Dialogue with Di Tian! Battle with the Ten Thousand Demon King!

"Move."

Bing Jiu gave Chuan a push and headed toward the very center of the Star Dou Forest.

Chuan turned back and shot her a somewhat aggrieved look. "You brat, the Black Dragon Claw of our black dragon clan isn't for you to use to throw your weight around."

Within the Star Dou Forest, Di Tian reigned supreme, and the Black Dragon Claw was the most distinctive weapon of the black dragon clan. Thus, after sensing its aura, most soul beasts would no longer dare approach.

"So what?"

Bing Jiu replied disdainfully, "You're from the black dragon clan, and you're Di Tian's daughter—but has Di Tian truly ever treated you as one of the black dragon clan?"

"You!"

Bing Jiu seized her by the collar, the light in her blood-red eyes becoming all the more bewitching.

Chuan froze on the spot.

Bing Jiu pressed her advantage. "What? If Di Tian truly cared about you, then when the Grand Elder and I came here together back then, why, out of all his children, did he single you out to wager against me?"

"The ten-year agreement—if I can prove to him that I possess the strength to ascend to the Divine Realm, then you and the Emerald Swan will belong to me. Otherwise, I will offer up everything I have and burn the power of my two peerless Martial Souls to help him break through the eight-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation!"

"That was the wager Di Tian made with me face-to-face when the Grand Elder brought me to the Star Dou Forest."

Hearing Bing Jiu's words, Chuan paused. Though sorrow filled her heart, she still spoke as if clinging to her last shred of hope.

"Yes... but even so, I..."

"No buts." Bing Jiu stroked her head and spoke gently.

"I was once like you—I was abandoned too. But later, I came to terms with it. And now, you must do the same. Only this time, I'll help you."

Without giving her any chance to object, Bing Jiu grabbed Chuan's hand and pulled her toward the core region.

Chuan was somewhat uneasy. Bing Jiu kept dragging her along, and she did not even dare look at the familiar soul beast figures gradually passing around them.

At last, the two of them reached the core region of the Star Dou Forest—the Lake of Life.

And seated at the highest point here was its true king, the Beast God Di Tian, who possessed eight hundred thousand years of cultivation.

Hearing someone arrive, he slowly opened his golden eyes, the symbol of the black dragon clan's supreme bloodline, and lazily looked toward the newcomers.

"Oh? Little girl, so you've come."

"It's me."

At Di Tian's side stood the nearly six-hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan, the five-hundred-thousand-year Ten Thousand Demon King, the five-hundred-thousand-year Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear, and the three-hundred-thousand-year Scarlet King. Their terrifying auras swept over Bing Jiu like a storm.

The Ten Thousand Demon King smiled disdainfully. "This isn't the time for you to be here. Hurry home and drink some milk."

"Hahahaha!"

A burst of mocking laughter immediately rose from all around.

Bing Jiu's cultivation was only level 40. In the eyes of these soul beasts who had surpassed one hundred thousand years, she was nothing at all.

Yet they did not know that six years ago, when Bing Jiu had made a wager with Di Tian concerning all the soul beasts of the entire Star Dou Forest, she had relied on far more than just Qian Daoliu!

"Hmph! That's not for you to decide."

Even though she was surrounded by more than a dozen soul beasts over one hundred thousand years old, Bing Jiu was not intimidated by their imposing might. Instead, her face remained calm.

Then, she raised both hands at once. With a hum—

The Clear Sky Pagoda and Fallen Angel Martial Soul appeared behind her.

"Go!" Bing Jiu's voice was exceptionally piercing.

The next moment, the two Martial Souls no longer suppressed themselves and simultaneously unleashed their unique killing intent!

The Clear Sky Pagoda was wrapped in killing intent brimming with destructive power, while every beat of the Fallen Angel's six dark wings stirred up gusts of bloody wind.

An indescribable killing intent swept over every powerhouse present.

The laughter stopped abruptly. Even the Ten Thousand Demon King, ranked third among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, withdrew the disdain from his eyes and fixed Bing Jiu with his terrifying green gaze.

The atmosphere instantly turned icy.

The Emerald Swan looked at Bing Jiu, narrowing her eyes slightly.

She still remembered the shock from six years ago, when Bing Jiu had made her part of the wager with Di Tian.

Martial Souls powerful beyond measure, a mind ruthless beyond imagination, and schemes and wisdom sharp to the bone!

Although she had dismissed it all six years ago, now she had to take this person seriously.

"Enough."

Di Tian gave a low shout, and the Black Dragon Claw in his hand slashed a dark rift through the air.

Every soul beast present fell silent at once, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads.

Worthy of being the black dragon clan's weapon closest to a divine artifact—its intimidation was simply extraordinary.

Bing Jiu, however, was not frightened. Her gaze remained fixed on the Black Dragon Claw in his hand.

Di Tian noticed her gaze and found it somewhat amusing. Smiling, he asked, "Little girl, what are you looking at?"

"I'm not looking. I'm thinking."

"Thinking?"

Bing Jiu's lips curled slightly. "That's right, I was thinking... when will my Black Dragon Claw become as strong as yours?"

Hearing Bing Jiu's words, the ferocious beasts present were startled, and an uproar broke out.

"Ignorant human! Do you really think that just because you obtained a member of the Black Dragon Clan, you can imitate Lord Di Tian's Black Dragon Claw?"

"Let me tell you, Lord Di Tian possesses the highest-grade, supreme bloodline of the Black Dragon Clan. As for what you have in your hand, hmph!"

"I..."

Listening to the endless curses around her, Chuan clutched her head and crouched on the spot, her face full of fear as she kept repeating herself.

"Not me, not me, not me..."

"Get up!"

Bing Jiu kicked her, and Chuan fell over with the force.

Even Di Tian on the platform shook his head at such cowardice, while laughter and mockery rose all around them.

Logically speaking, as Di Tian's daughter, even if Chuan lacked strength, she should not have been treated this way. There was only one reason for it.

Di Tian's inaction!

Bing Jiu turned and looked coldly at Di Tian.

Di Tian lowered his gaze as well, not a trace of emotion visible in his golden pupils.

This scene resembled what she had once experienced at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. But the difference was that this time, Chuan had her!

Bing Jiu kicked Chuan once more, then casually stored her inside the tower.

"Di Tian, do you dare make another bet with me right now?"

"I do."

Di Tian withdrew his gaze and lazily leaned back against his throne.

The Emerald Swan wanted to remind him from the side, but Di Tian stopped her with a wave of his hand. "You are powerful and intelligent. Dealing with someone like you is quite interesting. Tell me what you have in mind."

"Thank you for granting me this opportunity! Ten Thousand Demon King!"

"Hm?"

Suddenly called out by Bing Jiu, the Ten Thousand Demon King was startled. Noticing the strange looks around him, anger immediately tinged his eyes.

"What?"

Bing Jiu drew the Black Dragon Claw. With two swishes, it tore two dark claw marks through the air.

"Do you dare suppress your cultivation to my level and fight me?"

"Fight you?"

The Ten Thousand Demon King was instantly amused. "Little girl, you aren't joking, are you?"

Di Tian was somewhat surprised as well.

He had guessed earlier that Bing Jiu might try to make something out of several of his subordinates, but why had she chosen the strongest and fiercest one of the bunch?

After some thought, he still spoke up to warn her. "Think it through."

"I never joke, Black Dragon King."

Bing Jiu answered immediately, without the slightest hesitation.

"Ha ha ha!"

The Ten Thousand Demon King let out a sinister laugh, his immense aura surging forth as he said "good" three times in a row.

"Since that's the case, if you're courting death yourself, don't blame me!"

"Let's wait and see!"