Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

Chapter 2197: Chapter 2196: The First Guests

"What now, could it be that Sect Master Su is going to take it by force?!"

As the middle‑aged man spoke, he exchanged a glance with the others, and even while blasting the Extraterritorial Demons, he retreated some distance.

"So now you’re calling me ’Sect Master Su’?"

Su Han let out a disdainful laugh and said mildly, "Relax, this Sect disdains that kind of robbery. However, you said what you said earlier, and you can’t go back on your word. You’ll have to pay some price one way or another."

Hearing this, the middle‑aged man’s expression changed again, his heart growing overcast.

He was a Third-Grade Fusion Realm expert who originally hadn’t taken Su Han seriously at all.

But just now, he had personally witnessed a Phoenix Sect powerhouse strike—three punches to forcibly shake Ke Gong, a Fourth Grade Fusion, to death!

With that kind of battle power, there was no way they could resist. If Su Han really decided to make a move on them, then they were as good as dead!

By now, he understood completely.

The Phoenix Sect had its own confidence.

They dared act like this not because they were shooting arrows in the dark.

Maybe they couldn’t beat the Sects of the Three Teachings, Nine Schools, and Seventy-Two Sects, but the Sect of God Suppression he was so proud of... they simply didn’t put it in their eyes!

"How does Sect Master Su want to do this?" The middle‑aged man pondered for a moment, then spoke darkly.

Su Han’s lips curled as he pointed at the Extraterritorial Demons outside. "You lot aren’t blind; you can see the situation clearly. For now, there aren’t any particularly powerful Extraterritorial Demons in the Lower-Class Planetary Region, but as time passes, they’ll show up sooner or later."

"If you keep drifting around like this, the final outcome can only be total annihilation."

The middle‑aged man and the others all frowned, quietly waiting for Su Han to continue.

"The two announcements my Phoenix Sect put out, not a single word in them was fake. If you don’t believe it, you can go and see for yourselves."

"Of course, this Sect knows you feel the pinch over your Spirit Crystals. But compared to your lives, what are Spirit Crystals worth? If you’re dead, even if you’re handed more Spirit Crystals, how are you going to spend them?"

"When you know you’re doomed, why not give yourselves a sliver of hope?"

At that point Su Han stopped talking, standing there with a smile, waiting for their choice.

If they refused, Su Han would still make a move and cut down this middle‑aged man.

Earlier, he had said that if Xuanyuan Nu could settle Ke Gong within three moves, he’d kneel in front of Su Han and kowtow ten times.

And now, he clearly meant to go back on that.

Killing him was also meant as a warning.

As for the others, Su Han would not lay a hand on them.

Once he started killing, the Phoenix Sect would be saddled completely with infamy like "internal slaughter" and "butchering their own kind."

Under the current circumstances, such a reputation was no joke.

"All right!"

After a long time, the middle‑aged man and the others finally made their decision.

Standing outside the Light Barrier, he said to Su Han, "Sect Master Su, we can go in and give it a try, but your price is truly too high. A Fusion Realm cultivator needs one hundred billion Spirit Crystals—how could we possibly come up with that?"

"I’m sure you can."

Su Han smiled faintly. "Besides, didn’t this Sect already give you a ten‑percent discount? You’re still saving ten billion Spirit Crystals; isn’t that wonderful?"

"You—!"

The middle‑aged man wanted to refute him, but hearing the howls of the surrounding Extraterritorial Demons, he just felt utterly exhausted.

If they kept running like this, in the end they would die anyway...

And even if they somehow didn’t die, where could they possibly flee to?

From the High-Grade Planet Region and Middle-Class Planet Region, news had already come—Sixth Level and Seventh Level Extraterritorial Demons had appeared, and the Three Teachings had dispatched Heavenly Emperor Realm powerhouses.

Even the Destruction Empress, who had always hidden in the shadows, had shown herself once.

With the strength they had, even if they could run, what would happen if they ran into demons of that level?

To die at the hands of Extraterritorial Demons would be far more miserable than dying at the hands of Su Han and his people!

"We’re out of Spirit Crystals; we’ll use Demon Crystal Stones to offset the cost."

The middle‑aged man glanced back and said, "In total, we have one hundred and three people—five Fusion Realm, ninety‑eight Divine Sea Realm. Added together, that’s one trillion, forty‑eight billion Spirit Crystals."

"According to what Sect Master Su said, with a ten‑percent discount, that’s one trillion, thirty‑three billion, two hundred million."

"And if we convert that into Demon Crystal Stones, with one Demon Crystal Stone offsetting one hundred Spirit Crystals, that comes to thirteen billion, three hundred and twenty million Demon Crystal Stones!"

As he spoke, the middle‑aged man’s heart trembled, aching like crazy.

Thirteen billion Demon Crystal Stones—this was practically most of the Demon Crystal Stones the Sect of God Suppression had stockpiled over all these years.

At the old rate, it should have been worth thirteen trillion Spirit Crystals; under Su Han’s coercion it had been slashed to a tenth...

In his heart he swore, if he had the strength right now, he would definitely twist Su Han’s head off and kick it around like a ball!!!

"You did the math pretty well."

Su Han mocked, "We’ll leave it at that. Whatever you say it is, that’s what it is."

The middle‑aged man’s eyes bulged and he almost spat blood.

What do you mean, ’whatever I say it is’?

We’re not short a single piece, all right?

If we really were short, with your temperament, you’d be happy?

Of course, he absolutely didn’t dare say that out loud.

"Swoosh!"

He tossed over a Storage Ring.

Su Han caught it and swept it with his Divine Sense—thirteen billion, three hundred and twenty million Demon Crystal Stones, not one more, not one less.

"All right, everyone can come in now."

Su Han waved his hand and smiled. "As guests of the Phoenix Sect, naturally we can’t treat you poorly. This Sect has already prepared High-Grade food and wine for you—go in and have a taste."

"And the Sect Master..." The middle‑aged man hesitated.

"He has nothing to do with you anymore."

A cold gleam flashed in Su Han’s eyes. "Each house sweeps the snow from its own doorstep, and doesn’t bother about the frost on other people’s roofs. You’ve heard that saying, haven’t you?"

"Huu..."

Hearing that, the middle‑aged man took a deep breath and didn’t say anything more.

Right, staying alive himself was already good enough—why worry about anyone else?

And he understood very clearly that Ke Gong’s death was entirely self‑inflicted.

If they hadn’t looked down on others, if they hadn’t failed to recognize the mountain before them, if they’d obediently handed over the Spirit Crystals at the start, how would any of this have happened?

Everything has its cause and effect.

...

Once the people of the Sect of God Suppression entered Phoenix Star, that layer of Light Barrier unfolded again, blocking the attacks of the Extraterritorial Demons.

Along the way, Su Han also learned the name of this middle‑aged man.

Hu Cheng.

He was one of the two Deputy Sect Masters of the Sect of God Suppression. The other was the middle‑aged woman beside him, Yuan Guifang.

As for the rest, they were either Elders or protectors and the like—every one of them former high‑level members of the Sect of God Suppression.

But at this moment, the Sect of God Suppression had already fallen. They could only flee; the former glory was gone. Talking about high level or not high level was no longer necessary.