The ugly dwarf watched for a while, paying particular attention to the two men still fighting. Then his face darkened, and he stepped out from the crowd to shout at the Heavenly Splendor Sect cultivators who had already gathered together:
"Listen well, all of you inside! I am the young master of Extreme Yin Island. I'm in a good mood today, so I can offer you a way out alive! As long as you submit to Extreme Yin Island from now on and obediently complete the tasks we assign you, you can continue living free and easy. Otherwise, your souls will be scattered to the winds.
"And you over there, still fighting-stop immediately! Red Flame belongs to our island. If he suffers so much as a scratch, I'll wash your entire island in blood!"
"Extreme Yin Island!"
"Extreme Yin Old Devil..."
"Submit to you? What a colossal joke!"
The Heavenly Splendor Sect cultivators broke into a flurry of discussion after hearing the ugly dwarf's words.
"Silence!" Xiao Yan turned and rebuked them before addressing Wu Chou:
"Young Island Master Wu, you've brought so many people here with such menacing force today. Surely you aren't merely asking us to pledge allegiance to Extreme Yin Island?"
"Correct. You Core Formation cultivators need only accompany me to Extreme Yin Island and surrender a third of your nascent souls into Soul-Sealing Tokens like these. Then you may return unharmed." With that, Wu Chou reached into his robes, took out several pitch-black wooden tokens, and stared coldly at them.
Song Changcun, Li Xuan, and the others exchanged uneasy glances.
Xiao Yu sneered inwardly. Wu Chou was merely a Middle Core Formation cultivator, yet he dared make such grand claims with twenty-odd cultivators of the same realm behind him. He was only borrowing Extreme Yin Old