Ninth In the World

“I have been hearing about you for a long time, Young Master Red Embellishment. However, if you are thinking of climbing over the Ax Overlord Palace’s head, you are still not qualified.” When Huang Chuanlun saw that the Hall Master didn’t initiate an attack, he grabbed an ax and instantly cast a killing aura over Di Jiu.

He had the same thought as Ji Hang—Di Jiu needed to be killed first, regardless of who was supporting him.

Di Jiu, who noticed that Huang Chuanlun was about to strike, laughed coldly in his heart.

“Third Younger Brother, please wait.” A frail man with an English mustache who was sitting in the middle stood up and immediately blocked Huang Chuanlun’s killing aura.

Although Huang Chuanlun wanted to kill Di Jiu immediately, he had to obey Second Hall Master Mi Helong. The Ax Overlord Palace held its current position largely because of Second Hall Master Mi Helong, who was the think tank of the Ax Overlord Palace.

When he saw that Huang Chuanlun, who had a pervasive killing aura, was about to strike, Di Jiu, who was rumored to be the Young Master Red Embellishment, still didn’t budge. This degree of tolerance made Mi Helong feel slightly taken aback. It was impossible for someone to act like Di Jiu without possessing some level of confidence.

“Young Master Red Embellishment, I am the Second Hall Master of the Ax Overlord Palace, Mi Helong. I am a few years your senior…”

Without waiting for Mi Helong to finish speaking, Di Jiu said coldly, “Speak your mind. I am here to kill, not to listen to you brag. And don’t flaunt your seniority here. How can you be proud when you have not even attained the True Form Realm even though you have been alive for way more years?”

Mi Helong’s expression changed. He hadn’t expected that Di Jiu’s emotional quotient would be so low. A killing intent suddenly surged. In a flash, it made Mi Helong shudder at the thought. Di Jiu had become very famous and established a good reputation for himself. Many Itinerant Cultivators with weak cultivation held the Young Master Red Embellishment in high regard.

How could such a person have low emotional intelligence? Was he trying to anger him on purpose? How would he benefit from that? By getting killed by all the members of the Ax Overlord Palace?

Although he couldn’t guess what Di Jiu was thinking, Mi Helong still managed to calm down. Even if he had to kill Di Jiu, the Ax Overlord Palace would need to have the right excuse when Huan Mingzi came knocking on their door.

Ji Hang and Huang Chuanlun looked at Di Jiu, full of killing intent. He was waiting for Mi Helong to speak. The three Hall Masters of the Ax Overlord Palace respected each other. Thus, it would not be respectful if they struck while Mi Helong was speaking.

Mi Helong gasped and said again, “You are very famous, Young Master Red Embellishment. Therefore, you are naturally not afraid of me. However, the Ax Overlord Palace is also an Eight-Star Sect. You have come climbing over our heads, so Senior Huan Mingzi will have nothing to say if we kill you.”

Ji Hang and Huang Chuanlun focused their killing intent on Di Jiu. They knew that after Mi Helong said those words, it would be time to prepare to strike.

Di Jiu laughed. He pointed at Ceng Beizi, who was beside him, and said, “This is my Junior Sister Ceng Beizi. She found an Ice Vine on the Small Central Planet, but was sneakily attacked by someone from the Ax Overlord Palace and lost an arm. Although I am only an Itinerant Cultivator, I will not allow my Junior Sister to have her arm cut off and her belongings snatched away. Therefore, if the Ax Overlord Palace does not give me an explanation today, it will cease to exist in the future.”

Ceng Beizi, who was deeply grateful, felt a sense of warmth fill her heart. She and Di Jiu weren’t exactly the closest of friends. Di Jiu was fighting for her and pitting himself against the Hall Masters of the Ax Overlord Palace only because they both came from Earth. Although she was very worried about Di Jiu, she also knew that she shouldn’t say anything now.

“You must have a death wish…” Huang Chuanlun, who could not tolerate this anymore, lunged at Di Jiu.

This time around, Ji Hang and Mi Helong didn’t stop him. After they killed Di Jiu, they would erase the accusations Di Jiu had made from the visual recordings and leave only his display of arrogance. The pair who had come with Di Jiu would also be killed once Di Jiu was killed. There were visual recordings anyway. Killing Di Jiu wouldn’t mean anything, for he had dared barge into the doors of an Eight-Star Sect. There was no way that they would let any information about a precious treasure like the Ice Vine leak.

Di Jiu didn’t wait for Huang Chuanlun to come near. His Heavenly Aqua Saber had already transformed into a green saber flare and slashed outwards.

Huang Chuanlun was still in mid-air when he suddenly felt the space around him freeze up as saber intent slashed towards him. Fear flooded his body. This was definitely a top-notch True Form expert. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to bind him up with such ease.

As a deadly aura rushed over, Huang Chuanlun shouted hurriedly, “Stop!”

However, his voice was immediately restricted. There was just no way to project it.

A bloody mist suddenly exploded while Huang Chuanlun, who was split into two, fell from the sky. His Principal Spirit dissipated as well.

One saber move—one saber move was all it had taken…

Ji Hang, Mi Helong, and all the other Elders in the hall felt wave after wave of numbness affect their scalps. Although Huang Chuanlun was at least an eighth-stage Life Tribulation Realm expert, as well as the Third Hall Master of the Ax Overlord Palace, he had only taken one move from Di Jiu. Wrong! He had actually only made one move, and then… And then nothing.

“Big Brother, this was obviously Ji Rui’s wrongdoing. He is a disciple of the Ax Overlord Palace. Huang Chuanlun relied on the fact that he was Ji Rui’s master to attack the Young Master Red Embellishment without rhyme or reason. This is unpardonable…” Mi Helong, who was the first to regain his composure, immediately stood up and scolded the dead man loudly.

His voice was trembling. Meanwhile, he finally understood why Di Jiu had wanted to anger them. It was not because he had low emotional intelligence, but because he wanted to destroy the Ax Overlord Palace. Mi Helong shuddered at the thought that the Ax Overlord Palace would be destroyed that day. He just didn’t dare think any further.

After he spoke, Mi Helong grabbed the dumbfounded Ji Rui and flung him hard onto the ground in front of Di Jiu. “Young Master Red Embellishment, it was wrong of the Ax Overlord Palace to snatch your Junior Sister’s belongings without asking and shout accusations first.”

Ji Hang was so frightened that a wisp of desire to beg for mercy finally arose in his frozen heart. “That’s right, Ji Rui. You had the guts to invert the truth. Young Master Red Embellishment, we throw ourselves on your mercy now. We are sorry that the Ax Overlord Palace has produced such a scumbag.”

Ji Hang was so worried that he almost cried. Who said that Di Jiu relied on Huan Mingzi’s powers? If he could kill Huang Chuanlun with just one saber swing, why would he need to rely on Huan Mingzi? If they faced an expert like Di Jiu, the Ax Overlord Palace wouldn’t be able to escape their fate. Thus, they had to throw themselves on Di Jiu’s mercy now.

Everyone in the hall realized that the disappearance of Shu Haolan, the Sect Master of the Genesis Sect, was either related to Di Jiu or had been entirely his doing.

Di Jiu lifted his hands and took Huang Chuanlun’s ring. Then, he shot a gaze at Mi Helong and Ji Hang nonchalantly and said, “You bully the weak and change your stance when you meet the powerful. The Ax Overlord Palace will have a limited future, even if I do not destroy you today.”

Nobody dared speak now—not Ji Hang, not Mi Helong, or any of the Elders in the hall. Di Jiu had expressed himself clearly. He planned to destroy the Ax Overlord Palace.

Ji Hang and Mi Helong hated Ji Rui all the more. If he’d wanted to snatch other people’s belongings, he should have done so without leaving a trace. Even though he had not pulled this off in secret, he shouldn’t have gone there and implicated his sect.

“Please spare my life, Young Master Red Embellishment. I didn’t know that she was your Junior Sister…”Ji Rui looked at Di Jiu in panic. What more could he do now besides beg for mercy?

“Junior Sister Beizi, please go and reclaim your stuff.” Di Jiu was too lazy to listen to Ji Rui’s pleas.

Ceng Beizi was agitated too. She hadn’t expected that Di Jiu would be so powerful as to challenge the Ax Overlord Palace single-handedly. Experts would indeed remain experts, no matter where they were. Luckily, she was from Earth, so Di Jiu could stand up for her.

Ceng Beizi was no longer the little girl that had come from Earth. She recalled that both she and Yu Jie had almost died in Ji Rui’s hands. She had even had an arm severed by Ji Rui. Thus, she naturally walked over to cut off Ji Rui’s arm without hesitation.

Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force landed on Ji Rui’s ring. There was a jade box inside it. An Ice Vine was indeed in the jade box.

“Big Brother Di, this is for you.” Ceng Beizi handed over the ring to Di Jiu.

When Di Jiu opened his hand, the jade box from the ring fell on his palm. “I will just take the Ice Vine. The ring was yours to begin with.”

It wouldn’t be practical to give the Ice Vine to Ceng Beizi. Ceng Beizi had no means to protect it and had no use for it at the moment.

“Thank you, Big Brother Di.” Ceng Beizi understood what Di Jiu meant. A portion of the items in the ring belonged to her. She knew that Di Jiu wouldn’t want anything that belonged to Ji Rui, so he might as well give it to her.

Di Jiu produced a ball of flames and directly burned Ji Rui to ashes. He had brought Geng Ji, as he had been prepared to have a battle. However, he hadn’t expected that the Ax Overlord Palace would humble themselves, or that they wouldn’t have any True Form Realm Cultivators.

Mi Helong, who was extremely frightened, bowed and said, “Young Master Red Embellishment, the Ax Overlord Palace’s disciple went overboard with regards to this matter. We are willing to compensate you for your losses.”

He seemed to have forgotten that Di Jiu had killed Huang Chuanlun and taken his ring.

Di Jiu said calmly, “I would never bully the weak. I do not care about what does not belong to me. As for the things that belong to me, I will take those myself. The fact that so many people from the Ax Overlord Palace were able to go to the Small World Planet was all because of my help. If I hadn’t helped, much fewer people from the Ax Overlord Palace would have been able to go to the Small World Planet.”

“Yes, yes. That is true, Young Master Red Embellishment.” Mi Helong despised Di Jiu in his heart. What did the number of people from the Ax Overlord Palace that had gone to the Small World Planet have to do with him?

However, upon thinking about this, he suddenly recalled something. His expression immediately changed.

Di Jiu, who knew what Mi Helong had recalled, said coldly, “Looks like you are not old enough to die. Xu Bai from the Ax Overlord Palace entered the top 10 on the Five Continent Dao Pagoda by relying on my fame.”

Xu Bai, who had been there all along, quickly walked forward upon hearing this, bowed before Di Jiu, and said, “Thanks a lot, Young Master Red Embellishment. I did indeed rely on your fame, and I owe you more than 100 million high-grade Spirit Stones.”

Xu Bai’s heart twitched. He had seen Di Jiu kill Third Hall Master Huang Chuanlun with a single saber move with his own eyes. He had not even budged. He remembered that Di Jiu had been weaker than him previously. However, within a short span of time, Di Jiu had been able to kill the Third Hall Master with a single saber move. How scary was that?