Chapter 448: Chapter 447: Challenging the Ice Maiden Clan Patriarch
Huang Bingbing\'s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, "You seem very confident in yourself. Your bloodline ability you demonstrated earlier was indeed not bad, but still far from sufficient. Fine, I agree to your terms. If you win, I won\'t take him away, and I will also do my best to facilitate this matter. But if you lose, I will take him away, and still, I will do my best to facilitate it."
Tang San looked at her with a burning gaze and said, "If I lose, you can take the eldest senior brother. But if you harm him even in the slightest, in the near future, I will flatten the Ice Maiden Clan and make you all return to the ice." As he uttered these words, his tone was calm, but with an indescribable majesty unfolding invisibly.
Such a Tang San, not to mention Huang Bingbing, even Wu Bingji had never seen before. At this moment, he appeared to have completely transformed into another person.
Tang San was indeed somewhat angry. Although he had not had much contact with the Ice Maiden Clan\'s chieftess in front of him, in the previous interactions, everything he had done was in consideration of the Ice Maiden Clan. Admittedly, he bore the intention of aiding the rise of humans, but everything he said was also greatly beneficial to the Ice Maiden Clan.
Yet this chieftess, after he brought Wu Bingji, actually wanted to forcibly take Wu Bingji back to the clan for handling, which truly infuriated Tang San. Tang San understood that perhaps this proud chieftess had never truly respected someone like him—a human being. Without proving his own strength, it would be difficult for the cooperation between them to proceed genuinely.
This was also a longstanding habit of the Monster and Fairy Clans, with strength being the foundation of everything. Just like why Big Cat was so convinced by Tang San, it was not only because Tang San had saved the entire Lion Tiger Beast Clan but also because Tang San had defeated it in a one-on-one battle on the battlefield. For Tang San, beside gratitude, there was also a sense of conviction.
"From whichever direction the chieftess returns to the Ice Maiden Clan, we will take that direction to leave the Ancestral Court and find a place outside the Ancestral Court to have a decisive battle, witnessed by the eldest senior brother. Previously, I gave the chieftess five thousand Elemental Coins. If I win, these Elemental Coins will still be yours to take away, and I will not harm you, letting you leave safely. However, I hope you can use the Ice Sealed Throne to purify my eldest senior brother\'s bloodline, at least to the extent that he can cultivate to the pinnacle of level nine."
Huang Bingbing looked at Tang San, feeling a strange sensation in her heart. When Tang San spoke those threatening words earlier, her heart even skipped a beat, as if she felt she had done something wrong.
Does he really have the confidence to defeat her? But how could that be possible? Even without using the Ice Sealed Throne, she was still a Spirit King Peak level strong.
"Agreed!" Regarding her previous insistence on taking Wu Bingji away, Huang Bingbing now felt a bit of regret. In fact, she had already decided in her heart to do everything possible to promote this cooperation. Because Tang San\'s words had genuinely moved her. But cooperation aside, who held the dominant position was also very important. Deep down, she harbored no thoughts of harming Wu Bingji, but taking such a person away would allow for an attempt at propagation, and furthermore, it was akin to holding a hostage in her hands, which was definitely advantageous for the Ice Maiden Clan. What she hadn\'t expected was Tang San\'s vehement reaction.
"Does the chieftess wish to leave now, or wait until tomorrow morning?" Tang San asked.
"Let\'s leave now," Huang Bingbing had made up her mind, so she also didn\'t want to delay. At this moment, she had decided to soften her approach somewhat after the upcoming battle, should she win, at least to assure this Asura of his elder brother\'s safety, and to ease the somewhat tense relations at present.
She was well aware of the astronomical price fetched by the Array Plate at the Ancestral Court auction, so she was somewhat persuaded by Tang San\'s mention of a cooperation with the Array Master, and did not wish to truly offend him.
Wu Bingji gave Tang San a look, and Tang San gently shook his head. Having spent so much time together, they had developed a silent understanding. Wu Bingji was asking Tang San whether they should inform their master about this matter.
Tang San\'s answer was negative.
Although Zhang Haoxuan had now attained God Rank strength, he had only just entered the realm of the Gods, and there was still a gap between him and Huang Bingbing. Furthermore, Huang Bingbing possessed the Ice Sealed Throne, and when deploying the Ice Sealed Throne, she was a power at the Great Demon King level. Tang San had already verbally coaxed her not to use the Ice Sealed Throne, but if Zhang Haoxuan were to come, once Huang Bingbing felt danger, it would be hard to say what might happen.
So, Tang San had already decided from the beginning that he wanted to face the current situation alone.
Huang Bingbing didn\'t have much to pack, so the two of them, she and another Ice Maiden, simply left the White Tiger Grand Hotel, rented a carriage in front of the hotel, and headed straight for the outskirts of the Ancestral Court.
Since Huang Bingbing was returning to the Ice Maiden Clan, naturally she chose the northern exit.
Sitting in the carriage, neither of them spoke. At this moment, Wu Bingji\'s feelings were the most complex. He didn\'t know the true extent of Huang Bingbing\'s cultivation state, but he was certain she was at God Rank! What was Tang San thinking, challenging such a God Rank strong person? However, from Tang San\'s earlier words, he felt that Tang San seemed to have some confidence. Because he had never seen Tang San do something he wasn\'t sure about.
Previously, Huang Bingbing said that with his bloodline, his mother should be one of the Divine Elders of the Ice Maiden Clan. That meant, his own mother was very likely still alive, and within the Ice Maiden Clan at that! From this perspective, Wu Bingji truly wanted to go to the Ice Maiden Clan. Even if there would be risks, he wanted to see what his mother was really like.
Therefore, he had already made a decision in his heart. If Tang San were unable to prevail, he would immediately express his willingness to go to the Ice Maiden Clan to Huang Bingbing and ask her to spare Tang San.
At this time, Tang San, on the other hand, was the calmest one among the two of them and the Ice Maiden. His eyes were closed, as if his entire being had entered a state of oblivion to the world around him. His whole aura was contained, with a faint halo naturally emerging around his skin. Without careful observation, it wouldn\'t be noticed, but upon closer inspection, one could feel a strange sense of harmony emanating from him.
Huang Bingbing\'s gaze was mostly on Tang San, only occasionally glancing at Wu Bingji. How should she handle the upcoming battle? That was what she was contemplating now. As for losing to Tang San, she never considered it, because even if she was willing to cooperate, she, as the matriarch of the Ice Maiden Clan, absolutely could not lose. This was the pride of the Ice Maiden Clan.
The sky had completely darkened, and when they arrived just outside the Ancestral Court, they could only see each other barely by the sparse light of the stars and moon.
The carriage took them ten miles away from the Ancestral Court, where Tang San paid extra money for the carriage to wait a while. These carriages belonged to the interior of the Ancestral Court, which made transit much easier and convenient.
What followed was crossing the hills. Exiting the northern exit of the Ancestral Court led to a hilly area. This was still relatively close to the Ancestral Court, so they needed to find a more distant valley for their battle so as not to be easily discovered by the Ancestral Court.
Situations like this occurred frequently in the Ancestral Court. Since private fights were not allowed within the Ancestral Court, naturally, one needed to venture outside to battle.
Without any further conversation on the way, they crossed two hills and came to a relatively flat valley, where Huang Bingbing was the first to stop and said, "This place will do."
Tang San nodded slightly and said, "Agreed. Elder brother, please stand aside as an observer. No matter what you see today, please keep it a secret for me."