The dark pressure bearing down on their shoulders felt almost solid.
Xu Jiujiu bit down hard on her tongue, using the pain to stay conscious beneath the suffocating aura of a Limit Douluo.
She knew that against such an overwhelming difference in strength, any struggle would be futile.
But as the Eldest Princess, carefully groomed by the Star Luo imperial family, she refused to meekly offer up her neck.
"Senior." Xu Jiujiu took a deep breath and looked up at Long Xiaoyao. Her voice trembled slightly, but she remained stubborn and composed. "We can hand over the Realm-Breaking Pill. But I need a guarantee. How can I be sure you won't attack us afterward?"
She stepped forward, took the Purple Jade box containing the Primordial Realm-Breaking Pill from her Storage Soul Tool, and held it tightly against her chest.
"Without a way to ensure our safe return to Star Luo City, I'm afraid you won't get this pill."
Xu Jiujiu glanced at Shattered Star Douluo, who was kneeling nearby.
No words were needed. As an imperial retainer, Shattered Star Douluo immediately understood the resolve in his princess's eyes.
He wiped the blood from his mouth and pushed himself unsteadily to his feet. His rank ninety-seven Soul Power surged in reverse through his body, and a terrifying aura of Space Destruction began to build within his meridians.
"Her Highness is right." Shattered Star Douluo glared up at Long Xiaoyao, his voice fierce. "I may be no match for you, Senior, but if I swallow the Realm-Breaking Pill first and detonate my martial soul and Soul Core... the self-destruction of a Space Destruction Super Douluo empowered by the pill would be no small thing. Even a Limit Douluo couldn't claim to escape unscathed, could he? We'll die together if we must, and