Chapter 54: Dark Radiance Forest, Safe Inn, Xu Jiuer (Part 2)
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"Ah!"
Zhang Wu's wandering hands came without warning, but Miss Xu was no ordinary person. Hearing She Chong's shout, she quickly summoned her Soul Power to push Zhang Wu away, though her body was still pushed off balance. After a startled cry, she stumbled towards Ling Bai's position, about to knock over his fragile table and dinner.
In the critical moment, Miss Xu felt a gentle but firm hand on her back, helping her maintain her balance and preventing her from falling.
"Thank you, sir."
Miss Xu steadied herself, turned around, and performed an elegant and graceful court etiquette. When she looked up to see the face of the person who had saved her, she was surprised to find a young man who looked to be in his late teens, with an unusually charming and somewhat sinister appearance.
Ling Bai withdrew his hand and smiled faintly. "It was nothing. May I have the honor of knowing your name, Miss?"
He was somewhat curious if Miss Xu was from one of the royal families of the Tang Sect Continent's three major empires. Her surname was Xu—could she be from the Star Luo Empire?
"I…"
Miss Xu pursed her red lips, about to speak, when her guard, She Chong, rushed over and knelt on one knee, apologizing, "Your Highness, I failed to protect you! Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine."
Miss Xu reached out to help She Chong up, her beautiful eyes cold as she glanced at Zhang Wu, who was still smirking at the next table. She said coldly, "Uncle She, it's up to you."
"Understood, Your Highness!"
She Chong stood up, his stern face filled with overwhelming anger, as if he wanted to tear Zhang Wu apart!
"What, you're not convinced?"
Seeing She Chong's aggressive approach, Zhang Wu crossed his arms, showing no sign of backing down. Relying on his status as a Soul Master and his group of cronies, he had bullied countless people. Even the city lord of that small town couldn't do anything to them, so what could a mere She Chong do?
Most of the guests at the Safe Inn were Soul Masters. As the saying goes, those who dare not provoke trouble are cowards. Seeing the two about to fight, the surrounding people had no intention of mediating; instead, they began to incite the conflict, hoping for a spectacular fight. The innkeeper and the waiters were used to this; if anything was broken, they would just ask the well-off Soul Masters to pay for it.
"Kid, you seem pretty confident."
She Chong twisted his neck from side to side, his fists clenching with a sound like firecrackers.
"I have the right to be confident!"
Zhang Wu sneered, and then his Soul Power surged. He produced a kitchen knife in his hand, the blade gleaming coldly, and two soul rings, one white and one yellow, rose slowly from his feet.
"Great Soul Master?"
She Chong was stunned for a second, then laughed bitterly. "Alright, alright, you're the most daring Great Soul Master I've ever seen! I'll consider it a reward to beat you with my Soul Power!"
Before Zhang Wu could react, a shadow appeared in his field of vision. The next second, a fist the size of a vinegar bowl hit his nose, causing his body to bend into a C-shape, spin two and a half times in the air, and then fall backward, unconscious. Two beautiful arcs of blood streaked through the air from his nose.
"Enough!"
Seeing her subordinate beaten, Luo Mei couldn't just sit by. She slammed her hand on the table and led her gang to surround them. They exuded a terrifying oppressive aura, with white, yellow, and purple soul rings rising in succession.
Three Great Soul Masters, four Soul Exalted, and one Soul Master, Luo Mei. This lineup was formidable, and in the past, it would have been enough to dominate a small inn!
"Wow, so impressive…"
She Chong stomped on Zhang Wu's abdomen with his heel, ignoring the blood gushing from his seven orifices, and said coldly, "Eight fools, with your meager Soul Power, you dared to bully Your Highness? You're asking for death!"
A formidable aura suddenly erupted, and an invisible wave of energy burst outward. The Soul Masters below the Soul Exalted rank were directly knocked to their knees, dazed and confused, trying to find the source of the energy wave, only to realize it was She Chong releasing his soul rings!
Yellow! Yellow! Purple! Purple! Purple! Black! Black! Black!
Eight rings!
Soul Douluo!
Luo Mei and the others gaped in shock. Who would have thought that Zhang Wu's attempt to flirt with a woman would end up angering a Soul Douluo!
Sealed Douluo were elusive, and She Chong, a Soul Douluo, was the strongest Soul Master they had ever seen in their lives!
"Come, come, come, I'll show you some love!"
She Chong's Soul Power was an eight-foot-long snake spear, its tip as sharp as frost. He now skewered the back of Luo Mei and the others' necks on the snake spear, like a string of sugar-coated haws, and began a frenzied spear-swinging mode!
"Smack! Bang! Ouch! Ah! Oh! Spit! Dad! Mom!"
The wooden floor of the inn cracked from the impact, and the cries of pain echoed continuously, making the other Soul Masters in the inn shudder, grateful they hadn't provoked She Chong, or they might have ended up as one of the haws on the snake spear.
"Sir! Sir! The inn can't withstand your guard's destruction!"
The innkeeper and the waiter rushed out, knowing that begging She Chong for mercy would be useless, so they turned to Miss Xu, kowtowing and pleading.
"Don't worry, I'll pay you ten times the damage."
Miss Xu was not a tyrannical person. She handed the innkeeper a bag of gold soul coins. The innkeeper lightly weighed the bag, and his face lit up with surprise, his old face breaking into a flower-like smile as he bowed and said, "Hehe, I've always been annoyed by those ruffians. You and your guard are truly upholding justice!"
She Chong's brutal beating sent a blood-stained gold-toothed tooth spinning and landing at Ling Bai's feet. It wobbled for a moment before coming to a stop. Ling Bai crushed the tooth into powder and said, "Your guard is so brave, I assume you must be of noble birth. I apologize for my earlier impertinence in asking for your name. I hope you won't hold it against me."
Miss Xu's smile was impeccable. She said softly, "You flatter me, sir. My name is Xu Jiuer. Thank you again for your help."
Xu Jiuer?
Ling Bai was no fool. A fake name like that didn't insult his intelligence.
A cunning frog always touches your belly, Princess Xu Jiuer of the Star Luo Empire!
The Dark Radiance Forest, with its half Eternal Day and half eternal night, is home to a vast number of light and dark attribute soul beasts. Thinking about Xu Jiuer's Soul King strength and her Star Crown Soul Power in the Soul Master Tournament next year, Ling Bai guessed that she and She Chong would enter the Eternal Day area to hunt soul beasts for her Star Crown's fifth soul ring.
After dealing with Luo Mei and the others, She Chong, covered in blood, walked to Xu Jiuer's side, glanced at Ling Bai, and said frankly, "The ruffians have been dealt with. Please, Your Highness, move to your room, and I will send your dinner shortly."
"Alright."
Seeing the first floor in ruins, Xu Jiuer naturally agreed.
After Xu Jiuer's figure disappeared upstairs, She Chong looked at Ling Bai for a moment and then tossed a gold card worth 100,000 gold soul coins, saying, "Thank you for helping Your Highness. This is your reward, but I must give you a warning: don't even think of trying to climb the social ladder!"
(End of Chapter)