Published: February 13, 2025
“Sorry to interrupt, but we need you to… stay here for a while.”
Time rewound slightly as four peak experts and their six subordinates heard a voice coming from the darkness.
The first to notice the presence outside was a peak expert from the Scarta Star People, who stood up and swayed slightly before walking toward the door. In the process, he had already finished putting on his equipment.
“In Dark Strip City, no one has the right to make us… stay here for a while.”
The strongest Scarta Star expert scanned the outside vigilantly and soon spotted a shadow in a dark corner.
The voice must have come from there.
Although he claimed that Dark Strip City had no qualifications, this expert was very cautious. He didn’t rush out of the room but stood at the door, signaling to his companions with his hands behind his back.
The other three peak experts also finished arming themselves and took positions in the other three directions within the room, sensing the energy from their side through windows or various abilities.
The information quickly came back.
In three directions, there were energy fluctuations, all at the level of peak experts or above.
One of them sent out two signals, indicating there were two enemies above peak expert level over there.
At this point, the strongest Scarta Star expert who remained at the door realized they were surrounded by five peak experts.
Star Eye Clan?
No, they had no reason to attack the Scarta Star People.
The only possible group that could gather five peak experts was the Cloud Summit Manor, which they had just offended.
However, Cloud Summit Manor didn’t have five peak experts; they only had three, leaving the other two… the Su Clan? Or the musk ke people?
The Scarta Star expert wondered and hesitated about whether to take action.
At that moment, energy fluctuations and sounds of fighting could be heard not far from their location, indicating that another area of the Scarta Star People was under attack.
One foot of the Scarta Star expert stepped outside the door.
But before he could fully exit, another peak experts' aura appeared directly in front of him.
Six!
Six peak experts!
This number put the four people inside the house at a complete disadvantage and left the Scarta Star expert standing with one foot inside and one foot outside.
If a fight broke out among six peak experts, did they have any chance of winning?
Maybe they did, maybe they didn’t.
After all, the strength between peak experts can vary greatly. The less powerful ones, like fuleira, might have just crossed the hundred thousand mark, and a single finger from a top expert could end them, while the stronger ones could even hold their ground against a top expert for a few exchanges.
He wanted to take a gamble, but unfortunately, he lacked the courage.
He feared that if two or more musk ke people showed up, they would be killed in a collective ambush, turning the scene into some sort of vendetta or something else, with the two super clans bickering at the Myriad Clans Assembly, just like what was happening with him and the Hall People now.
At the same time, this peak expert also assessed his own status within the clan. If he died here, would the clan avenge him? How much determination would they have? How much effort would they put in?
The final result left this peak expert in despair.
It seemed he wasn’t a highly regarded figure within his clan.
This thought extinguished his fighting spirit.
In fact, it’s easy to understand; if these peak experts were really that important, would they have been sent here to vent their frustrations on a small race? All for a few small city shops that might be trivial in the eyes of a super clan?
“We really just want to stay for a while; we don’t want to fight or complicate things further. Let’s leave it at that.”
The peak expert pondered but didn’t respond or move.
“Those places are yours, but it seems you’ll need to spend a bit of money to rebuild the houses.”
As the voice spoke, the shadow in the darkness seemed to glance into the distance, as if calculating time.