“Kid, mind your own business and stay out of this!” A red-haired man emerged from behind the bald man and addressed Soul Chaser. “If you say one more word, I’ll send you to meet the Lord of the Underworld first!”
“Tsk, tsk, you’re threatening me. Not bad!” Soul Chaser didn’t rush to take action. After a brief pause, he continued to look at the bald man. “Do you know what happened here before?”
“Two beautiful ladies, it’s fate that we meet. How about joining me for a few drinks?” The bald man still ignored Soul Chaser’s words and kept his gaze on Harleen and the other woman.
“Pay attention when I’m talking to you. You mistook me for an easy target!” Soul Chaser shrugged his shoulders. “Then let’s settle this with a few deaths first before we chat!”
“Kid, you talk too much. Since you’re so eager to die, I’ll…” The red-haired man raised his hand and pointed at Soul Chaser, about to speak again.
However, a cold light suddenly flashed from Soul Chaser’s hand and struck out. The red-haired man didn’t even have time to react before he saw a blade edge appear in front of him. His pupils instantly contracted to the size of pinpoints. Though he wanted to dodge, as a mere First-Rank Sovereign, how could he evade it?
A bloodline appeared on his throat, and a large amount of fresh blood sprayed out. The red-haired man covered his bleeding mouth, opened it wide, but couldn’t utter a word. He stiffened and fell down, convulsing a few times before going still.
“Hmm?” Seeing this scene, the bald man furrowed his brow. “You killed him?!”
“Not only him, but I can also kill you. Do you believe it?” Soul Chaser shrugged again in response.
“Damn it, you’re truly asking for death. I’ll take your life!” Another Third-rank Sovereign man shouted angrily and charged toward Soul Chaser.
“Idiot!” Judge retorted from the side. At the same time, he flipped his wrist, and a cold light swept out diagonally.
After the cold light passed, the scar-faced man, who was in the middle of running, froze as if acupoints had been struck. Immediately after, a bloodline extended from his left shoulder to his right waist, and a jet of blood shot out. The next moment, his body split into two, falling to the ground in a bloody mess.
“You bastard! You’re dead!” The bald man lost his composure and roared before waving his hand.
“Attack all of them! Kill everyone except those two women!”
“Understood!” Over two hundred people behind him shouted simultaneously, raising their weapons and charging at Billy and the others.
“Let’s attack together. Leave the two women and kill the rest!” the scar-faced man shouted loudly.
“Attack!” The other two hundred men and women responded before launching their assault.
“Bunch of idiots!” Judge and Soul Chaser both cursed before rushing in.
Otis Hum and Bob didn’t stand idle either; they charged in different directions.
“Billy, I’ll help!” Harleen said before rushing toward the bald man.
Ivy, on the other hand, darted toward the scar-faced man.
“Harleen, Ivy, spare their lives!” Billy instructed.
“Got it.!” Harleen and Ivy replied simultaneously.
Among the opposing group, aside from the bald man and the scar-faced man, who were Fifth-rank Sovereigns, everyone else had cultivation levels below Early-Stage Sovereign. In the hands of Harleen and the others, it took less than five minutes for all of them to fall, either dead or severely injured, with cries of agony filling the air. Including the bald man and the scar-faced man, even those who still had a breath left wore expressions of endless horror on their faces. Clearly, they never expected Harleen and the others to possess such strength. If they had known earlier, not even ten times their courage would have driven them to provoke them.
“Remember, I’ll ask only once!” Then, Billy walked up to the bald man and spoke indifferently, “Where did the people from Glavale go?”
“This… this is the Southern Polar Domain, not your Glavale’s territory. You… killed so many of us, you’re…” The bald man spat out another mouthful of blood before speaking.
“Sorry, wrong answer!” Billy interrupted him. With that said, he raised his hand and a gust of wind swept towards the bald man.
Without any suspense, after the gust of wind, a burst of blood mist erupted, and the bald man immediately disappeared without a trace.
“Don’t… don’t kill me… I’ll talk… I’ll tell you everything…” Seeing this, the scar-faced man’s face was filled with terror. He quickly knelt down, begging loudly.
“Speak!” Billy replied casually.
“The… people from Glavale were captured by those from Northfortia…” the scar-faced man revealed everything without any concealment.
“Where were they taken?” Billy continued to ask.
“They… they discovered a spiritual stone mine, and the people from Northfortia made them lead the way to that mining area…” the scar-faced man responded again.
“Where is it?”
“A valley about a hundred kilometers away from here.”
“Do you know the way?”
“I… I know…”
“Judge, take him to the car!” Billy commanded in a deep voice.
“Understood!” Judge replied loudly.
A few minutes later, the snow carriage headed southwest.
“How did the people from Northfortia know the whereabouts of our people?” Otis Hum asked the scar-faced man in the car.
“In this Southern Polar Domain, most non-governmental organizations are supported by Northfortia from behind.” The scar-faced man spoke with difficulty. “Northfortia has us monitoring the activities of all the countries in this region, and we have to report any slight movement to them immediately.”
“And they specifically mentioned to pay attention to the whereabouts of your Glavale people and inform them as soon as they are found.”
“Damn it! Those scoundrels always like to do these shady things!” Judge cursed.
“Before this, every time people from Glavale came to the Southern Polar Domain, did you report to Northfortia?” Harleen asked.
“Yes.” the scar-faced man nodded.
“Mr Hum, before this, have any of our compatriots encountered any trouble in the Southern Polar Domain?” Harleen asked after a brief thought.
“Not often.” Otis Hum shook his head. “From what I know, out of the dozens of times our compatriots came to the Southern Polar Domain before, only seven or eight times had some minor incidents, but nothing major. Sometimes they encountered powerful beasts, sometimes they had minor conflicts with some non-governmental organizations.”
“But have they ever had conflicts with people from Northfortia?” Harleen continued to ask.
“No.” Otis Hum shook his head again.
“Then why did the people from Northfortia come all the way here this time? Just because of the spiritual stone mine?” Ivy asked.
“It shouldn’t be the reason.” Otis Hum responded thoughtfully. “Our people only discovered the spiritual stone mine yesterday evening, but the people from Northfortia came to them early this morning. Even if Northfortia knew about the mine as soon as possible, it’s unlikely they could arrive here so quickly.”
“When did Northfortia find out about the spiritual stone mine?” Bob nodded slightly and asked the scar-faced man.
“They should have found out after they arrived this morning.” The scar-faced man took a deep breath and responded.
“Then why were you here?” Ivy asked.
“W-We only arrived here at noon. The people from Northfortia told us that someone from Glavale would come here…” the scar-faced man replied again. “They promised us that if we killed you, they would give us fifty high-grade spiritual stones. But now it seems like we… we were deceived by them. They said… the people you sent here only had the strength of a Fifth-rank Sovereign, so we agreed.”
“Billy, this matter doesn’t seem so simple!” Upon hearing this, Harleen furrowed her eyebrows and spoke.