A Crucial Reinforcement

Then, a voice abruptly rang out in everyone's ears.

"Wouldn't force him? Bullshit!"

"As descendants of a Dou Di, a clan whose legacy has endured for over ten thousand years, you actually had the nerve to lay hands on a young man from the Central Plains. You even resorted to threatening others' lives! The Ancient Clan has utterly thrown away the glory your forebears painstakingly accumulated!"

The voice made no attempt to conceal itself, using the bluntest words to condemn the Ancient Clan's actions.

"Even more laughable, when facing a mere Dou Venerate junior, Dou Saints have to attack one after another. If word gets out, you'll become the greatest joke in the Central Plains!"

"No wonder the Ancient Clan has disappeared from the Central Plains for so many years. So you really are nothing more than a bunch of turtles hiding in their shells! Hahaha! Such a disgrace truly isn't worth spreading around!"

Bolstered by Douqi, the voice echoed ceaselessly through the space. Every member of the Ancient Clan who heard it felt unbearably stifled. Yet when they considered everything that had happened today, they did not even know how to refute it.

Gu Yu, the strongest and highest-ranking person present, did not fly into the rage everyone expected upon hearing this barrage of insults. Instead, his eyes widened in astonishment.

The voice had indeed struck at the heart of this incident, every word cutting to the bone. Yet Gu Yu did not care all that much. Strength was what decided everything. Once he found this person, they would only die miserably.

What truly sent towering waves crashing through his heart was this: despite being a seven-star Dou Saint, even with the voice already ringing beside his ears, he could not detect its exact location. After several attempts at