Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 250: You’re so broke, how can you still be at peace with yourself?

Chapter 250: Chapter 250: You’re so broke, how can you still be at peace with yourself?

The Dao Body of Ning Yang’s gaze was as sharp as lightning, locking directly onto Ning Xuan as if trying to see right through him. If it had been anyone else, they would have felt incredibly uncomfortable.

Ning Xuan, however, seemed oblivious to the stare. His focus landed immediately on the other’s Storage Ring as he asked, "May I take a look?"

"Don’t worry. As long as you can beat me, it’s yours!"

Ning Xuan shook his head. "You misunderstand. My appearance fee is quite expensive. I’m afraid you don’t have enough."

Ningyang’s Dao Body was taken aback. What on earth happened to this guy? He wasn’t like this before!

However, he didn’t say anything more, simply tossing the Storage Ring over without a word.

Ning Xuan caught it and swept it with his Divine Sense. He then sighed in admiration. "I really admire you."

Ningyang’s Dao Body looked utterly confused.

"You’re this ridiculously broke, yet you can be so complacent? Impressive. Truly impressive!"

Ningyang’s Dao Body instantly took offense. How dare Ning Xuan call him poor?! His Storage Ring was overflowing with Heavenly Crystals! He could directly absorb their energy for cultivation! The ring he had just handed over contained a full two billion Heavenly Crystals! Who among the people present could produce such a sum on the spot?!

"Heh, my Storage Ring has a full two billion Heavenly Crystals, and you call me poor?!" Ningyang’s Dao Body sneered.

Indeed, on this duel platform, martial strength could solve anything. But such a ridiculous claim was simply absurd! He had to refute it.

At his words, many people looked at him with schadenfreude, Ning Xuan’s classic lines still echoing in their ears. This Dao Body is a real fool! Ning Xuan was clearly setting a trap, and he had jumped right in without a hint of resistance. In that moment, the crowd turned to look at Ning Xuan with great anticipation. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Ning Xuan didn’t disappoint them.

"When I hit rock bottom, I had less than five billion Heavenly Crystals left. I couldn’t eat or sleep properly; I felt completely insecure. And you? You actually think two billion isn’t poor!"

Ningyang’s Dao Body’s eyes immediately widened. What the hell? Did I hear that right?! Down and out with five billion Heavenly Crystals?! This guy is definitely doing this on purpose!

The ridicule didn’t end there. Wu Pianpian’s voice came through, "You have more than five billion. You also have several IOUs. The Divine Crystals alone are worth one hundred million!"

BOOM!

Ningyang’s Dao Body was completely dumbfounded by her words, his face flushing red with embarrassment. Compared to Ning Xuan’s vast fortune, he really was a pauper! It was laughable that just moments ago, he had considered two billion a huge sum.

"Forget it, forget it. Two billion is two billion. It shouldn’t take much time to fight you, anyway," Ning Xuan’s voice rang out, seemingly offering Ningyang’s Dao Body an out.

But after hearing the latter part of the sentence, Ningyang’s Dao Body wanted nothing more than to punch him to death.

"Very good! You’ve gotten a much sharper tongue than before. I hope your strength can match that mouth of yours!" Ningyang’s Dao Body fixed his attention on Ning Xuan, feeling the urge to strike first for the first time.

He acted on that urge immediately.

BOOM!

Without any fancy moves, he threw a punch at Ning Xuan. The speed seemed extremely slow, so much so that everyone could see his movement clearly. But the moment he threw his punch, even Nanling Bully’s heart skipped a beat.

The power of this Dao Body is terrifying! His fist shatters the void as it flies! There was no vibration, not even a ripple to be seen. Yet he "saw" the terrifying sight of the void collapsing and all things perishing! This punch ignores time and space! With a single strike, it manipulates both! What a terrifying punch!

It wasn’t just Nanling Bully.

「Yao Guang, High Heaven Headquarters.」

All the bigwigs had looks of shock on their faces.

"Such a terrifying punch!"

"Time! I think I detected the Dao Rhythm of Time!"

"What?! You mean his punch contained the power of time?!"

"But this is just a Heavenly Realm Dao Body! How could it possibly have a glimpse into an aspect of time?!"

"A Dao Body might not be able to, but don’t forget, he still has his original body!"

"Are you saying his original body has glimpsed an aspect of time? That’s not fair to Ning Xuan!"

"Right! That’s basically cheating!"

"Shameful! To think Ning Yang was such a person!"

"Actually, this is likely unrelated to his original body; the Dao Body and the original body share a strange connection. This is the Dao Body’s own doing. However, even so, this duel is unfair to Ning Xuan!"

"Damn it, we can’t interfere! Even if Ning Xuan loses, it doesn’t matter. It would still be a defeat with honor!"

"..."

The bigwigs were all speaking out, at times filled with righteous indignation and at other times with anticipation. Although they all believed Ning Xuan was bound to lose, somehow, everyone hoped he could create a miracle.

「On the duel stage.」

The moment Ningyang’s Dao Body threw the punch, Ning Xuan’s eyes lit up. He sensed a power he had never felt before, along with a profound and unfathomable Dao Rhythm!

Without a second thought, Ning Xuan instantly activated the Qilin and Bai Ze Divine Meridians. The Qilin Divine Meridian is the ruler of all Element Beasts, master of insight. The Bai Ze Divine Meridian is the god of the Netherworld, knowledgeable of all things in heaven and earth. With both Divine Meridians activated, Ning Xuan’s eyes shone like stars.

Azure Dragon!

Having discovered its profundity, Ning Xuan silently chanted in his heart, activating another Divine Meridian. The Azure Dragon Divine Meridian, embracing and benefiting all beings!

Almost instantaneously, Ning Xuan made his move. He, too, launched a punch.

"What?!"

Nanling Bully’s eyes widened as he cried out in shock. Then, he immediately shut his mouth, fearing he would disturb the two on the stage.

He might have been afraid, but the group of bigwigs from the Yao Guang Realm certainly weren’t. The moment Ning Xuan threw his punch, the top floor of High Heaven Headquarters erupted into chaos. Some bigwigs fell straight to the floor. Others, in their excitement to stand up, smashed the long table in front of them to pieces with their knees!

"Am I... seeing things?!"

"He... He just took a glance and comprehended the power of time?!"

"Damn! How can he be so ridiculously talented?!"

I thought Ning Xuan was going to get thrashed! But instead...

"That’s not a genius, that’s a super, super, super, super genius!"

"I’m freaking convinced!"

"I feel like I’m seeing an unrivaled King!"

"..."

All the bigwigs’ jaws dropped at Ning Xuan’s seemingly simple punch.

But the most shocked of all was Ningyang’s Dao Body. Strictly speaking, he had cheated with his punch. If not for his original body, he would have been fundamentally incapable of throwing such a terrifying strike! Forget the Heavenly Realm; this was a punch that transcended the King Realm!

Originally, he hadn’t wanted to use it, but Ning Xuan was pushing him too far. He was going to use this one punch to stage a powerful comeback! He had been supremely confident.

But now, he was dumbfounded.

Ning Xuan had comprehended an equivalent Dao Rhythm of Time just from watching him throw the punch! This wasn’t just outrageous! It was very, very, very, very... unbelievably outrageous!

It all happened in an instant. The two punches collided.

And then... there was nothing more.