The entire reception hall fell into dead silence.
Then, amid that silence, an untimely voice suddenly rang out.
"How dare you show disrespect to His Excellency Poison Douluo! Do you have a death wish?"
Xue Beng stepped forward and pointed at Qin Jiuxiao's nose as he roared.
Though he sounded fierce, his voice trembled, and his legs shook as well.
The Soul Rings Qin Jiuxiao had displayed made him feel as though he had not fully awakened.
Even a Titled Douluo possessing a single Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring would already be an unimaginable stroke of fortune.
Yet Qin Jiuxiao had six of them, for fuck's sake!
Whether he had cheated or not, he knew perfectly well!
If someone like this was not eliminated today, he would never have another chance in the future.
Moreover, Qin Jiuxiao stood with Xue Qinghe. In the future, the Heaven Dou Empire would inevitably fall into Xue Qinghe's hands. By then, how could Xue Beng possibly have any way out?
Prince Xue Xing stood to the side, his pupils suddenly shrinking as though his heart had skipped a beat.
Having lived for so many years, he considered himself worldly and well-informed, yet the sight before him had utterly overturned everything he knew.
How could such a monster exist in this world?
That idiot Xue Beng had actually provoked someone like this!
Men died for wealth, birds died for food.
When faced with such a monster, one should have spared no cost in trying to recruit him.
Money, beautiful women, power—surely one of those could move a person's heart.
Everyone had desires. No one could possibly be flawless.
At that point, what the hell would Xue Qinghe even be?
But now, before they had even recruited him, they had already become enemies.
Since that was the case,