Standing in front of the door, Xiao Yan stood frozen in astonishment, his dark eyes wide with shock. He truly hadn't expected that the young master of the Bai Clan had actually been hiding his strength!
"That guy is actually a Two-Star Dou Di..."
Xiao Yan's heart tightened. In this way, the enemy he was about to face was far stronger than he had imagined. This trip to the Ancient Ruins was likely to be even more difficult!
However, upon further reflection, Xiao Yan had another thought. If it was really as Bai Ying had told him, that the Bai Clan and the Heavenly Sword Sect had a grudge, then it would make sense why the young master of the Bai Clan was hiding his strength. If the Bai Clan truly wanted to join forces with him, then this trip to the Ancient Ruins would be much easier.
At that moment, outside the city, the two families inside the city, seeing Sun Shuo stop, also slowly walked into the air from below the city with cold smiles on their faces.
"Hehe, Patriarch Bai Clan and Sun Clan have arrived too. With you two here, this trip to the Ancient Ruins will be much more lively. Otherwise, it would be quite boring if it were just the two of us."
Zhuo Bentang stared at Bai Ying and Sun Shuo in the sky with a forced smile, stroking the tuft of white beard on his chin with his withered hand, and chuckled.
On the other side, Huo Ba of the Huo Clan also stood in the void, accompanied by a young man dressed in black robes. This young man was the eldest son of the Huo Clan and the other Dou Di powerhouse in the Huo Clan group besides Huo Ba.
"Haha, yes, Elder Zhuo is right. If your two families weren't involved in this trip to the Ancient Ruins, the Zhuo Clan only needed to deal with me. As for the others, they wouldn't be a threat at all. At that time, everything in the Ancient Ruins would be Zhuo Clan. But it's a pity that your two families didn't end up fighting each other. Elder Zhuo must be feeling pretty bad right now!"
Huo Ba stared at Zhuo Bentang with a sarcastic smile, his words leaving no room for argument, which caused the expression on Zhuo Bentang's Elder Zhang face to darken instantly.
Huo Ba still wore a cold smile on his face. However, before he could speak again, a young man in white robes stepped into the void below. His eyes, sharp as arrows, instantly looked at Huo Ba. The gaze was so intense that it stung the skin of anyone staring at him, as if a sharp arrow had truly pierced their face.
The moment that sharp gaze shot towards him, Huo Ba seemed to sense it and abruptly turned his head, his domineering eyes instantly fixed on the source of the gaze.
"Elder Huo Ba is quite eloquent; with just a few simple words, he has so utterly disparaged my Zhuo Clan."
The young man in white, with his hands behind his back and a nonchalant expression, strolled into the void, giving off a refreshing and unconventional feeling. However, the words he spoke were unusually cold, sending a chill down one's spine.
Hearing the latter's cold words, Huo Ba dared not be careless. Although the young man in front of him was not as strong as him, his identity did not allow Huo Ba to underestimate him in the slightest.
"Haha, why take it so seriously, Your Highness? I was just joking. You don't need to take it seriously. If it really comes to that, I'm sure our two families will compete for it based on our own abilities. But for now, our Four Great Clans have been separated for many years, and it's not easy for us to reunite. We can't always make the atmosphere so heavy, haha..."
Huo Ba chuckled as his gaze swept quickly across the room, finally settling on the young man in brocade robes standing next to Sun Shuo.
His eyes lit up slightly, and Huo Ba burst into laughter again, his gaze fixed on the young man in the brocade robe, as he shouted:
"Haha, this must be Sun Hanxi, the heir of the Sun Clan. I've always heard that you've been focusing on cultivation and rarely appearing in front of outsiders. I never imagined that you'd already reached the Dou Di level. Judging from your aura, that Emperor Tribulation you faced before was probably you undergoing your tribulation, wasn't it?"
As soon as Huo Ba said this, everyone's attention immediately shifted from him to the young man in the brocade robe, Sun Hanxi.
Noticing the gazes directed at him, Sun Hanxi remained expressionless as he slowly scanned the crowd. Finally, his eyes met those of the young master of the Zhuo Clan.
" Zhuo Lin..."
With his eyes narrowed to a straight line, Sun Hanxi spoke in a low voice with an extremely solemn expression.
Zhuo Lin is the Zhuo Clan, and at the same time, he is the most talented cultivator among all the younger generation of the Four Great Clans. At a young age, he has already become a Two-Star Dou Di. It is rumored that he is not only the future head of the Zhuo Clan, but also one of the core disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect. If he grows up, even the Heavenly Sword Sect will rely on him in the future.
This has caused the heirs of the other three families to harbor considerable resentment towards him. However, due to his terrifying talent for cultivation, no one has been able to replace him to this day.
"You can't do it."
Sun Hanxi's gaze was met with a dismissive remark from Zhuo Lin. Compared to him, Sun Hanxi had only just broken through to the Dou Di, while he had already reached the level of Two-Star Dou Di two years ago. There was no comparison between them. Even the future Sun Hanxi would never be a match for Zhuo Lin.
"You..."
Sun Hanxi's expression changed, and a look of anger appeared on her face. However, Zhuo Lin turned his gaze to the young master of the Huo Clan.
Compared to the former, the latter's strength had reached the Late One-Star Dou Di. However, even so, when facing Zhuo Lin, he still received a cold and disdainful remark from him.
"You... can't either."
Upon hearing this, the black-robed youth's expression changed, but in the end, he took a deep breath and calmed down. However, in the end, a strange, cold light flashed in the depths of his gaze as he looked at Zhuo Lin.
Immediately, Zhuo Lin's gaze shifted again, finally landing on the Bai Clan. When Zhuo Lin's gaze fell upon them, Bai Ying Ying's expression changed slightly. The white-robed youth beside him narrowed his eyes, rapidly drawing his Dou Qi into his Qi Cyclone Space, preparing to face the guy in front of him.
However, just as Zhuo Lin's gaze landed on the Bai Clan's location, and the Bai Clan was already prepared, Zhuo Lin's gaze, amidst the astonished looks of everyone, completely ignored Bai Ying and the white-robed youth beside him...
"Well..."
This scene surprised not only the people in the city, but also Bai Ying, the young man beside him, and Xiao Yan, who was inside the house. Immediately, a smile arose in their hearts.