"I didn't snatch him! Ji Hua, I'm telling you, I absolutely didn't snatch him. I merely traded you one! They're both Dao Entry Realm Soul Demons anyway. I traded for one more pleasing to the eye—wherever you go, that's perfectly justifiable, isn't it?" Ji Nan chuckled slyly as he reached for Ye Zhen like lightning.
"Tell me, why didn't you ask whether I agreed?" Ye Zhen's voice rang out.
Ji Nan froze, his face full of contempt. "You? A lowly Soul Demon? Why would we need to care whether you agree! If I find you pleasing to the eye, that's your good fortune!"
"Then if I find you displeasing to the eye, that's your bad luck!"
Whoosh!
Bloody blade light suddenly erupted, crashing onto Ji Nan's claw like a streak of blood-red lightning. At that instant, Ye Zhen's aura soared wildly to the peak of the ninth layer of the Spirit-Connecting Realm.
Slash!
The sound of blade biting bone rang out. Ji Nan's right hand, reaching for Ye Zhen, was severed at the palm by a single stroke.
Only when the huge hand hit the ground did Ji Nan let out a terrified scream. "You dare hurt me? A lowly Soul Demon actually dares hurt me?"
Ji Nan was answered by a barrage of bloody blade light. Stroke after stroke, Ye Zhen's saber sent Ji Nan staggering back a great step, each one carving a deep wound into his body.
"That's right, I'm a lowly Soul Demon!
"But you, a Three-Eyed Demon Lord, can't even defeat a lowly Soul Demon!
"You are the disgrace of the Three-Eyed Demon Race!
"You should kill yourself to wash away this shame! What are you still living for?"
With every slash, Ye Zhen roared. The final stroke nearly cleaved Ji Nan in two. Had