Chapter 743: Bluffing (1/2)

Nie Tian snorted coldly. “So you want the eighth grade Frost Python, and you want the eighth grade Heaven Flame Beast. May I ask what I will get?”

“Umm...” Qiao Yunxi didn’t know what to say.

“Have you not gained enough?” Yin Yanan asked with an unpleasant expression. “Don’t you have all of the soul crystals that we discovered together at the bottom of the lake? They are more valuable than those two eighth grade spirit beast corpses combined. How insatiable are you?”

“I collected those soul crystals when none of you could,” Nie Tian said with a taunting tone. “Your people almost killed me for them. I earned them, and they have nothing to do with what you’re asking now. If you want me to pry the meat from those three parties’ mouths, you’ll have to give me something I want.”

Yin Yanan gave a cold harrumph. “My Frost Blood Python will also play a crucial part in this operation!”

She meant that her Frost Blood Python would make enough of a contribution to earn the eighth grade Frost Python’s corpse.

As for the Heaven Flame Beast, since Nie Tian had a close relationship with the Divine Flame Sect and it was Qiao Yunxi who wanted it, he should be happy just to get it for her.

“Well, another option would be for us to circle around them and keep going,” Xing Beichen from the Trisword Sect said with a wry smile. “Even though I hate the Bliss Mountain Sect very much, I don’t think we should take such a big risk. After all, there are a few Soul realm experts over there. No matter which side wins, they won’t be happy to lose those two eighth grade spirit beast corpses to us.”

He didn’t have a strong desire for either the Frost Python or the Heaven Flame Beast. Therefore, he wanted to stay away from trouble.

Yin Yanan fixed him with a cold stare. “You can leave now, if you want to. It’s not like we can’t do this without you.”

Even though Xing Beichen had the highest cultivation base among the four of them, since he didn’t have powerful means like the Frost Blood Python or the Bone Blood Demon, Yin Yanan didn’t seem very keen to persuade him to help them.

Upon hearing these words, Xing Beichen’s smile froze. He let out a cold snort and fell silent.

“Nie Tian...” Qiao Yunxi looked at Nie Tian with her imploring eyes. “I’ll be in your debt if you do this for me. That eighth grade Heaven Flame Beast is very very helpful for me. How about you give our grand elder face and help me this one time?”

Nie Tian looked somewhat irritated as he said, “I’ll tell you the truth. My puppet consumed too much strength during the battle against Hong Xian and the other experts. It hasn’t really recovered yet. Now, it can barely contend against one Soul realm expert. It doesn’t have the strength to crush all three parties and set the tone for the battle.”

Qiao Yunxi went blank briefly before saying, “That air-transportation spiritual tool of yours is also rather destructive.”

“The consumption is too huge,” Nie Tian said. “It takes about a hundred Star Stones to launch just one strike. I don’t have enough Star Stones to kill so many Soul realm experts.”

“So by saying all that, you just want to tell us that you don’t have the strength to fight them, right?” Yin Yanan’s attitude instantly changed, her chin tilting. “I thought you could massacre those people with the help of your puppet. It seems that I overestimated you. If you can’t do it, just say so.”

“That’s right. I can’t.” Nie Tian didn’t seem angry at all. Instead, he sat lazily on the Flame Bird and added, “You can totally do that by yourself. Go ahead and take that Frost Python. I’ll cheer for you from here.”

Yin Yanan glowered at him. “You!!”

Nie Tian didn’t stop there. He pointed at the battlefield from afar and said with a provoking tone, “Go ahead. I wish you success.”

SSSS! SSSS!

The Frost Blood Python between Yin Yanan’s long, bare legs let out hissing sounds, its eyes shining with the light of desire.

At the same time, a misty aura rose from its black and white body as it thrummed with two different kinds of flesh power.

Yin Yanan could sense its urgency with great clarity, yet she could only try to comfort it over and over with her soul awareness.

“Are you sure you won’t be able to help?” Qiao Yunxi asked in a low voice.

“Yeah, I’m sure,” Nie Tian answered.

Even after absorbing quite a number of Stonemen blood, the Bone Blood Demon could only contend against one Soul realm expert. Even though the Star Boat was very mighty, he didn’t want to use it because of its terrifyingly high consumption of Star Stones.

Besides, he had other worries.

Tian Ziping and Yao Zhilan had seen him and Zhao Shanling in the space disruption zone. They knew that they had taken Master Voidspirit’s legacies and killed people from the Bliss Mountain Sect.

If he showed up now, they might end their battle against the Jian Clan and the Guan Clan and point their weapons at him.

He didn’t want to stir up a fire only to burn himself. (Idiom: court disaster)

“Since we can’t count on you, I...” Yin Yanan didn’t finish her sentence. After a moment of silent pondering, she suddenly slapped the Frost Blood Python’s large head as she seemed to come up with some idea.

The python, which had been waiting for too long, then slithered towards the battlefield at full speed.

Xing Beichen’s expression flickered as he subconsciously controlled his Broken Sword to shrink back. “Has she lost her mind?!”

Qiao Yunxi was also shocked by Yin Yanan’s behavior and exclaimed, “What the hell is she doing?!”