"Hahaha, Dai Shao is quite straightforward."
"The amount in golden soul coins is fine, Shadow back off."
The middle-aged man with the goatee laughed heartily, pocketing the Black Card.
The robed elder heard this, snorted lightly, and stepped aside.
"Zhu Zhuqing, oh Zhu Zhuqing, you've finally fallen into my hands."
"I will return the pain you left me with, doubled. I, Dai Mubai, swear to make you suffer every humiliation."
"I want you to know that making an enemy of me, Dai Mubai, is the most regrettable thing you'll ever do in this lifetime."
Dai Mubai's eyes were filled with venom and madness.
"Hehe, regret?"
After listening to Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing laughed, "Dai Mubai, do you know what my last regret is?"
Dai Mubai was taken aback.
But before he could ask, Zhu Zhuqing had already said indifferently, "My last regret is that I was too merciful. Back at Blue Tyrant Academy, I should have killed you outright instead of crippling you and leaving you as neither man nor woman, a neuter."
"You, shut up!"
Dai Mubai was instantly enraged.
There was no doubt that Zhu Zhuqing's words had hit a sore spot.
Especially with two strangers present.
"Haha, so that's it. I was wondering why this guy was always short of yang energy. Turns out he's not been a man for a long time."
The robed elder couldn't help but laugh.
"Shadow, don't laugh. After all, we are a team trained to be disciplined."
"Unless, you can't help it..."
The middle-aged man with the goatee said, chuckling despite himself as he spoke.
By now he understood why Dai Mubai harbored such deep hatred for Zhu Zhuqing.
It would be hard for any man to accept it calmly, wouldn't it?
"Enough!"
Dai Mubai yelled in embarrassment and anger.
The area suddenly fell silent.
"Zhu Zhuqing, don't be too pleased with yourself. I will now take pride in destroying your most prized asset."
"Without your proud figure, without your pretty face, I'd like to see what else you can use to seduce men."
As Dai Mubai spoke, he had already taken out a cold, gleaming dagger from the Spatial Soul Guidance Device.
He carried the dagger, stepping closer and closer to Zhu Zhuqing.
But in the next moment.
A streak of purple lightning tore through the night sky in the distance, and in an instant, it arrived above everyone.
"Eh, how could there be lightning in a cloudless sky?"
The robed elder noticed something unusual, his face showing a look of astonishment.
Lightning!
Dai Mubai sensed something was off as well. Wait, purple lightning, could it be...
His heart suddenly leaped at a possibility.
Then, a voice sounded out in the arena:
"Dai Mubai, who gave you the right to touch my people?"
"Who is it!?"
The robed elder and the middle-aged man with the goatee both showed shock on their faces, becoming tense all of a sudden.
Boom Crack!
In the next moment, a bolt of purple thunder descended straight down, striking the middle of the arena.
Dai Mubai and the others instinctively closed their eyes or used their hands to shield against the dazzling light.
Only Zhu Zhuqing seemed unaffected, exclaiming, "Your Highness."
"I am late."
Qin Xiao looked at the haggard girl, his heart aching.
As he spoke, he waved his hand to rescue the girl and held her in his arms.
Qin Xiao could feel the weakness of the girl in his arms.
"Not late,"
"As long as you've come, it's not too late."
Zhu Zhuqing smiled contentedly.
"Who are you?"
At this moment, the robed elder shouted sternly.
Qin Xiao looked at him and said indifferently, "Your killer."
"My killer?"
The robed elder suddenly laughed upon hearing this, "Hahaha, there are those who would kill me indeed, but not some kid playing at being a ghost. Has the younger generation all become this arrogant and ignorant?"
Yet, as he laughed, he could no longer make a sound.
The nine soul rings that appeared beneath Qin Xiao's feet had rendered him speechless.
Especially the first soul ring, which was red.
"A nine-ring Titled Douluo?"
"And, a Hundred Thousand Year First Spirit Ring?"
The middle-aged man with the goatee rubbed his eyes hard, making sure he wasn't seeing things wrong, it was all real.
But.
He wished it weren't true in his heart.
After all, who would want to face a Titled Douluo Level opponent, right?
"How could this be, how could someone of your age be a Titled Douluo Level powerhouse..."
The robed elder couldn't believe this could be real.
However.
Qin Xiao didn't respond to his words, and when Qin Xiao's gaze fell on him, he felt a bone-chilling cold.
Then he saw the light from the fifth soul ring around Qin Xiao illuminate.
Thunder Pool!
Crack, crack.
Bolt after bolt of lightning was born from nothingness, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the area where the robed elder stood.
Boom, boom, boom!
The destructive thunder raged, and the robed elder was turned to ash without even a chance to scream.
"Gulp!"
"Is this the power of a Titled Douluo?"
The middle-aged man with the goatee swallowed hard.
From his perspective, Qin Xiao's attack that killed the robed elder in a second was more than enough to kill him too.
"Y-your Hi-highness..."
He looked at Qin Xiao tremblingly, his throat dry, unsure of what to say.
"Qin Xiao, why is it you again?"
"You really are like a persistent ghost."
At that moment, Dai Mubai also regained his composure and looked at Qin Xiao with eyes full of grief and indignation.
He thought back on everything that had happened after Qin Xiao appeared, and not one event went his way.
This damn thing, he's the bane of my Dai's existence.
However, Qin Xiao shook his head upon hearing Dai Mubai's words, "You are mistaken, Dai Mubai, I've never once considered you an opponent. Otherwise, how could you have lived until now?"