The qi force of Night Spring, Night Summer, Night Autumn, and Night Winter was starting to become unstable.
Through the doors of the Ju family ancestral hall, the terrifying pressure coming from outside actually made them feel like they were losing control over their own qi force.
Beside Grandpa Ju, the Ju family steward's eyes flickered.
Just a moment ago, he could sense the mountain-crushing aura that erupted outside the doors.
The invisible, intangible pressure was so terrifying that even the steward felt a chill deep in his heart.
Evan Lin’s expression didn’t change. With his first step, layers of qi force condensed beneath his feet, swirling around him and making the scene look even more grand and imposing.
One step down, then the second step followed.
Evan’s gaze was calm, without joy or sorrow, and nothing else showed on his face. As his second step landed, the qi force around him suddenly shifted.
Layers of qi force stacked and intertwined, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into long chains of qi as tough as steel.
Those chains circled around Evan, weaving back and forth. They almost seemed alive, like spirit-filled snakes drawn in blue light.
The instant those qi chains appeared,
Inside the ancestral hall, Night Spring, Night Summer, Night Autumn, and Night Winter suddenly felt their own qi force not only becoming hard to control, but even getting blocked as it flowed through their bodies.
The feeling was so intense, it was as if their own qi force suddenly became afraid—shrinking back and refusing to show itself.
But what even is qi force?
Qi force doesn’t have any life of its own—it’s just a kind of power!
Yet now, the power they controlled inside their bodies actually seemed to feel fear.
Unbelievable!
How could something with no intelligence feel fear?
“My body’s not listening to me.”
Night Summer’s brows were tightly knit. He realized the reason his qi force was out of control was that his muscles were trembling in a way he’d never felt before.
An instinctive fear—fear of the guy outside who hadn’t even shown his face yet?
Night Summer was shocked deep down. This had never happened before.
Inside the ancestral hall, qi force was in chaos.
Outside, Evan Lin’s third step had already landed.
On the long chains of qi force, a pale blue sheen instantly appeared. The glow looked like water, but in reality it was pure fire.
Those qi chains, now infused with extremely cold ice-flame, looked even more fierce. As they danced through the air, they resembled seaweed swaying deep underwater.
In an instant, the aura rose again. The people inside could faintly hear wind and thunder, and some even felt the air temperature dropping. The puddles left on the ground began to freeze over with a thin layer of frost.
“What the hell is this thing?”
Night Winter was getting more and more uneasy. Everyone’s eyes were glued to the doors of the Ju family ancestral hall. His fists were slick with cold sweat and he stared, desperate to see through that door.
Normally, Night Winter would have stepped forward and gone straight out to see who was coming, sizing up the opponent face-to-face.
But right now, Night Winter didn’t even have the courage to leave the side of the other three.
The person outside hadn’t appeared yet, but the pressure pushing in from every step was already making everyone inside restless.
These were Nightstar’s Night Spring, Night Summer, Night Autumn, and Night Winter!
With their strength and status, even they felt uneasy—so everyone else’s mood didn’t even need to be mentioned.
Night Frost’s body was trembling. Night Sparrow, no matter how unwilling she was, had to admit that whoever was outside brought a kind of endless unease.
Before this, Night Sparrow had never imagined something like this could happen.
“This is way too strong!”
Martin Wu muttered to himself. He glanced at Selina Wu, and seeing her expression, guessed that the person coming was probably Evan Lin.
Rong Yue and the others were feeling all kinds of complicated. Allen Ju had lost face today, and if things didn’t get handled well, their little group might end up falling apart.
And right now, even if they wanted to help, there was nothing they could do.
That feeling of watching your friend suffer but being powerless to help was enough to make anyone anxious.
“It’s gotten even stronger.”
The steward’s voice was barely audible.
He was speaking to Grandpa Ju.
Grandpa Ju’s face was serious, and his eyes carried a deeper meaning.
Not much later,
Evan Lin took his fourth step.
He raised his head, staring at the doors of the Ju family ancestral hall just a step away. Behind him, thousands of ghostly blue qi chains surged upward all at once.
They floated beside Evan, radiating a crushing sense of power.
“He’s coming.”
Night Spring narrowed his eyes, every muscle taut.
The qi force of Night Spring, Night Summer, Night Autumn, and Night Winter was already gathering, ready to explode.
Huge and terrifying qi forces surrounded them, and all sorts of weapons formed from qi were poised in the air, awaiting orders.
In the courtyard of the ancestral hall, cracks were beginning to appear in the ground.
Allen Ju lay on the ground, staring at the cracks not far away. Strangely, his mind was calm.
At this moment, he wasn’t even thinking about who the newcomer was.
In his eyes, Evan Lin’s strength might be decent, but against Nightstar’s four, the gap was still huge.
Allen Ju had already made his choice, ready to pay whatever price it took.
Now, Allen Ju actually found himself thinking back over everything that had happened these past few days.
Did he regret it?
Maybe a little, but not enough to truly regret.
Instead, for Evan Lin, he managed to hold out and not give in, which made Allen Ju feel a bit proud of himself.
In the past, Allen Ju never would have thought he was someone with such a firm stance.
Everyone inside the ancestral hall had their own thoughts.
Outside, Evan Lin had already taken his final step.
The fifth step landed—plain and unremarkable.
A gentle breeze blew around, carrying a hint of autumn chill.
Evan Lin placed one hand on the Ju family ancestral hall’s crimson door and pushed.
Then, the door slowly swung open.
Creak.
The sound of the wooden door reached everyone’s ears.
The sound was soft, without any force, yet somehow impossible to ignore—like it carried some indescribable feeling.
Inside the ancestral hall, everyone watched.
The crimson doors were gently pushed open.
Outside, a plain-faced young man appeared.
He stood there, his calm gaze seeming to pierce everything.
He didn’t make any big moves, not even looking at Night Spring or the swirling qi.
He simply pushed the door open and walked in.