“Li Feng, I…”
Seeing Li Feng’s icy gaze, Zheng Haoyuan shuddered involuntarily.
What a gaze it was, filled with chilling killing intent. The piercing cold made him feel as if he had fallen into an endless abyss.
Zheng Haoyuan had never seen such eyes before. Even when he first met Fu Yanxiong, Fu Yanxiong had not looked at him this way.
In that instant, Zheng Haoyuan was afraid. He was not the sort with unyielding resolve; otherwise, back then, he would not have willingly become Fu Yanxiong’s dog after falling into his hands. Now, Li Feng had made him taste the agony of living death, and his will had long since crumbled.
“Speak then. How should I deal with you? Should it be death by a thousand cuts, or…” Li Feng smiled faintly, but in Zheng Haoyuan’s eyes, that smile was more terrifying than a devil’s.
“Li Feng, you… you cannot kill me…” Zheng Haoyuan said, trembling with fear.
“Cannot kill you? Heh, just because you are from the Zheng family of the Central Plains Province? Do you think I would hesitate because of that?” Li Feng sneered. If this Zheng Haoyuan were a direct descendant of the Zheng family, he would need to be cautious, as the Zheng family was still a first-rate family. But he was merely a collateral branch member who had gained elder-level resources only because of his martial prowess.
“I…” Zheng Haoyuan was speechless. To others, the Zheng family of the Central Plains Province held immense sway, but Li Feng was likely from the Li family among the top eight families. Though the Zheng family was powerful, how could it compare to the Li family? That was a family on par with Fu Yanxiong’s Fu family.
A dagger appeared in Li Feng’s hand. He said coldly, “For someone like you, death by a thousand cuts seems the best choice.”
“No, Li Feng, you cannot do this to me.” Zheng Haoyuan said, quaking.
“Dragons have their reverse scales; touch them, and death follows. The Fengyuan Group and Hu Yuanyuan are my reverse scales. Were you not intent on bringing irreparable disaster to the Fengyuan Group? Then I shall first bring irreparable disaster to you.” With those words, Li Feng thrust the dagger viciously downward.
“Ah~”
Zheng Haoyuan let out a scream of agony. The intense pain left him drenched in sweat.
“Were you not scheming against Hu Yuanyuan? She is my woman; how dare a wretch like you covet her?” Li Feng sneered, pulling the dagger from Zheng Haoyuan’s chest before thrusting it down again viciously.
“No…” Zheng Haoyuan screamed once more, pleading with his eyes towards Li Feng.
“Were you not bold enough to kidnap Xu Qing’s father? This stab is for Xu Qing’s father.” With that, Li Feng thrust down yet again.
“Please, no more…”
“Were you not harbouring wicked intentions towards Xu Qing? This stab is for her.” He thrust down once more.
“Ah…”
“That scream is not pleasing.” Li Feng sneered and stabbed once more.
Zheng Haoyuan, pallid and cowering on the ground, begged ceaselessly. “Li Feng, Li Feng, just kill me.”
“Kill you?” Li Feng sneered. “Rest assured, I will not kill you. How could I? Death would let you off too easily. Do you think I would grant you such mercy?”
“What do you want then…” Zheng Haoyuan looked at Li Feng in terror. He could not believe Li Feng would simply let him go.
“What do I want?”
Li Feng’s lips curled into a chilling smile. With a flick of his hand, he struck Zheng Haoyuan’s dantian with a palm.
“You, you have crippled me?” Zheng Haoyuan stared at Li Feng in disbelief, his eyes brimming with venom and hatred. Martial power had always been the foundation of his existence. Whether it was his status in the Zheng family or his role as Fu Yanxiong’s dog, it all stemmed from his formidable skills. Now, Li Feng had wasted over a decade of his cultivation. How could he stand in the Zheng family or before Fu Yanxiong in the future?
Not only that, once his enemies learned of his lost prowess, they would come knocking one after another, seeking his life.
In this moment, Zheng Haoyuan’s hatred for Li Feng burned deep, etched into his bones. If Li Feng had merely crippled a hand or foot, his resentment would not run so deep. But Li Feng had destroyed over a decade of his hard-earned cultivation.
“Should I not cripple you? And let you continue harming others?” Li Feng sneered. He yearned to kill Zheng Haoyuan, but considering he was from the Zheng family of the Central Plains Province and associated with Fu Yanxiong, doing so might invite unnecessary trouble. Though he feared no trouble, his current focus was on contending for the Nine Dragon Jade. There was no need to stir complications here.
Of course, though he could not kill Zheng Haoyuan personally, he would not let him off lightly. Crippling his cultivation was merely the first step.
Li Feng kicked Zheng Haoyuan aside, then picked up the sharp sword Zheng Haoyuan had used earlier.
“This is a fine sword.” Li Feng could tell at a glance that it was a treasure sword forged from aluminium alloy. He was merely curious how Zheng Haoyuan had produced it. Did Zheng Haoyuan possess a secondary dimensional space pouch?
The secondary dimensional space pouch was a spatial storage technology invented centuries later, capable of holding items, much like the legendary storage pouches and spatial rings from ancient times.
When Zheng Haoyuan had drawn the sword earlier, Li Feng had thought he possessed one of those legendary storage pouches or spatial rings. Those were mythical treasures; Li Feng had only heard of them, never seen one.
But in the instant he took the sword, he abandoned the notion, for he spotted a button on the hilt.
Li Feng pressed the button lightly, and the blade retracted into the hilt.
“This is a fine tool for ambushes.” Li Feng chuckled lightly. Though he was not skilled in swordsmanship, finding it less domineering than blade techniques, that did not stop him from using a sword to catch others off guard. Thus, he unceremoniously pocketed it.
“Xu Qing, are you alright?” Li Feng came to Xu Qing’s side and asked with concern. Earlier, to punish Zheng Haoyuan, he had not allowed Xu Qing to stay nearby. Now, seeing her pale face, he knew she had been frightened.
Shaking her head, Xu Qing looked at Li Feng with eyes full of curiosity, confusion, incomprehension, and worry. Everything today had shattered her worldview and upended her understanding.
At this moment, she had a thousand words but knew not how to voice them to Li Feng.
Li Feng took Xu Qing’s hand and said, “Let us go.”
“Mm.” Xu Qing nodded. She had long wanted to leave this place.
Opening the door, just as Li Feng was about to step out, he suddenly said to the bespectacled man, “Zheng Haoyuan is yours now.”
Hearing this, a glint flashed in the bespectacled man’s eyes. He looked at Zheng Haoyuan with undisguised killing intent.
A faint smile tugged at Li Feng’s lips. This was his second step against Zheng Haoyuan. The bespectacled man had already betrayed Zheng Haoyuan, and flashes of hatred towards him occasionally appeared in his eyes. Based on that alone, Li Feng knew he was a usable pawn.
Li Feng cared not for the rights and wrongs between the bespectacled man and Zheng Haoyuan. In his view, as long as Zheng Haoyuan met a grim fate in the bespectacled man’s hands, that sufficed. Moreover, for Zheng Haoyuan, this bespectacled man was a traitor. Even if the bespectacled man spared him today, Zheng Haoyuan would never let him live, given his temperament. Li Feng believed that after serving as Zheng Haoyuan’s lackey for so long, the bespectacled man surely understood his master’s nature.
Furthermore, even if Zheng Haoyuan escaped this ordeal today, his cultivation was utterly crippled and posed no threat. Besides, Li Feng had left a hidden trap in Zheng Haoyuan’s body earlier.
In this way, he avoided the trouble of killing Zheng Haoyuan himself, ensured Zheng Haoyuan’s grim end, and reaped the benefits. Why not?
The moment he stepped out of the presidential suite, Li Feng heard Zheng Haoyuan’s screams from within. A smile curved his lips.
Zheng Haoyuan was finished.
