Smack!
Frostine slapped Khloe across the face, causing the veil over her face to fly off.
It instantly revealed a… Face full of scars. It was a horrifying sight. Khloe was still very conscious about her scarred face, a permanent thorn within her heart. Hence, she wore a veil that posed as a shield to protect her heart.
Now that her face was exposed, that shield had been destroyed. She screamed in horror and covered her face with both hands, seemingly traumatized.
However, Frostine let out a cold huff. “Khloe Yggdrasill, remember how you’re a cripple before you insult others. Look at your face… It’s astronomically hideous. Even the ugliest person on the Earth would barf when they look at you. Yet you still run about Starborn City without a care in the world. Are you trying to disgust people on purpose?”
Khloe was so mad that she could feel her organs burning from within, so mad she almost vomited a mouthful of blood.
“I just think you’re quite a powerful figure within the city, you know? So there’s no way you’d be into a crippled man! You can find any man you want with what you have to offer. Even the star disciples in Plenilune Sect would be more than enough to pick from!” Khloe tried her best to calm herself down.
It was too insulting that she was being compared to a crippled nobody.
Frostine chuckled. “Star disciples of Plenilune Sect? Have you misunderstood something about my little brother? Those punks don’t even deserve to polish my little brother’s shoes.”
Khloe rolled her eyes, speechless.
Still kneeling on the ground, Shawn was practically fuming as he stared at Alex. “Frostine Usoro, why did you bring us here? What do you want from us? I’d rather die than be insulted like this. So kill me now if you have what it takes!”
Alex spoke up. “I was the one who wanted you here. Didn’t you try to capture me yesterday? That’s why I wanted to see who exactly the head of the Yggdrasill family was. But well, let’s just say I’m a little disappointed!”
Shawn was further triggered. “Disappointed? What are you even disappointed in?”
Alex glanced at his knees a few times. “You’re quite old, yet you have no backbone.”
Frostine’s eyes lit up, and she waved to him before turning to Shawn. “We Usoros used to trade half of our wealth for a limit breaking pill. So it wouldn’t be too much if I took half of yours, right?”
“Hey, you! Send Mister and Miss Yggdrasill home!”
“Oh, and remember to collect half their fortune! Remember, just half! We won’t take any more or any less. We aren’t that greedy.”
With his eyes automatically rolling out the back, Shawn felt as if he was going to blackout.
The head of the Usoro family was only willing to trade half his wealth for a limit-breaking pill because he was going to die soon. Hence, he really needed that pill in order to save himself.
Meanwhile, Shawn didn’t need it at all, let alone trade half his wealth for something useless to him.
“Wait!”
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