Chapter 406 - 405: Confrontation

"How dare you!"

"Brat, you’re looking for death!"

"You must be tired of living!"

"..."

Seeing Tang Yi speak so insolently again, the Purple Robe Mercenaries were once again filled with righteous indignation.

The composed old Black Robe mercenary managed to keep his composure, surprisingly not lashing out on the spot. Instead, he said, "Very good, very good. Kid, you’ve got real guts. You have a sharp tongue, but I wonder if your strength is enough to back it up. Aren’t you afraid someone’s going to rip that mouth of yours off your face for talking like that?"

"If you think you have the strength, then come and try to rip it off!" Tang Yi said arrogantly.

"Heh heh."

The composed old Black Robe mercenary sneered. He had now gotten a taste of Tang Yi’s arrogance, but wanting to find out Tang Yi’s background, he held his temper and said, "I am Duan Dewen, the Right Protector of the Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps. This is our Left Protector, Duan Dewu, and those behind me are all Purple Robe Special Envoys of our Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps. Alright, you wanted introductions, and I’ve given them. Now, kid, state your origins. What is the grudge between you and our Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps? Why did you act so viciously?"

"My name is Tang Feng, from the Tang Family of Fengyue City. As for the grudge between me and your Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps, you should know the answer to that yourself!" Tang Yi said with a sneer, using a fake name.

Upon hearing Tang Yi’s words, one of the Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps’ Purple Robe Mercenaries—a slightly older man with a scar on his neck—shuddered slightly, seemingly knowing something.

"We know?"

Duan Dewen was stunned. He hadn’t received any news about provoking such a powerful young menace.

As for some Tang Family or a Tang Feng, he had no recollection of them whatsoever.

’It must have been my subordinates who provoked this Tang Feng from the Tang Family,’ he thought.

He then turned to the assembled Purple Robe Mercenaries and asked, "Can anyone tell me what in the world is going on?"

Hearing this, the older Purple Robe Mercenary with the scar on his neck flew over to Duan Dewen’s side. "This subordinate, Lil Tongfang, greets the Right Protector. I believe I have some information regarding this Tang Family from Fengyue City."

"Oh? Go on," said Duan Dewen.

Lil Tongfang clasped his hands and said, "Right Protector, it’s like this. Over a month ago, one of my subordinates managed to escape and reported back to me. He said their Dark Department team had been completely wiped out in the Wind Moon Forest by a single enemy. And that enemy was a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old... boy."

As he said "sixteen- or seventeen-year-old boy," Lil Tongfang glanced briefly in Tang Yi’s direction, his expression full of doubt, as if he suspected something.

However, after a single glance at Tang Yi, he turned back and continued, "I didn’t pay it much mind at the time. I thought that for a mere boy to dare provoke our Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps and kill our people, he must have a death wish. I was about to send men to get revenge right away. But to be on the safe side, I sent someone to investigate first."

"The investigation revealed that the boy came from a small clan in Fengyue City called the Tang Family. After learning that the boy who killed our Dark Department members was just a junior from a minor clan, I became even less concerned. I immediately had two Golden Robe Level subordinates lead a team to go and make trouble for the Tang Clan and that boy."

"But who would have known? The two Golden Robe subordinates I sent out have yet to return. I figured they must have met with some misfortune. For the past few days, I was still considering when to send another team to investigate, and then this young brother Tang Feng came barging in, killing his way to our door."

"So, you’re saying you sent a team to make trouble for this young brother Tang Feng’s clan?" Duan Dewen asked.

"Yes!" Lil Tongfang admitted.

"So we do have some history with this young man, but..."

Duan Dewen narrowed his eyes, turned to look at Tang Yi, and said, "But young brother Tang Feng, we only sent a single team to cause trouble. We don’t even know if they succeeded. For all we know, you might have killed them. We should be settling the score with your Tang Clan, yet you’re the one who has come to our Wolf Fighting Slope to carry out a massacre?"

"Heh, what utter nonsense. You still think you can make trouble for my Tang Clan? The several hundred members of my Tang Clan all died at your hands. If I hadn’t come to your door to kill you, was I supposed to just let you get away with it?" Tang Yi demanded with a cold laugh.

"What?" Duan Dewen was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lil Tongfang beside him.

Lil Tongfang quickly replied, "I don’t know, Right Protector. I only dispatched one team. As for whether they succeeded, I have no idea, because not a single piece of news came back. Aside from them, I never sent anyone else."

"Bullshit!"

Tang Yi cut Lil Tongfang off, laughing loudly. "Only one team? I already wiped out one team your Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps sent for revenge. If you only sent that one team and no others, then why were the several hundred members of my Tang Clan all massacred? You must have sent more people! That’s why my entire Tang Clan was killed by you!"

"So it’s true. The men I sent out really did die at your hands. No wonder... No wonder we never heard anything back. But I’m telling the truth! I really did only send one team to deal with the Tang Clan. Apart from that one team, I never sent anyone else to deal with them," Lil Tongfang said.

"Heh! You still dare to lie! You’re right, I killed your men in the Wind Moon Forest, and I killed the ones you sent for revenge! It’s my fault for being careless, for not taking precautions, which allowed you to send more people while my guard was down. You wiped out the several hundred members of my Tang Clan, and my father’s whereabouts are still unknown! At this point, this feud between me and your Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps won’t end until one of us is dead. And you still dare to lie to me? If you dared to do it, why don’t you dare admit it? I advise you to confess honestly and return my father to me. Otherwise, I will blast this Wolf Fighting Slope of yours into rubble and slaughter every last one of you to take my revenge!" Tang Yi threatened viciously.

"Is this true?"

Duan Dewen turned to Lil Tongfang, his gaze hostile as he questioned him.

If this was true, then Lil Tongfang had made a grave mistake.

Not only had he made the Wolf Heaven Mercenary Corps provoke a powerful enemy for no reason, but he had also caused thousands of their members, from the top to the bottom, to be killed by this person from the Tang Clan.

In truth, provoking an enemy wasn’t the problem. As long as the job was done thoroughly—wiping them out root and stem—everything would have been fine. But to leave behind such a great disaster, allowing this scourge to come back for revenge and kill so many people...

Who was going to take responsibility for the loss of several thousand people?

"I really only ever sent one team!"

Lil Tongfang instantly felt he was being grievously wronged.

"Enough with the nonsense. Since you’re the one who made the call, you can pay with your life!" Tang Yi said coldly to Lil Tongfang.

At the same time, his right hand tightened its grip on the Ice Sword.