"Were you looking for me?"
Just then, a leisurely voice rang out beside everyone's ears.
Xuanji Douluo, Giant Strength Douluo, and Blood Fiend Douluo all looked over. To their astonishment, Qin Xiao had somehow appeared on a tree trunk less than a hundred meters away.
When their gazes turned toward him, a smile spread across Qin Xiao's face.
"Boy, it seems you know who we are?"
Giant Strength Douluo grinned, a savage gleam flashing through his eyes.
Qin Xiao nodded slightly. "I know you came all the way from the Star Luo Empire, crossing thousands of miles. You must be here to kill me, right?"
"Ha! You know what we're here for, yet you haven't fled. You really don't think anything of us."
Giant Strength Douluo sneered. "Should I call you a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, or an ant trying to shake a tree, ignorant of its own strength?"
"Or perhaps you're both?"
Qin Xiao shook his head disdainfully. "With just the likes of you?"
"What a sharp tongue this greenhorn has."
Blood Fiend Douluo also snorted. "I truly regret it. Had I known this day would come, I would have killed you in the arena of the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament, no matter what."
He truly did regret it. Back then, he had been the referee for the finals.
He had witnessed the matches firsthand, and when he saw Qin Xiao single-handedly turn back the raging tide and reverse the battle, he had been utterly stunned.
Afterward, he had lavished praise on Qin Xiao.
In private, he had even told Xu Jiawei how wonderful it would be if a heaven-favored prodigy like Qin Xiao belonged to their Star Luo Empire.
As it turned out, his words had come true.
The good news was that Qin Xiao really was