Chapter 291: Golden Dragon Spirit (2/2)

At least the trick today had made him rise a layer, not to mention that he had bought some time and drained three Sky Knights—which was no small feat for an Earth Knight.

Realizing that they been left with a scar in their minds from Xue Wei, he could not help but snicker. They deserved it.

Another two days went by as the three guards went to report the information to the higher-ups and waited for them to find another person to take charge of the ‘convincing’ of Xue Wei.

Xue Wei was correct. The next person that appeared was a Heavenly Knight. Unlike the previous three guards, this man was not arrogant, neither was he looking down on Xue Wei.

The guard did not belittle him. He looked at him with a grave expression on his face, as if he was threatened by the existence of this creature known as Xue Wei.

Knowing that this person could be a serious danger, Xue Wei furrowed his brows. He was slightly worried that things would not go as easily as he had hoped, his eyes never once leaving the man.

Like the three previous guards, this man also sat down in front of the cell, but he did not instantly close his eyes; instead, he continued to observe Xue Wei.

After contemplating, Xue Wei also sat down, placing his hands in his lap and looked back at the man on the other side of the door.

The two looked into the eyes of one another, and mutual respect began to grow between them. It was clear that the person each of them faced was not to be underestimated.

While the Heavenly Knight was certain that Xue Wei was a monster after what he’d been told before entering, he was shocked to see that it was, in fact, a mere youngster. His eyes were clear, bright, and filled with intelligence, and a smile hung on his lips, making him seem carefree, even when facing a Heavenly Knight.

Xue Wei was pleasantly surprised with this man as well. He was calm, collected, and his bearing was neither hurried nor slow when moving. He’d sat down with an elegance you rarely found amongst servants, but he was clearly someone bound to the Baili family by an oath of loyalty.

The two were quiet for a long time, before the Heavenly Knight finally opened his mouth, “I am sorry for what I am about to do,” he uttered with a deep voice, devoid of all emotions.

“I am bound to the Baili family. Any order they give me, I am to succeed to the best of my ability, or I will lose my life,” he continued to explain.

“I do not wish to harm you, so I suggest that you pledge your allegiance to the Baili family. Although they are rather pushy and do things in questionable ways, they are not too bad.”

“They threatened my dear ones,” Xue Wei answered, coldly. “They have been trying to use coercion to force me into working with them. The more they do this, the more I will fight back.”

“It seems that we will be incapable of reaching an agreement,” the Heavenly Knight resigned with a sigh, small needle-like shapes appearing in the air at the same moment.

These needles were made purely out of spiritual energy, and they were fluctuating with a power that Xue Wei had not experienced before. His eyes turned solemn, and his smile slowly vanished.

When he had met the guards earlier, they had been assaulting him with all their might, but the only way they could send out their energy was in waves that came crashing down upon him and were spread over his entire body.

This Heavenly Knight was clearly in a higher position of wealth or power than the Sky Knights. He had some techniques and methods that others did not, and they were clearly able to cause some severe injury to Xue Wei, should these needle-like threads of energy hit him.

Xue Wei was uncomfortable, but he was the one who had decided to follow the Baili family and fight them head-on rather than run and hide as he usually did.

Since he had made this decision, then he was to stick to it till the end. Xue Wei was the kind of person who would never regret a decision he made, and he would forever be loyal to his choices.

Since he had made this decision, he would not change course, and he would meet every hardship straight on.

There was respect in the eyes of the Heavenly Knight, alongside a bit of pity. He too had experienced the pain of being impaled by a soul needle, and he knew that it could leave a lasting impact on one’s soul.

Still, he had been given his orders, so there was nothing to do other than follow those orders, and thus he unleashed a torrent of soul needles that rained down upon Xue Wei.

Xue Wei closed his eyes the moment he felt the needles approaching him, and he urged the golden dragon to leave his soul palace to face them head-on.

A golden light shrouded Xue Wei as the dragon materialized outside of his body as it had done back in the Soul Tower. It grew in size and shrouded him from the needles, but the moment they came into contact with the golden scales on the body, the needles melted into puddles of energy that the dragon quickly absorbed.

A loud screech reverberated through the entire dungeon. It spread through the building on top of the dungeons, and even the elders in the main building heard the screech that made the very soul of each member of the Baili family tremble in fright.

The golden dragon spirit was not active for long; in fact, it was only a second from materializing until it vanished again, but during this second, the Heavenly Knight felt a pressure unlike anything he had ever experienced before, and he swore that he had seen a golden dragon shrouding the youngster protectively within.