Chapter 293: Family Feud (1/2)
The noise that Xue Wei could hear was the sound of screaming voices, and the air was starting to ripple from the spiritual energy that was being released at the gate.
The accumulation of energy was getting more and more violent the closer to the gates he came, and the screams were also getting more and more urgent.
Accompanying these screams and ripples of energy was a smell of blood and clashing of weapons.
The sound of clashing weapons was new here in Yan Dalu, as everyone previously would focus on their spiritual energy cultivation and thus used mental attacks to end battles, but now a group of experts were rushing into the compound with brandished swords and staves.
Even Primordial Beasts would rarely use weapons, as they would be using their physical shapes when fighting against their opponents. Not many would fight in their human shapes as they would be incapable of withstanding the danger posed by the spiritual energy cultivators.
Experts who cultivated spiritual energy were cultivating faster than the Qi cultivating Primordial Beasts because of the Soul Tower, and thus the Qi cultivators had always been inferior.
Now the opposite was happening right in front of everyone. The Qi cultivators were pressuring the rest of the experts, they were using brute strength to overpower their opponents, and none of them were showing any mercy.
The Baili family’s guards and members were all in disarray; they had been caught off-guard, but now they had no other option than to fight back with relentless ferocity.
Blood was flowing on the ground as more and more wounds were opened up on the two sides that were engaged in battle. As one of the Baili guards was injured, another would step forward and take over their position in the formation. The people who were coming towards the defenders were like a tidal wave, never retreating, only advancing, flooding the family’s compound with people that brutalized them with raw strength.
Xue Wei stood not far from the family gates. He was casually leaning against a tree, and a smile flitted across his lips as he saw the blood running in rivers, and the people fighting for their lives.
These Gu and Yuan family members were here to save him, but he was calm and collected as if it had nothing to do with him.
In fact, this battle would have happened sooner or later, no matter whether or not Xue Wei had appeared on the continent. The Baili family were never satisfied with their lot in life. Although they were the most powerful and influential family in the entire continent, there were still some people above them.
The King was an unshakeable person, and the officials also had the power to go against the Baili family—something that had forced them to submit for a long time.
Things had changed when the previous king abdicated and gave his position to the current king; this king was not as strong as the others before her, and she was only capable of sitting on the throne because of the backup she had in court, alongside the innate potential from her five eyes.
Having understood the Baili family’s aim, Xue Wei was looking at the battle with renewed focus. Although he felt that the Gu and Yuan families should deal with the Baili family on their own, he was ready to jump in at any moment in time.
As he looked around, he noticed that the grand elder was like him, standing at the sidelines observing the battle, but where a small smile hung on Xue Wei’s lips, a grave expression marked the grand elder’s face.
The spiritual energy cultivators were being completely overpowered. Spiritual energy was not to be belittled, but one has to remember that these experts all had cultivated spiritual energy since they were young and thus had a natural defense against it.
On the other hand, the members of the Baili family were all just Heavenly Warriors or beneath in their Qi levels, so while they were generally slightly stronger in spiritual energy levels, the Baili family were much further behind in Qi levels.
As a result, the Yuan and Gu families were steamrolling over the Baili family’s guards and masters. The more they fought, the more their bloodlust was unleashed; the Yuan and Gu families had been oppressed for many many years, and now they had a chance to vent those frustrations.
While killing was not something that happened much throughout Yan Dalu, some people had still used their background to throw their weight around, bullying others, even going as far as to cripple them.
Some were crippled physically while others had their soul or mind irreparably broken so that they would not be able to think straight ever again. The more talented members of the oppressed families had particularly been the victims of such hardships.
The family members of these people were filled with a thirst for revenge, and a thirst for justice.
Xue Wei glanced at the two sides that were battling once again. At the start, the Yuan and Gu families held the advantage because of their surprise attack and their strong momentum, but as the Baili family soon realized that their weakness was that most Qi attacks were fairly short range, it turned into a big chase. The Baili family continued to retreat while the Gu and Yuan families advanced.
It was not until the two families had flooded into the compound that the grand elder started to move.
This was what Xue Wei had been the most worried about. The Gu and Yuan families were easily capable of blocking the rest of the guards and members, but as soon as it came to the grand elder, they would be at a disadvantage.
The grand elder was, after all, an Ordinary Saint. His strength was not something that anyone could look down upon, and although his body was his biggest weakness, he just needed to surround himself in a layer of spiritual energy, and then no one would be able to break through.
At the same time, if he started sniping them with his attacks, no one would be able to fight back against it, their minds would be broken, and their souls might even be ripped apart from the very powerful energy that would tear through them.