Even though everyone thought Zuoqiu Yanliang was shameless, aside from Li Mu, not a single person dared to speak up.
They feared not only Zuoqiu Yanliang himself, but the backing behind him.
Even the sympathetic glances toward Chu Feng could only be cast in secret.
"Hahaha…"
"Wonderful, truly wonderful."
"I've seen my fair share of scoundrels, but someone like you is truly rare."
"Zuoqiu Yanliang, when it comes to shamelessness, I, Chu Feng, would rank you among the very strongest."
Far from being angered, Chu Feng actually clapped his hands in applause.
"You insolent wretch — you dare insult me?"
"I haven't even settled the score for how you snuck your way in here."
As Zuoqiu Yanliang spoke, his oppressive aura erupted outward.
Though he was still gravely injured, he could now wield his power.
Dealing with Chu Feng would be no trouble at all.
"Senior Brother Zuoqiu, even if Chu Feng is guilty, shouldn't we leave his punishment to the elders?"
Just then, Song Qian suddenly spoke up.
Though she stood on Zuoqiu Yanliang's side, she recognized that Chu Feng was a talent and didn't want to see him die here like this.
"Don't worry, Junior Sister Song. I won't kill him."
"But today, I must teach him a lesson."
Zuoqiu Yanliang said.
"Wait — hold on before you make a move."
Chu Feng quickly called out.
Seeing Chu Feng try to persuade him to stop, Zuoqiu Yanliang wore a smug grin.
"Chu Feng, if you admit your wrongs now and confess that controlling the Prison King earlier was nothing but a cheap trick to leech off others' efforts, I could put in a good word with the elders for you — a lighter sentence for sneaking in here."
"Of course, if you remain stubborn and refuse to repent, you won't even need to wait for the elders. I, Zuoqiu Yanliang, can teach you a lesson right here and now."
Zuoqiu Yanliang said to Chu Feng.
"No, no, no — don't get the wrong idea. I, Chu Feng, have no intention of admitting fault or begging for mercy."
"I just want to ask — are you really planning to throw your around just because you have the cultivation of a Third Level Martial Venerable? Reason be damned?"
Chu Feng asked.
Hearing Chu Feng ask this, Zuoqiu Yanliang let out a string of cold laughter.
"Since you've asked, I might as well tell you — here, right now, I, Zuoqiu Yanliang, am the reason."
"I'm going to use my strength to suppress you, to bully you, to humiliate you — what are you going to do about it?"
Zuoqiu Yanliang declared with utter arrogance.
In this moment, he was thoroughly pleased with himself — it was the satisfaction of knowing full well he was in the wrong, yet still getting to trample over someone who couldn't do a thing about it.
"Mm, very well. In that case, I, Chu Feng… will simply stop reasoning with you."
Chu Feng said.
"What did you say? You won't reason with me?"
"Did I hear that correctly?"
"You — a mere Seventh Level Supreme — if you won't reason with me, are you suggesting you want to compete in strength?"
Zuoqiu Yanliang burst into booming laughter, so loud it rang across the area. At the very least, his laugh sounded nothing like that of a gravely wounded man.
He truly found Chu Feng ridiculous.
But everyone else present was dead silent. They all knew Zuoqiu Yanliang was in the wrong, yet not one of them dared say a word.
They could only look at Chu Feng with sympathy.
There was nothing they could do. Sometimes, that was simply how the world worked.
People knew perfectly well who was right and who was wrong — but sometimes, they didn't dare stand with the one who was right.
Rumble— Suddenly, a peal of thunder exploded through the air, and a second crash followed right after.
In an instant, terrifying thunderclaps rang out in an endless barrage, shaking heaven and earth.
And with the emergence of the lightning, terrifying black hurricanes and black storms once again surged forth.
In the blink of an eye, this stretch of sky and earth was sealed off once more by the horrifying black hurricane, and the aura it carried was several times more terrifying than before.
Riding in with the black hurricane, an utterly dreadful aura surged outward from the heart of the storm.
"What is that?!"
The moment they felt that aura, every person on the scene turned deathly pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.