Pressure.
Hei He felt an unprecedented pressure, which he had never felt from Di Du or Qiu Li.
And yet this unassuming figure in front of him could bring him such pressure.
"Chen Xia." Hei He simply uttered these two words.
The formal disciples beside him had already started to tremble in their hearts. Especially those formal disciples who were in the same batch as Chen Xia. At this moment, they lowered their heads and even dared not look at Chen Xia.
"If you want to fight, then come. If not, then never come again." Chen Xia said calmly, reaching out to pick his ears. Whether in words or actions, he didn't take these formal disciples seriously at all.
The preparatory disciples watching were even more confused. They asked each other. Some of them had seen Chen Xia before, but they didn't know his background.
Could he be some hidden big shot?
But why would such a big shot stand up for Liu Qing? Could there be some unknown reason?
Hei He probably knew something and immediately asked, "How many spirit stones did they give you?"
"Two thousand." Chen Xia was also outspoken.
"Three thousand." Hei He stretched out three fingers and said in a deep voice, "We can give you three thousand as long as you don't interfere in this matter."
Liu Qing's heart skipped a beat. What she feared most might still happen. After all, Chen Xia didn't seem like a good person.
"You're willing to give three thousand..." Chen Xia chuckled, "I still want the two thousand as well."
Hei He frowned tightly. "What do you mean?"
"Take it all." Chen Xia replied calmly, as if it was a matter of course.
He then pointed to the ground. "This is the preparatory disciple area. I'm the preparatory disciple. I haven't even come to collect protection fees yet, and you've already taken it all?"
Chen Xia raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.
"Then where am I supposed to make money?"
Hei He had a solemn expression. After a long silence, he replied, "We can cooperate. The Law Elder can have a good talk with you."
"I've already said it." Chen Xia crossed his arms. "I'll take seventy percent and you'll take thirty percent. But you didn't agree."
Hei He frowned deeply. "There's no need to say such jokes anymore. There are so many of us..."
"Didn't you understand?" Chen Xia raised his tone a bit, showing impatience.
"This is the preparatory disciple area. I'm a preparatory disciple. If anyone is going to squeeze them, it should be me. Giving you thirty percent is already a big concession on my part. Aren't you satisfied?"
"Why are you so greedy? You get thirty percent, and I only take seventy percent."
Goodness, he even made himself sound aggrieved.
Hei He didn't say anything. He pursed his lips, his eyes constantly looking at Liu Qing and Chen Xia, and finally let out a sigh.
"I really don't want to be your enemy. After all, there's a precedent. But there's really no other way."
Chen Xia replied, "Like I said, if you want to fight, then come. If not, then never come again."
Hei He's black robe with gold inlays shook, and his whole body suddenly expanded. There seemed to be huge wings on his back, pitch black and blotting out the sky, and the imposing manner was so overwhelming that it was hard to breathe.
This was the first moment of the fight.
Before everyone could even marvel at Hei He's intimidating pressure.
The second moment.
There seemed to be a figure flashing by, but it was hard to see clearly, like a suddenly elongated shadow.
The third moment.
Hei He's figure disappeared, vanishing abruptly from where he was, and no one knew where he had gone.
Three and a half moments.
A loud noise rang out between heaven and earth. The howling wind started to blow, and the void trembled as if it was being torn apart. Everyone couldn't even lift their heads.
The fourth moment.
Everything stopped.
Chen Xia was pinching Hei He's head with one hand, just like carrying a chick, with a calm expression on his face.
The preparatory disciples who came to their senses were shocked and terrified. Their mouths opened wide, and their bodies were trembling. They never expected such a result.
Three moments!
Hei He only lasted for three moments!
Could a cultivator at the Sea-Reversing Realm be defeated so easily?
He was defeated like a joke.
The preparatory disciples remained silent. Because if they went up, they would surely be even less than a joke.
Everyone who could speak in the whole place was silent.
Liu Qing's delicate body couldn't stop shaking. Remembering the scene when Chen Xia sent her away before, it was really quite polite compared to this.
Li Yang was in a daze beside her, not knowing what was on her mind.
Probably, it had brought quite a big impact to her mind.
However, these were not the worst. The worst was Hei He who was being held by Chen Xia. At this time, he was suppressed by the immense power and didn't even have any room to struggle or resist.
He didn't even realize how he was defeated. He only remembered that his head had suffered a huge force and he had lost consciousness for an instant, and then he was in Chen Xia's hands.
Chen Xia didn't make things too difficult for him. He casually threw him out and then shouted to the formal disciple holding the suona beside him.
"Start playing."
"Oh... Oh!" The formal disciple quickly agreed and then hugged the suona and played a few notes.
This was the music for the winner.
Hei He sat on the ground in a daze for a while, probably thinking about life. After a while, he stood up and clasped his fists towards Chen Xia.
"Thank you for showing mercy."
"You're welcome." Chen Xia replied politely. He couldn't kill people now because there was a large formation restriction in the pitch-black ring.
So he didn't use much force just now. He was just afraid that he would directly defeat Hei He. Fortunately, Hei He was more resilient than he had expected and also knew how to behave.
Hei He left silently without looking back. Once defeated, he had no capital to negotiate.
The remaining formal disciples didn't dare to look Chen Xia in the eye and all wanted to leave.
"In the future, you don't need to come to the preparatory disciples anymore. If you want to collect money, just come to me. I've taken it all."
Chen Xia shouted at the formal disciples, and then turned to the group of preparatory disciples and asked.
"Do you have any objections?"
How could the preparatory disciples have any objections? They quickly shook their heads. They had heard Pan Da Dao's publicity before and were still hesitating.
Now that they had truly witnessed it, their hesitation disappeared.
Goodness, he was really so fierce!
"Then get ready to pay up. I won't say how much for now, but you must pay at least something." Chen Xia said calmly.
The preparatory disciples only dared to nod.
Chen Xia had completely fallen out with the Fourth Law Elder, and there was no room for redemption. You could just send people to fight.
If he won the fight, then everything would be his.
If it really didn't work, the Fourth Law Elder could come and fight in person. Anyway, he was just at the Sea-Reversing Realm. Chen Xia really wasn't afraid.
He could defeat Qiong Qi at the sixth level of the Sea-Reversing Realm when he was at the Mountain-Moving Realm. Now that he was at the Sea-Reversing Realm himself, he should at least be able to fight evenly with the Law Elder at the eighth or ninth level.
If you called in more powerful people, then Chen Xia would also call in the old fisherman.
It was still that sentence.
Do you emperors still want to live?!
This was also one of Chen Xia's trump cards. Besides, there was his external incarnation that was cultivating in the death star outside, and a wisp of his divine soul in the small world.
Liu Qing stood beside him, clenched her hands, and nodded towards Chen Xia.
"Thank you, thank you."
"You're welcome." Chen Xia straightened his sleeves. "I'll do what I'm paid to do."
He said it calmly. His departing figure didn't show any emotion.
The wind was gentle, and the clouds were light.
The figure swayed slightly, looking rather inconspicuous, yet it was the most dazzling existence in the Heavenly Sword Sea.