"Brat, you dared to toy with this old man. Then I'll show you my methods. Once I extract the souls of you and your Guardian, I'll torture them thoroughly to repay the price of your mockery!"
When the old man with the Myriad Soul Reversal Martial Soul mentioned extracting souls, Xiao Qiang suddenly thought of something. "Wait. You said you'd extract our souls and torture them? You can pull out my soul while preserving my full consciousness?"
"Of course. If full consciousness cannot be preserved, how would they know the pain brought by torture?"
Xiao Qiang fell silent for a moment. Then, his Copy Soul Skill activated, and without much further thought, he made his decision. "Snow Empress! Any price is acceptable. Capture that old man. Don't hurt him too badly; just restrain him. He must be taken alive!"
After Xiao Qiang spoke, the old man with the Myriad Soul Banner Martial Soul first assumed Xiao Qiang was bluffing. Then, he felt cold—an utterly bone-chilling cold. After that, he heard a woman's voice and lost consciousness.
"You want this Empress to act? Human, have you decided what price you will pay?"
Snow Empress emerged from Xiao Qiang's Storage Soul Tool and effortlessly restrained the eight-ring Soul Douluo elder, frightening Jin Chuan into dropping to his knees, too terrified to move.
"As long as Snow Empress needs it, any price I can afford is acceptable. Um..."
The moment Xiao Qiang finished speaking, an uproar broke out in his sea of consciousness.
"Are you crazy?! What use is keeping an eight-ring Soul Douluo alive?!" Tian Meng grabbed Xiao Qiang's consciousness within the sea of consciousness and cursed.
"Calm down, Brother Sky Dream. I'm not crazy. On the contrary, this was the result of careful consideration."
"Huh? What use could that guy possibly