He set down his glass and slowly rose, explosive power seemingly hidden within his tall, lean frame.
"Kid, you've got guts." He smiled and wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb, but his eyes turned savage and cold. "The last person who dared talk to me like that had his bones fed to the Sea Kings."
Gion's expression had turned utterly grim. As a Marine, she was being mocked like this alongside a fellow Marine in a pirate den.
Clang!
Kompira slid half an inch out of its sheath, and the sharp sword aura instantly subdued the raucous laughter around them.
"Don't move." Lin Xuan did not turn around. His voice was quiet, but the command brooked no argument. "This is my business."
He ignored Jackal Od, who had walked up to him radiating murderous intent. His gaze remained fixed on Sally behind the bar, whose expression kept shifting.
"For information worth eighty million, I'll pay with a head worth ninety-three million." His voice reached everyone's ears clearly. "The extra thirteen million is your fee for the trouble, and hush money to keep everyone here quiet."
Sally's pupils suddenly contracted.
Thirteen million in pure profit!
This deal...
Her heart began to race uncontrollably.
"Interesting." Jackal Od walked up to Lin Xuan with a vicious grin. A full head taller than Lin Xuan, he looked down at him as a heavy stench of blood washed over him. "Lady, I'll take this deal! Let's just see whether this young fellow has what it takes to take it off my neck!"
Sally's breathing grew rapid. She looked at Lin Xuan's golden slit pupils, as still as an ancient well, then at the cruel-faced Jackal Od, whose hand already rested on his sword hilt.
In her heart, greed overpowered caution.
Sally licked