Free Web NovelChapter 917: Chapter 165: Handing Over Duties
Jiang Wang racked his brain but never expected that the White Elephant King had come for him! Because they were simply not on the same level.
After the initial shock, he immediately realized—he had reached the most perilous moment!
The safety of a Floating Island versus the safety of a mere Inner Mansion Realm cultivator.
Which mattered more?
This was probably something that didn’t even need thinking about.
Jiang Wang gave Chu Mi a cold glance, casually put on a mask, and slowly retreated. On the Floating Island at this moment, not many people were familiar with him, but Chu Mi was definitely one of them.
Chu Mi swallowed hard and made no move. He could feel that the young man had tensed his body, ready to draw his Longsword at any sign of him calling for help. He did not dare to move.
How could he escape such a predicament?
Jiang Wang hadn’t figured it out yet, but it was always right to hide first.
He had Hidden Clothes on his person, and except for Ding Jingshan, others would likely have a hard time finding him.
Whoever wanted him dead, he would not go down without a fight.
It was at this time that Ding Jingshan’s voice rang out, "What a joke! Who are you trying to deceive with that meaningless symbol?"
He flew in from the mountain peak, positioned himself between two decorative pillars, and faced the White Elephant King across the protective barrier of the Floating Island, "No matter how many troops you’ve brought, if you want to kill someone, use your own sword for it. In Yang Valley, we don’t have the tradition of handing over our own people!"
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The White Elephant King looked at him coldly, "The armies of my five Floating Islands are already assembled. You, Ding Jingshan, might not fear death, but does everyone on this Floating Island feel the same? Are you willing to drag everyone into a mass burial for one person? What is the worth of this one person? And what about the worth of this Floating Island? Even if this person is your bastard child, Ding Jingshan, it’s still not right!"
This was a heart-piercing argument, holding Ding Jingshan hostage with the life and death of the entire Floating Island.
"We came to the Lost World to fight for the Human Race," Ding Jingshan proclaimed loudly, "It doesn’t matter who this person is, whether he has any value or how much. If I were to hand him over just because of your words today, then what would be the meaning of my seventy years of battling in the Lost World? Enough talk! If you want war, we’ll give you war! Let’s see if there are any cowards among the Human Race cultivators!"
With these words falling,
The entire Floating Island shouted in unison.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
Their cries filled the sky.
Jiang Wang, who had slowly retreated into the distance, was somewhat stunned.
This was his first time in the Lost World, his first time on a Floating Island. To atone for his crimes by hunting the Sea Clan, he had always worked alone, never cooperating with others, nor had he truly understood the Floating Island or the people here.
When the White Elephant King made his offer, Jiang Wang thought he would be sacrificed. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust others, but he was unfamiliar with everyone on this Floating Island. He had only met Ding Jingshan today and exchanged a few words.
Along his journey, he had seen too much filth and pettiness. But as he had told Qinghuo Qiming on the Floating Land, in this world, there was certainly a lot of darkness. But beyond the darkness, there was always light.
The words Ding Jingshan had said to him—"Once in the Lost World, we are all brothers."
It wasn’t just empty talk.
Faced with such unity among the people of the Floating Island’s Human Race, the White Elephant King still wore an indifferent expression, "When the army arrives, that will be when the battle begins. You still have a little time to think it over."
"No need to think it over," Ding Jingshan scoffed, "However, since the army isn’t here yet. Why don’t you enlighten us, what has this person done to warrant mobilizing an army to seek justice?"
The White Elephant King suddenly shook his head, "Ding Jingshan, you know I actually do not wish to kill you. Killing you now would simply result in the Human Race sending someone else to establish the island. Then, that war will cause even more of our comrades to die. Why bother? But as the son of the Blood King has been killed by someone, I cannot stand by without seeking an explanation!"
"So it’s the Blood King’s son who’s been killed, you indeed should seek an explanation. However..." Ding Jingshan looked at him, "all these years, so many cultivators of our Human Race died in battle, who will explain for them?"
"I’m not here to argue with you. In a word, hand the person over, and the Floating Island can survive. Refuse to hand them over, and the island will be destroyed, the people gone—all today!"
The White Elephant King waved his hand majestically, "I have given you ample opportunity, Ding Jingshan. Consider it well."
With Yu Wangu’s death, he had already offended the Blood King.
But this matter was not without room for maneuver.
Because it was a cultivator comparable to Proud Life from the Human Race who killed Yu Wangu, who, with God’s Inner Mansion Cultivation, defeated nine Commander-level Sea Clan. Thinking it over, in the entire Lost World sea domain, only Proud Life could achieve such a feat while at the Battle General Level.
If one could stifle such a promising hero of the Human Race early on, what a great merit would that be? It was tantamount to prematurely extinguishing a True Monarch of the Human Race!
Dying at the hands of such a hero would not be disgraceful, and the Blood King would have nothing significant to resent. And with such a great achievement to his name, even the Blood King should consider the impact and not be able to do much to him, the White Elephant King.
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Shuiying Shuang was also a descendant of a True Monarch, and his words carried some weight. And he, the great White Elephant King, if he were to go easy while killing, how many could see through it? To be able to exchange a few moves with him, the White Elephant King, in the Inner Mansion Realm, one would be a hero even if not compared to the legends!
Along with the White Elephant King’s voice concluding.
From afar, the Sea Clan army advanced from five different directions, the enormous Sea Beasts driven by the Sea Clan like moving walls.
Already very clear in sight.
The dark clouds loom over the city, threatening to crush it!
Ding Jingshan fell silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Where is Jiang Wang?"
"Right here!"
Jiang Wang removed his mask, emerging amidst various complex and unspeakable gazes, and leapt out with his sword.
"Do you think I will hand you over?" Ding Jingshan asked.
"I’m not willing!" Jiang Wang said.
He didn’t answer directly. He didn’t speculate on Ding Jingshan’s attitude, he didn’t pin his hopes on others, he merely expressed his own thoughts.
Even at this moment, his hand rested on Longsword, Path Origin surged within him, Technique Introducer accumulated, ready to break out at any time—regardless of the possibility of success.
He could never give up. He had faced moments more dangerous than this.
On Ding Jingshan’s face was neither sadness nor joy, but he asked, "To sacrifice one person and save the entire island is precisely the time for a true man to choose righteousness over life. Why would you not want this?"
Jiang Wang replied, "If it takes the sacrifice of warriors bravely fighting the Sea Clan to keep this Floating Land afloat, then I do not know what the purpose of its existence is. A Floating Land that only knows how to sacrifice its own people is the Sea Clan’s pigpen, not the Human Race’s barracks. It would be better destroyed!"
"You killed the Blood King’s son?" Ding Jingshan asked again.
"I know not of any Blood King’s son. However, I did indeed face nine Commander-level Sea Clan earlier, killed six, and three fled! Among them was an Intermediate Stage Commander; perhaps he was the so-called Blood King’s son? Judging the father by the son, it seems the Blood King is nothing remarkable!"
"Arrogance!" Ding Jingshan scolded, "Do you know this imposing White Elephant King isn’t even qualified to carry the Blood King’s shoes! Slaying each other in the Lost World is commonplace, and look how pitifully he comes over seeking an explanation. You don’t even respect the Blood King, isn’t that a slap in the face of our White Elephant King?"
"I dare not." Jiang Wang glanced at the White Elephant King, whose face was cast down like still water outside the Floating Island, and said, "Such matters should wait until after my ascent to God Arrives."
The implication being, he was destined to reach God Arrives. And after ascending, he would easily slap the face of the White Elephant King!
