Chapter 361: Dongfang Family (2/2)
What they entered was a massive hall, and there were doors on either side of the hall. Big pillars were framing the hall, shrouding everything with shadows, but when they entered, they suddenly heard a voice coming from the other end of the hall.
”There are other people in here!” someone called out, and Xue Wei, who was taken by surprise, looked at the end of the hall, where a group of seventeen experts was walking towards them.
Seventeen experts were a lot more than them, but their strength was overall weaker. Although they had three Saint ranked experts, these three Saints were weaker than Xue Wei, and the majority were Heavenly Knights.
All of them were wearing white clothes, and a sword was embroidered on their chests.
Looking at them, Xue Wei suddenly felt something through his connection with Bai Tianyi, and when he looked at the sword spirit with shock, he saw that he was filled with hatred, and his expression was contorted in anger.
”Dongfang family!” he spat out, his eyes lit with anger, and he was genuinely struggling to hold himself back.
Xue Wei did not know much about this Dongfang family, but he could hear that they were not friendly with Bai Tianyi. Perhaps they were even one of the families that had caused his downfall back in the days.
Xue Wei could not think of anyone else having such a great hatred with Bai Tianyi.
It was not only Xue Wei who heard Bai Tianyi's call, but the entire hall also heard it, and everyone was alert. There was so much hatred in the voice that the people from the Dongfang family were on high alert.
”This little one, how can you know about our esteemed Dongfang family?” the leader of the group looked at Bai Tianyi with puzzlement. It was but a child, but which child could possibly have such grievances with his family?
The Dongfang family was known to be very righteous; they were known for their ancestors who were guarding the entire world, not just their own continent.
The Dongfang was one of the eight great families, they were spread over the entire world, and their task was to protect the world.
These eight families were the leading families of the world, only rivaled by the four sovereign beast clans. There was competition between them, and although most thought it was innocent competition, the truth was that it was actually not so innocent.
These eight families had fierce competition, and once every ten years, a tournament was held where they gathered to determine the ranking of the eight families.
Also, although these eight human families were seen as the strongest families in the world, it was partly because if a new family arrived, with strength or the potential to rival their family, then they would band together to get rid of them.
No one could challenge the might of the eight great families!
Of course, no one thought that there was anything wrong with their actions. The strong ruled supreme in this world, the weak were sheep for slaughter.
This Dongfang family, who was surprised by Bai Tianyi were very apprehensive. Although they had the advantage of numbers, this group of experts seemed to be quite skilled. Not to mention, the leader of the Dongfang group had informed their team members that he had not been the one to take the final reward, that someone else had beat him in almost every challenge.
If it was just once or twice he had been beaten he would not have thought too much about it, but this was happening time and time again, it was evident that the one who had defeated him was no simple person.
Because of this, and the other unknown variables, he did not want to come into a fight with this strange group of experts.
”Do you want us to fight?” Xue Wei looked at Bai Tianyi and asked. He knew that even though they were stronger, they were also at a significant disadvantage when it came to numbers, but he still had faith in himself and his friends to emerge victoriously.
When hearing the question, the members of the Dongfang family all went alert. Swords appeared in their hands, and they observed Xue Wei and the others guardedly, ready to attack at any moment.
”No,” Bai Tianyi sighed. ”Although I am very displeased with what the Dongfang family did, these youngsters were not there back then. I will direct my hatred towards those old fogeys who caused all this damage.”
Bai Tianyi had calmed down. Although he hated the Dongfang family, he was not going to make his move as long as they did not overstep his boundaries.
They had done nothing right now, so killing them might case someone righteous like Lin Xiao to gain a heart demon. It was not worth it.
However, if they caused problems or if they attacked first, then it would be self-defense, and then it would be no problem to eradicate them all.
Bai Tianyi even wished that these youngsters would have been insulted and would charge at them with their brandished swords, but the Dongfang family leader was holding his entire team back; his eyes were bottomless as he glanced at Bai Tianyi.
Although he had the body of a child, something told him that he was an old monster, someone that could not be judged with common knowledge, and together with the fact that someone else had gotten the final treasure, he could not help but feel that the team was too dangerous.
”Look for the exit!” the leader of the Dongfang finally decided not to fight for the remaining resources within this underground world. They had already gained plenty from the trials, so to retreat now was not a loss for them.
Although some of the people were unhappy, the majority understood his decision, and finally, they retreated, starting to look for an exit from the hall.