Published: February 9, 2025
The six or seven people over there also noticed Ye Zhongming and Wen Zhong, and their walking speed obviously slowed down.
Zhang Hengzhou stood in the second row of these people, looking at Ye Zhongming with a gloomy expression.
He hadn't been doing well these past two days.
Ye Zhongming and his Cloud Summit Villa had become the focus of discussions after the thunderous battle outside the city, making them the talk of the town regarding the recent Peak Wound. In this entertainment-starved apocalypse, if people met and didn’t discuss the battle situation for a moment, it would be considered out of touch.
Moreover, after Cloud Summit Villa entered the picture, they even gained the title of the only invited battle team from T Zone, one of the four major resistance areas, making them seem even more glorious.
They spent lavishly in the trading market, acquiring all the Battle Beast Eggs, which added the phrase "powerful financial backer" before the word "glorious."
In the past two days, the names Ye Zhongming and Cloud Summit Villa had become the only theme at Peak Pass, even overshadowing the topics discussed at the various resistance area meetings.
For many, the appearance of Ye Zhongming and Cloud Summit Villa brought a long-lost freshness and focus, but for Zhang Hengzhou, each time he heard that name, he felt a burning sensation on his face.
Why was Ye Zhongming still being overlooked outside the city? Why were there so many mutated life forms attacking them? The answers to these questions felt like slaps across his face.
Because someone was stealing their monsters, because someone was luring them.
Who was it? It was Zhang Hengzhou from Area C.
He had provoked this battle team, preventing them from entering the city, and set traps for them, but in the end, they managed to fight their way in!
Zhang Hengzhou wouldn’t reflect on how from monster-stealing to retaliation at the city gates, it had always been he and Area C who had actively provoked Ye Zhongming and Cloud Summit Villa. He only knew that he had lost face, trampled underfoot by others, and it overshadowed the potential new command position he could have secured in the newly established division.
He believed all of this was caused by the man not far from him.
"What's going on with everyone?"
Noticing that the people around him had slowed their pace, a young man in the front row with an elegant smile asked.
A handsome man standing next to him softly said, "Ye Zhongming, Cloud Summit Villa."
The young man looked at Ye Zhongming and the others with interest, his gaze shifting until he saw Xia Bai, letting out a soft hum from his throat. He gestured towards the person who had just informed him about Ye Zhongming, receiving a nod in response.
His eyes instantly lit up.
"Commander Wen, hello." The man who had mentioned Ye Zhongming quickly walked a few steps forward and extended his hand.
Wen Zhong smiled and shook his hand, "Delin, it’s been a few days! Your strength has increased again! The commander of the Broken Blade battle team is indeed deserving of the title."
Delin shook his head and laughed, "Commander Wen, you flatter me. I can’t compare to Brother Guangyao and Brother Tianze."
After exchanging pleasantries, neither of them intended to introduce the people beside them to each other. Delin then led his group into the auction venue first.
"Delin, the commander of the strongest battle department in Area C, Broken Blade, a six-star evolver, and a capable assistant to the commander-in-chief of Area C, Ji Rui Guang."
Ye Zhongming nodded as he watched their departing figures.
"Area C has the highest number of craftsmen with the most professional levels among the four resistance areas, and their equipment is the best. Broken Blade, as the spearhead battle department, like your Cloud Summit Villa, is also a fully silver battle team."
"The young man in the middle is Zhao Jingcheng, the son of Zhao Sheng, the leader of the external force invited by Area C — the signal flag battle group. He is their top expert, his strength not inferior to Delin's."