Chapter 302: The Ghost King Seeking Death
The man glanced at Ye Chen but didn't ask much.
He then looked at Chen Ruxin, stroking the cat in his arms, and said, "Are you talking about Old Ghost Li? Old Ghost Li is already dead. Yes, I killed him. Now all the territories and properties of the Black and White Alliance have been taken over by my Origin Alliance. You can call me the Ghost King!"
The man's tone was flat, his face full of confidence.
The Ghost King didn't summon a pet, and it was impossible to tell his level.
Ye Chen looked at the sofa beside him and sat down with Chen Ruxin on his own.
The Ghost King frowned slightly, showing some dissatisfaction. He looked at Ye Chen with a sharper gaze.
"Why doesn't Alliance Leader Chen take off her mask? It would be easier for us to be honest with each other." The Ghost King sized up Chen Ruxin's figure, with her perfect body proportions, slender fingers, and alluring curves, making him think Chen Ruxin must be a first-class beauty.
The Ghost King was thirty-one years old today. He wasn't an upright person before, and he's still unmarried. After the chaos, he rose to power, surrounded by women.
However, it's his first time seeing a woman as graceful as Chen Ruxin, and the fact that she's an alliance leader makes him regard her even higher.
Chen Ruxin took off her mask, and the Ghost King's eyes instantly widened.
All at once, a strong desire for possession arose in the Ghost King's heart.
Ye Chen noticed the change in the Ghost King, and a killing intent rose within him.
Chen Ruxin said, "You killing Li Yu is your business. As an outsider, I shouldn't ask too much. But you detained my people and demanded a ransom; I don't understand what that means."
Even on someone else's territory, Chen Ruxin maintained her strong stance.
"Hahaha, Alliance Leader Chen, you're joking. It's not that I'm unreasonable; it's your subordinates who are ignorant. Li Yu is dead, so naturally, everything of his is now managed by me. I invited him to do business with me, and he refused, even killing one of my men. What I want is not a ransom but compensation." The Ghost King crossed his legs and looked deeply at Chen Ruxin.
Clearly not believing this explanation, Chen Ruxin sneered, "Your remarks are somewhat unethical. Doing business with anyone is still doing business. The Heavenly Dao Alliance has no reason to refuse. Your explanation is obviously concealing something. Since I've come, it's sincerely for negotiation. I hope you will be a little more honest. Neither of us is a fool, and there's no need to beat around the bush."
The Ghost King's earlier words clearly treated Chen Ruxin as a fool.
The Ghost King laughed and said, "Sure enough, there's no hiding from Alliance Leader Chen. Indeed, I just have two conditions. First, everything is to be sold at half price to my Origin Alliance. The second is a payment of one hundred thousand gold coins per month as a protection fee. In this way, I won't obstruct your business in H City."
"But your subordinates disagreed, so I thought I'd have them stay here for a couple of days to think it over. Then they ran off. When I sent my men to chase them, one of my brothers was killed. Tell me, isn't that excessive?"
"Haha, you're really joking, Ghost King. Selling at a fifty percent discount would cause a loss, and why would we do business that incurs a loss? As for the hundred thousand gold coins protection fee, we can't even make a hundred thousand in H City in a month. Isn't that too unreasonable?" Chen Ruxin said coldly, her inner anger rising.
The Ghost King crossed his legs and stroked his chin, completely indifferent.
"Whether it's a loss or not is your concern. I only need to make a profit. Whether you agree or not is your business!"
Chen Ruxin said with slight anger, "Your terms are quite unreasonable."
"Haha!"
The Ghost King turned to his subordinates behind him and laughed, "She says I'm unreasonable, haha, she says I'm unreasonable!"
One of the subordinates behind him said fawningly, "Haha, when has our Ghost King ever been reasonable!"
"Exactly, exactly, to talk reason with our Ghost King, that's, that's like playing music to a cow!"
The smile on the Ghost King's face stopped abruptly. He slapped the person on the face: "What nonsense are you spouting? If you can't speak, shut up!"
The person immediately shut his mouth.
The Ghost King turned to Chen Ruxin: "Alliance Leader Chen, be careful with your words! Don't forget, this is H City, not Z City!"
"Fine, I brought the ransom. Where are my people?"
The Ghost King waved his hand, and ten men walked into a room. A moment later, five people covered in blood were dragged out, bound all over, and thrown directly onto the ground.
One person lay on the ground, barely alive.
Chen Ruxin shouted anxiously, "Elder Wu!"
Elder Wu laboriously lifted his head, one eye swollen shut, and said in a parched voice, "Alliance Leader, I, I'm sorry, it's, it's my failure!"
Looking at the severely injured people, Ye Chen frowned. There was no need to think to understand that they must have suffered inhuman torture.
Chen Ruxin didn't expect the Ghost King to be so brutal, mercilessly turning five people into this state.
The other four lay on the ground, lips chapped, faces pale. If not for the occasional flutter of their eyelids, one might think they were already dead.
Chen Ruxin took out the ransom and threw it to the ground with anger: "I've given you the ransom, now release my people!"
The Ghost King only glanced at the bag of coins and did nothing.
Seeing the Ghost King unresponsive, Chen Ruxin suppressed her anger and said, "I've already paid the ransom, aren't you going to release my people?"
The Ghost King stood up and approached the five of them, kicking Elder Wu.
"Ah!"
Elder Wu let out a heart-wrenching scream, veins popping on his forehead, cold sweat streaming down, the intense pain making him gasp sharply.
"What are you doing!" Chen Ruxin could no longer contain the fury in her heart.
The Ghost King came to Chen Ruxin, chuckling, "Alliance Leader Chen, sorry, I've changed my mind. Gold coins aren't that appealing to me. What I want more is you. Marry me and be my wife. I guarantee you won't have to hunt a single monster, and your leveling speed will still be extremely fast! How about it?"
Chen Ruxin glared angrily at the Ghost King and said coldly, "You're courting death!"
"Hmph, don't be ungrateful!"
"I've given you the coins, release my people now! Or you'll be in trouble!"
The Ghost King laughed again: "In trouble? Just you? Don't forget, this is my territory. If I don't let you leave, no one leaves! I'm telling you, today you have to agree, no matter what! You have no choice!"
"Alliance Leader, you! You must leave! Don't mind us! Dying for the Heavenly Dao Alliance is our honor, you must go! These people aren't people! They are demons; staying here is dangerous for you! Alliance Leader, you must leave! Go!"
Elder Wu, enduring the pain, struggled to free himself from the ropes and pulled out a longsword, thrusting it at the Ghost King!