If the Chu Family had lost, then there would have been nothing wrong with them being stripped of their place among the noble families. He would have accepted it. But now the Chu Family had come in first, and they were still declaring their results invalid and expelling them from the ranks of the noble families. He couldn't accept that.
It wasn't just Chu Pengcheng. The other members of the Chu Family were all wearing looks of defiance.
Even though the Domain Lord's aura had them trembling all over and struggling to endure it, they simply refused to yield.
In years past, the Chu Family had been the strongest noble family in Pill City, while the Lei Family had ranked only third among the Four Great Noble Families. But for some reason, the Lei Family's
growth had suddenly accelerated, and they had risen to become the foremost of the Four Great Noble Families.
They had found it strange, as if someone were pushing the Lei Family from behind. They had sent people to investigate, and sure enough, they had discovered that the Lei Family seemed to have been in contact with people from the Domain Lord's side—and more than once. They had guessed the Domain Lord was behind it.
Still, they hadn't paid it much mind. After all, the Chu Family had been too powerful back then, and they thought the Domain Lord was simply trying to maintain a balance.
Only now, hearing the Domain Lord's words, did Chu Pengcheng suddenly realize: the Domain Lord hadn't been trying to maintain a balance. He was trying to destroy the Chu Family!
He racked his brains but couldn't figure out how the Chu Family had offended the Domain Lord. Or had the Lei Family offered the Domain Lord some benefit that made