s, being youngsters beneath the age of twenty.
But now things were different, the people who appeared were clearly at least a decade older.
The leader of this group was different from the previous leader too. Although he walked with the same arrogant confidence as the previous leader had when they first arrived, there was a cold gleam in his eyes. This made Xue Wei understand that this man was not as naive as the other, nor did he doubt that this man would kill if need be; in fact, he had the aura of someone who had killed before.
Sensing the actual killing intent that the man exuded, Xue Wei was rather intrigued. On a continent like Yan Dalu, where murder was as frowned upon as it was, how was it that this Baili person had managed to kill before?
“Mister Xue, we have tried inviting you plenty of times, but it seems that our sincere and gracious offers have been belittled by you and even caused us to suffer some significant losses,” the leader began talking, his voice cold like ice and his eyes not showing any sincerity at all—instead a fierce expression flashed within.
“I see, I am sorry, but I did not sense such gracious sincerity earlier, perhaps you sent the wrong person to negotiate with me,” Xue Wei said mockingly. Although he planned to go with them, he was not intending to work with them, so there was no reason to try and save face.
“I do apologize for their rude behavior, but Mister Xue, you could also have been more forgiving. To directly kill the people we sent was not a very polite gesture.” The man did not lose his cool when he heard Xue Wei’s antagonistic answer; instead, he continued to speak and even turned it around so that Xue Wei was the one at fault.
Sensing that this man was in a completely different league than his previous opponents, Xue Wei felt the urge to battle boiling in his blood, but he pushed it down and forced himself to remain calm. Now was not the time to confront him.
“We are both smart people,” Xue Wei answered. “If they had not pressured me, I would not have done something so final to them either, but it seems that currently the Baili family and I are doomed to wander on opposite paths.”
“That is not certain,” the leader cut in, a smile on his face, yet a smile that did not reach his eyes which remained as icy cold as before. “Why don’t you follow me back to the Baili family to discuss the possibilities of working together? If you say no, then we have no other option than to invite your friends. I heard a little bird sing about you having a cute younger sister that would surely have a pleasant time with us.”
Hearing this man actually threatening him with Luoluo, Xue Wei’s eyes turned black with anger, and he snickered, quietly swearing that when he had reached his goal, then he would personally send this man to meet King Yama.
The man felt how the surrounding atmosphere turned colder, the temperature was dropping drastically and he was shocked.
He had killed a fair number of people before, and because of this, he had been picked for the job of fetching Xue Wei, as he would not become petrified with fear when it came to a situation where one had to kill or be killed.
But this man had clearly killed a lot fewer people than Xue Wei. Xue Wei’s killing intent, when released, was so terrifying that even the surrounding air turned colder, and many of the other Sky Knights felt as if a hand had grasped their hearts and started squeezing.