Hardline

Qu Jianlei ignored the other party's explanation and spoke coldly again. "State your affiliation!"

What kind of joke was this? They had bristled at the sight of a single starship, then backed down upon seeing four?

An Ultimate's dignity was not so easily slighted!

He strongly suspected there was an Ultimate among the faction that had caused trouble. Otherwise, they would not have dared to act so boldly.

But honestly speaking, a formation of four company-class starships, if properly coordinated, was definitely not something four individual ships could withstand—even eight individual ships might struggle.

Forget defeating one Ultimate; they could handle two or three Ultimates without much trouble. Besides... did the Hongjingtian Team not have Ultimates of its own?

At a time like this, Qu Jianlei could not generously let them off—the planet held more than just two factions.

When kindness might be mistaken for weakness, one absolutely could not offer it lightly.

The people on the other side said nothing more, clearly unwilling to provoke Qu Jianlei and the others further.

But Paranoid was not having it. He snorted coldly. "You had the guts to say it, but not the guts to own it... Do you really think we can't find you?"

He had always been domineering, and he understood Qu Jianlei's intentions particularly well—this was absolutely not the time to show weakness.

Otherwise, the other factions on the planet might very well join forces against outsiders like them.

After several more seconds of silence, someone finally spoke. "We are willing to offer five million in compensation as an apology."

Clearly, they had heard that the Hongjingtian Team had extorted a sum from Three United Company and assumed the other team cared greatly about money.

"Five million?" Paranoid scoffed. "Who are you trying to insult?"

An Ultimate's dignity was