"Good. I'm grateful to every friend willing to trust me. Because you've placed your trust in me, I must guarantee your safety." Chu Feng addressed those who had already entered the seventh path.
He then turned to Elder Huangguan and Wang Qiang. "Elder Huangguan, Brother Wang Qiang, I'm troubling you — please lead these people out of the Moon Labyrinth. Retrace the same route. The seventh path may have a vicious aura, but it is absolutely safe."
"Little friend Chu Feng, aren't you planning to come with us?" Elder Huangguan asked.
"Even though they don't trust me, I can't just sit by and ignore their lives," Chu Feng said.
"But if that killing formation truly exists, you staying behind won't help either," Elder Huangguan said.
"I have another method. I can't guarantee it will work, but I still have to try," Chu Feng said.
"Chu… Chu Feng, they don't believe you — they're hopeless. Even if they die, they deserve it."
"You… you should just let them die. Wh… why bother with them?" Wang Qiang said, speaking loudly on purpose to humiliate those who had stayed behind.
And indeed, the faces of those who had remained were grim. They all felt that ignoring Chu Feng's warning had been a betrayal of his good intentions. But there was nothing they could do — they didn't want to have come all this way for nothing. After all, each of them harbored selfish motives.
"They can choose not to believe me, but I absolutely cannot abandon them. That is my responsibility." Chu Feng said with a smile. He wasn't angry at all, as though he had long anticipated this outcome.
Seeing Chu Feng like this, the others felt even more ashamed…
"Responsibility? How laughable. He was clearly exposed by my words, so he's just giving up and staying behind because he can't bear to part with the treasures here."
"So everyone, don't let this fellow deceive you." Elder Yueling, seeing the crowd's growing guilt, stirred up trouble once more.
Szzzt—
The moment Elder Yueling's words fell, a bolt of lightning flashed. Chu Feng appeared before him like a specter. The Thunder Armor and Thunder Wings materialized, and his entire body blazed with crackling lightning.
In that moment, Chu Feng was not only wreathed in lightning — his oppressive aura was ferocious, forcing Elder Yueling to stagger backward repeatedly.
Sensing Chu Feng's killing intent, Elder Yueling flipped his palm and drew a half-complete Emperor Weapon. He intended to strike first, attacking Chu Feng before Chu Feng could act against him.
Whoosh— Clang—
But before Elder Yueling's half-complete Emperor Weapon could even be raised, a streak of silver light flashed past. Chu Feng's Coiled Dragon Fury cleaved the weapon cleanly in two. The broken halves spun rapidly through the air before clattering to the ground.
At that instant, Elder Yueling's face turned ashen. He stood frozen in place, not daring to move a muscle, as cold sweat poured down his weathered face.
In that brief moment, he had felt the immense gulf between himself and Chu Feng. If Chu Feng wanted him dead, he would die without any power to resist.
"How dare you! You dare disrespect an elder? Are you looking to oppose my Heaven's Way Palace?" The members of Heaven's Way Palace snapped to their senses and drew their weapons, pointing them at Chu Feng.
"So what if I oppose you?" Chu Feng swept his gaze over them and asked coldly.
The moment they met Chu Feng's eyes, those Heaven's Way Palace members who had been itching to fight all took steps backward. Many began to tremble, drenched in cold sweat. Some were so terrified they collapsed to the ground.
Killing intent. Before Chu Feng's overwhelming killing intent, they suddenly realized how laughable they were.
If even Elder Yueling — the strongest among them — was no match for Chu Feng, what could the rest of them possibly do? They would only be throwing their lives away.
After all, they all understood one truth: in the face of absolute power, numbers meant nothing. And Chu Feng was precisely that kind of powerhouse.
"Chu Feng, if you kill me, it only proves you have something to hide. Even if I die, Heaven's Way Palace will absolutely not let you go," Elder Yueling threatened.
"You think I wouldn't dare kill you?" Chu Feng's expression didn't change — not the slightest trace of fear. At the same time, the Coiled Dragon Fury in his hand drew ever closer to Elder Yueling.
"You… you… you…" Elder Yueling stammered, too nervous to form a complete sentence. Sweat poured from him like rain. He truly feared death.
"I could kill you with a single stroke. But I won't, because killing you would only dirty my hands."
"As for what each of us has told everyone — who is lying and who is telling the truth — the day of reckoning will come on its own. I have a clear conscience, and I'm not afraid to wait."
After saying this, Chu Feng withdrew the Coiled Dragon Fury and walked over to the Flat Peach Tree. He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.
As for Elder Yueling, his breathing was ragged and labored. He kept wiping the cold sweat from his face. Moments ago, he had felt as though he had stepped through the gates of hell. Though he had managed to escape, he felt as though his entire body was about to give out.
Thump—
Suddenly, Chu Feng opened his eyes, because someone had sat down beside him. Looking over, he saw Wang Qiang grinning at him broadly, flashing his teeth in a dopey smile.