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"There's no point in talking to someone who can't understand human language."
He sat up straight and finally looked directly at Leval, his deep eyes holding a playful glint that made one extremely uncomfortable.
"You think I'm provoking you?"
"No, I just think this game is too boring and I want to add some stakes to make it more interesting."
Leval was taken aback.
"The prize?"
"Yes."
Zhou Ye snapped his fingers.
He stretched out his hand, palm facing up.
hum.
A beautifully crafted photograph appeared out of thin air in his palm.
The photo shows a cute girl with golden twin ponytails, wearing a gorgeous dress, smiling sweetly at the camera.
It was Rachel Phoenix, the fourth daughter of the Phoenix family and Rachel's sister.
Leval's pupils suddenly contracted.
He recognized the photo; it was taken at his sister's birthday party last year.
How did this human get this photo?
It appeared out of thin air? What kind of ability is that?
Countless questions flashed through his mind, but the next second, Zhou Ye's words shattered all his thoughts into pieces.
"To be honest, I'm quite interested in that roast chicken girl."
Zhou Ye's words were flippant, yet they revealed something that made the temperature in the entire room drop to freezing.
"How about we add a wager? If you lose, she'll be mine. What do you say, young master of the Phoenix family?"
After saying that, he flicked his finger lightly.
The photograph then transformed into a fleeting afterimage, landing lightly and precisely in front of Leval, hovering in mid-air as if silently mocking him.
boom!
Leval's mind went blank.
If Zhou Ye's words before were merely provocation, then now they are a naked and most vicious insult!
Rias Gremory wasn't enough that she had already flattered his future sister-in-law, the Phoenix family's daughter-in-law.
Now, she actually dares to covet his most beloved younger sister right in front of him, the eldest son!
It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!
As the eldest son of the Phoenix family and the next head of the family, protecting the dignity and safety of his younger brother and sister is a responsibility ingrained in his very being.
Zhou Ye, standing before him, not only humiliated his younger brother and stole his brother's fiancée, but now he's also eyeing his own sister!
"you wanna die!"
Leval's reason completely collapsed, and his aristocratic demeanor was shattered.
He let out a roar that was suppressed to the extreme, holding nothing back anymore.
"Turn to ashes! You lowly humans!"
Golden flames, like a volcanic eruption, suddenly burst forth from his body.
That was no ordinary flame, but the Phoenix family’s proudest, supposedly inextinguishable demonic fire!
The scorching flames formed a giant firebird, shrieking and with an aura of incineration, it pounced on Zhou Ye on the sofa!
The temperature in the entire room soared to a level high enough to melt steel in an instant!
The two attendants behind him were forced to retreat by the sudden heat wave, their faces filled with horror.
Faced with this devastating attack, Zhou Ye didn't even change his posture.
He simply raised his hand and casually waved it at the giant firebird that was rushing towards him.
It's like shooing away an annoying fly.
There was no explosion.
There was no collision.
Nothing happened.
The menacing giant firebird vanished into thin air just half a meter from Zhou Ye.
Not even a spark or a wisp of smoke remained.
It was as if it had never existed.
The room was deathly silent.
Only Zhou Ye's calm, almost cruel voice slowly rang out.
"That's all?"
"The fire at Phoenix's house can't even boil water as fast as the fire at my house."
Leval's body froze on the spot, like a statue instantly petrified.
His golden eyes were fixed on Zhou Ye's waving hand, his mind completely blank.
Gone?
The Phoenix Flame, which I was so proud of and which was powerful enough to burn mountains and boil seas, is just... gone?
It wasn't defeated by a stronger force, nor extinguished by water magic, but rather vanished silently into the air like a soap bubble that was casually popped.
This extremely bizarre sight terrified him even more than being punched head-on.
This is beyond his understanding of power.
"How...how could..."
The two attendants behind him were terrified, their legs trembling. They looked at Zhou Ye not as a person, but as an incomprehensible monster in human skin.
The air in the room seemed to have solidified into a tangible substance.
The photo of Rachel Phoenix's smiling face, floating in mid-air, seemed incredibly jarring at that moment, as if mercilessly mocking the incompetence of the father and his two sons.
Zhou Ye broke the suffocating silence.
He crossed his legs, leaned back on the sofa, and looked Leval up and down with the eyes of someone inspecting merchandise.
"You can not."
He shook his head, his tone as flat as if stating a fact.
Asking for flowers
"Too weak, not even qualified to let me get up."
"you……"
Leval let out a dry, hissing roar, his face turning a deep purplish-red from humiliation and fear.
Zhou Ye completely ignored his furious expression and continued speaking to himself.
"Leval, I've heard that among you demons, isn't it common to use a ranking game to decide everything?"
His voice carried a hint of languidness, a playful, cat-and-mouse tone.
“I’ve always respected local traditions. I wouldn’t mind having a go with you.”
"If you feel that you alone are not enough..."
Zhou Ye paused, glanced at Riesel who was still struggling on the screen, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips.
“Include your roast chicken brother too, both of you come at me together, I’ll give you a handicap with one hand.”
"You! You've gone too far!"
Leval's body trembled violently with extreme anger. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms, but dared not make any further movement.
Reason told him that the man before him was someone he could never defeat.
But the pride of the Phoenix family prevented him from backing down.
Zhou Ye seemed oblivious to his inner struggle and delivered the final blow with an even more contemptuous tone.
"If you two brothers still can't do it..."
He picked up the glass of iced cola, took a slow sip, and then finished speaking.
"Then your father can come instead."
boom!
These words, like a thunderclap from the heavens, exploded in Leval's mind.
His vision went black, and he almost fainted.
They provoked him, humiliated his brother, and now they even dare to humiliate his father, the head of the Phoenix family, Heath Ledger Phoenix!
This human being is not insane.
He was a complete, utterly despising monster!
"You...you...bastard..."
Leval gritted his teeth, squeezing out a few words through his clenched teeth, but could not utter any harsher words.
Because he knew that any threat was just a joke in front of this man.
at this time.
squeak-
The door to the observation room was pushed open from the outside.
A magical power, more majestic and profound than Leval's flames, instantly enveloped the entire room.