Half an hour later!
Deep within the Ancient Willis family domain, there lay an endless range of mountains.
If viewed from above, one could clearly see a dividing line that seemed to split the mountain range in half.
To the south, the mountains were lush and full of life.
However, north of the dividing line, the landscape was barren, dominated by shades of gray.
A sense of death permeated the area.
Above this region, a layer of black clouds perpetually loomed.
Amidst it all, an enormous dragon skeleton lay like a winding hill.
This was the Dragon Tomb that the Ancient Willis family had guarded for generations.
But now, it was the Dragon Tomb that was protecting the members of the Ancient Willis family.
An invisible energy barrier formed a resilient shield, keeping the powerful members of the Broken Pulse Sect at bay.
Buzz!
Kelsey Montgomery struck towards the Dragon Tomb’s domain with her palm, but her handprint was blocked by an invisible energy layer.
A terrifying pressure surged out from within the Dragon Tomb.
Even the powerful Fragmented Void experts from the Broken Pulse Sect found their breathing constricted under this pressure.
“Maximus Willis, as the head of the Willis family, is all you can do hide with your useless clan members inside the Candle Dragon Tomb?”
“Hahaha…”
“Come out and fight us to the death!”
“Do you not even have that much courage?”
At this moment, Ernie McCarthy shouted.
His voice, filled with mockery, echoed throughout the Willis family domain.
“Michael Willis, Reginald Willis, how long do you think you can hide in there?”
“As far as I know, this Candle Dragon Tomb is also a forbidden area for your Willis family!”
“The deathly aura within will get to you eventually!”
“Let’s see how long you can last!”
Kelsey Montgomery’s voice also rang out.
Inside the Dragon Tomb at this moment!
The Ancient Willis family originally had nearly ten thousand members.
Now, less than half had managed to retreat into the Candle Dragon Tomb alive.
The rest had all perished outside in the family domain.
The souls of four to five thousand Willis family members now haunted the domain.
Within the Dragon Tomb, a heavy atmosphere of sorrow and despair hung thickly.
Cosmos Willis, after using Cursebearer to take down an early-stage Fragmented Void expert from the Broken Pulse Sect, had also fallen on the spot.
At least he had used his life to buy time for Maximus Willis and two others to retreat.
But now, only three Fragmented Void experts remained in the Willis family.
As for those at the Void Reclusion level, they had also suffered heavy casualties.
Of the original twenty Powerful Hollow Void experts, only twelve remained alive.
At this moment, trapped inside the Dragon Tomb, some of the weaker members could already feel the pervasive Power of Death infiltrating their bodies and eroding their vitality.
Kelsey Montgomery was right!
This Dragon Tomb was also a deathly forbidden area for the Ancient Willis family.
Hiding here was merely a temporary respite.
“What should we do now, Patriarch? What should we do?”
At this moment, Archer Willis, one of Maximus Willis’s loyal followers and an elder responsible for discipline, looked at Maximus with panic in his eyes and asked.
“Yes, Patriarch! What should we do?”
“Are we really going to be trapped here?”
“Patriarch, my son is not going to make it! Save him! He can’t withstand the deathly aura in the Dragon Tomb!”
“Elders, what should we do?”
“Is our Ancient Willis family really going to perish?”
“…”
Desperate pleas and cries echoed continuously.
“Everyone shut up!”
Maximus Willis roared, his powerful Fragmented Void aura spreading out and silencing everyone.
“Sigh…”
At this moment, a long sigh was heard.
Michael Willis looked at him with a complex expression in his eyes.
Disappointment, regret, mockery, blame…
“Maximus, perhaps we should never have supported you as patriarch!”
“And we definitely shouldn’t have gone against the Successor…”
“That was Elder Drake Candlewood’s chosen Successor. How could we, unworthy descendants of the Ancient Willis family, try to take it by force?”
“Perhaps this is Drake’s spirit punishing our Willis family.”
Michael Willis’s expression was filled with desolation and confusion as he shook his head and lamented.
“Yes! Ebenezer Willis, Clive Willis, Colin Willis-three Ancient Fragmented Void Ancestors-all fell because they opposed Lachlan Willis!”
“If we hadn’t listened to you and tried to forcibly take Lachlan Willis’s inheritance, our Ancient Willis family would still have seven Powerful Fragmented Void experts!”
“With seven Fragmented Void experts holding fort, would the Broken Pulse Sect dare to attack so recklessly?”
“Maximus Willis, you were wrong! You were wrong!”
“We were wrong too… We shouldn’t have eradicated Hayden’s lineage back then…”
“Our Ancient Willis family’s luck probably ran out from that moment on…”
At this moment, one by one, the powerful experts of the Ancient Willis family voiced their opinions to Maximus Willis.
All their long-suppressed dissatisfaction and doubts erupted at once.
Maximus Willis’s face alternated between expressions of anger and gloom.
Faced with these voices of doubt and blame, he suddenly laughed loudly and looked mockingly at the many powerful experts.
“Hahahaha… What? Now you all regret it?”
“You’re all putting the blame on me?”
“When we decided to take Lachlan Willis’s inheritance for breaking through the two-hundred-year lifespan limit, didn’t you old folks agree too?”
“And now it’s my fault?”