The silence was absolute — not a crow's caw, not a sparrow's chirp. Beyond the pounding of heartbeats, not even the sound of breathing could be heard.
But the most shocked of all were Bai Yunxiao,
They had long since ceased to be Chu Feng's match, yet they had clung to one conviction: Qin Lingyun was still someone Chu Feng feared. As long as Qin Lingyun remained, Chu Feng could never be the undisputed first on Greenwood Mountain — there would always be an obstacle, someone to fear, and naturally he would never dare act without restraint.
But this scene before them had, without question, obliterated their last pillar of hope, their final shred of confidence, their ultimate trump card — destroyed so completely that not even ashes remained.
"All of you — kneel before me." Without warning, Chu Feng pointed at Bai Yunxiao, Zhao Jingang, Qi Yanyu, Tao Xiangyu, and the rest.
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The moment Chu Feng spoke, not only did Tao Xiangyu and the others drop to their knees, but every other Greenwood Mountain disciple present followed suit.
It wasn't that they lacked backbone. It was that Chu Feng's words carried a terrifying, overwhelming pressure. They didn't dare disobey. In Chu Feng's own words: I want you to kneel — whether you want to or not, you kneel.
"What a spineless bunch." Watching Bai Yunxiao, Tao Xiangyu, and the others kneel so readily, Qin Lingyun's face flushed crimson with rage, as though it might explode at any moment.
As for Bai Yunxiao, Tao Xiangyu, and the rest, they hung their heads in silence. They didn't dare look at Qin Lingyun, and they certainly didn't dare look at Chu Feng. They knew they were making a disgrace of themselves, but there was nothing they could do.
"Ha ha ha! That's right — keep being arrogant! Weren't you all so high and mighty before? Now look at you, kneeling in the dirt! Turns out you're nothing but bullies who only dare pick on the weak! Pah!!!"
"Qin Lingyun, I'll give you one chance. Hand over the war banner key, or I destroy you right now." Chu Feng still had his grip on Qin Lingyun's head, his voice cold as ice.
"Ha ha ha, Chu Feng — you might scare others, but you can't scare me!"
"Destroy me? If you dare kill me, don't expect to walk away alive either. Do you dare?" Qin Lingyun laughed loudly, fully convinced that Chu Feng would never go through with it.
"You think I don't dare?" Chu Feng's sharp brows shot upward, his voice frigid.
"I'm betting you don't." Qin Lingyun said with absolute conviction.
BOOM—
But before the words had even left his mouth, a muffled blast rang out. Blood erupted in every direction as Qin Lingyun's physical body was obliterated — reduced to powder by a single surge of dark force from Chu Feng's palm.
"There is nothing in this world that I, Chu Feng, would not dare to do." After killing Qin Lingyun, Chu Feng's expression was utterly unchanged, as though nothing had happened. If anything, there was a faint hint of satisfaction on his face.
"Chu Feng, you… you actually killed him…"
Everyone was dumbstruck with terror. Even Lin Yezhou and Fu Feiteng had gone pale. Slaying a fellow disciple — that was a capital offense!
"He was trash. Kill him, and so what? Let's see whether Greenwood Mountain will execute me over this piece of trash." Chu Feng was utterly indifferent.
He was confident that
And even if Dugu Xingfeng truly bowed to outside pressure and moved to behead him, Chu Feng believed that the Alliance Master of the Spirit Alliance,
Chu Feng's killing of Qin Lingyun was no act of impulse. He had calculated this long in advance. Before even setting foot in this place, Chu Feng had already resolved himself to slay Qin Lingyun.