Cruel Methods

There were two or three hundred martial artists imprisoned in the three massive iron cages. More than half wanted to leave, willing to serve even the Mechanical Empire they hated to the bone rather than become slaves, all for the sake of staying alive.

Mu Shang could not possibly release them all. He selected only thirty people, Xia Fanbai among them.

Of course, choosing Xia Fanbai had been Jiang Yuanjiu's decision. Xiantian Martial Artists were extremely valuable resources; among these martial artists, there were only five Xiantian Martial Artists in total. Mu Shang had not wanted to let him go.

But Jiang Yuanjiu whispered a few words into Mu Shang's ear, and Mu Shang agreed to add Xia Fanbai to the group.

Zhan Tiancheng was helped up by Ji Changming and leaned against the iron cage. He was terribly weak, yet his gaze still burned with fury. "Xia Fanbai, I never thought you'd be such a spineless coward, actually submitting to these people! You're disgracing the Earth Rock Lineage. You don't deserve to be a Tianli Sect Disciple!"

He had been shocked into that state, yet he still refused to yield. Every strand of his hair stood on end as though lightning had exploded over his head.

Xia Fanbai ignored him as if he had not heard a word, walking out of the cage and joining the line.

Jiang Yuanjiu walked up to Xia Fanbai and said with a smile,

"Xia Fanbai, you should be grateful for your choice. If not for me, you would have been sold off as someone else's slave!"

Xia Fanbai gave him a cold glance and said in a voice only the two of them could hear,

"Jiang Yuanjiu, I will kill you!"

Jiang Yuanjiu froze slightly at those words. Then his smile vanished, and