Emperor Xia, Did You Hear All That?

[ Option One: Attempt to communicate with the opponent, find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and devour all of their Divine Soul Power. Reward: Progress of Divine Soul transformation into Power of Law increased by 20%. ]

[ Option Two: Shield the opponent's Divine Soul Power, preventing them from descending. (Note: A Divine Soul projection in the real world has no physical body and cannot be maintained for long.) Reward: Ability Level +1. ]

[ Option Three: Give up resistance and let the opponent descend to occupy your body, turning you from a human into a member of the Di Race. Reward: Title 'King of the Di Race.' ]

Looking at the three options before him, Shen Yi didn't know what to do for a moment.

The first option had the best reward, but the opponent's strength gave him a sense of helplessness. Their aura was terrifying; this was a Di Race King from the invasion.

The second option seemed the most reliable. The System would hide the opponent's Divine Soul Power, and without a physical body, they couldn't stay long.

The third option was immediately discarded by Shen Yi.

What kind of joke was this? He was a proud human; why would he want to be a Di Race King?

After deep thought, he made his decision.

But before Shen Yi could speak, the opponent spoke first.

At this moment, he was trapped inside this cultivation tube, unable to move at all.

"Kid, it seems your body isn't bad. I might consider treating your descendants well after I descend." E grinned savagely at the person in the tube. Seeing the other party dazed, he spoke loudly.

"What is your relationship with Su Nanxiong?" Shen Yi ignored him and asked directly.

Regarding the matters of the Spirit Energy Research Institute, he had always been unclear.

"Looking at you, it seems you're a bit unwilling." Hearing him, the grin on E's face became even more ferocious.

"Since I'm going to die anyway, I want to die with understanding."

"You're quite calm, not showing a hint of fear toward me." E looked at him, wanting to find a trace of fear on his face, but he was disappointed; the other party was incredibly composed.

"You're the only person I've ever seen who could remain conscious when I descend. I don't mind telling you."

"The Su Nanxiong you mentioned is what you humans call him. His real name is Ze." E wasn't worried about the secret being leaked. This space was created by the Di Race; here, even all the Sovereign Realm powerhouses on Blue Star combined couldn't reach them.

Let alone a tiny human before him.

"Ze? He's also one of your Di Race?" This was the first time Shen Yi had heard that name.

"Di Race? True, that's what you call us. To us, those weak humans, these things don't matter."

"If you want to know, there's no harm in telling you, so you can die with understanding."

"Ze was originally a tribesman we planted among you humans. He looks very much like your Human Race, and even his aura is very similar. To better integrate into human society, he even took a human wife." E simply didn't believe the weak human before him could pose any threat.

He spoke slowly and directly.

"Are the twelve statues outside the twelve kings of your Di Race?" Shen Yi asked again.

"You mean the things up there?" E pointed toward the top of the room.

"You could call them kings, but that's only relative to you humans."

"Do you think we want to invade this place of yours?" His eyes were full of disdain, seemingly looking down on this place entirely.

"Is that not the case? Since the spiritual qi recovery, your Di Race has been constantly invading our Blue Star. Is it just for fun?" Shen Yi's voice was also full of sarcasm.

"You really want to have your cake and eat it too. If it's not for invasion, then why have you launched war against us time and again?" By the end, his eyes were filled with contempt.

"What does 'have your cake and eat it too' mean?" Clearly, the opponent didn't understand the idiom.

"Hahaha~ but none of that matters. You say 'invasion,' but to us, it really is just for fun." E's laughter was loud; he felt for the first time that humans were quite hilarious.

"Because we find that the taste of your Human Race isn't bad, just like how you eat the meat of those Demonic Beasts."

Shen Yi had never imagined the truth would be like this.

"Alright, I've told you enough. Die in peace." The opponent didn't seem to want to say more, and a terrifying pressure began to radiate from him.

"Do you know why in novels, the villains never win against the protagonist?" Shen Yi suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" This sentence actually left E dazed. He looked at the other party with confusion, thinking he had been driven mad by the pressure.

"What I mean is, you are the villain in the novel, do you know that?"

"What is a 'villain'?" E asked quite innocently.

"A villain is someone who is self-righteous, thinks their strength is incredibly powerful, and can suppress others at will," Shen Yi kindly explained.

"So that's what it means. Then I am indeed a villain. After all, my aura fits the villain you described perfectly." Hearing the explanation, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face; he quite enjoyed the description.

"Then do you know why villains always die in the end?" Shen Yi looked at him with some pity.

"What do you mean? You think you can kill me? Kid, I'm not bragging, but with your current strength, even if you get out of this jar, I could beat you with one leg tied behind my back." E said disdainfully.

He could clearly sense the other party's strength; his physical body was just a bit stronger, which was useless against him.

"Then let me tell you why villains in novels always die."

"It's because of a law called: Villains die because they talk too much."

"Emperor Xia, did you hear all that? This is all I can do. The rest is up to you; I can't get out." Shen Yi shouted into the void.

Immediately after, Xia Yuan's figure appeared in mid-air, looking at E.

"When did you appear?" E looked at the person who had suddenly appeared with shock. He could feel that the other party's strength was unfathomable, simply not something he could deal with right now.

He was currently just a wisp of Divine Soul Power, not his true body.

Xia Yuan didn't say a word. He waved his hand into the void, and a strange energy enveloped E's entire body.

He extended his hand and gently clenched it.

The energy enveloping E began to slowly contract.

"Human, you are despicable!" E tried to struggle but found he couldn't escape the energy at all.

Shen Yi watched the scene with curiosity.

He had expected a fierce battle, but the opponent couldn't even withstand one move from Xia Yuan.

It was a complete one-sided crushing.

In less than a minute, the energy had compressed E into the size of a ping-pong ball.

Then it slowly floated over and landed in Xia Yuan's hand.

Looking closely, one could see E still struggling inside the small sphere.

He looked toward Shen Yi, seemingly cursing something.