Chapter 373 - 370: Eyes of the Netherworld Snake
The person who acted in the critical moment was none other than Ye Xuan.
"You’re actually immune to my sonic attack?"
The Golden Rat Elder looked at Ye Xuan with some surprise. The sonic attack he had just unleashed should have enveloped an area of a hundred meters in radius, yet Ye Xuan seemed completely unscathed, unaffected in the slightest.
"Thank you, Young Master Liu."
Zi Yuqing let out a sigh, her eyes full of gratitude as she turned toward Ye Xuan. If it hadn’t been for his intervention just now, she feared she would either be dead or grievously injured, her situation hanging by a thread.
"We’re teammates, after all. I haven’t even looked at that secret scroll. How could I let you die?" Ye Xuan said indifferently.
Seeing that his first strike hadn’t succeeded, the expression of the Netherworld Snake Young Master darkened. His recent series of attacks had at least a fifty percent certainty of killing Zi Yuqing and a full guarantee of causing severe injury. But Ye Xuan’s sword had completely shattered his calculation.
"Friend, it seems you’re not one of the Black Market’s own. Why would you risk your life for someone irrelevant? Why not switch allegiances to my Evil Netherworld, and this Young Master will ensure you are amply rewarded?" Noticing Ye Xuan was hard to deal with, the Netherworld Snake Young Master entertained the idea of bribery—a tactic he was quite accustomed to. After all, in the Demon Beast World, there were no eternal friends, only eternal interests, a principle many adhered to. He was convinced Ye Xuan was of the same sort, sure that with a sufficient offer, Ye Xuan would be tempted.
"Alright,"
Ye Xuan unexpectedly nodded, a serious look on his face which made Zi Yuqing’s eyelids twitch, "I’m not particularly interested in other things. But if you give me those two scrolls, along with two hundred thousand Spirit Crystals, I’ll betray and help you. How does that sound?"
Upon hearing these words, the Netherworld Snake Young Master, who had been wearing a radiant smile, suddenly stiffened. Zi Yuqing and the others also exhaled in relief. She had indeed been worried that Ye Xuan would be swayed. If he had defected to the side of the Netherworld Snake Young Master, her life would most certainly have been doomed, with no chance of survival.