A furious shout startled the Desire Rabbit, who was about to count the Holy Spirit Stones.

"What do you mean?" The middle-aged Holy Spirit's expression turned cold. In his understanding, the human race at this stage was extremely poor. If he took out these thousand ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones, the other party would probably accept them with gratitude. But now it seems that things are completely the opposite.

"You look down on me, Jiang Yuan, too much. Last time, one of your Holy Maidens from the Divine Mountain took advantage of me and had to pay me 100,000. Now, in this battle that concerns our lives, you only give me 1,000. Are you trying to insult me?" Jiang Yuan stared coldly at Qiao Ling. If it were anyone else, they might be wary of the Holy Spirit Palace's identity, but he was the kind of person who would even extort the Holy Maiden of the Blue Hidden Divine Mountain. Qiao Ling's identity was of no use to him.

"You..." The middle-aged Holy Spirit was furious. He wished he could unseal his power and slap this despicable human to death, so that he would stop him from disgusting him time and time again.

"Alright then, since you're using Holy Spirit Stones to measure your Highness's life, I'll give you a fair price!" Jiang Yuan held up one index finger and said, "This number!"

"Ten thousand?" The middle-aged Holy Spirit remained unmoved.

"One hundred thousand!" Jiang Yuan's expression was stern. "Your Highness is destined to become the Holy Son of the Divine Mountain, so he'll have to be treated like that beautiful Holy Maiden—one hundred thousand ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones, no bargaining!"

"Impossible! We came to the Tomb of the Lord of War on short notice. How could we have brought so many Holy Spirit Stones?" The middle-aged Holy Spirit refused outright.

100,000? Impossible! Even if he had the money, he wouldn't let Jiang Yuan ask for such an exorbitant price. This is nothing short of a predatory merchant trying to rip off his customers.

"Then it seems there's no point in talking!" Jiang Yuan raised his fist and looked mockingly at Qiao Ling, whose face was bruised and swollen.

"General Feng, didn't the Holy Spirit Temple bring back a human skill when it landed last time? Why don't we exchange this useless item for His Highness?" The Holy Spirit following the middle-aged Holy Spirit suggested.

"You mean that one!" The middle-aged Holy Spirit looked on with a look of recollection.

"Since the Holy Spirit Clan can't use it anyway, why not do them a favor? Besides, I've heard about that skill; it's said to severely damage the user's life force. If this human is unaware of it, we can ruin his future without even lifting a finger!" the Holy Spirit said with a sinister smile.

The middle-aged Holy Spirit's expression was extremely unpleasant, but he was secretly overjoyed. He pretended to be extremely reluctant and took out a gray bead, then said with great heartache, "I do indeed have a treasure here worth over ten thousand ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones!"

"Is that so?" Jiang Yuan smiled, but he knew very well that both sides were just hiding daggers behind their smiles, and it was just the most superficial pretense.

"This item descended from the Golden Gate along with the Holy Spirit Temple; it is a skill comparable to a divine artifact!" The middle-aged Holy Spirit looked at the gray bead with great admiration, his eyes filled with deep reluctance.

"Since it's so precious, I'll take the 100,000 ninth-tier Holy Spirit Stones!" Jiang Yuan didn't give him a friendly look and immediately asked for Holy Spirit Stones.

The middle-aged Holy Spirit shook his head and said with a wry smile, "To be honest, we really don't have that many Holy Spirit Stones. Right now, the most precious thing we have is this one Skill Orb!"

"No way, aren't you Holy Spirit Clan supposed to be rolling in money? You can't even come up with 100,000 Holy Spirit Stones? Are you kidding me?" Jiang Yuan stomped angrily at Qiao Ling, who was lying at his feet.

"Whoa hoho!"

Qiao Ling groaned loudly on the ground as if she had eaten too much.

"Your Excellency, you can take a look at this first. If it differs from what I told you, you can refuse it later!" The middle-aged Holy Spirit quickly stopped him upon seeing this. His Highness was at the other party's feet, so he had no choice but to agree.

"Hey, you little rabbit, bring me that skill ball!" Jiang Yuan gestured for the rabbit to get it.

The arena lock prevented outsiders from entering, so he could only have Yu Tu take the skill ball to the edge of the arena for appraisal.

Upon hearing that nickname, Yu Tu gritted his teeth. "You're the perverted rabbit! Your whole family are perverted rabbits!"

"What happened? Are you unable to move because you were beaten?" Jiang Yuan recalled that Yu Tu had been beaten quite badly before, and thought that she was injured and that was why she couldn't walk over!

"Hmph, I'm so angry I can't move!" Desire Rabbit angrily shook her hand before walking to the middle-aged Holy Spirit's side. "Give it to me, I want my contract boyfriend to take a look!"

The middle-aged Holy Spirit exchanged a few glances with His Highness, and finally solemnly handed the gray bead to the Desire Rabbit.

Jiang Yuan quickly obtained the results using his Sky Eye.

Oni Slash, unique skill, quality: Mythical, ability: sacrifice life to gain the power of the Oni God, the strength of the Oni God depends on the amount of life sacrificed.

"You love me so much, you even gave me a Mythic-quality skill!" Jiang Yuan smiled on the surface, but inwardly he had an urge to beat this middle-aged Holy Spirit to death!

If he didn't have the Heavenly Eye, he would definitely be fooled, and if he continued to use the Ghost Slash, he would eventually kill himself.

"Are you talking to me?" Yu Tu blushed, perfectly embracing the role of a contractual couple.

Yes, I love you to death!

Jiang Yuan's eyelids twitched, but he managed to conceal his inner desire to beat this middle-aged Holy Spirit to death.

"What has your decision been?" the middle-aged Holy Spirit urged at the opportune moment.

Jiang Yuan, without changing his expression, continued to smile and said, "Not bad, this skill suits my taste perfectly, I'll take this one!"

He changed his mind not simply because he coveted the skill, but because he had no other choice.

Here, you either kill Qiao Ling or take her in! These are the only two choices. Killing Qiao Ling is the last resort, because even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, let alone these Holy Spirits.

"In that case, please release my prince and we can proceed with the next round of the duel!" The middle-aged Holy Spirit's tone softened. He was secretly overjoyed. This was a win-win situation. Not only could he save his prince, but he could also cause trouble for that despicable human race.

My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!