Chapter 381: The Arrival of the Strong (1/2)

The two youths’ faces changed.

“And if such a thing happens, Lie’er’s future within the Ten Arbiters Council will definitely be affected.”

Northgate Lie spoke up. “Father, Lu Yin has not become a subordinate of any one of the Arbiters.”

Northgate Kong wearily replied, “If you defeat him, then you’ll offend whoever has arranged for him to be assigned here.”

Northgate Lie’s mind immediately jumped to a specific name: The Ten Arbiters’ Scholar.

Even more concerning, the Ten Arbiters’ Scholar, Wen Sansi, was from the Erudite Flowzone’s Wen family, and the Erudite Flowzone was not that far from their own Northline Flowzone. Or, in other words, the Northline Flowzone was within the Erudite Flowzone’s realm of influence.

Northgate Lie now regretted acting too impulsively at the gathering.

“Father, what should we do now?” Northgate Lie appealed, asking for advice.

Northgate Kong frowned and was deep in thought. “Try to come up with a way for Lu Yin to cancel this battle.”

“He won’t. To do so would be too embarrassing.” Northgate Gang’s lips curled up.

Northgate Kong became infuriated and ruthlessly threw his son back a dozen meters. Northgate Gang spat out some blood, but before he could even take a breath, his father berated, “Unfilial son! This is all because of you, and yet you still dare to speak?”

Northgate Gang quickly choked back what he had been about to say and lowered his trembling head.

Northgate Lie sighed. “Father, I’ll think of a way to save Lu Yin face while also canceling the appointed battle.”

Northgate Kong rubbed his temples and waved his hand to dismiss his sons. He just hoped that things would go well.

At the same time, completely clueless of the Northgate family’s struggles to come up with a way to cancel the scheduled battle, Lu Yin returned to his hotel room to rest. But right when he closed the door, the earth and sky seemed to shudder from an earthquake. An incomparably large astral eagle descended and let loose a keening cry, shocking everyone on the Northgate Platform.

Everyone looked up and stared up, horrified. This was the arrival of a super powerhouse.

Lu Yin also saw the giant eagle whose wings covered the skies and knew that the Ross Empire’s Duke Blackhawk must have arrived. This was a powerhouse whose power level had almost reached 200,000. He was a peak Hunter who was only lacking the final step to break through and become an Enlighter.

Lu Yin wasn’t sure if the Northgate Platform held any powerhouses who could keep Duke Blackhawk in check. If not, Duke Blackhawk would be considered the strongest person in the Northline Flowzone with his arrival.

But before the crowd could react, another powerful strength descended that caused the skies to split in two.

On Northgate Platform, everyone’s faces paled as they saw a floating mountain appear. No, it wasn’t a mountain, but rather an astral beast that had the appearance of a mountain. This was the Beast Tamers Flowzone’s famous Giant Devil Mountain. Few could tame this beast, but the witness that the Beast Tamers Flowzone had sent to attend the Northgate Platform Competition had tamed one as his beast. The appearance of this Giant Devil Mountain was indicative of Fayde’s arrival.

Duke Blackhawk from the Blazing Mist Flowzone’s Ross Empire and Fayde from the Beast Tamers Flowzone’s First Grade Hall had both appeared at around the same time, causing the situation at the Northgate Platform to become somewhat unstable.

Just based on power level alone, these two surpassed Firesmelt Planet’s master, Yan Wujiu. Even if battle techniques were taken into account, Yan Wujiu still would not be able to compare to these two at all. They were true super powerhouses. To Lu Yin, although he could see them, they were completely out of his reach.

“Fayde, it’s actually you.” The giant astral eagle stared at the top of the Giant Devil Mountain, where a man stood; it was Fayde. Just by standing there, he distorted the void.

Fayde looked at the astral eagle with a complicated expression. “I never thought that you would come here as well. It’s been a long time since we last met.”

“We haven’t met since the Chaotic Domain. You left a deep impression on me back then.”

“So did you. There are only a few from the Ross Empire who don’t use firearms, but you’re one of them.”

Duke Blackhawk sneered. “Few cultivators from the Beast Tamers Flowzone are able to train their physical body to be so tough, but you’re one of the rare ones as well.”

The two stared at each other, and although no animosity could be heard from their conversation, many of the onlookers could feel the rising tension in the air. It seemed that the last meeting between these two had not been pleasant at all.

On Northgate Platform, the Northgate family, Lily family, Barthe Jacques family, and the other seventeen ruling families of Northline Flowzone looked up. They all had powerhouses that could try to force their way into the exchange overhead, but it would take an Enlighter to actually scare the two foreign powerhouses into backing down.

The Northgate family’s head, Northgate Kong, the Lily family’s head, Lily Liana, and a few others looked towards the Barthe Jacques family.

The next moment, Northgate Platform turned a scarlet red hue as the air was visibly scorched. A deep pressure descended upon the platform, causing countless people to turn deathly pale.

Lu Yin clenched his fists, as he could feel an unimaginable pressure from above. He had felt something similar once before from the Nine-Headed Ape; it was an Enlighter’s pressure.