Innate Fourth Level

The night was as dark as ink, and the alleyways of the City of Chaos were like the intestines of a giant beast, deep and full of unknown dangers.

Ma Qianqian and her group were moving through it at top speed.

"Miss, there's no need for such caution." The guard behind her, Innate First Level expert, wore a mixture of confusion and arrogance. "We were prepared. Elder Liu is already at the designated location. Song Qi is nothing to worry about!"

"You don't understand." The composed smile from the auction was gone from Ma Qianqian's pretty face, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity. "This is City of Chaos; anything can happen. I have a feeling... things aren't that simple."

Meanwhile, at Black Wind Stronghold.

"My lord, the target has left Myriad Treasures Pavilion!" A gang member knelt on one knee and reported to Xue Ya.

"Very good." Xue Ya's eyes flashed with a wolf-like glint. He licked his chapped lips, his face filled with the ecstatic joy and greed of impending success.

[Bloodthirsty Awl...]

[If I can get my hands on that fragment, my strength will increase dramatically again! At that time, I might not even be unable to fight against Late-Stage Innate Realm expert!]

He held that so-called "Dongfang Ri" in utter contempt.

[A mere junior at the Innate Third Level dares to lay a finger on the spiritual treasures of my Blood Refining Sect? Truly... courting death!]

Without the slightest hesitation, he blurred into a blood-red shadow and vanished into the night.

The gang member who came to deliver the message only dared to slowly stand up after Xue Ya left, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He turned around, preparing to report back to his chieftain.

However, when he arrived at Hei Sha's secret chamber, he found it deserted.

The chieftain... had also disappeared sometime later.

Suddenly, Song Qi appeared like a ghost, blocking Ma Qianqian and her group's path.

"Miss Ma, where are you headed in such a hurry?" He had a cruel smile on his face, like a cat toying with Rat.

Ma Qianqian's heart sank to the bottom in an instant!

Her worst fears came true!

The guard behind her, a Innate First Level cultivator, sneered, stepped forward, and shouted sharply, "Song Qi! How dare you! You think you can block my young lady's path?!"

"Me?" Song Qi seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "No, of course not me."

Before he finished speaking, an even more powerful and refined aura slowly rose from behind him!

A middle-aged man dressed in black appeared silently, his Innate Second Level aura crushing down on Ma Qianqian and her group like an invisible tide!

The guard, Innate First Level of the Innate Realm, instantly changed his expression! He could sense that the other party's strength was far superior to his own!

But relying on his hidden trump card, he still forced a show of force, shouting with feigned bravado, "A Innate Second Level Realm cultivator dares to be so insolent?!"

Looking at his bluffing demeanor, Song Qi's mockery deepened.

Just then, Ma Qianqian sighed helplessly and slowly spoke to the Xukong behind her, "Elder Liu, it seems I'll still have to trouble you to take action."

As soon as she finished speaking, an old figure appeared silently beside her.

A powerful pressure from the Innate Third Level descended with a thunderous roar!

"Innate Third Level!"

The expression of the expert at the Innate Second Level behind Song Qi instantly became extremely solemn!

Meanwhile, the guard at the Innate First Level the Innate Realm, who was Ma Qianqian's side, was completely relieved and a smug smile appeared on his face, as if he could already see Song Qi kneeling down and begging for mercy.

Strangely, facing this expert at the Innate Third Level, Song Qi showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he respectfully bowed deeply to the person beside him.

"Song Qi greets... Hei Sha Chieftain."

"What?!"

The smug smile on Ma Qianqian's bodyguard, who Innate First Level, froze instantly! He stared at the towering figure that had suddenly appeared behind Song Qi, his eyes filled with indescribable horror!

A terrifying pressure, far exceeding that of the Innate Third Level Realm and as heavy as a mountain, enveloped them all!

The leader of Black Wind Stronghold—"Hei Sha"! Innate Fourth Level!

"Old Liu... Elder Liu..." The guard, Innate First Level cultivator, looked at his last hope beside him, his voice trembling.

However, the "Elder Liu" on whom Ma Qianqian had placed such high hopes was now deathly pale, covered in cold sweat, and barely daring to breathe!

Before a powerful expert at the Innate Fourth Level, he simply... couldn't even muster the slightest thought of resistance!

"Hehehe..." Song Qi laughed smugly, "Ma Qianqian, do you think you can hide your little tricks from anyone?"

At this moment, Ma Qianqian's pretty face completely lost its color.

She finally realized that she had fallen into a meticulously planned trap from the very beginning!

Hei Sha slowly stepped forward, his bear-like eyes brazenly scanning Ma Qianqian's exquisite and shapely body, his gaze filled with greed.

"Don't worry, little girl of the Ma Clan," he said slowly in a deep, resonant voice, "I won't hurt you."

"As long as..." he held up a thick finger, "... that your Ma Clan pay a ransom."

One hundred spirit stones.

Upon hearing this number, the guard, who Innate First Level, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Ma Qianqian's heart, which had just sunk to the bottom, plunged into an endless abyss after hearing Hei Sha's next words.

Then, Hei Sha slowly added three words.

"... Medium grade."

In an instant, Ma Qianqian's mind went completely blank.

One hundred mid-grade spirit stones... that's... ten thousand low-grade spirit stones!