Robbery

"Call your Sect Master out," Xiao Jinchen said, his tone calm as he looked at the four people before him.

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged beauty among the four stepped forward first.

She carried an exquisite flight-type soul tool on her back and wore a respectful smile, though a hint of wariness was hidden deep within her eyes.

She bowed slightly to the Ice Empress and said, "This junior, Ning Jingshu, pays her respects to you, Senior."

Ning Jingshu gestured toward the three men behind her and introduced them, "These three are the Guardian Douluos of my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect."

"This junior, Jian Lingyuan, martial soul Star Spirit Sword, level 97 Super Douluo, pays my respects to you, Senior."

"This junior, Chen Bingyuan, martial soul Iron-Armored Rhino, level 96 Super Douluo, pays my respects to you, Senior."

"This junior, Wu Yao, martial soul Red Dragon, level 96 Super Douluo, pays my respects to you, Senior."

After the three finished their salutes to the Ice Empress, Ning Jingshu changed the subject, her tone softening. "I wonder what business brings you two to forcibly enter my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect?"

"If you have any business dealings or if there has been some misunderstanding, why not tell this junior first? As long as it is within the capabilities of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, we will certainly provide you with a satisfactory answer."

"Gather one hundred million gold soul coins for me within half an hour, or else you can wait for the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect to flow with blood today," Xiao Jinchen said casually, as if one hundred million gold soul coins were nothing more than cabbage to him.

Ning Jingshu frowned and turned her gaze toward the Ice Empress. She didn't care at all about Xiao Jinchen, a level 70 Soul Emperor who hadn't even obtained his seventh soul ring; the one who truly held the power to decide their life or death was the silent Ice Empress.

"Did you not hear what A-Chen just said?" the Ice Empress asked, sounding quite displeased.

The moment the Ice Empress finished speaking, her terrifying soul power pressure as a level 99 Limit Douluo swept out like a tidal wave, slamming into the four people before her.

"BOOM!"

Without any suspense, Ning Jingshu, along with Jian Lingyuan, Chen Bingyuan, and Wu Yao behind her, were struck as if by an invisible meteorite and slammed directly from mid-air.

The four of them hit the floor hard on their knees, producing a bone-chilling sound of cracking. The hard stone tiles shattered instantly, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading wildly in all directions.

"Pfft!"

The four of them spat out a mouthful of blood in unison, their bodies pressed firmly against the cold ground, unable to even lift their heads.

Ning Jingshu was in the most wretched state; she was only a level 79 Soul Saint, not a Title Douluo at all. Under the pressure of the Ice Empress's soul power, the bones in her legs had long since shattered.

Under the Ice Empress's terrifying level 99 Limit Douluo soul pressure, their prideful soul power melted away like snow. They couldn't even release their martial souls, and the four of them could only kneel on the ground like ants, trembling uncontrollably.

The Ice Empress looked down at the four wretched figures below with a cold, indifferent expression. "A-Chen's meaning is my meaning. Do you understand?"

As her words fell, the suffocating, terrifying pressure suddenly retracted.

Jian Lingyuan, Chen Bingyuan, and Wu Yao felt as if they had been granted a reprieve, gasping for air, their bodies already soaked in cold sweat.

Ignoring the intense pain in their bodies, they hurriedly crawled toward Ning Jingshu, who had already fainted from the agony, and helped her up.

The Ice Empress didn't even bother to look at them again, her gaze turning soft as she looked at Xiao Jinchen, who was still hovering in mid-air.

She raised her hand, and a gentle yet irresistible force supported his body, bringing him down slowly from the air until he landed steadily on the ground.

"I've changed my mind now. I want two hundred million gold soul coins," Xiao Jinchen said faintly, a hint of playfulness in his eyes.

Hearing the figure Xiao Jinchen quoted, Wu Yao's pupils contracted sharply. Even knowing their lives were in the other party's hands, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and roar hoarsely, "What! Two hundred million gold soul coins! Why don't you just go rob someone!"

"Heh heh heh, isn't that exactly what I'm doing now?" Xiao Jinchen retorted with a strange laugh.

That smile, in the eyes of the three people opposite him, was more chilling than a demon's.

"Young friend, we need some time. After all, even if our Nine Treasures Glazed Sect is wealthy enough to rival a nation, we cannot produce such a large sum in an instant," Jian Lingyuan stepped forward, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

"You only have half an hour. If you can't gather two hundred million gold soul coins in half an hour, you can all go die," Xiao Jinchen said, stretching his back with ease.

"Quick, quick, quick!" Jian Lingyuan hurriedly led the unconscious Ning Jingshu, along with Chen Bingyuan and Wu Yao, as they dashed rapidly into the depths of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.

"A-Chen, why do I feel like robbing people with you is actually kind of fun?" the Ice Empress said with a giggle.

"Then I'll take you to rob more next time," Xiao Jinchen laughed. "We'll be able to rob again very soon."

"Next time? What are we robbing next time?" the Ice Empress looked at Xiao Jinchen and asked with curiosity.

"Soon, within this month," Xiao Jinchen said, flicking the Ice Empress's forehead with a smile.

During the short while the two were playing around, Jian Lingyuan and the others had already returned.

"Young friend, these two gold soul coin cards each contain one hundred million soul coins," Jian Lingyuan said, pulling out two cards bearing the seal of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.

A warm smile hung on the corner of Xiao Jinchen's mouth as he looked at Jian Lingyuan, who looked as if he had just lost his parents. He casually took the gold soul coin cards from his hand.

"Heh heh heh! Many thanks for your sect's gift." After putting the cards into his Storage Ring, Xiao Jinchen grinned; he now had the funds to establish the Soul Hall.

Xiao Jinchen cupped his hands toward the three wretched figures before him and laughed strangely, "Heh heh heh, many thanks for the gold soul coins your sect provided. Whenever I finish spending these, I'll come back again."

"Pfft!"

Before he could finish his sentence, the blood in Jian Lingyuan and the others' bodies surged, and they all spat out a mouthful of blood, their figures swaying unsteadily.

To be gouged for two hundred million gold soul coins just like that—if he came back again... that wouldn't be a robbery, it would be a death sentence!

"Have you no shame! Do you have any shame left!" Wu Yao couldn't help but curse in anger.

"Shame?" Xiao Jinchen smiled with disdain upon hearing this. "Can shame be eaten as a meal? Can shame get me two hundred million gold soul coins?"

"You! Ah! Ah! Ah!" Looking at Xiao Jinchen's infuriating expression, Wu Yao wanted to attack but didn't dare. He was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot.

"Young friend, wait."

Xiao Jinchen had just prepared to leave when he was called back.

"Oh? Do you intend to give me another two hundred million gold soul coins?" Xiao Jinchen turned around and said with a mocking smile.

"No, no, no." Chen Bingyuan, who had called out to him, hurriedly said, "This one just doesn't understand which faction you hail from, young friend."

"Soul Hall," Xiao Jinchen replied indifferently, then ignored them and left the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect with the Ice Empress.