Chu Feng thrust his long sword through Soul Lei's dantian.
In that moment, he also seized control of Soul Lei's life.
Though Soul Lei possessed formidable strength, he was now in no condition to fight Chu Feng.
His life was in Chu Feng's hands.
And looking at Soul Lei, whose eyes were already brimming with tears and who was on the verge of crying…
Chu Feng felt a measure of relief.
Song Yun, that girl, had deceived him into consuming what she called the Hegemonic Star Soul Poison.
When that soul poison had merged with his soul, it carried a side effect that temporarily sealed away a portion of Chu Feng's cultivation.
That was why, earlier, when those minor Soul Lock Sect lackeys had given him trouble, he could only endure their abuse without striking back to teach them a lesson.
It wasn't that he didn't want to teach them a lesson—it was that at the time, both his cultivation and his barrier technique had been sealed to an extremely low level.
But precisely while those lackeys were making things difficult for him, the Hegemonic Star Soul Poison had begun merging with his soul, and his cultivation had started recovering rapidly.
That was why, at that time, Chu Feng had no fear of those lackeys.
Because Chu Feng knew his cultivation would soon be restored.
Afterwards, Shengguang Jin'an's appearance had prevented the Soul Lock Sect lackeys from continuing to trouble Chu Feng.
But Chu Feng's cultivation recovery had been ongoing the entire time.
As Chu Feng and the others had pressed deeper, his cultivation had remained in a state of rapid recovery.
It had just so happened that his cultivation fully recovered to its original level right before he discovered the suspicious behavior of Soul Lei and Soul Yong.
Otherwise, Chu Feng would never have been able to track Soul Lei this far, let alone launch a sneak attack against him.
Come to think of it, while Soul Lei wasn't particularly cautious, as an Eighth Grade Sovereign, his speed was extraordinary.
If Chu Feng's cultivation had recovered even slightly later, he might not have been able to follow Soul Lei at all.
That was why Chu Feng felt fortunate…
What he was grateful for was that his cultivation had recovered in time. If it hadn't, failing to track Soul Lei would have been a minor concern—if Su Rou, Su Mei, and Yue Xian had truly been harmed by this Soul Lei, the regret would have been unbearable.
At that thought, the killing intent in Chu Feng's gaze toward Soul Lei intensified.
After all, this was the man who had intended to kill Su Rou and Su Mei.
Thud—
Sensing Chu Feng's increasingly frigid gaze, Soul Lei dropped to his knees.
"Please, brother, don't kill me! I'm begging you, let me go!"
"My sect's disciples were disrespectful to you earlier, but that had nothing to do with me! Just let me go—I swear, if you spare me, I'll make sure to teach those idiots a harsh lesson. Killing them for you would be nothing!"
"If you'd prefer to deal with them yourself, I can help—I can capture them and bring them to you for whatever you please!"
"Brother, please spare me! I'm begging you! I have parents to support and children to feed!"
"Besides, those idiots from our sect offending you had nothing to do with me at all!"
Tears and snot were streaming together across Soul Lei's face, his expression one of absolute abasement.
He no longer resembled in the slightest the supreme genius who had stood above the void, looking down upon the masses.
Yet seeing Soul Lei like this, Chu Feng felt not the slightest sympathy or mercy.
The man had just offered, of his own volition, to capture his own sect members and hand them over to Chu Feng for slaughter.
Though spoken as pleas for mercy, they revealed his true ruthlessness.
"You were trying to refine those two girls inside, weren't you?"
Chu Feng asked Soul Lei.
He didn't care about Soul Lei's character—he cared about Su Rou and Su Mei.
"Uh…"
Soul Lei's expression froze. He suddenly realized that Chu Feng hadn't come because of some grudge against the Soul Lock Sect disciples—it was because of those two girls.
"Brother… you don't happen to know those two girls, do you?"
Soul Lei asked shakily.
He figured that if Chu Feng's hostility stemmed from a conflict with the Soul Lock Sect disciples, then with enough pleading, he might still escape with his life.
But if he truly had a close connection to those two girls… then he might genuinely lose his life.
Because this man had one bad habit—when working alone, he liked to talk to himself.