"Wait!"
Sensing Hua Qiandai's chilling killing intent, Jian Shang stopped her just in time. Then he poured strength into his arm and swept his hand upward...
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
A dense chorus of whistles pierced the air as countless Diamond Coins shot toward Heavenly Star Charon like an endless meteor shower, a dazzling sight in the gloomy Nether Realm.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Heavenly Star Charon's eyes lit up like two brilliant stars in the gray sky. His enormous, arrow-shaped vessel, as tall as a man, spun like a whirlwind, its passage roaring like gusts of ghostly wind.
The endless streaks of dazzling light shot into the dark purple vortex, then fell, swiftly forming a heap at Heavenly Star Charon's feet.
The five God-King Warriors required a hundred and fifty thousand gold, or fifteen hundred Diamond Coins. Jian Shang and the other five required eighteen thousand gold, or a hundred and eighty Diamond Coins. Piled on the heaving, pitch-black, hideous bone raft, they glittered like a host of stars.
"Is that enough?" Jian Shang asked coldly, his face expressionless. Only someone with the Jingyang Dragon Ring could carry so many Diamond Coins around; most people used banknotes instead.
"Heh, heh, heh... Most magnificent, most distinguished guests... Please board the raft!"
His eyes gleaming, Heavenly Star Charon bent down like a lapdog and picked up the coins one by one, stuffing them into the money pouch at his waist. Drooling, he looked at Jian Shang as though gazing upon a mountain of gold and spoke with fawning deference.
"Your Majesty..." Hua Qiandai protested, looking at Jian Shang in bewilderment.
That many Diamond Coins represented no small fortune. Hua Qiandai could not understand why Jian Shang willingly paid this piece of trash when he was so plainly extorting them. Why not kill him