Hearing what Derek said, the Howards immediately looked at him with a peculiar gaze.

The numerous experts of the Piers now belonged to the Howards. How else could the Piers fight against the Howards?

If they really went to war, the Piers would lose for sure!

Thus, the Howards didn’t take Derek’s threat seriously at all.

At this moment, Jordan suddenly turned to look at Rayson at the side and said sinisterly with a smirk, “It’s the Williams’ turn now!”

As soon as he saw the sinister gaze in Jordan’s eyes, Rayson couldn’t help shuddering.

The situation now was too unfavorable!

The reason he had agreed to join forces with the Piers to deal with the Howards previously was undoubtedly that the Piers were on par with them, and Derek had also promised him to cooperate on the high-profit projects.

But the Piers had suddenly lost over thirty experts at once, which greatly damaged their strength. If they went against the Howards and the Huttons at this time, their chances of winning would be much lower. In fact, they might even lose.

The only way to avoid losing a gamble was not to bet!

Rayson quickly went through the pros and cons in his mind before laughing. “I was just casually replying to Mr. Piers. I don’t really intend to harm the Howards. Regardless of what Derek wants to do, it has nothing to do with me and the Williams!”

Rayson shamelessly denied his previous agreement with Derek and drew a clear line between the Williams and the Piers.

Derek and his father, Conrad, were exasperated as soon as they heard Rayson drawing a clear line with them.

The reason they had chosen to come to the Howard residence today to provoke Florence, the new helmsman of the Howards, was that the Williams had promised to join hands with the Piers to coerce the Howards.

But now, the shameless Rayson saw that things weren’t looking good and wanted to run away.

What would happen to the Piers?

Were they going to be left hanging just like that?

Without the help of the Williams, the Piers wouldn’t even be able to defeat the Howards, not to mention that the Huttons were standing on the Howards’ side!

Rayson didn’t have the time to think about what the Piers were thinking and whether or not they would lash out at him. The most important thing to do now was to get the Williams out of this troublesome predicament!

Fortunately, only the foolish Derek’s subordinates had acted just now, while no one from the Piers had made a single move. They didn’t form a deadly feud with the Howards, and there was still room for maneuvering.

He quickly made up an excuse and said, “I’m here today to pay my respects to Mr. Howard. Now that I’m finished, I’ll leave with my people. Goodbye!”

With that, he directly turned around and walked toward the door.

“Do you think you can leave so easily?”Lucas, who had been standing by the side without speaking, suddenly said coldly, stopping Rayson from withdrawing.

After Lucas spoke, the Howards had excited expressions on their faces.

Although Lucas had been standing still without saying anything, and the person who had forced the Piers into a disadvantageous position was Jordan, everyone knew that Lucas was the one who really called the shots.

Now that he spoke up and stopped Rayson, he was clearly about to take action.

But Rayson glanced at Lucas dismissively and rebuked, “Your helmsman hasn’t even said anything. Who are you to make me stay?”

The various things that had happened just now were beyond Rayson’s expectations, and they made him feel like he had made the wrong decision by choosing to come to the Howard residence with the Piers today.

He was already flustered and uneasy, and he wanted to leave the Howard residence as soon as possible and return to the Williams’ to think about what to do next. But this young man actually had the audacity to stop him, making Rayson so furious that he rebuked him without mercy.

But Rayson was surprised to find that after he reprimanded Lucas, all the Howards in the funeral hall stared at him like he was a fool, as if he had done something absurd.

In fact, the Howards truly admired Rayson for his courage to speak to Lucas like that!

After everything that had happened last night, the Howards had already witnessed with their own eyes how terrifying Lucas was.

Not to mention that his subordinate Jordan could defeat Hades, a top powerhouse of the Peerless Martial Association, but even Damien Zander, the chief of the Peerless Martial Association’s US headquarters, was so polite to Lucas. Even after suffering a loss, he forced himself to endure it and back down, not daring to do anything to Lucas.

Yet Rayson actually dared to reprimand such a terrifying existence. He really had a death wish!

“Old man, watch how you talk to Lucas! If Lucas tells you to, you have to stop, and you can only leave only when he grants you permission! If Lucas tells you to die here, you have to die here today! Do you understand?” Jordan moved quickly to the entrance of the funeral hall and firmly blocked Rayson’s retreat.

Rayson was instantly shocked!

It was true that he didn’t know Lucas’s identity and had arrived a little later, so he was clueless about the identity of this young man in front of him.

But Jordan had easily defeated the thirty or so experts of the Piers on his own, which was a feat Rayson had witnessed with his eyes.

Moreover, the fact that a powerful person like Jordan was actually so respectful toward Lucas meant that Lucas had a higher status than Jordan.

Thinking of how the Howards were looking at him, Rayson panicked even more.

He was afraid that he had offended an extraordinary existence without realizing it!

Rayson pinched his palm, which was covered in cold sweat. He smiled at Lucas and asked politely, “May I know which family you’re from?”

There was an extreme change in his attitude.

Just now, he was still disdainful of Lucas and wanted to drag him out to beat him up, but now, he was grinning widely.

Rayson was indeed worthy of being a shrewd businessman. He was just like a chameleon that didn’t care about his pride at all.

Michael couldn’t help having a few traces of excitement appear in his eyes.

When Rayson asked which family Lucas was from, Michael wished he could tell everyone that Lucas was his son!

But Michael could only think about it inwardly and didn’t dare to say it out loud.

Lucas hadn’t forgiven him at all, nor did he acknowledge him as his father. He wasn’t fit to say that Lucas was his son.

But Michael was looking at Lucas with an eager and expectant gaze, hoping he would say that he was Michael Hutton’s son!

However, Lucas naturally wouldn’t tell Rayson his identity or admit that he was actually a Hutton.

He didn’t even bother with Rayson’s question. He simply said to Jordan, “I’ll leave it to you, Jordan. Since they had the guts to come to the Howard residence to cause trouble, they must be prepared to pay the price!”

“Got it, Lucas!” Jordan immediately understood Lucas’s intentions and agreed.

Rayson looked at Lucas and Jordan before turning to look at Florence, who was watching them respectfully from the side. He suddenly thought that Lucas wasn’t a member of the Howard family at all!

The ominous feeling in Rayson’s heart became more and more intense, and he finally popped the question in a trembling voice, “You… you’re not a Howard. Who are you?”