Chapter 24: Yao Ling Goes Up, Yao Ling Falls Down

"Have you asked the Boss?" The sudden words were deafening; thinking of that golden-eyed figure, Chi Wang couldn't help but shudder.

"Y-Yao Ling." Chi Wang stiffened his neck, "I am also considering the Star Dou Great Forest."

"For the Star Dou Great Forest?" Looking down from above, one hand resting on a tree trunk, a man with white hair hanging to his waist and a figure as slender as a bamboo pole chuckled.

"You neglected your duty and let the Auspicious Beast fall into danger; think about how you're going to explain this to the Boss!"

"Trash."

"I don't even know why the Boss let you guard the Auspicious Beast?"

"You..."

Chi Wang was so angry he bared his fangs, the flames on his body scorching the ground, the soil crackling and popping.

"Yao Ling, don't you forget."

"My ranking among the Fierce Beasts is above yours, and my strength is also above yours."

"What is the point of that archaic ranking?" Yao Ling looked disdainful, "In my opinion, among the Fierce Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, you, Chi Wang, are nothing but a show-off."

"Not only did you lose the Auspicious Beast, but you also acted subserviently to a few humans."

"What, if they said they wanted your Spirit ring and Spirit bone, would you give them those too?"

"Right, the Spirit ring and Spirit bone you have would lower the intelligence of any human who took them."

"You can't even compare to the Auspicious Beast, trash."

"Yao Ling, I have tolerated you for a long time." Chi Wang's eyes turned blood-red, and the pressure of his level 97 cultivation spread out, causing even the air to distort slightly.

"Is... is this an internal conflict?"

In the distance, the spectators Xu Jiujiu, Manyi, and the others looked at each other in dismay.

Xiadie scrutinized Yao Ling standing on the tree fork, her eyelids narrowing slightly.

The Anti-Spirit Flower within the Domain, the floral scent that soothes the mind, became even more intense.

"Humans."

Yao Ling's gaze turned toward Xiadie and the other three.

He looked down from his high vantage point.

"All of you, leave an arm behind, then get out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and I will give you a chance to live."

"Otherwise, die here!"

Yao Ling's voice was indifferent, his tone filled with grimness.

"Your Excellency, do you really want to fight to the death?" It was Wang Xian'er who spoke.

Yao Ling's aura was slightly weaker than Chi Wang's, but it was not much different from hers, comparable to a human level 96 Titled Douluo.

Adding Chi Wang to the mix, Wang Xian'er dared not think further.

"How arrogant!" Manyi lifted the Auspicious Beast and spoke up as well, "Yao Ling, is it? Don't forget the Auspicious Beast is still in our hands."

"Human, do you think I am trash like Chi Wang?" Yao Ling mocked Chi Wang again, ignoring the fact that Chi Wang's dog face had turned black with rage.

"Threats are not something only you can make." Yao Ling paused, "Your attire, and that Star Crown martial soul, you are from the Star Luo Empire, right?"

"If anything happens to the Auspicious Beast, there will be no need for your Star Luo Empire to exist."

"You..."

Manyi was so angry she almost couldn't catch her breath.

"Do not refute me." Yao Ling continued, "I am different from trashy Fierce Beasts like Chi Wang; I have been to the human world and understand your human society very well."

"The Star Crown Sect of ten thousand years ago, the current Imperial Family of the Star Luo Empire."

"Hehe..." Yao Ling did not continue.

But the evil, charming smile curling at the corners of his mouth made him look like he was in a very good mood.

"Aren't you afraid that humans will join forces?" Xu Jiujiu couldn't help but speak up.

Yao Ling shook his head lightly: "Can humans really join forces?"

"Even if there is that one in ten thousand chance you speak of, do you think we in the Star Dou Great Forest couldn't slaughter the Star Luo Royal Family without anyone knowing?"

"Or are you saying you could really exhaust everything to attack the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"Don't dream."

"For the sake of the Auspicious Beast, we can perish together with you humans; do you dare?"

"I remember the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire are at war, right?"

"Can you really unite?"

"Oh right, and there is Mu En of Shrek; the Dragon God Douluo is indeed very strong."

"Inside Shi Lai Ke Cheng, we might not be able to break in."

"But what if the location is Xingluo Cheng?"

"Humans, you possess great wisdom, and even unparalleled creativity."

"But to us Spirit beasts, it is nothing more than that."

"Alright." Yao Ling clapped his hands, signaling everyone to return to their senses.

"Leave an arm, and I will let you leave."

"Oh right, including that woman who already lost an arm; she must also leave an arm."

"Of course, a leg is fine too, it doesn't have to be an arm." Yao Ling's voice was like the low whisper of a demon.

With that soul-capturing tone and indifferent attitude, Xu Jiujiu and the others had to consider the consequences.

They could threaten the other side, but the other side could also threaten them.

"Xiadie..."

Xu Jiujiu subconsciously looked at Xiadie beside her.

"That is fake."

Xiadie's voice rang out inexplicably in everyone's minds.

"Do not speak, do not resist."

"It is enough to show an expression of being at a loss and appropriately conflicted."

It was not just Xu Jiujiu who heard Xiadie's voice; Manyi and Wang Xian'er heard it as well.

Although they did not understand what was going on, Xiadie's words were inexplicably convincing.

Especially in this Flower Sea, it gave people a sense of peace of mind.

Thus, the three of them appropriately revealed expressions of conflict and difficulty in making a decision.

"Die!"

A terrifying Spirit Power rose up from behind.

In the blink of an eye, the spiritual pressure enveloped the four of them.

At the same time, a gray light rushed into Xiadie's Flower Sea, accompanied by that terrifying Spirit Power capable of overwhelming everything.

Excluding Xiadie, the expressions of the other three changed drastically in unison.

It was too terrifying, this Spirit Power.

Even Wang Xian'er, who was at level 96, felt an incomparable oppression in the air.

And for Manyi and Xu Jiujiu, who had felt the spiritual attack of the auspicious beast San Yan Jin Ni at close range, a few words surfaced in their hearts simultaneously.

"Ultimate Spirit attribute."

This Spirit Power was completely not on the same level as the auspicious beast San Yan Jin Ni.

It was sharper and more murderous.

It gave people the oppressive feeling of being a small boat swaying in the middle of the ocean, ready to capsize at any moment.

"Do not move, do not resist."

Xiadie's voice rang out at the right moment.

An identical Spirit Power, accompanied by the Flower Sea, smoothed out everyone's emotions.

And at the same time, including Xu Jiujiu, Wang Xian'er, and Manyi, they noticed their soul power was rapidly dissipating.

Although they could interrupt it by relying on themselves, the three kept Xiadie's instructions in mind and did not resist.

Gradually, the three of them's complexions turned pale.

Just at this moment, that Spirit Power that felt like needles on their backs suddenly vanished.

No, it did not vanish.

All of the spiritual attacks were being drawn toward Xiadie.

"She is..."

As a level 96 peak Titled Douluo, she could feel quite clearly that the tsunami-like spiritual impact was all concentrated and rushing toward the direction of Xiadie's Spirit Sea.

Moreover, Xiadie was not putting up any resistance at all.

What did she want to do?

Before Wang Xian'er had time to think much more.

That Spirit Power that had been drawn to attack Xiadie seemed to encounter an obstruction.

The next moment, it rebounded back at a speed faster than it had come.

"Ahhh!"

Piercing screams shook people's eardrums until they ached.

At a position five or six meters away, a creature whose form could not be seen clearly, wrapped tightly in gray mist, appeared.

One could see that creature repeatedly spitting out red liquid from a slit that looked like a mouth.

"No, impossible!"

The voice trembled as it staggered backward.

While speaking, the red liquid it spat out did not stop, and the soul power and Spirit Power on its body were also rapidly withering.

Yao Ling staggered a few steps and collapsed to the ground, its body wrapped in gray mist twisting irregularly.

It seemed like the kind that would still drool even if it were cured.