Beneath the Sky Screen.
Bright Village.
Many people turned their eyes toward the house where Duan Jian was staying.
He had not appeared for seven days, and Nie Li had expressly forbidden anyone from entering.
They knew he must be awakening his bloodline.
But those screams...
Fortunately, Nie Li had laid soundproofing inscriptions inside Duan Jian's house. Otherwise, listening to seven days of screams would have been downright unnerving.
The members of the Black Dragon Family, however, grew excited.
Their Black Dragon Family's bloodline was as pure as could be! Duan Jian was Duan Yun's son, and Duan Yun had come from the Black Dragon Family and possessed the Black Dragon bloodline.
Didn't that prove that their Black Dragon Family also possessed the Black Dragon bloodline?
Awakening it granted Legendary Rank combat strength. If they succeeded, they would unquestionably become the strongest family!
The problem was that they had no method for awakening their bloodline. Only Nie Li did.
So...
I'm throwing in my lot with him!
The Silverwing Family.
A flurry of crashing and smashing rang out.
As Sikong Yi watched Nie Li and Duan Jian on the Sky Screen, his fury drove him into a frenzy. He hurled everything within reach and even beat two maidservants to death as they knelt trembling beside him.
"What a damper. Drag them away and bury them."
Ever since his daughter had died, Sikong Yi had become increasingly volatile and unrestrained, killing people at will.
The fact that so many families had chosen to flock to Bright Village also enraged him.
They had all come here during the Dark Age. Instead of standing together against outsiders, they were going over to them?
What in the world were they thinking?
The other families: *Is there something wrong with your head? We don't have