The barrier sword in
Everyone was stunned.
It was an unexpected strike—one that caught every single person off guard.
Lü Jie had already admitted his wrongdoing, yet Chu Feng still attacked. Why?
"Chu Feng, you... you're going back on your word."
Lü Jie lay face-down on the ground, his features twisted in pain, though anger burned even stronger.
Hearing this, Chu Feng simply smiled faintly.
"I said I'd spare your life. I never said I wouldn't lay a finger on you."
"Lü Jie, you pushed your luck too far. Even your apology was completely insincere. What I'm doing today is a lesson for you—you'll thank me for it down the line," Chu Feng said.
"Chu Feng, if you've got any guts, don't leave the Ancient Spirit Domain!"
"Otherwise, we'll tear you to pieces!!!"
Furious roars erupted—Lü Jie's senior brothers and sisters.
But upon hearing their threats, Chu Feng's gaze turned icy cold.
He looked toward the direction of Lü Jie's seniors.
"Lü Jie is still in my hands, and you dare threaten me like this."
"It seems you really don't want him to live."
At those words, his gaze swept across the crowd.
"All of you—bear witness for me. I was planning to spare Lü Jie's life."
"It's his senior brothers and sisters who insist on forcing my hand."
"Since I'm dead either way, there's no reason for me to keep Lü Jie alive."
"If Lü Jie dies, it will be because his own seniors pushed him to it."
The moment Chu Feng said this, the faces of Lü Jie's senior brothers and sisters turned deathly pale.
They had never imagined Chu Feng would say something like that.
And what truly terrified them was the possibility that Chu Feng might actually go through with it.
If word reached their Master, wouldn't they be the ones responsible for Lü Jie's death?
That was a charge they could not afford to bear.
Pfft—
Blood sprayed into the air, accompanied by a string of pained cries.
Chu Feng yanked the sword from Lü Jie's body.
Then he leveled it against Lü Jie's throat.
He was... truly going to kill him.
"Stop! Stop it!!!"
"Chu Feng, put it down right now!!!"
"Let's talk this through—please, spare my junior brother's life."
Lü Jie's senior brothers and sisters, who moments ago had been brimming with ferocity, suddenly shifted to begging in soft tones.
The scene was shocking enough on its own, but nobody expected Chu Feng to still be unsatisfied. Instead, he delivered a single line:
"What gives you the right to stand and speak to me like that?"
"On your knees—all of you. Otherwise, Lü Jie dies because of you."
When those words left Chu Feng's lips, the crowd stood frozen in disbelief.
These were the personal disciples of Dao Sovereign. Their arrogance was plain for all to see—they had even dared to threaten Grandmaster
Asking people like them to kneel before Chu Feng? It was utterly unthinkable.
And yet, after Chu Feng's demand, the expressions on their faces truly did contort into something savage.