“Linghu Zhishi, you are despicable to the core!!!”
“You’re unfit to be the hegemon of the Ancestral Martial Starfield, utterly unfit!!!”
Suddenly, Chu Xuanzhengfa let out a furious roar.
Following him, many members of the Chu Heavenly Clan began cursing the Ancestral Martial Starfield.
But their curses seemed so feeble, failing to provoke even the slightest anger from the Linghu Heavenly Clan.
The Linghu clansmen looked at the Chu Heavenly Clan as if they were watching a troupe of clowns.
They knew the Chu Heavenly Clan couldn’t compete with them—the gap in strength was simply too vast.
Thus, the Chu Heavenly Clan could only resort to verbal attacks.
But such resistance was utterly powerless…
“Clan Chief Linghu, don’t forget, Linghu Hongfei is still here.”
“So, you don’t care if he lives, do you?”
At that moment, Gu Mingyuan spoke. As she did, she grabbed Linghu Hongfei, who had been lying on the ground, by the neck, lifting him up with a vice-like grip.
“That’s right, Linghu Hongfei is still in their hands.”
“With such a hostage, would the Linghu Heavenly Clan dare to act?”
Seeing this, realization dawned on the onlookers.
Everyone knew Linghu Hongfei’s importance to the Linghu Heavenly Clan.
To them, the lives of the entire Chu Heavenly Clan weren’t worth as much as Linghu Hongfei’s alone.
If the Chu Heavenly Clan played their cards right with this hostage, they might actually escape today.
“Hahaha…”
But unexpectedly, in response to Gu Mingyuan’s threat, Linghu Zhishi burst into laughter.
His laughter was smug, not just smug—it was laced with mockery.
After laughing for a while, he finally stopped and looked at Gu Mingyuan.
“Gu Mingyuan, take a good look at who you’re holding,” Linghu Zhishi said.
“What?!?!”
At his words, everyone hurriedly looked.
What they saw stunned them, Gu Mingyuan included.
In her hand wasn’t Linghu Hongfei but a bloodied figure, face unrecognizable.
Yet, a Chu Heavenly Clan token hung at his waist—this was a Chu Heavenly Clan member.
And he was already dead.
Judging by his state, he seemed to have died recently.
“How could this happen?”
Everyone was bewildered.
Just moments ago, Chu Feng had severely injured Linghu Hongfei.
Linghu Hongfei had been lying there, wailing.
Even when Gu Mingyuan grabbed him, there was no change.
How had he suddenly been replaced with a Chu Heavenly Clan member?
“Chu Feng, you will pay the price.”
At that moment, a voice dripping with venom and killing intent rang out.
People saw a figure step out from behind Linghu Zhishi.
The words came from this person—Linghu Hongfei.
But the Linghu Hongfei before them was different from before.
He wore clean clothes, free of blood, and his wounds were gone.
Yet, his eyes were wrapped in gauze, with two streaks of blood seeping through.
This confirmed that Chu Feng had indeed gravely injured him, and his eyes were still blinded.
Switching the beam for a pillar!!!
Seeing Linghu Hongfei now, everyone understood.
Under everyone’s noses, the Linghu Heavenly Clan had rescued the severely injured Linghu Hongfei and treated his wounds while Linghu Zhishi stalled with the Chu Heavenly Clan.
But this also made people realize that Linghu Hongfei’s eye injury was no ordinary wound.
Even after treatment, his eyes remained damaged—he was likely truly blind.
“Gu Mingyuan, a Supreme Realm expert, yet you didn’t notice someone was switched right under your nose, and you’re threatening me with a dead Chu Heavenly Clan member?”
“Gu Mingyuan, you’ve truly disappointed me,” Linghu Zhishi said mockingly.
As expected, Linghu Hongfei had been swapped out moments ago.
No wonder they were so fearless.
“Linghu Zhishi, you think you’ve won?”
“Don’t celebrate too soon,” Gu Mingyuan said.
As she spoke, she flipped her palm, revealing ten pills.
Without exception, they were all forbidden drugs, each with immense power.
The backlash from these drugs was terrifying.
If Gu Mingyuan consumed all ten, she would die—no one could save her.
Seeing the pills, everyone knew Gu Mingyuan was prepared to fight to the death.
“Mother.”
Chu Lingxi, standing beside Gu Mingyuan, had tears in her eyes.
She knew what her mother intended, but was powerless to stop her.
After all, today was a death sentence either way. Fighting back offered a chance to take them down with her, but surrendering meant certain death.
She understood the logic, but this was her mother.
Watching her mother prepare to die in battle, she couldn’t bear the grief.
“Go ahead, let me see the power of your forbidden drugs,” Linghu Zhishi said.
He had no intention of stopping Gu Mingyuan, despite knowing she was ready to go all out, showing he didn’t take her seriously.
“As you wish.”
Determination flashed in Gu Mingyuan’s eyes as she raised the pills to her mouth.
*Smack—*
But just as she did, a hand stopped her.
It was Chu Feng.
“Chu Feng, no need to persuade me. At this point, this is my only choice,” Gu Mingyuan said.
“Senior, I understand, but… there’s no need for this,” Chu Feng replied.
“No need?”
His words puzzled not only Gu Mingyuan but everyone else.
Amid their confusion, Chu Feng did something even more shocking.
He turned his gaze to the Linghu Heavenly Clan members.
His eyes swept over every single one of them.
After this, Chu Feng finally spoke.
“Let me make this clear: those who leave now, we can still talk.”
“But if you stay, you’re truly making an enemy of my Chu Heavenly Clan.”
“And I, Chu Feng, never show mercy to enemies.”
His words plunged the world into silence.
Though the heavens were quiet, people’s hearts were anything but.
It felt like countless thunderbolts had exploded in their ears.
They couldn’t believe what they’d just heard.
Chu Feng had just issued a threatening ultimatum to the Linghu Heavenly Clan.
But what gave him the right?
“Hahahaha!!!”
Suddenly, laughter like crashing waves erupted, deafening.
Every Linghu Heavenly Clan member was roaring with laughter, thoroughly amused.
And people could understand their reaction.
Chu Feng’s words were like a rabbit telling a pack of wolves it would devour them.
It was indeed a joke.
“Chu Feng, you’re quite the comedian.”
“What, trying to ease your nerves?” Linghu Zhishi mocked.
But Chu Feng seemed deaf to his taunts.
Facing the Linghu Heavenly Clan’s mocking laughter, his expression didn’t waver. Not only was he unaffected, he spoke again.
“Looks like no one’s leaving. In that case, you’ll all die here.”
