The golden light blazed. Changsun Wuji took a step forward, his boundless, overbearing true qi pressing down like a mountain surge, causing cracks to appear on the walls of the stone chamber.
Among the Four Eccentrics of the Northwest, Nan Feng, who ranked first, looked extremely displeased.
He hadn't expected Changsun Wuji to be so ungrateful.
He had already made a concession, yet the other party still demanded half of his points. Did he think he was a pushover, easily manipulated?
"Say that again?"
Nan Feng laughed in anger, his mutant energy surging around him. He had a notoriously bad temper. If Changsun Wuji didn't show him some respect, he would really make a move!
"Patriarch!"
Behind Changsun Wuji, the mutant energy users who had been robbed earlier had tears in their eyes.
They hadn't expected their patriarch to be so resolute.
To avenge them, he was disregarding the consequences, openly challenging Nan Feng, the alliance leader, and forcing him to return the points. What magnificent courage!
"Who do you think you are!"
One of the Four Eccentrics of the Northwest, a slender mutant energy user holding a folding fan, snorted. He also unleashed his domain, flicked his wrist, and countless silver insects flew out from the space.
They flapped their wings, only the size of sesame seeds. If not for the mutant energy users' far superior eyesight, one wouldn't have been able to discern what they were. All that could be seen was a silver-black, sky-obscuring "dense fog" surging forward!
"Crunch, crunch..."
They pounced on Changsun Wuji's overbearing domain, ignoring the power contained within. They opened their mouths and began to tear at it, like chicks pecking at a golden lock. Although they couldn't cause significant damage instantly, after some time, the golden lock would also become tarnished!
"What are these things!"
Changsun Wuji sensed the terrifying nature of those insects, which could devour his overbearing true qi and tear at his domain. He couldn't help but feel a sense of dread.
"Gold-eating ants, stage four mutated beast swarm."
From the crowd, someone recognized the origin of the insects, calling them gold-eating ants.
"The Four Eccentrics of the Northwest: the eldest, Nan Feng, possesses a powerful physique and excels in frontal assaults; the second, Xi Du, is a beast tamer who controls many stage four great demon puppets; the third, Dao Zhong, is skilled in deduction and calculation, adept at seeking fortune and avoiding disaster; and the fourth is Nan Feng's younger brother, skilled in poison."
"These four individuals, with their balanced offense and defense, can even hold their own against an ordinary Domain Lord when they attack together. Changsun Wuji truly shouldn't have provoked them."
Seeing the golden, noble domain on the verge of collapse, someone sighed and shook their head.
Just the stage four peak Xi Du alone was enough for the Changsun family to worry about. After all, a beast tamer's combat power couldn't be calculated by normal means.
If he unleashed all the demon beast mutant puppets he possessed, it wouldn't be impossible for him to fight a hundred enemies alone, as he himself would become an army!
"I don't think so."
A mutant energy user with a purple point bar above his head watched Changsun Wuji, who appeared calm and composed, and shook his head.
Although he wasn't a cultivator from the Bei Ling Sea region, he was quite close.
The Changsun family, especially Changsun Wuji, had single-handedly quelled the chaos within the family and restored its former glory, earning him widespread fame.
While this was his first time seeing him, judging from the palm strike he exchanged with Nan Feng, he was a formidable individual, living up to his reputation.
"A bunch of ants, die for me!"
Changsun Wuji's expression remained unchanged. He took another step forward, golden light erupting behind him. Torrential overbearing true qi descended like an inverted mountain. The tough, iron-plated shells of the pair of black insect clouds couldn't withstand this overbearing force and exploded inch by inch.
"Damn it!"
Xi Du's expression changed drastically, and he quickly recalled the swarm of soul-devouring ants.
What had left as a surging dense fog returned as less than thirty percent.
Everyone was shocked. This was Changsun Wuji. He possessed the imperial might of a ruler. In his anger, even a beast tamer would be defeated!
"Someone like this, with both cunning and strength, wouldn't dare to be so arrogant without absolute confidence."
"Furthermore, that mutant energy user by the cave entrance doesn't seem to be running away either. He's likely a powerful hidden cultivator. These Four Eccentrics of the Northwest might not be able to take them down!"
The mutant energy user with purple points, although surprised by this scene, wasn't entirely unexpected.
After all, the royal family was the royal family. They had ruled the world for so many years for a reason. After their bloodline mutated, their overbearing mutant energy directly crushed their enemies.
The surrounding onlookers, witnessing all this, also implicitly retreated from the battlefield.
They had followed the Four Eccentrics of the Northwest because there were profits to be gained.
Now, their retreat was also a ploy to seize benefits.
"On their own, they probably can't take down the opponent. We'll wait behind for him to call for reinforcements, and then we'll make our move and extort more from him!"
Countless people retreated simultaneously, all wanting to be the mantis that reaps the reward of the cicada.
Xi Du painfully recalled the soul-devouring ants, then angrily cursed with a grim expression:
"These scoundrels!"
"Big brother, if you don't make a move soon, the situation might really spiral out of control!"
He turned and looked at Nan Feng with anger.
His abilities were precisely countered by the opponent's imperial overbearing power. This was because the blood flowing through the opponent's veins was royal blood, which had a natural suppression over the mutated beasts he summoned!
"Make a move..." Nan Feng looked at Changsun Wuji, who appeared calm with an overbearing aura emanating from his brow, and hesitated.
"I will return your family's points in full, but you must apologize."
"If you don't accept, we can discuss it further after I deal with the person at the cave entrance."
Nan Feng calmed himself and sent a telepathic message.
He wanted to make peace with Changsun Wuji and had already made a significant concession.
However, the latter gave him no room for maneuver.
"You don't need to be so secretive. Just say what you need to say directly, why use telepathy," Changsun Wuji said loudly, a mocking smile on his face.
He would wait for him to deal with the person at the cave entrance before discussing reconciliation.
If that were the case, what would be the point of his actions!
"Who used telepathy on you!"
Nan Feng's telepathic message was exposed in public. Several strange gazes fell upon him, so he quickly retorted.
Changsun Wuji's expression was relaxed, his tone playful:
"I don't know who it was, but someone said they would return the points privately and apologize, asking me to let it go. Tsk tsk, truly laughable. But I refuse."
"When did I ever say such a thing!" Nan Feng shouted back, his body filled with rage. But in the eyes of others, he was just flustered.
His sore spot had been hit; this was the truth.
"So the dignified eldest brother of the Four Eccentrics of the Northwest is also afraid."
Someone muttered sarcastically. They had long been displeased with this so-called alliance leader.
They occupied all the resources of the ninth stone grotto, feasting lavishly, and only gave them a meager portion. Who wouldn't be unhappy?
Upon hearing this, Nan Feng could no longer contain his fury and roared:
"All of you, shut up!"
"Changsun Wuji, don't push your luck!"
"Nan Feng, you're the one pushing your luck!"
Changsun Wuji's domain expanded forward again, even pressing directly in front of the胖子 (fat man).
"Today, if you don't hand over the points and apologize, I will end your life here!"
"Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he couldn't save you!"