The group froze, then snapped back to reality. Yu Xiang sneered, “Hmph, what a shameless fool, daring to spout nonsense here and mock us. Once you leave, you’ll learn the cost of toying with us!”
Her voice was filled with fury and ice, completely dismissing Lin Xiao as a shameless liar. One million slaughter points, how dare he boast…
But at that moment, a voice came from the crowd behind, “He really did accumulate one million slaughter points, lucking out by killing a low-tier Martial Venerable.”
“Killed a low-tier Martial Venerable!”
Yu Xiang and the others’ hearts jolted. The one million slaughter points were real?
Their faces turned ugly. Lin Xiao was telling the truth. He had actually amassed one million slaughter points, an unprecedented feat.
And he’d killed a low-tier Martial Venerable, which was utterly unthinkable!
They knew it must have been luck, but they couldn’t fathom how lucky or what method he used to kill a Martial Venerable.
Killing a Martial Venerable from a hostile faction would easily justify ten thousand contribution points.
They had just claimed Lin Xiao didn’t even have three thousand points, or even one thousand, yet here were ten thousand points staring them in the face. Lin Xiao had proven them wrong repeatedly with facts, making their faces feel as if they’d been slapped hard, utterly humiliated.
They’d mocked him only to hit a brick wall and get slapped back…
“I want to exchange for one use of the fourth-tier thunder array and a Golden Cauldron Spirit Fruit. Hurry up and get them for me. I don’t have time to waste with you!” Lin Xiao urged Yu Xiang, his tone carrying a sense of dismissal.
This made Yu Xiang’s face twist with rage, but she had no choice but to deduct Lin Xiao’s ten thousand contribution points and retrieve a fourth-tier thunder array usage token and a Golden Cauldron Spirit Fruit from the storage room.
In the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, she couldn’t fake anything or refuse Lin Xiao’s request, or she’d face consequences from the pavilion’s higher-ups.
“Hmph, a mere Heavenly Martial Eighth Layer daring to enter the fourth-tier thunder array zone? Pray you don’t get struck dead by lightning,” Yu Xiang thought, seething with anger and already planning to trouble Lin Xiao outside the pavilion.
“Thanks!” Lin Xiao gave a faint smile, took the two items, and walked out.
The group was left stunned in place.
“He’s really extravagant, using up all ten thousand contribution points!”
“He exchanged for a Golden Cauldron Spirit Fruit. What a nouveau riche. But now, exchanging for good items in the future will be impossible!”
The onlookers gasped. Ten thousand contribution points, spent in one go on a fourth-tier thunder array usage and a six-thousand-point Golden Cauldron Spirit Fruit for body cultivation.
If they had ten thousand points, they wouldn’t dare spend so lavishly on something as luxurious as the Golden Cauldron Spirit Fruit.
“Brother, I have an item I’d like to trade for your fourth-tier thunder array usage token,” a youth suddenly called out as Lin Xiao stepped out of the pavilion.
Before he could present it, Lin Xiao cut him off, “Sorry, I won’t trade the fourth-tier thunder array token.”
He needed it himself, and it couldn’t be bought without contribution points. Why would he trade it?
The youth could only sigh helplessly. He couldn’t force it, and judging by Lin Xiao’s temperament—ignoring Yu Xiang and Jia Chao—threats were useless.
As Lin Xiao exited the pavilion, Jia Chao and the other three blocked his path, while Yu Xiang stood at the entrance, watching.
“What, you four want to attack me?” Lin Xiao’s lips curled with a mocking smile. Not only was he unafraid, but if the four, with their higher cultivation, attacked, they’d face punishment under the Holy City’s rules.
Seeing this, a crowd gathered on the street.
Robbing at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s entrance was unheard of. If someone dared, it would be groundbreaking.
Under the crowd’s gaze, Jia Chao felt pressure. Attacking Lin Xiao with their higher cultivation in public was something they didn’t dare do.
“Hmph, kid, I formally challenge you. Do you dare accept?” Jia Chao shouted, issuing a challenge. If accepted, it wouldn’t count as a higher realm attacking a lower one.
The crowd let out a chorus of murmurs. They’d thought someone might actually break the rules and rob, but it was just a hollow show.
A Martial King second layer challenging a Heavenly Martial Eighth Layer?
Unless he was a fool, the opponent would never accept.
And with such a gap in cultivation, he had the nerve to issue a challenge.
This spectacle wouldn’t lead to a fight.
“Heh, not interested. Just get lost!” Lin Xiao laughed mockingly, waving his hand with a taunting air.
In this situation, the four were the ones humiliated, and he wondered how long they’d keep up the act.
Scolded by a Heavenly Martial Eighth Layer, their faces darkened. Jia Chao sneered, “Hmph, don’t think we can’t deal with you!”
He then scanned the crowd and shouted, “Whoever beats him down for me, I’ll give five Martial King Essence Pills!”
The crowd paused. Offering a bounty to deal with a Heavenly Martial Eighth Layer youth?
“Interesting!”
The onlookers grew intrigued.
Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback. He hadn’t expected them to resort to this.
To vent their anger, they were willing to pay a price.
Five Martial King Essence Pills held some value, equivalent to five fourth-tier low-grade spirit beast cores or fifty third-tier high-grade cores. It was a considerable sum to deal with a Heavenly Martial peer.
Moreover, while Martial King Essence Pills couldn’t be used for exchanges in the pavilion, they could trade for other treasures or be converted into contribution points, a common practice.
“Hahaha, fighting a peer is my honour. Free Martial King Essence Pills? I’d be a fool to pass!”
A burly man stepped forward, his upper body bare, revealing explosive muscles.
“That’s Jing Da, a brute known for his physical strength. They say he was a bandit, capable of facing early Martial Kings.”
“This kid’s in trouble. Against Jing Da, he probably won’t last one move.”
“Taking action for five Martial King Essence Pills? That’s lowering himself.”
“It’s a one-or-two-move job. Just doing it on the side. Free stuff, why not? Better than letting someone else have it.”
“Exactly. A bandit can’t change his robbing ways. No matter how cheap the pills, he won’t pass them up.”
The crowd’s chatter reached Lin Xiao’s ears. His gaze turned to the bare-chested man, exuding a bandit’s aura, arms crossed with a look of utter disdain.
“You sure you want to attack me?” Lin Xiao’s eyes gleamed with pity as he asked.
