Chapter 211 - 208: You Have No Choice But to Agree

"You’ve lost."

The Third Prince retracted his aura and looked at Shang Tianque with a smile on his face.

Shang Tianque, Hu Boxiang, and the rest of their group all looked quite awful. Originally, they had won the battle between the genius Spirit Masters and were set to claim the Jade Spirit Pearl. However, Shang Tianque had accepted another match against Zhou Yu and lost—costing them a Yellow Spirit Crystal as well.

Still, they couldn’t argue. After all, Shang Tianque was also a prince, and the Yellow Spirit Crystal had been provided by the royal family, too. Moreover, this concerned the pride of the two great dynasties. If Shang Tianque had refused the challenge, the Great Shang Dynasty would have lost face. Not to mention, the bloodline Shang Tianque possessed granted him immense combat prowess. It was just that his opponent was slightly stronger.

At this moment, the Third Prince turned his head to look at Hu Boxiang’s group of three and smiled. "Of course, you can send someone else to fight, but the stakes will be different."

The other young man who hadn’t fought had an ugly expression. His strength was far inferior to Shang Tianque’s; he was no match for Zhou Yu at all.

"You win," Hu Boxiang finally said.

They had no choice; they had truly lost. Furthermore, they were on the Great Zhou Dynasty’s turf. If they tried any tricks after losing, they wouldn’t be able to leave in one piece. The Great Zhou Dynasty would definitely stop at nothing to keep them here.

"Wait a minute!"

Another voice suddenly rang out. The crowd was stunned once again. Turning to look, they saw a handsome, masculine young man of sixteen or seventeen wearing a black robe stepping forward. Beside him stood a cute, youthful girl with a baby face and a surprisingly curvy figure.

These two were none other than Mo Qianqian and Xia Liu. The one who had shouted was Mo Qianqian.

They had been watching for quite a while and had gathered that the Great Zhou Dynasty possessed quite a few good things. Now, it was time to snatch them.

"Mo Qianqian!!!"

While the crowd was still bewildered, Xie Shiming was the first to cry out in endless shock. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected Mo Qianqian to appear here.

Hu Boxiang also looked astounded, while astonishment washed over the faces of Shang Tianque and the other young man. They had never met Mo Qianqian before, but back in the Great Shang Dynasty and throughout their journey, they had heard Xie Shiming and Hu Boxiang mention him countless times. However, they had always felt the two were overestimating him. And now, this Mo Qianqian had actually come to the Great Zhou Dynasty and was proposing a wager match with Zhou Yu?

"Mo Qianqian?" The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty remained in a daze. It was then they recalled that Xie Shiming seemed to have mentioned this name earlier during his fight with Nan Shiyin. Was there something special about this youth? Still, at merely sixteen years old, no matter how monstrous his talent, his cultivation base couldn’t possibly be that high, right?

"Can I help you?" The Third Prince looked at the duo in surprise. His eyes lit up when they landed on Xia Liu.

Mo Qianqian was in no rush. He smiled and replied, "Nothing much. I just want to make a bet with you."

"Oh? And who might you be? What are you bringing to the table as your stake?" the Third Prince asked curiously.

"I am Mo Qianqian, from the Great Xia Dynasty," he answered.

Before he could even finish his words, waves of discussion immediately erupted on the spot.

"The Great Xia Dynasty? People from the Great Xia Dynasty are here too?"

"The Great Xia Dynasty isn’t exactly close to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why are they all running over here? Could it be that they heard the news about the Jade Spirit Pearl and want to snatch it?"

"Among the great dynasties, isn’t the Great Xia Dynasty ranked at the very bottom, or close to it? Someone from the Great Xia Dynasty actually dares to come to our Great Zhou Dynasty to issue a challenge? And to the Third Prince, no less?"

"The Great Xia Dynasty?" The Third Prince blanked for a moment before a smile formed on his lips. "Interesting. What stake are you placing?"

Mo Qianqian also wore a smile as he replied, "My stake is quite large. I don’t know if you can afford to match it."

"Oh?" Piqued, the Third Prince asked, "Then what do you want to bet?"

"If I win, the Yellow Spirit Crystal, the Jade Spirit Pearl, the Third-Grade Upper-Level Dragon Spirit Whisker, and the Fourth-Grade Lower-Level Void Spirit Pill all belong to me."

Before Mo Qianqian could finish, the Third Prince interrupted him and asked, "And if you lose?"

"If I lose, my life and everything on me will belong to you," Mo Qianqian said.

"Betting your life? But it doesn’t seem like your life is worth that much. Say something realistic," the Third Prince said, shaking his head.

Xie Shiming’s face twitched violently. Mo Qianqian’s life wasn’t worth that much? It absolutely was!

The crowd was also taken aback. He wanted to bet his life? They couldn’t help but silently praise the youth’s sheer audacity. Still, it wasn’t a good deal for them if some random person just walked up and bet their life without offering any tangible stakes. Killing a nobody wouldn’t bring them any benefits, but if they lost, they’d have to part with so many treasures. It clearly wasn’t a worthy trade.

"I wasn’t finished," Mo Qianqian stated. "If I win, I don’t just want those four items. I also want your life."

The Third Prince stared blankly at him. The surrounding crowd was even more dumbfounded.

"And I want the lives of all the higher-ups in the Great Zhou Dynasty’s royal family," Mo Qianqian added.

The crowd’s minds completely blanked out. Not only did he want the Third Prince’s life, but he also wanted the lives of the entire royal family’s higher-ups? Was this guy out of his mind?

Hearing this, even Xie Shiming, Hu Boxiang, and the rest were bewildered. They believed that Mo Qianqian was capable of taking the Third Prince’s life. But taking the lives of the entire royal family’s higher-ups? What was he thinking?

Since they had left the Great Xia Dynasty early on, they were unaware of Mo Qianqian causing havoc at the Ling family, nor did they know about his exploits in the Realm of Chaos. Naturally, they didn’t think he possessed that kind of power.

"This isn’t a negotiation," Mo Qianqian added. "You’ll agree to it, whether you want to or not."

Even the Third Prince was stupefied.

"Has this guy lost his mind? He wants the lives of all the royal family’s higher-ups?"

"Just him? If the lives of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s higher-ups were so easy to take, our dynasty would have been wiped out a long time ago. Even if the entire Great Xia Dynasty came, they wouldn’t be able to do it! How dare two brats like them spout such nonsense?"

"Is he trying to provoke the Third Prince? Even a provocation shouldn’t be used like this. He’s obviously courting death."

The crowd was left entirely speechless. It wasn’t as if they had never seen arrogant people before. But being this boundlessly arrogant was no longer just arrogance. It was pure brainlessness and mental instability. No sane person would ever say such things.

"And who might you be?" The Third Prince looked at Xia Liu, completely losing the desire to entertain Mo Qianqian.

"Me? This has nothing to do with me. I’m not interfering. I just came to watch, and to split the loot," Xia Liu said with an innocent face.

The Third Prince and the crowd were left speechless again. Her first few words were normal enough, but her final sentence about splitting the loot made it sound as if Mo Qianqian could actually pull it off. Perhaps both of them had screws loose in their heads.

"Tell them to get lost." The Third Prince shot a glance at the guards behind him. A middle-aged guard stepped forward, preparing to chase the duo away.

Right at that moment, another commotion broke out in the surroundings. The crowd surged and parted, making way as yet another large group of people strode toward them.