Are You Sure You Want to Be My Enemies?

Just as Zhang Lexuan gritted her silver teeth and clenched her delicate hands into fists, the boy she saw as completely helpless suddenly spoke. His tone was calm, without the slightest trace of fear:

"I don't care what grudges you have between yourselves. How about you let my sister and me leave? We'll mind our own business and stay out of yours. That shouldn't do you any harm."

The moment he spoke, everyone present immediately turned their attention to Xu Tianming.

Zhang Lexuan felt somewhat disappointed. In her eyes, evil soul masters were the public enemies of all humanity. Trying to reason with them was the stupidest thing in the world.

Still, she said nothing.

For one thing, she had never met these young siblings before.

For another, this unprovoked disaster had indeed been brought upon them by her.

If these evil soul masters were truly willing to let the two leave, her conscience would at least be somewhat eased...

[If Xu Tianming had known what she was thinking at that moment, he definitely would have cursed his head off: I got dragged into this disaster for no reason and just want to stay out of it, yet you're disappointed? How do you even have the nerve to feel that way?]

The evil soul masters froze briefly. After exchanging glances with their companions, they burst into uninhibited laughter, even louder than when they had mocked Zhang Lexuan earlier.

"Hehehe, little friend, you've got that wrong. How could killing you possibly bring us no benefit? Children your age, especially you and your sister, are great nourishment to us! If you want someone to blame, blame your bad luck—or blame that bitch from Shrek Academy!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the evil soul masters released their soul power pressure. Although the strongest among them was only level seventy-five, there were so many of them that their combined pressure was enough to rival that of a Titled Douluo!

Had she been at full strength, enduring such pressure would naturally have been no problem for Zhang Lexuan. Unfortunately, her soul power was nearly depleted. In her current state, she could only hold on desperately, unable even to speak a complete sentence.

Even so, she instinctively turned to look toward Xu Tianming.

She had intended to apologize to the "siblings."

Yet to her surprise, the two of them appeared completely unaffected by the soul power pressure. They still stood calmly where they were. Looking more closely, she discovered a barrier surrounding them.

A close-fitting defensive soul tool!

To withstand soul power pressure comparable to that of a Titled Douluo, it had to be at least a seventh-grade defensive soul tool!

Who would have thought that these siblings, so young, would possess such a precious soul tool for protection...

It seems these siblings must be descendants of some important figure in the Sun Moon Empire... But this defensive soul tool alone is nowhere near enough to stop these inhuman evil soul masters. In fact, once they see this treasure, their next attacks will likely become even more frenzied...

The instant that thought surfaced in Zhang Lexuan's mind, the evil soul masters, just as expected, looked at the siblings with naked greed.

"Boy! I didn't expect you to have something so good on you! To withstand our soul power pressure, that has to be at least a seventh-grade defensive soul tool, right? Hand over all your valuables obediently. If we're satisfied, perhaps we'll be merciful enough to spare your lives!"

The other evil soul masters immediately echoed him, though they all harbored the same thought.

Once we get the treasures, we'll kill them and leave no loose ends!

Zhang Lexuan instantly saw through their scheme and was about to warn the siblings not to fall for it.

But before she could speak, the beautiful young girl who had been hiding behind the boy suddenly stepped forward and pointed at the evil soul masters as she rebuked them.

"A bunch of rats crawling in the gutters, refusing kindness when it's offered! Do you really think we'd fall for that? Brother Tianming tried to negotiate with you just now, and you rats actually think he was afraid of you?"

Zhang Lexuan had never imagined that such a delicate, lovely girl could speak with such cutting sharpness.

Yet it reignited hope in her heart.

For siblings who appeared to be under ten years old to face a group of murderous evil soul masters with such an unyielding attitude, they were either utterly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth—or they possessed some formidable trump card unknown to others.

Considering that they carried at least a seventh-grade defensive soul tool, Zhang Lexuan believed it was probably the latter.

However, the evil soul masters, who held every advantage, did not see it that way. They naturally assumed the two children were merely bluffing.

One of the six-ringed Soul Emperors immediately summoned his martial soul and gave a wanton, sinister grin.

"From the sound of it, your Brother Tianming plans to be rude to us uncles? Then come on! Let us uncles see what methods you two little brats have that could make us regret becoming your enemies!"

After saying that with a laugh, the six-ringed Soul Emperor mockingly raised his eyebrows and patted his puffed-out chest twice, signaling for the two children to show him what they had.

Xu Tianming said nothing. Instead, he took out the peak eighth-grade soul tool once more—the Judgment Sword.

With the soul tool barrier concealing its aura, Zhang Lexuan and the evil soul masters could not yet determine what grade the sword was. But merely from its appearance, they could tell it was no ordinary soul tool.

Another treasure had appeared before them, and the greed in the evil soul masters' eyes intensified. Seeing Xu Tianming grip the greatsword and begin gathering power, not only did they show no intention of defending themselves, their laughter grew even louder.

Clearly, none of them believed that a boy of around ten could injure them, even with the aid of a high-grade soul tool!

After all, although high-grade soul tools were powerful, they still required sufficient soul power to activate.

No matter how talented a boy of around ten was, how high could his soul power rank possibly be?

Even Zhang Lexuan thought so.

In her opinion, Xu Tianming's soul power rank was at most around level twenty. After all, even the geniuses Shrek Academy had poured its resources into cultivating over the years had only reached such heights.

No matter how powerful that sword was, Zhang Lexuan did not believe it could harm a Soul Emperor-level evil soul master.

Was I really wrong? Is there truly no protector behind these siblings? If the confidence they rely on is merely this boy's strength... then we will probably all die in this forest today...