Ji Shenjiu summoned two managers and had them open every treasure box, including those belonging to the other two groups.
Once the inspection was complete, he looked at everyone expressionlessly.
"Have you handed everything over? The treasures from the Exquisite Pagoda have a distinctive aura. If anyone dares conceal one, it will be too late once I discover it!"
His icy voice intimidated everyone present.
But no one reacted. They all waited in silence.
None of them were fools.
On such an important treasure-retrieval mission, someone must have been watching while they collected the light orbs. There was no way they would have been left unsupervised.
Besides, most of them had only collected one light orb and had no opportunity to conceal anything.
"No one?"
Ji Shenjiu spoke coldly.
"Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"
As his words fell, everyone felt boundless pressure descend upon them, instantly robbing them of the ability to move.
Ji Shenjiu raised his hand and unleashed a sheet of golden light.
It became golden arrows that struck different cultivators. More than twenty of them were reduced to nothingness.
"Ji Shenjiu, what is the meaning of this?"
The Big-Headed Woman glared at him and demanded an explanation.
Ji Shenjiu had not merely killed cultivators from the Tianyuan Trading Firm. He had also killed quite a few from the Gu Family and the Nanmen Clan.
"What? Didn't you hear what I said inside the Exquisite Pagoda?"
Ji Shenjiu spoke coldly.
Then, suppressing his fury, he said, "These people failed to collect any light orbs, leaving us unable to retrieve all the treasures. Even scattering their souls to the winds cannot make up for that loss!"
The Big-Headed Woman's expression remained hostile.
"What you do with your own people is none of my business, but you have