"There's no way I can help you seize the Twelve Chapters of the Heavenly Sword. How about changing the condition? In any case, you can't forge a sword with this thing, and keeping it is useless to you. Are you planning to let it rot in your pocket?" I tried to negotiate.
Xia Ruize immediately let out a cackling laugh and only spoke after a while. "Dayi, I knew you'd say that. After all, some things are worthless to me but worth a fortune to others. Besides, this thing has a time limit. Do you think I'm deliberately raising the price? Actually, you're wrong. Even if I didn't ask you, I could still accomplish what I wanted. It's just that I consider you my own brother, so I'm advancing and retreating together with you. I'm merely using this thing as an excuse."
I furrowed my brows, unsure what Xia Ruize meant. Did he think that with Li Poxiao weakened, he would have his chance?
Before I could say anything else, Xia Ruize happily entered the arena. The moment he stood on the Sword-Testing Platform, I finally understood what he meant.
The number beneath his feet had actually changed to one hundred and fifty!
A chill ran down my spine. Of course, I couldn't ask Xia Ruize about it while he was on the field, so I could only look toward Li Yushuang. "What exactly happened? Could his swordsmanship really have advanced by leaps and bounds to this extent?"
Li Poxiao hadn't even reached a hundred. Had Xia Ruize suddenly exploded with power?
"Big Brother Poxiao first reached fifty, while that demon reached seventy-five on his first attempt. Like Big Brother Poxiao, he came out only to rest. But after that, Big Brother Poxiao was eliminated in the ninety-seventh match, while