Chapter 314: Volume-3 Chapter-16!
"Hahaha! That's more like it!" Mao Lang laughed in amusement, praising Lin Feng. "To kill them and not even let them utter a scream... you have grown, brat."
Even though Lin Feng felt pleased to hear the praises from his senior, he was more excited to see the expression on the face of that weakling prince!
He must be shivering in his pants by now.
Let me see you be arrogant now, weakling...
He hadn't forgotten the pompous words spoken by that prince.
He was sure that the weakling would now beg for his life, ready to remove the array around them willingly.
He might even remove the array without even letting Lin Feng ask for it. After all, his escape was also blocked by that array.
If he were to remove it, he could escape Lin Feng's wrath by using teleportation talisman.
To see the prince's expression, Lin Feng turned his gaze in his direction.
And as expected, everyone was panicking...
"Huh?" Lin Feng's eyes widened as he noticed a victorious smile on the weakling prince's face. It was as if something had happened according to his wishes—as if he was winning.
"Why does he have that smile on his face?" Lin Feng was baffled.
Was he missing something?
Did the prince not care about the lives of these emperor realm cultivators?
But how could he remain so calm?
Wasn't he afraid of Lin Feng targeting him next?
Lin Feng just couldn't wrap his head around Ashen's thoughts.
Any normal person would either try running or be panicking in their boots; however, the weak prince in front of him was calm and almost happy.
Just what assured him?
Just what calmed him down?
Did he not care about his life?
Has he lost his mind?
Lin Feng was busy guessing, not knowing what was wrong with the prince.
Meanwhile, the Emperor realm cultivators were in panic.
As soon as they saw the charred corpses of the sect master, Blood Demon Lord, and the Tian Jian Tribe's patriarch, they couldn't hide their shock.
"W-What happened?"
"Don't tell me those corpses belong to the sect master and the tribal heads!"
"Aaahhh! Did that monster really kill them in that short moment?"
"How can this be possible? We didn't even hear a sound."
"Wait! If those three couldn't even defend their lives, how are we supposed to stall for fifteen minutes?"
"Are we really going to die just like this?"
As the elders of the Eastern Sovereign Hall were panicking, the Baihu Tribe Patriarch could not believe his eyes.
"Blood Demon Lord and Heavenly Sword... Both died just like that?" His legs trembled. "They were among the top in terms of strength, and their lives ended here in this manner?"
All his chivalry betrayed him after the stark realization that Lin Feng was someone they couldn't defeat.
He felt choked by fear, almost feeling strangled by the approaching sensation of death.
At this moment, one of the elders reminded:
"Wait! If they are dead, won't that mean we are the next target of that monster?"
"Ahhh! I don't want to die after struggling for so long to become an emperor realm cultivator!"
With panic-stricken expressions, they glanced in Lin Feng's direction, and they were surprised to notice that he was floating in the same place without moving.
It appeared as if he was looking in their direction, thinking hard about something.
"Is he thinking of cruel ways to kill us?"
One of the elders guessed, striking fear into everyone's hearts.
Lin Feng's mask didn't really look soothing to the eye.
Seeing him like that could only prompt these kinds of thoughts to appear in one's mind.
They understood that they didn't have much time before Lin Feng would move to slaughter them all.
They looked at Ashen, only able to see his back from behind. He was standing in front of all of them, so his expression remained hidden from their eyes.
Moreover, they were tasked with pouring core-qi into the array, so they had been remaining in touch with the pillar, constantly injecting their core-qi into it.
They could only guess Ashen's expression, and that guess mostly was of panic and fear.
Any sane person would be in a similar state.
One of the elders spoke in hurry and panic:
"Your Highness, I think we should retreat. I request you to withdraw the array blocking our escape."
Everyone expected Ashen to agree right away.
What was even left to do here?
It would be better to just escape with their lives.
In the first place, they had come after Lin Feng to take back the treasure required to save the Blood Demon Lord's daughter; however, now that both Qin Feng and the Blood Demon Lord were dead, no one was here to oppose running away.
Just preserving their lives would be a desirable outcome.
However, Ashen's answer was contrary to their expectations.
Without turning to them, he shook his head and refused:
"No, we will not retreat."
His voice was calm without any hint of panic or fear.
"What??" Everyone was shocked by his response.
The same elder asked: "But why, your highness? Even you realize how dire the current situation is for us, right?"
Once again, Ashen replied without turning his face to them. He nodded:
"Yes, I'm aware of the situation, however, we cannot run away."
He sighed and mentioned the reason:
"I've already called my grandfather. You don't know him. If he finds out we wasted his time by retreating while he is on his way here, there will be hell to pay."
"B-But..." The elder's mouth twitched as he asked with a forced smile: "He won't kill us, right? But if we stay here, we will definitely die!"
The elder's reasoning was based on the fact that the dragon emperor was of the righteous path. At most he will punish them, right?
"You are wrong." Ashen replied in a grave tone with his back turned to them. "He will slaughter you all for the cowardice you are showing."
He paused and then added: "He hates cowards more than anything."
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