Douluo: AFK to Become a God

"You—!"

Dai Mubai was furious, never expecting that mentioning his royal background wouldn't intimidate this kid.

"What are you stammering for? Hurry up and choose—either you hand over your storage soul tool, or I beat you up first and then take it. It's your choice, but if you don't decide, I'll choose for you."

As he spoke, Chu Chengzhou glanced at the pendant hanging around Dai Mubai's neck.

Dai Mubai didn't have any rings, bracelets, or other ornaments, and his waist didn't have any special items either. The only thing that seemed like a storage soul tool was the pendant around his neck.

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai fell silent.

Although Chu Chengzhou gave him two choices, neither was acceptable to him.

Handing over the storage soul tool voluntarily? Absolutely not!

After all, there were people watching!

If he gave in without the knife even at his neck, how could he face anyone at Shrek Academy?

Moreover, if this got back to his father, the domineering Emperor, and he found out that his son was this spineless, he would definitely send someone to break his legs.

As for handing over the storage soul tool after getting beaten up?

If he was going to give it up anyway, why go through the beating first? He might as well just hand it over right away to avoid the pain.

So, Dai Mubai could only remain silent and hope that Chu Chengzhou would take the storage soul tool from him directly.

"Looks like you want to get beaten up? Fine, I'll grant your wish!"

With that, Chu Chengzhou flicked his True Spirit Flag, and his first soul ring lit up. A massive, over ten-meter-high Celestial Blue Tree spirit appeared.

Then, under Chu Chengzhou's control, the Celestial Blue Tree spirit lowered several tough vines.

The Celestial Blue Tree spirit, being a hundred-year-old spirit, had only the "Healing" innate soul skill. However, when it upgraded to a thousand-year spirit, it gained the "Protection" innate soul skill as well.

"Let me give you one last chance. Otherwise, I'll just tie you up and beat you."

The vines from the Celestial Blue Tree spirit dangled down, clearly indicating that Chu Chengzhou wasn't joking.

Dai Mubai: "..."

After much internal struggle, Dai Mubai finally relented. He took off the pendant from his neck and threw it to Chu Chengzhou.

There was no choice. The situation was more powerful than his pride. Compared to surrendering the pendant voluntarily, being beaten and then handing it over would be even more humiliating.

As for the potential shame of his father hearing about it?

He had already become a laughingstock when he fled from Star Luo City to escape his older brother Dai Weisi's oppression. At this point, whether he was a coward or not didn't matter anymore.

What he regretted was that his future "rotten" life wouldn't be as easy as before.

Dai Mubai shot a furious glare at Ma Hongjun. If it weren't for this damn fatso, how could he have ended up in this situation?

"Not bad, not bad. You little tiger are quite sensible!"

Chu Chengzhou happily took the storage pendant that Dai Mubai threw.

After wiping off Dai Mubai's soul power, he re-established control over the pendant. Immediately, he could sense the storage space inside.

It wasn't bad—being a prince of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai's pendant had quite a large internal space, about 30 cubic meters.

There weren't too many items inside, mostly clothes, but the bottom was covered with scattered gold soul coins.

However, the most valuable items inside weren't the scattered coins, but a stack of gold coin cards worth 10,000 gold soul coins each, issued by the Tiandou Empire.

Chu Chengzhou counted the cards and found that Dai Mubai's private little vault contained over 200,000 gold soul coins.

Although 200,000 gold soul coins wasn't a huge fortune, it was still a nice windfall for Chu Chengzhou. It would be enough to cover his daily expenses for the foreseeable future.

"Here, I'll return these things to you, so you can't say I didn't leave anything for you."

After checking the contents, Chu Chengzhou tossed Dai Mubai's clothes and other items back to him, as a token of goodwill.

However, it was clear that Dai Mubai didn't appreciate this "kindness."

You took my storage soul tool and over 200,000 gold soul coins, and now you're returning my clothes and calling it goodwill?

Despite the resentment, Dai Mubai had no choice but to accept.

After all, his entire fortune, including his spare clothes, was in that pendant. If he didn't accept this "goodwill," he would have nothing to wear!

"Alright, you're done here. Get lost! And remember, don't get into my hands again next time, or it won't be so easy to resolve."

Chu Chengzhou waved his hand, signaling them to leave, and threw in a final warning.

Dai Mubai glared at him with hatred before turning and heading back to Shrek Academy without looking back.

Seeing Dai Mubai leave in anger, Ma Hongjun immediately followed.

Suddenly, Ma Hongjun had a thought.

Why were Chu Chengzhou and Xiao Wu here?

After all, this was the outskirts of Soto City, with only a few scattered villages along the road, and no other significant soul master presence.

Could it be that they were headed to Shrek Academy, and they were here to enroll?

Thinking about this, Ma Hongjun's face turned pale.

In his mind, Chu Chengzhou was now equivalent to a great devil. If he was here to enroll, Ma Hongjun would essentially be living in constant fear from now on.

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"Brother, you look happy. There must be a lot of gold soul coins in there, right?"

After the two left, Xiao Wu pointed at the pendant in Chu Chengzhou's hand with a smile.

"What do you want?"

Chu Chengzhou shot a glance at Xiao Wu and immediately wiped the smile off his face.

"Hehe, share some with me, won't you?"

Xiao Wu extended her hand, looking at Chu Chengzhou with anticipation.

"Share some? Hmm, I suppose I should."

Chu Chengzhou stroked his chin, thought for a moment, then nodded. He pulled out a single gold soul coin and placed it in Xiao Wu's hand.

"Just one?"

Xiao Wu, who had been smiling in anticipation, now widened her eyes in disbelief. They had agreed to share, and yet he only gave her one gold soul coin?

"Don't want it? Then give it back to me!"

Chu Chengzhou made a move as if to take back the coin.

"Hmph, you're so stingy!"

Xiao Wu quickly stuffed the coin into her small rabbit pouch around her waist.

Although it was only one coin, it was still a gold soul coin!