"Bring your sect master out," Xiao Jinchen said calmly 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.
A delicate Flying Soul Tool was strapped to her back. She wore a respectful smile, but a trace of wariness lurked deep in her eyes.
She bowed slightly to the Ice Empress and said, "This junior, Ning Jingshu, pays her respects to Senior."
Ning Jingshu pointed to 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, a Level 97 Super Douluo, pays his respects to Senior."
"This junior, Chen Bingyuan, Martial Soul: Iron-Armored Rhino, a Level 96 Super Douluo, pays his respects to Senior."
"This junior, Wu Yao, Martial Soul: Red Dragon, a Level 96 Super Douluo, pays his respects to Senior."
After the three had finished paying their respects to the Ice Empress, Ning Jingshu changed tack and asked gently, "May I ask why the two of you have barged into my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect?"
"If you have some business dealings in mind, or if there's been some misunderstanding, why not tell this junior about it first? As long as it's within the means of my Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, we'll surely give you a satisfactory answer."
"Get me a hundred million Gold Soul Coins within half an hour. Otherwise, today the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect will run with blood," Xiao Jinchen said casually, as if a hundred million Gold Soul Coins were nothing more than cabbages.
Ning Jingshu furrowed her brows and turned to look at the Ice Empress. She paid no attention to Xiao Jinchen, a Level 70 Soul Emperor who had yet to obtain his Seventh Soul Ring. The one who could truly decide whether they lived or died was the Ice Empress, who had not said a word.
"Did you not hear what Ah Chen just said?" the Ice Empress said, clearly displeased.
The moment the Ice Empress finished speaking, the terrifying Soul Power pressure of a Level 99 Limit Douluo swept outward like a surging tide, crashing down on the four people before her.
Boom!
There was no suspense. Ning Jingshu, along with Jian Lingyuan, Chen Bingyuan, and Wu Yao behind her, was struck as if by an invisible meteorite and slammed down from midair.
Their knees crashed into the floor, the sound of bones cracking enough to make one's teeth ache. The hard stone tiles split at once, cracks spreading wildly in every direction like a spiderweb.
Pfft!
All four of them spat out blood and were pressed flat against the icy ground, unable even to lift their heads.
Ning Jingshu was in the worst state of all. She was only a Level 79 Soul Saint, not a Titled Douluo. Under the Ice Empress's Soul Power pressure, the bones in both her legs had already been completely shattered.
Beneath the terrifying Soul Power pressure of the Level 99 Limit Douluo, the Soul Power they had once taken pride in melted like snow. They could not even release their Martial Souls. All four could only kneel on the ground like ants, trembling in fear.
The Ice Empress looked down at the four battered figures beneath her with an indifferent expression and said coldly, "Whatever Ah Chen means is what I mean. Understand?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the suffocating pressure vanished in an instant.
Jian Lingyuan, Chen Bingqin, and Wu Yao were pardoned by heaven itself. They gasped for breath, drenched in cold sweat.
Ignoring the pain throughout their bodies, they hurried over to Ning Jingshu, who had already passed out from the pain, and helped her up.
The Ice Empress did not even bother to look at them again. Her gaze softened as she turned to Xiao Jinchen, who was still hovering in midair.
She raised her hand, and a gentle yet irresistible force supported his body, carrying him slowly down until he landed safely on the ground.
"I've changed my mind. I want two hundred million Gold Soul Coins now," Xiao Jinchen said mildly, a teasing glint in his eyes.
Hearing the sum Xiao Jinchen demanded, Wu Yao's pupils contracted sharply. Even though he knew their lives were in the other party's hands, he still couldn't help glaring and roaring hoarsely, "What! Two hundred million Gold Soul Coins! Why don't you just go rob someone!"
"Ke-ke-ke, isn't that exactly what I'm doing?" Xiao Jinchen asked with a strange laugh.
That smile, in the eyes of the three across from him, was more chilling than a demon's.
"Little friend, we'll need some time. Even though our Nine Treasures Glazed Sect is richer than a nation, we can't produce such a large sum in the blink of an eye," Jian Lingyuan said, stepping forward through gritted teeth.
"You have half an hour. If you still haven't gathered two hundred million Gold Soul Coins by then, you can all go die," Xiao Jinchen said lightly, stretching.
"Quick, quick, quick." Jian Lingyuan hurriedly led Ning Jingshu, who was unconscious, along with Chen Bingqin and Wu Yao, and raced into the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
"Ah Chen, why do I feel like it's kind of exhilarating to go robbing with you?" the Ice Empress said with a giggle.
"Then next time, I'll take you to rob even more," Xiao Jinchen said with a smile. "We'll be able to rob again very soon."
"Next time? What are we robbing next time?" The Ice Empress looked at Xiao Jinchen, full of curiosity.
"Soon. Probably within this month," Xiao Jinchen said with a smile, flicking the Ice Empress on the forehead.
While the two of them had been fooling around, Jian Lingyuan and the others had already returned.
"Little friend, each of these two Gold Soul Coin cards contains a hundred million Soul Coins." Jian Lingyuan took out two cards bearing the seal of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
A warm smile tugged at Xiao Jinchen's lips as he looked at Jian Lingyuan, who seemed as if both his parents had just died. He casually took the Gold Soul Coin card from his hand.
"Ke-ke-ke! Many thanks for your sect's generous gift." After putting the Gold Soul Coin card into his ring, Xiao Jinchen grinned. Now he had the funds to establish the Soul Hall.
Xiao Jinchen cupped his hands toward the three battered figures before him and gave a strange laugh. "Ke-ke-ke, many thanks for the Gold Soul Coins your sect sent over. When I've spent them all, I'll come back."
Pfft!
Before he had even finished speaking, Jian Lingyuan and the other two felt their blood and qi surge. They all spat out blood, their bodies swaying unsteadily.
This time, two hundred million Gold Soul Coins had been ripped right out of their hands. If he came back again... that wouldn't be robbery; it would be a death sentence!
"Have you no shame? Do you have any shame at all?" Wu Yao couldn't help cursing.
"Shame?" Xiao Jinchen gave a disdainful laugh. "Can shame be eaten? Can shame get me two hundred million Gold Soul Coins?"
"You! Ah! Ah! Ah!" Wu Yao looked at Xiao Jinchen's infuriating expression. He wanted to attack but didn't dare, and his rage made him spit out another mouthful of blood before passing out.
"Little friend, wait."
Xiao Jinchen had just been about to leave when someone called out to him.
"Oh? Are you going to give me another two hundred million Gold Soul Coins?" Xiao Jinchen turned around, his expression half-smiling.
"No, no, no." Chen Bingyuan, who had called out to Xiao Jinchen, hurriedly said, "I simply don't understand which faction you come from, little friend."
"The Soul Hall," Xiao Jinchen answered flatly. He paid the others no further attention and left the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect with the Ice Empress.