Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 369: Pah! Have you no shame?!

Shentu Sheng was seething with anger. "Insolent son, what do you think you're doing?!"

"If you want to harm the Young Master, you'll have to kill me first!" Shentu Yi didn't budge an inch.

Trembling with rage, Shentu Sheng rounded on Ning Xuan. "If you're a man, stop hiding behind my son!"

Ning Xuan wore an aggrieved expression. "I'm not hiding."

"Father, don't blame the Young Master!" Shentu Yi not only spoke up immediately but also sent a voice transmission to his father. "Father, can you please not stick your neck out? If you weren't my father, you'd already be a corpse!"

Shentu Sheng was initially taken aback, but his son's final words sent him into a fury.

"You insolent whelp, what is that supposed to mean? Do you think your father is useless?!"

Shentu Yi was speechless. My father is great in every way, except that he's just too stubborn. This is going to be trouble!

Fortunately, someone else spoke up.

"Kid, you've got guts! Now hand over all the ultimate treasures from our families' secret lands and vaults!"

Ning Xuan held out his hands and said innocently, "I've already given them all to Lord Zang Wu."

"Bullshit! Why did he attack earlier? Don't think I don't know. He must have wanted to hoard the treasures for himself!"

Ning Xuan remained unhurried. "His master is a Great Saint. Even if you lent me the courage of the heavens, I wouldn't dare harbor such a thought."

Everyone fell silent.

But soon, another voice piped up.

"Bah! If his master were really a Great Saint, would you two dare to come to blows? Do you take us for fools?!"

At these words, everyone had a moment of realization.

"Ning Xuan, that unique treasure you just used belongs to the Wenren family, right?" another voice called out, staring at Ning Xuan with absolute certainty.

Naturally, Ning Xuan didn't admit it. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Heh, the reason Zang Wu couldn't locate your hiding place was because of that unique treasure, wasn't it? What was it called... Ah, right, the Mystic Sound Horn. Formless and traceless, it leads one astray!"

Ning Xuan met the speaker's gaze and, after a moment, gave him a thumbs-up. He had indeed used the horn he'd taken from Wenren Jun. These guys here really have a few tricks up their sleeves.

"Hahaha, so you and Zang Wu aren't working together at all! You're from the Yao Guang Righteous Alliance!"

As soon as this was said, countless pairs of eyes locked onto Ning Xuan, all of them hostile. They were mortal enemies with the Righteous Alliance!

"Whoa, who's that?!" Ning Xuan's expression suddenly changed as he stared into the sky behind the crowd.

As they turned around, WHOOSH! Ning Xuan vanished from the spot.

BOOM!

At the edge of Devil's Island, the void shuddered.

The next moment, Ning Xuan was blasted right back to where he started. All eyes snapped back to him.

"Everyone, your Devil's Island is quite something. The defenses are pretty solid," Ning Xuan said with a smiling wave.

"The Saint-Sealing Curtain! Everyone, isn't this going too far?!" Shentu Yi's expression had turned grave, and he once again shielded Ning Xuan, looking as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

"The Saint-Sealing Curtain? What's that?" Ning Xuan asked with a curious, still unconcerned, look.

"The Saint-Sealing Curtain isn't a mere *thing*," someone sneered with an arrogant expression. "It's a sealing barrier that, as its name implies, can even seal a Saint within! You might as well surrender!"

Shentu Yi's voice transmission reached Ning Xuan's ear. "Young Master, let Heavenly Charm act. But please, for my sake, I beg you to show mercy and not kill them."

At that moment, Ning Xuan felt an invisible Majestic Pressure descending upon him. The Saint-Sealing Curtain didn't just have Seal Power; it could also restrict a Martial Artist's Element Force!

Ning Xuan said nothing. His first thought was to break the curtain, not to escape. Heavenly Charm, who had been about to make a move, also stood down at Ning Xuan's telepathic command.

She couldn't care less about some Saint-Sealing Curtain. In her heart, Ning Xuan was already nigh-omnipotent. A mere curtain might seal experts of the Holy Realm, but it definitely couldn't hold Ning Xuan. After all, he could even break a Great Saint's Prohibitions with ease.

"Using something that can seal experts of the Holy Realm against me... You all really hold me in high regard," Ning Xuan said, suddenly stepping forward.

"Young—"

Shentu Yi began to speak but was cut off by Ning Xuan's raised hand.

"You seniors are all Venerables. With this Saint-Sealing Curtain up, it makes for a perfect dueling arena, doesn't it?"

"You want to fight us? Hahaha, I know you're fast, but your speed will be restricted inside the Saint-Sealing Curtain. Are you sure you want to fight?"

Ning Xuan nodded.

Several of the most powerful Venerables exchanged glances, then nodded slightly, quickly reaching a consensus.

"Fine then. Since you're so ignorant of your own limitations, we'll teach you a good lesson!" one of them declared, unable to hold back any longer as he stepped forward to attack.

"Hold on!" Ning Xuan raised a hand to stop him.

"What, scared now?"

Ning Xuan chuckled. "A duel is only fun if there's a wager. How about this: if I win by a stroke of luck, I won't ask for anything else. Just let me leave." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Bah! Have you no shame?! You have our families' treasures on you!" a middle-aged man from the back couldn't help but yell. That kid was too shameless.

Ning Xuan just smiled. "So it's you who are afraid."

"Stop with the goading. We agree," the top experts from the major families decided after another look amongst themselves.

"Haha, excellent! Let's go! Come on!" Ning Xuan roared with laughter, eager to begin.

This gave the top-tier experts a sinking feeling, as if they'd been tricked. But they quickly laughed at their own foolishness. The older one gets, the less ambition one has. To think they were afraid of a boy barely in his teens! No wonder they'd been beaten back time and again by the Righteous Alliance, forced to hide away like this!

"Old Wang, go! Righteous Path, Demon Path, who cares! When we rule Yao Guang, we *are* the righteous path! Let our sweep of the Righteous Alliance begin with him!" an old man's voice thundered, shaking all of Devil's Island.

The man who had stepped out, Old Wang, felt his spirit surge and took a powerful step forward.

The earth shook and the heavens quaked! The Saint-Sealing Curtain trembled in response, its Majestic Pressure intensifying.

BOOM!

Ning Xuan vanished.

PFFT!

A single punch sent Old Wang flying backward, spitting blood.

All the Demon Path masters were utterly dumbfounded. Is the Saint-Sealing Curtain useless against this guy?

"No, the curtain is working," a gray-haired man said, beginning to direct his forces. "His speed is high, but not so high that we can't track it! Old He, you're the fastest here. You're up!" This man was Moting Du, once one of the four Great Demon Monarchs under the Demon Lord's command.

The man called Old He was tall and thin. He instantly appeared opposite Ning Xuan. His feet didn't touch the dust, for the tips of his toes were poised upon a single blade of grass.

Ning Xuan smiled. "Skill in Qinggong doesn't necessarily mean you're fast."

Before his words had even faded, he disappeared. But Old He was prepared.

Ning Xuan's strike met only air.

Old He's body vanished from sight, leaving only a faint chuckle behind.

The Demon Path masters on Devil's Island all smiled. This kid doesn't know his limits. He's finally getting what he deserves!

But to their surprise, Ning Xuan was also smiling.

They were just beginning to wonder why.