Di Qiu'er

"But among you, there really are some familiar faces."

Di Qiu'er swept her gaze over the crowd. She did not recognize the three kneeling on the ground, but these three were old acquaintances.

"Aren't these our three great emperors? Instead of staying in the Celestial Court, have you been demoted?"

It was not as though Di Qiu'er had never seen immortals who had been demoted before. Although they would return after undergoing their final trials, it was quite interesting to see these three appear together.

"Well, well, didn't we come to visit you?"

Xiao Hongchen realized that she seemed to know him. Then he considered his future status in the Celestial Court. Clearly, weren't they colleagues?

He perfectly displayed his talent for saying whatever suited the person before him. As long as they could talk, everything would be manageable.

"Yeah. It's rare to see you all, so shouldn't I have a little fun with you?"

Di Qiu'er slowly rose from the Karma Fire Red Lotus. With a flip of her hands, two Divine Artifacts—Yuan Tu and Abi—appeared in her grasp.

She crossed the twin swords before her, their tips aimed at the three below. A playful smile curled across her lips. Minghe was simply too boring, so she had to find some entertainment.

"Fuck! Aren't we supposed to be colleagues?!"

Xiao Hongchen's expression instantly collapsed. He shouted as much, but his hands did not dare hesitate in the slightest. He swiftly slapped a metal button at his waist, and a suit of crimson-gold steel armor instantly covered his entire body.

Ji Juechen said nothing. He merely drew his sword in silence. It was a gleaming white Divine Artifact. He knew that against an opponent like Di Qiu'er, any carelessness would be fatal.

Ye Guyi pressed her palms together, and brilliant golden divine light immediately burst forth around her. A pair of wings of light emerged behind her as she mobilized all of her divine power.

"Oh, you're looking down on me!"

The fury in Di Qiu'er's eyes instantly ignited. Her temper had always been fiery, and she walked the Dao of Slaughter. What she could least tolerate was people putting on airs before her.

Xiao Hongchen was wearing a pile of "scrap metal," Ji Juechen held a Divine Artifact yet did not use divine power, and Ye Guyi released divine power yet did not use a Divine Artifact. Wasn't that naked contempt?

Xiao Hongchen was already panicking to death, regretting it so much his guts turned green. If he had known he would encounter a situation like this today, he would have chosen cultivation no matter what.

The three of them were, bluntly speaking, empty shells force-fed into their current levels. How could they possibly defeat a woman who was like a god of slaughter? No, this woman was a god of slaughter.

"Forget it, attack!"

Xiao Hongchen gritted his teeth. Things had reached this point. If they did not fight, he had no idea how the story would develop next.

Ji Juechen followed close behind, spinning his sword in a flourish before thrusting straight at Di Qiu'er's throat. Ye Guyi was not about to fall behind either, sending countless golden feathers of light pouring down like a torrential rain.

However, one minute later.

Xiao Hongchen lay on the ground, utterly devoid of hope. His steel armor had been completely scrapped, its surface covered in sword marks. There was even a huge hole through his chest, with black smoke rising from the circuitry inside. He stared blankly at the sky, as though his soul had already left his body.

Ji Juechen was worse off. Di Qiu'er sent him flying with a single sword strike, and he ended up hanging from his own sword. Its tip pierced through his clothes and nailed him to a nearby wall.

Ye Guyi was not much better. Bruised and battered, she had been tossed onto the ground. Of the three, she had suffered the worst beating. Perhaps it was only an illusion, but that woman seemed to have specifically targeted her the whole time.

Fortunately, Di Qiu'er had only beaten them up and had not gone for the kill. She put away her twin swords, dusted off her hands despite there being no dust on them, and sat back down on the Karma Fire Red Lotus.

In the end, she had still shown them some consideration. These guys might have deserved a beating, but they were still her "colleagues," after all.

"Tell me, what exactly did you come here for?"

Di Qiu'er did not think these three had come specifically to let her beat them up. They should not have been that shameless.

"Um, Senior Minghe, we want a few Blood Origin Stones."

Xie Xie seized the opening and directly stated their purpose. Perfect timing—this senior had vented her frustrations, so her mood should be better now.

"Blood Origin Stones..."

Di Qiu'er could not figure out what use these things had. Still, she did have a pile of them in her Sea of Blood. They were just sitting there anyway. Since she was in quite a good mood after beating them up, she would treat them as a reward.

Di Qiu'er directly took out six from the Sea of Blood. She tossed one to the trio from Douluo III Spacetime, then threw the remaining five to Xiao Hongchen and the others.

However, at that moment, someone unafraid of death stepped forward. Ma Hongjun seemed to have lost his mind. Seeing that the three of them could not move, he actually tried to rush over and snatch the items.

The result was that Dai Mubai and Oscar were killed along with him and thrown back onto the arena. At the same time, as the countdown ended, everyone else returned to the stage as well.

"Fuck! Fatty, are you an undercover agent?!"

Dai Mubai had been considering whether he could trade something for two of them, yet this damn fatty actually went up to steal them, getting their whole team instantly killed.

Tang San's face had completely darkened as well. As long as they had found a way to trade for two, he could have secured second place and avoided punishment. Instead, this damn fatty had ruined everything.

"Fatty, what the hell were you thinking? Did a donkey kick you in the head?!"

Even Oscar could not understand what had been going through his mind. Ancestor River Styx had obviously only taken out those Blood Origin Stones out of consideration for Xiao Hongchen and the others.

The only way for them to obtain any was to figure out how to trade with her. There was no second option. Yet Ma Hongjun had actually tried to rob her—and while she was still standing right there.

"I just didn't think that much about it..."

Ma Hongjun had seen those three lying there with the Blood Origin Stones tossed nearby. He thought there was no harm in taking them, but he had completely forgotten that woman was still standing there.

[Third place, Douluo I Team. All members receive the punishment of having five levels of Soul Power stripped away.]

All of Tang San's group had their Soul Power stripped away, especially Tang San and Oscar. The two of them had only just painstakingly cultivated to level 30, and they had been only one Spirit Ring away from advancing to Soul Elder.

Now, because of this damn fatty, it had all gone down the drain. Tang San had already decided that once they returned, he would find a way to kill this damn fatty. What if there was another team match and that damn fatty screwed them over again?

[Second place, Douluo III Team. No reward, no punishment.]

Xie Xie and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They did not need to fight for first place; holding onto second was enough. No punishment was better than anything else.