The roof of the carriage Han Xue occupied burst apart as well. A graceful figure flashed out and came to stand atop the carriage, staring frostily at the people in the sky with an exceedingly grim expression.
"People from the Hong Family?"
"Hong Mu, Hong Lie, Hong Chen. Two elders of the Hong Family and its young master have all come. To think that I, Han Xue, a mere woman, would receive such attention from the Hong Family?"
As Han Xue's voice faded, the faces of the Han Family guards instantly turned deathly pale.
Elders of the Hong Family!!! They had to be Dou Huangs at the very least. And Hong Chen was a genius in the Northern Domain of the Central Plains, his cultivation approaching Dou Huang. An elder of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion had taken an interest in him, so he possessed not only formidable strength but powerful backing as well.
Moreover, the snake demon Xia Mang was a notable figure himself, his strength above Dou Huang. He plundered and robbed throughout this region, and who knew how many caravans had perished at his hands.
Unless a Dou Zong of the Han Family arrived, none of them would escape this calamity.
"To think you would tear away all pretense with our Han Family so soon?" The Hong Family's ambition to swallow up the Han Family's forces was no longer a secret. Although the Han Family was a shade weaker than the Hong Family, the gap was not large, and the Hong Family had not reached the point where it could devour them. The reason the Hong Family could now hold the upper hand over the Han Family was precisely Hong Chen, this widely renowned genius.
Having caught the eye of an elder of the Wind and Thunder