Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 244 I’m Down and Out Now, With Less Than Five Billion Heavenly Crystals on Me!
"How could I have forgotten something so important!"
On the duel platform, Ning Xuan slapped his forehead and asked, "Does anyone know which family that guy was from?"
The moment he spoke, several people in the crowd below nearly fainted on the spot. They were the family of the young man who had just attacked him!
Given Ning Xuan’s vindictive nature, they would be dead if he found out they were related! We’re finished!
Not far away, someone sighed to themself. The attacker had been a young man from the Kong Family. Not long ago, the Kong Family was one of the ten great noble families, but because of Ning Xuan, their colossal clan had been brought to ruin. Now, things were even worse; a single sentence from Ning Xuan was enough to terrify them.
No one around them mocked the Kong Family members, feeling a strange sense of sorrow instead. If we were in their shoes, we’d probably react the same way, they thought.
Damn it! Why does a monster like this Heavenly Realm Martial Artist even exist! At that moment, many in the crowd felt the urge to roar at the sky in frustration. This is just too damn suffocating!
On the platform, Ning Xuan saw that no one was speaking. After glancing toward a certain spot, he said, "Forget it. I’m not one to hold a grudge. Since the culprit is nothing but ash, we’ll leave it at that."
You don’t hold a grudge? anyone who had ever dealt with Ning Xuan sneered inwardly. A disciple from some family offends you, and you not only kill him but wipe out his entire clan. And now you have the gall to say you don’t hold a grudge? Bullshit! Not even a dog would believe you!
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"Don’t stop. Please, continue," Ning Xuan said, waving for the other contestants to carry on. He then fixed his gaze on Chu Yang, Ye Yi, and Jiang Boya. "The three of you, have anything to say... Pfft, never mind."
What was truly absurd was that Ning Xuan actually fished out some Elemental Sunflower Seeds from the spoils he’d collected. These things weren’t just similar to the sunflower seeds of his past life; they were identical, with the sole difference being that they contained Element Qi. Ning Xuan spoke while casually cracking the seeds, an act of supreme arrogance.
Everyone stared at him, utterly speechless.
This is ridiculous. You’re a contestant! You’re here to fight for a spot! Why are you acting like you’re the one running this tournament? You’re even snacking on Elemental Sunflower Seeds! This is too damn insulting!
"Brother Ning, your strength is formidable. I admit defeat."
The three of them spoke almost in unison, seemingly by prior agreement, though none of them looked at each other. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
This guy is an anomaly, a madman who fears nothing in heaven or on earth. It’s not worth fighting him. Besides him, there are still two spots left. We just need to fight for those.
The collective submission of three top geniuses from Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace was entirely unexpected. But on second thought, it was also perfectly reasonable, so neither the Nanling Bully nor You Ruo, nor the experts from the various great families, had much of a reaction.
However, Ning Xuan was not pleased.
"You’re all very powerful, so how can you not fight? Don’t you all think I look incredibly obnoxious right now? Go on, come and hit me!" he goaded, cracking seeds while shooting them a sideways glance.
Below the stage, the crowd was cursing up a storm in their minds.
Damn it! This guy is so goddamn obnoxious!
ARGH! I want to punch this bastard to death! But I can’t beat him... WAAAAH!
Shameless! He’s so utterly shameless!
On the stage, the three’s expressions stiffened for a moment before they all broke into a smile. Ye Yi was the first to speak. "Brother Ning, you jest. How could you possibly be obnoxious? We couldn’t be more envious of your carefree and uninhibited nature."
"The Double Pupil?" Ning Xuan looked at him and suddenly stopped cracking seeds, his eyes lighting up.
Just as a chill ran down Ye Yi’s spine, Ning Xuan asked, "Do you happen to have a younger brother who possesses the Supreme Bone?"
Ye Yi was completely baffled. The Supreme Bone? What the hell is that? Can you make soup with it? Or braise it?
"Brother Ning is joking, of course not. With my Double Pupil, my path was supposed to be one of invincibility, so why would I need—no, what I mean is..." The usually proud Ye Yi suddenly remembered who he was talking to and quickly shut his mouth.
Once, he had truly believed himself to be invincible. But after witnessing Ning Xuan’s power, his conviction had changed. The path of the Double Pupil may be one of invincibility, but one must submit when facing Ning Xuan! Hmm. With that shift in belief, his mind felt remarkably clear.
"That’s the spirit!" Ning Xuan grinned. "I suggest you go back to your family and have a good look around. You might really find a brother like that."
In the crowd below, a young couple suddenly tensed up. Then, the woman sent a mental message to the man. "Let’s go. I just feel that Ning Xuan is too... too monstrous." The fetus in her belly, which had been quiet until now, had just kicked her several times.
"Alright. From now on, we’ll stay as far away from him as possible!" the young man said. After giving Ning Xuan one last, deep look, he left with his wife.
"Thank you for the advice, Brother Ning. I’ll head back and search for him right now." Ye Yi was even more direct, deciding on the spot to withdraw from the tournament.
"No! You can’t leave!" You Ruo cried out in alarm.
What on earth was happening? She had just been boasting that Lin Tianjun of the Lin Family and Ye Yi of the Ye Family were peerless prodigies. But then Ning Xuan killed Lin Tianjun with a single punch, not even giving him the chance to leave behind a final word. And now, with just a few sentences, Ye Yi was quitting the tournament entirely. This was absurd.
"Sir, my lord, I beg you, can you please stop causing trouble?" she pleaded, sending a mental transmission directly to Ning Xuan.
"Weren’t you the one who told me to compete?" Ning Xuan immediately transmitted back. "Besides, how is this causing trouble? Tell you what, give me a little something extra, and I’ll withdraw."
Before You Ruo could even reply, he sent the same message to Ye Yi and the other two. "Do you have any Divine Crystals? If not, Heavenly Crystals are fine too. Lend me some, and I’ll quit."
"Brother Ning, are you really short on money?" the three of them asked, their questions nearly identical.
Ning Xuan made a show of checking his finances and calculating. Then, he gave his answer.
"I’m completely destitute right now. All told, I have less than 50,000,000,000 Heavenly Crystals. As for Divine Crystals, don’t even get me started. I only have 100,000,000, and it’s all owed to me as debt. Who knows if I’ll ever get it back."
After hearing his words, the three of them were dumbfounded.
Damn it! Is he even human?! What the hell! You call that being destitute? I’d kill to be that broke! This bastard is definitely doing this on purpose! They were on the verge of tears. This is just too humiliating! It’s one thing that we can’t beat him, but we can’t even compare to his wealth! And we’re natives here! Ning Xuan has been in the upper realm for less than a month and he’s already this rich? How is anyone else supposed to live!
Just then, the three received another mental transmission, this time from You Ruo. She was also trying to fleece them, and she told them the truth of the situation.
The three of them shot Ning Xuan looks filled with deep resentment.
We believe You Ruo is telling the truth. But this guy, Ning Xuan... his methods are just too shameless. Extorting us twice just to get him to withdraw? This is so fucking ridiculous!
