"What? The Tong Clan is holding the Hunting Meet a year early. It seems they must have learned of Elder Pu's death. Hmph, last time they schemed against our clan, but the clan leader saw through them and invited Old Man Hu out of seclusion. Only then did we turn the tide and defeat the Tong Clan. This time, they must have made preparations long ago."
Two months later, an invitation appeared before several Grand Elders of the Gong Clan.
Reading the words written on the letter, several elders flew into a rage, and one of them even cried out in shock and fury.
"The Hunting Meet was originally a grand scheme devised by Wu King City to weaken our clans. Although we know that participating will weaken our clan's strength, if we don't participate, there will be no room for us to survive unless we are willing to leave the land where we have lived for countless years.
"But even if we leave this place and go to another king city's sphere of influence, we will still have to participate in this sort of competition. Thus, despite knowing that it is Wu King City's scheme, our several clans must still hold a Hunting Meet once every ten years. Only by fighting with all our strength at the meet will we have any chance of defending our current territory.
"Fortunately, the participation of Attendants with supernatural abilities in this sort of meet is merely meant to serve as a deterrent. Even if our clan has only three Attendants, that will still be enough to make the other clans wary and prevent them from challenging our clan to a fight to the death. But this time, being forced down by the Tong Clan is certain. At worst, we'll return the territory