"As for you, Blood Demon Cave's Saint Heir, if you've got the nerve, why don't you cross the border and start a war with us at Ghost Ridge Palace, see if you actually have the guts. We've driven back the Five Righteous Sects led by Guan Chao Pavilion, and we certainly won't be scared of a mere Blood Demon Cave."
Su Jie's face was filled with disdain. Ghost Ridge Palace was located in Qingzhou, while Chongzhou was separated from Qingzhou by Jingzhou, meaning they didn't even share borders, making a sect war practically impossible.
If the Blood Demon Cave really mobilized their entire sect to attack, Ghost Ridge Palace would simply laugh it off. After all, the Blood Demon Cave would first have to deal with the numerous Righteous Sects along the way, and no one would sit back and allow a Demon Sect to make such outrageous claims unchallenged. Did they really think the Righteous Sects had no pride?
"Mr. Su, we admit defeat. Please spare our sect's Saint Heir."
Di Xiu ran over again, his lower body regenerating from continuously condensing blood. Bones, muscles, blood vessels, and skin formed, recreating his legs. The rate of recovery was so surprising that even Su Jie was taken aback.
Although his legs were restored, Di Xiu no longer carried his previous imperious aura. Su Jie's earlier slap had sobered him up, making him profoundly aware that he was no match.
Looking at Chang Shiyang, he also exhibited an unusual healing ability. His punctured internal organs, impaled by a rib, had already stopped bleeding and were repairing themselves. Evidently, this was a powerful cultivation technique of the Blood Demon Cave.
"You think just saying 'let go' is enough?"
While speaking, Su Jie slowly lifted his left foot, aiming it at Chang Shiyang's head. One stomp and Chang Shiyang's head would definitely burst, and no amount of regenerative ability could save him then.
"Uncle Di, save me! I don't want to die."
Chang Shiyang was genuinely terrified, his eyes filled with utter panic because, from Su Jie's expression, it was clear that he didn't value his life or his status as a Saint Heir.
Saint Heir Su Jie had killed before, even someone with Wei Ji's Immortal Seed status, who was much more esteemed than Chang Shiyang, and even a member of Guan Chao Pavilion, the strongest sect in Qingzhou. Su Jie had nonetheless killed without hesitation.
"Master Su, please spare him for the sake of Heavenly Soul Sect."
At the same time, another voice transmitted through, belonging to a middle-aged man with hair half black, half white, and a piercing aura. He wore the attire of the Heavenly Soul Sect and also had the cultivation of the Secret Realm Fifth Level.
This was the territory of the Heavenly Soul Sect. They had received the news and arrived as fast as they could, but the fight had ended too quickly. By the time this elder from the Heavenly Soul Sect arrived, all he saw was Su Jie standing over Chang Shiyang, about to take his life.
Su Jie looked over, glanced at the Heavenly Soul Sect Elder, then at Di Xiu, and spreading open his left palm said, "For the sake of Heavenly Soul Sect, five million Spirit Stones for your Saint Heir's life, I'm giving you a bargain."
Upon hearing this, Di Xiu's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
He was specifically sent by the Blood Demon Cave as a protector, mainly to guard Chang Shiyang, the Saint Heir. Outside of Chongzhou was the domain of the Righteous sect, and once they stepped out of Chongzhou, it meant entering the territory of the Righteous Sect. If discovered by the Righteous Sect, Chang Shiyang's cultivation of the Secret Realm Second Level, though considered a genius in Chongzhou among the younger generation, was nothing in the eyes of the Righteous Sects.
To be on the safe side, the Sect Master of Blood Demon Cave had sent Di Xiu to protect and escort Chang Shiyang.
They thought they were already within the territory of Qingzhou's Heavenly Soul Sect and wouldn't face any danger, so Di Xiu had let his guard down.
But this unexpected situation occurred, and when the protection of the Magical Treasure was shattered while he was meditating and cultivating, Di Xiu sensed Chang Shiyang's crisis and hurried over.
Following which, he was brutally beaten by Su Jie, and now, facing Su Jie's extortion, he felt nothing but anger and a suffocating helplessness.