Spirit City Is Our Turf. As Hosts, Don't Lower Yourselves So Much

"What did you say? He injured the captain of the guards? What's happening at the scene now?"

As Bibi Dong walked toward the Worship Hall, she listened to the guard who had rushed over tell her what had just happened.

Dawn had only just broken. Was that fellow unwilling to wait even this long?

To be honest, she had been preparing to head to the Worship Hall and go there with Qian Daoliu and the others.

The guard said, "Your Holiness, many people have come to watch... a great many. We had already kept them on the perimeter, but that man let them back in. He seems to want to start the Soul Power transactions sooner."

"...Soul Power transactions. Understood. Notify Elders Ling Yuan and Yue Guan and tell them to come to the Worship Hall."

"Yes!"

Bibi Dong immediately hurried to the Worship Hall.

This man was truly arrogant. He needed something from them, yet he still dared to be so brazen?

Even a mighty dragon couldn't suppress a local snake.

Bibi Dong frowned and silently formed an opinion of Shen Luo.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Spirit Hall.

Yan rushed over to Xie Yue and Hu Liena in a great hurry. Panting heavily, he said with some excitement, "His Holiness the Pope... Her Holiness has gone to find the Great Enshrined and the others!"

Xie Yue's face lit up with anticipation. "Does that mean we can go along with them soon?"

"Let's wait a little longer. Teacher might not agree to let us go with them, so we'll wait until they leave, then secretly follow them."

Hu Liena analyzed the situation seriously.

At that moment, Xie Yue turned his eager gaze back to Yan. "Yan, bring that... Arataki Itto! Right, bring him out again and let me see him!"

Xie Yue was thrilled. He had barely slept a wink the previous night, as if he himself had been the one to challenge the Second Worship.

After all, Yan was a good brother he spent every day with. Seeing his good brother looking so mighty, he had nearly screamed on the spot!

If Hu Liena hadn't stopped him, he might not have been able to resist applauding again and again.

Hu Liena was curious too, but she had shown such distrust of Yan yesterday, only to have her face slapped so thoroughly, that she was a little embarrassed to ask.

Yan folded his arms. "What's with you two? You weren't like this yesterday. You tore into me until I was drenched in dog's blood! How come your attitudes have done a complete one-eighty so early this morning?"

Xie Yue scratched his head sheepishly, while Hu Liena was even more mortified. Thinking back on what had happened yesterday, she wished she could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Honestly, if she hadn't been so curious about the characters Yan had, Hu Liena would have been too embarrassed to see him at all today.

Xie Yue said, "Why be so stingy? We didn't know any better last night. Good brother, let your big bro have another look, just one!"

Yan snorted, then displayed Arataki Itto before his two friends.

"Wow..."

Xie Yue and Hu Liena backed away a few steps, their expressions blank as they took in Arataki Itto's tall, mighty figure.

"He's so cool! Damn! That's the guy! This guy was fucking fierce yesterday! He beat the Second Worship like a punching bag!"

Hearing her brother say that, Hu Liena hurriedly raised a hand to cover his mouth.

Careful, the walls have ears!

But her own eyes were sparkling, and her face was full of admiration.

If they hadn't seen the fight yesterday, Arataki Itto would have been nothing more than a handsome, muscular man in their eyes.

But precisely because they had seen the fight, they knew full well that this man possessed strength that could blow the heavens apart.

Xie Yue gritted his teeth. "I'm definitely exchanging for one today too. This thing is just too good! Hey, say, if we use these things to fight in the Soul Master Tournament, wouldn't the championship definitely be ours?"

Hearing Xie Yue say that, Yan's eyes instantly lit up too.

Damn! How had he not thought of that?!

He had defeated even the Second Worship yesterday. Wouldn't he be able to slaughter those little brats at the Soul Master Tournament one by one!

Excited by her brother's words, Hu Liena pursed her lips. "I want to exchange for one too..."

Yan said, "But I think His Holiness the Pope, the Great Enshrined and the others might go looking for trouble today... You know how Spirit Hall does things. I'm really afraid they'll offend the god because of it..."

The Worship Hall.

"You mean he has lost his divine power, and our Soul Masters' Soul Power can help him recover it?"

Qian Daoliu asked Ling Yuan and Yue Guan.

"That's right. That's what he said yesterday."

Bibi Dong's red lips curled up slightly. "Since he wants Soul Power so badly, let's negotiate with him. One hundred draws for one level of Soul Power. After all, he's the one who lacks Soul Power, not us."

The Second Worship sneered as well. "Exactly. If he won't agree, we'll tear down his stage. Didn't you say he's already lost his divine power?"

Ling Yuan and Yue Guan exchanged a glance and said cautiously, "But although he's lost his divine power, he still seems very powerful. He also seems able to use those characters."

Golden Crocodile frowned. "What are you afraid of? Didn't you two obtain those characters too? He's only one person. Surely he can't beat all of us?"

Golden Crocodile had harbored deep hostility toward Shen Luo from beginning to end. After all, it was because of Shen Luo that he had lost all face yesterday.

Qian Daoliu was silent for a moment before saying, "Let's go take a look first. Bring more troops."

"The Second Worship is right about one thing. Spirit City is our turf, after all. As hosts, don't lower yourselves so much."

Five minutes later.

The seven Worships of the Worship Hall and Bibi Dong left Spirit Hall together, along with four Elders.

Following behind them was a force of approximately five hundred powerful Soul Masters.

This time, they came in force.

Upon hearing that Bibi Dong and the others had left Spirit Hall, Yan immediately called Hu Liena and Xie Yue over.

At the stage.

The people had lined up outside in an orderly fashion, though many still chose to watch and wait today.

Shen Luo took a rough glance and saw that half of the Soul Masters who had come today were still watching and waiting.

Still, he was confident that as time passed, fewer and fewer people would remain on the sidelines.

Just then, the people all suddenly looked in the same direction.

Shen Luo and Furina noticed the commotion and looked up, only then spotting a large group approaching from Spirit Hall.

The bearing and appearance of the few people walking at the very front clearly set them apart from the others.

The Worships and the Pope.

Shen Luo frowned. Sure enough, he had been right to start the transactions first. It had taken them a whole hour to arrive. If he had waited earlier, wouldn't he have wasted an hour waiting for nothing?

They really thought highly of themselves.

"All of you, stand back!!"

A guard shouted at the people. His commanding tone made them shrink back in fear, clearing a path through the middle.

It was true that Spirit Hall was overbearing, and true that the people had long had complaints, but it was also true that they didn't dare provoke it.

Nursing a bellyful of resentment, Golden Crocodile walked forward.

"You on the stage, you're the one who calls himself a god, right?"

Shen Luo replied mildly, "Who else? Are you blind?"