"Father, Mother, save me! Save me!"
Kong Ruozeng saw that Chu Feng was resolved to kill him, and panic seized him instantly. He cried out desperately to his parents for help.
"Young friend Chu Feng, stay your hand! Let us talk this through — you absolutely must not take his life!" Kong Ruozeng's parents hurried to plead.
It was not only Kong Ruozeng's parents who spoke up. Every other member of the Kong Heavenly Clan began begging for mercy as well.
He was, after all, a genius of the Kong Heavenly Clan — the kind of talent that could not be produced even once in many years. Naturally, none of them wished to see Kong Ruozeng die just like this.
"Silence!!!" But at that moment, Kong Xuanlian let out a thunderous shout. "A life-and-death pact has been sworn. You would beg for mercy now? Are you trying to throw away every last shred of the Kong Heavenly Clan's dignity?"
The moment those words left Kong Xuanlian's lips, every member of the Kong Heavenly Clan fell silent.
They had understood his meaning — he had decided to let Kong Ruozeng die.
"Elder."
The others dared not speak, but Kong Ruozeng's parents would not give up. With no other recourse, they turned their gaze toward Kong Moyu.
Kong Moyu was their only hope of saving Kong Ruozeng.
"Shut your mouths. You have the nerve to ask me to intervene?" Kong Moyu roared, and a wave of oppressive aura swept outward.
He sent Kong Ruozeng's parents hurtling several hundred meters through the air with brute force. When they hit the ground, both spat blood — they were already gravely injured.
"This…"
At the sight of this, no one else dared to plead for mercy.
But just then, Kong Moyu turned to Chu Feng and spoke. "Young friend Chu Feng, you may kill Kong Ruozeng. He brought this upon himself."
"However, I still hope you will show mercy. After all… this is a life. Moreover, the grudge between the two of you is not so great."
When Kong Moyu said this, those who had been worried about Kong Ruozeng breathed a sigh of relief.
His meaning was crystal clear — he could punish Kong Ruozeng, and even Kong Ruozeng's parents, but he still hoped Chu Feng would spare the young man's life.
And who was Kong Moyu? What was his status? What manner of person was he?
Once he had spoken, everyone assumed the matter was settled. Chu Feng, no matter what, would surely not go against Kong Moyu's wishes.
He would, at the very least, give Kong Moyu that much face.
But who could have imagined that Chu Feng would pay no heed whatsoever to Kong Moyu's words — as if he had not heard them at all.
His gaze remained fixed on Kong Ruozeng.
And the Magma Emperor Sword in his grip tightened, ever tighter.
*Pfft—*
"Argh—"
In an instant, the blade plunged downward. Blood sprayed into the air, and Kong Ruozeng let out a howl like a wounded wolf.
The Magma Emperor Sword in Chu Feng's hand had already pierced into Kong Ruozeng's body. It had not yet destroyed his Dantian, but it had sunk deep within.
The sight of it shocked every onlooker to their core.
Kong Moyu had spoken — was Chu Feng truly going to defy Kong Moyu's wishes?
Was Chu Feng truly going to kill a genius of the Kong Heavenly Clan, right on the Kong Heavenly Clan's own territory?
This… this was far too bold!!!
"Young friend Chu Feng, do you truly insist on killing him?" Kong Moyu furrowed his brow, displeasure flickering across his eyes.
"Senior, why are you telling me not to kill him?" Chu Feng asked.
"I am not telling you not to kill him. If you are absolutely determined, I will not stop you."
"However… this is still a human life. He still has parents who need him. So… I hope you will reconsider."
"Well said. What you say makes perfect sense. But tell me — when Kong Ruozeng was about to kill my brother Wang Qiang earlier, why didn't you say the same thing?"
"Or is it that, in your eyes, my brother Wang Qiang's life doesn't count as a life?" Chu Feng shot back.
"……"
Kong Moyu was rendered speechless, unable to refute the argument, though his expression turned dark and stormy.
At that moment, many of the onlookers broke into a cold sweat on Chu Feng's behalf.
Everything Chu Feng said was perfectly reasonable — but this was Kong Moyu he was talking to. Doing this was really pushing Kong Moyu too far and leaving him no way to save face.
"Brother, let's… let it go. If you really kill this Kong Ruozeng, then you'll have really… really gone too far." At that moment, Wang Qiang's voice reached Chu Feng's ears.
Chu Feng turned to look and found Wang Qiang watching him with a grin.