Chapter 26: Threats and Consequences

Lyshisha's blood ran cold.

How dare this fool even attempt to demand anything from her this rudely?

Didn't he know who she was?

Or didn't he pay attention to whom he was talking to?

Clearly, a flower grown inside a greenhouse doesn't know the sun's might!

Insanity!

Who the hell was this fool, in the first place?

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[Cultivation level: 90] ~Personal Information~ [Next level: 33%]

[First Name: An] VITALITY :{100%} [Species : Troll]

[Middle Name(s): None] MANA : {100%} [Surname: Zhao]

[Sex: Male] STAMINA : {100%} [Cultivation status: Destroyer (9) Stars]

[Height: 6.1ft] [Body Weight: 287 lbs]

[Skeletal Age: 72 (Born: March 17th 2130)] [Blood Type: A+]

[Bone Frame: 7th Grade] [Epithet/Title: None]

~Status~

Normal [Jiu Tian Sect Inner-Court Elder]

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Just because he was a peak destroyer, it allowed him to trample over her?

Over her dead body!

But how did he find them anyway?

She almost facepalmed that forgetful pate of hers.

He must've tracked them by their energy signature!

Darting a glance around her, her two tigers whimpered in fear as a mix of anger and helplessness rose in their eyes, while Kame was nearly frozen in fright.

Right now, she had two options.

One, lie through her teeth-and there's a fat chance he'll buy her bullsh*t.

Two, tell the truth and probe his motives.

That left the only obvious choice … "I'm afraid I'll have to refuse. May I ask why do you want it?" she said with a hint of pride in her tone.

After all, she was a ruling queen, so she had to have the bravado that came along with it.

Else, how fun would the profession be?

An' eyes narrowed, the glint behind his gilded irises running cold.

How dare would this measly queen not address him properly? "Foolish girl, do you believe I won't dare kill you? In this place, many disciples died, sometimes without a corpse. The road to greatness leaves many deaths in its wake!'

'If you don't want to die foolishly, hand over the item so you may scram with your pathetic Royal life, and don't even try to lord over me with this meaningless title in a foreign Empire, understood? Now, where is the artifact?" he intoned, increasing his aura's might the more he spoke.

Kamealoha's mind was in disarray, his body shaking uncontrollably despite the suppression, stammering, "You-your Royal High-highness, for our li-lives, we ought to-to give—"

"Nothing!" she interrupted in an icy tone. "Even if he retrieves the artifact, there's a pretty good chance he'll kill us anyway to silence us about its existence. He's not going to take the risk, don't you understand?"

Elder Zhao sneered.

She wasn't as naïve as he thought.

But then again, she was a ruling monarch, after all, so a minimum of brains was required for the job… "Since you refuse a toast, girl, you'll have to drink a forfeit! Die!" he raged.

He suddenly cocked his right fist back as a billowing stream of mana coalesced into an olive tiger's head gleaming brightly under the shades of twilight.

Lishi's heart shook.

She had to act, now!

Her Moon Core shook into action, visualizing her opponent's head as she cast a potent mental attack.

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Your foe cast—!

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"Huh?" Elder Zhao exclaimed, interrupting his skill as motes of blue light left his head, evanescing in the gloaming darkness.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help feeling a trace of fear.

His Huala collar, which cost him eight years his annual salary—and calling in a few favors—, nearly failed him if it reacted like that!

If her mental attack were a bit more powerful, it would've broken altogether!

With her talent, she must've reached the perfect stage at least once despite her crippled core!

An admirable perseverance fully deserving to be lauded!

But sadly, she had to die!

He furiously cast his technique once again, while Lyshisha cursed her bad luck.

This Empire' elite was clearly prepared, and his collar's limits didn't escape her eyes. Unfortunately, due to his high cultivation, she cast her mental attack at full force, but was still repelled by just a tiny bit!

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Your foe cast Billowing Tiger Fist!

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In a flash, his outstretched green arm reached the corners of the Crown Princess's chest just as her matter shield nearly took shape before her.

With an audible crack, the tiger fist broke through the half-baked defense, which shattered like a poorly made spider web, though it lost much of its potency when it punched a bloody hole in her chest.

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You are injured! You lost 81% Vitality and 69% Stamina.

Due to your continuous injuries, you started to lose Vitality at a debilitating rate!

Due to your continuous injuries, you started to lose Stamina at a debilitating rate!

Vitality Debilitating Rate: 0.8% every second

Stamina Debilitating Rate: 1.1% every second

Remaining Vitality: 100%—> 18.2% Remaining Stamina : 100%—> 29.9%

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With a strangled cry, she nearly collapsed.

He nearly punched through her, and if she didn't put up that nearly half-finished matter wall, she probably would've died from that single blow!

How mighty was a peak Destroyer!

Her body was wracked in so much pain that her mind already felt numb about it.

The wind mana flayed her vitals whole as her life began to slip away.

While her surroundings wobbled continuously, the sounds muting around her while Kame's faint shriek was the last thing she heard, before a guttural moan traveled across every pore of her sweating flesh, searing her pale frame like a stinging nettle.

At the same time, Elder Zhao was astonished.

How could this girl raise a half-baked matter defense so high that it ate more than half his tiger fist before it landed on her?

Worse, despite his best efforts to ruin her from the inside, his technique abated itself the longer it stayed!

He … probably underestimated her level.

She was most likely a high-level Grandmistress, and a middle phase one at the very least!

And she most definitely reached the perfect stage at least once!

It wouldn't be far-fetched if she reached it a second time!

And her sturdy body would come from her ninth bone frame unlike his paltry seventh bone frame, which was considered quite prodigious, even by the solar system's standards, but he really underestimated that peak bone type, if she could resist him like that!

Her body itself would make her a Peerless talent on this planet alone, and her prodigious Brain Mastery an extremely valuable disciple in the solar system Planetary Palaces!

Aaahh, what a waste she must die, what a terrible waste!

In the young Monarch mind, a familiar voice ringed across her ears…

{How dare this commoner dare to hurt this Royal Queen?}

{How dare did this sh*tty trash try to kill this Crown Princess?}

{I will not die before I fu*ked this universe's best males!}

{SUFFER, SUFFER, AND SUFFER, BEFORE YOU DIE A PATHETIC DEATH!}

Suddenly, sparks of orange light twirled out of her chest wound, cauterizing her injury, allowing her to catch a much-needed breath.

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Due to your healing, your Vitality and Stamina aren't debilitating anymore!

Remaining Vitality: 9.4 —> 11.4/100% ¤Recovering 2% Vitality every second¤

Remaining Stamina: 17.8 —> 18.4/100% ¤Recovering 0.6% Stamina every second¤

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But these sparks did more than pulling her from this mortal coil, they literally stuck Elder Zhao invading fist like a flock of bees pollinizing a two-handed lotus.

When the Sect Elder realized something was wrong, his fist was already shimmering in a titian hue, which was quickly gnawing its way up his forearm!

He tried to free his fist away from her recovering body, to no avail before it disintegrated his forearm, forcing him back in a horrific cry!

And his misfortune didn't end there as this peach colored energy still tried to eat away the remains of his severed limb!

Lishi saw a light green blade grow out of his left arm quickly sever the infected stump, which fell on the ground followed by a geyser of blood. Irate, he screamed his life out before he fled, leaving behind a red trail as his silhouette disappeared into the night…

Her mind relieved but exhausted by the fight, she tumbled on the ground, her eyes fluttering shut as she lost consciousness…