Xue Qinghe had no power to resist in Elder Xiong's grasp.
In an instant, Elder Xiong had him firmly clutched in his hand. No matter how he struggled, he could not move in the slightest.
Xue Ye was furious. Xue Qinghe was the Crown Prince of a nation—and his most outstanding son.
"Bear King, what exactly are you trying to do?"
Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, and Prince Xue were all utterly shocked as well!
None of them had expected this to happen!
No matter how much they calculated, they could never have predicted that Bear King would make a move against the Crown Prince!
After all, with Xue Ye here, the Crown Prince's status was greatly diminished. Moving against the Crown Prince would have been worse than directly attacking Xue Ye!
Once they reacted, the four of them joined Xue Ye and the two people who had emerged from hiding, making seven in total. They surrounded Elder Xiong, Nangong Yuncheng, Dugu Bo, and Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng had already stepped to Bear King's side, showing no awareness whatsoever of being surrounded.
He smiled calmly at Xue Ye. "Your Majesty Xue Ye, there is no need to thank me. I did this entirely for Dugu Bo's sake!"
Before Xue Ye could speak, Meng Shenji could not hold back his fury. "Bastard! You captured the Crown Prince, and we are supposed to thank you? Are you insane?!"
As he spoke, his martial soul, Black Demon, appeared instantly. Two yellow, two purple, and four black Soul Rings rose from his body, and his aura surged dramatically.
Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin did not hesitate either. The same standard set of eight Soul Rings appeared around them, looking ready to fight at the slightest disagreement.
However, with the Crown Prince in Elder