This Zi Lingling is too terrifying!
Despite only having the cultivation of the peak of the Spirit Gathering realm, she possesses combat power almost equivalent to the Saint King realm.
Furthermore, her judgment is sharp, and her schemes are formidable.
Perhaps, a peace offering?
Before this thought could even cross his mind, Zi Lingling's attack was upon him once again.
Xiong Tai quickly retreated to evade, shouting, "Miss, can we talk?"
Zi Lingling pressed forward, sneering, "Talk? What qualifications do you have?"
As she spoke, the scalpel in her hand did not rest, forcing Xiong Tai into a desperate scramble.
Xiong Tai parried with difficulty, saying, "Miss, although we wanted to snatch your divine dragon, we didn't succeed, did we? Moreover, you haven't suffered any injuries. Why can't we talk?" Su Dan Novel Network.
Zi Lingling coldly stated, "It's true I'm unharmed, but that's because I had the ability to escape from your clutches. If my strength were inferior, would I be standing before you now?"
Xiong Tai evaded another of Zi Lingling's strikes and said, "Miss, regarding the previous pursuit, I am willing to offer compensation. Could you please stop for now, and we can negotiate properly?"
A glint flashed in Zi Lingling's eyes. "Negotiate? Alright!"
Then, with a shift of her Phantom Dragon Steps, she created distance between herself and Xiong Tai, and continued, "Speak, how do you wish to negotiate?"
Xiong Tai looked at Zi Lingling with lingering fear and tentatively asked, "Could you have those two stop their attacks first?"
Zi Lingling snorted, "You can barely save yourself, and you still have the mind to concern yourself with others' affairs?"
She paused, then added, "Very well! Long'er, Xiao Hu, come back!"
Long'er and the Wind Winged Phantom Tiger immediately returned to Zi Lingling's side, looking at her in confusion.
Zi Lingling sent a divine sense transmission, "Listen to my command later. Don't let any of them escape. Do you understand?"
Long'er and the Wind Winged Phantom Tiger were momentarily stunned, then understood. Their master was planning to trick someone!
"Understood, sister!"
"Understood, master!"
The voices of the dragon and tiger echoed in Zi Lingling's mind simultaneously.
Zi Lingling nodded and contemptuously looked at Xiong Tai, Fu Liuyun, and Li Luo, taunting, "Speak, how do you intend to negotiate?"
Fu Liuyun and Li Luo were currently in a sorry state. Their clothes were riddled with holes, and they no longer possessed the dignified demeanor of masters.
Zi Lingling and Xiong Tai's conversation had not been masked, so the two had overheard everything and understood Xiong Tai's intentions.
The three exchanged glances and began to communicate telepathically.
Fu Liuyun: "I advised you long ago not to provoke this woman, but you insisted on ignoring me. Alas..."
Li Luo: "What's the use of saying this now? Speaking of which, I wonder what incredible fortune this brat has stumbled upon for her cultivation to increase so rapidly."
Xiong Tai: "Enough, enough! Let's focus on how to compensate her, otherwise, the three of us will end up like Fairy Xie."
Fu Liuyun and Li Luo glanced at Xie Shenghua, who was barely breathing on the ground, and their hearts grew heavy.
Xiong Tai: "You two, say something!"
Fu Liuyun and Li Luo exchanged looks, then subtly shook their heads.
Compensation?
On what grounds?
If you can't beat them, you can run, right?
Xiong Tai grew anxious and transmitted, "What are you two playing at?"
Fu Liuyun and Li Luo smiled cunningly and suddenly dashed towards Xianhe Town.
"Trying to run?"
Zi Lingling let out a cold laugh. "I knew you weren't honest! Long'er, Xiao Hu, it's up to you!"
"Yes!"
Long'er and the Wind Winged Phantom Tiger responded and chased after the two.
Xiong Tai was clearly taken aback by Fu Liuyun and Li Luo's maneuver and froze in place.
By the time he reacted and tried to flee, Zi Lingling's icy voice rang out.
"You'd best not move! Otherwise..."
Seeing Zi Lingling's forced smile, Xiong Tai felt a chill run down his spine.
In the span of their conversation, Long'er and the Wind Winged Phantom Tiger returned.
Fu Liuyun and Li Luo had ultimately failed to escape and were brutally thrown to the ground by the dragon and tiger.
They writhed on the ground, groaning, and scratched themselves frantically.
"Ah~ It's so itchy..."
"Ouch, this is unbearable..."
Zi Lingling looked down indifferently at the two rolling on the ground, as if watching an entertaining performance.
"Sister, what's wrong with them?"
Long'er asked curiously.
Xiao Hu also tilted his tiger head, looking at Zi Lingling, awaiting her answer.
"It's nothing, just a small punishment for them."
Zi Lingling's voice held a smile, but it was a chilling one.
"A small punishment?"
Long'er and Xiao Hu stared at Zi Lingling, bewildered.
Zi Lingling smiled enigmatically, "Who told them to break their promises? They wanted to run, didn't they? I'll just give them something that prevents them from running."
"This item is not cheap. I made it myself, and it's called the 'Thousand Steps Soul-Shattering Lure.' I doubt they ran more than a thousand steps just now, did they?"
Long'er and Xiao Hu nodded simultaneously.
Zi Lingling chuckled, "That's right. Thousand Steps Soul-Shattering Lure, a thousand steps to soul-shattering! Currently, their bodies should be teeming with countless gnawing insects, shattering their souls to the extreme."
Xiong Tai couldn't help but shiver. He was truly fortunate he hadn't tried to flee, or he would be the one rolling on the ground right now.
Zi Lingling seemed to have read Xiong Tai's thoughts and said, "Guardian Xiong, have you considered what compensation you will offer us?"
"Spirit stones, is that acceptable?"
Xiong Tai asked tentatively.
"It's acceptable, but I wonder how many spirit stones Guardian Xiong intends to use to buy his life?"
Zi Lingling smiled enigmatically, but her voice sounded as if it were from the deepest abyss.
The two on the ground continued to wail, their bodies already covered in countless scratches from their own frantic efforts.
"One thousand... no, thirty million spirit stones. This is all my fortune. Will that suffice, miss?"
Xiong Tai wiped sweat that wasn't there from his forehead, speaking tremulously.
"Thirty million..."
Zi Lingling seemed to ponder for a moment. "Alright. While the Thousand Steps Soul-Shattering Lure is expensive, thirty million should be enough to purchase one antidote pill."
Xiong Tai quickly replied, "Thank you, miss! Thank you..."
"The antidote can be bought with these thirty million spirit stones, but how do we settle the debt for you chasing me?"
Zi Lingling looked at him with a cold smile, speaking unhurriedly.
Xiong Tai was dumbfounded.
Zi Lingling laughed, "Or, how about another thirty million in compensation? Then, Long'er's mother also perished because of you, so add another forty million. That makes one hundred million spirit stones in total!"
Xiong Tai was on the verge of collapse.
One hundred million spirit stones!
That was one hundred million spirit stones!
Where would he get so much?
The Blackwater Palace had it, but why would the Palace Master give it to him?