"
The Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect actually began to beg Chu Feng for mercy.
"You don't want to die?"
"Fine, then kneel down and kowtow to me, beg for mercy."
Chu Feng said this to the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect, imposing the very same demand that the Sect Master had once placed on
As he spoke, the crimson aura wrapping around the Sect Master loosened its grip.
The message was unmistakable: kneel and beg.
"Chu Feng, let me go, let me go! As long as you spare my life, I'll agree to anything you want!"
The Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect was nothing if not decisive — he immediately dropped to his knees in midair, kowtowing frantically to Chu Feng and begging for mercy. His movements were fluid and seamless, without a shred of hesitation.
However, Chu Feng had anticipated this long ago.
Most villains were the type who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Before those weaker than themselves, they put on a tough front, strutting around as unflinching hardmen. But the moment they faced someone more powerful, their true colors showed — they became craven cowards clinging desperately to life.
It wasn't as though there were no tough ones among villains — there certainly were. Just comparatively few.
That was understandable, after all. Fear of death was only human nature.
Setting villains aside, even among kind-hearted people, the vast majority… were afraid to die.
Put simply, people who truly feared no death were rare.
"Chu Feng, let me go! I'll do whatever you ask!"
When the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect saw that Chu Feng wasn't responding, his pleas grew more and more desperate. Despite kneeling in empty air, the thudding sounds of his kowtows echoed clearly — he even smashed his forehead until blood poured down his face.
It was clear he was putting genuine effort into his begging.
"When you slaughtered those infants," Chu Feng asked the Sect Master, "did you ever imagine that you'd have a day like this?"
"Wh… what do you mean?" The Sect Master's pupils contracted as a sense of dread washed over him.
"I want you to pay the price." The moment Chu Feng finished speaking, several more streaks of crimson aura shot forth and wound themselves tightly around the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect.
"I've already begged you for mercy — why won't you let me go?!"
"AAAARGH — you bastard, let me go!!!"
"Chu Feng, you're going back on your word!!!"
The Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect let out piercing screams while hurling accusations at Chu Feng.
"You're mistaken. I, Chu Feng, have always kept my word. I told you before — I said you would die a horrible death. And since I said you'd die a horrible death, then a horrible death you will have."
"Everything that came after? Completely void." Chu Feng said this with cold mockery.
"YOU!!!"
The Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect ground his teeth in fury, but he was utterly powerless in this moment.
He had realized just how vast the gap between himself and the Evil God Sword truly was — they weren't even on the same level.
His only regret was that he had realized it far too late.
"Save me! SAVE ME!!!"
Suddenly, the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect began struggling and screaming for help.
Hearing this, Chu Feng's gaze shifted — he suddenly realized that the Sect Master's cry for help wasn't directed at him at all, but at someone else entirely.
Was there someone behind the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect?
"Who are you talking to?" Chu Feng asked in a cold voice.
But the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect gave no answer, continuing to shout "save me" over and over.
"If you won't tell me, I'll make you wish you were dead," Chu Feng said icily.
And true to his word, the moment those words left his mouth, the Sect Master's screams grew even more agonized.
The crimson aura coiling around him had begun to flicker with an eerie dark light, and his aura was growing ever more sinister. It was clear that the torture the Sect Master was enduring now went far beyond simple burning.
"Tell me! Now!" Chu Feng bellowed.
But to his surprise, even though the Sect Master of the Soul Infant Sect was clearly in unbearable agony, he still refused to answer Chu Feng's question.