Excessive ferocity due to caution

The three, in a daze, were escorted away from the ruined city by the assassins of the Jie Sect.

The moment they left the outskirts of the ruined city, they clearly felt the curse seal within their bodies gradually dissolving.

Although the dissolution process is not fast, it takes about three to five days.

But this gave the three of them a sense of hope for survival.

They knew that Zhao Yi had truly let them go.

The woman on the right, dressed in a white dress and with disheveled hair, covered her face, squatted down, and her body was convulsing; it was unclear whether she was crying or laughing.

The other two looked back at the ruined city gate, their expressions complex.

A strong sense of contrast and astonishment permeated their hearts.

When faced with a choice, the Lü family, who acted like saviors, made the choice that was utterly inhuman and unscrupulous, revealing their hypocrisy to the extreme. On the contrary, Zhao Yi, the ruthless killer, strictly adhered to the rules of the game and let them go after the bet ended...

This contrast won't make Zhao Yi's image in their hearts any more kind, but it will make the image of the Lü family extremely rotten and decaying!

"How disgusting..."

A middle-aged man's face showed utter disgust.

"Despite being a villain, a serial killer, he has such principles."

"This kind of person is absolutely disgusting!"

He seemed to be cursing Zhao Yi.

But the two people standing nearby could tell that the middle-aged man was actually cursing the Lü family.

The woman, who was crouching on the ground, seemed to be both crying and laughing, and she recalled the short essay that the media under the Lü family had published online.

There really are idiots in this world.

She's that idiot.

She believed the Lu family's words and came to carry out 'justice'.

But it was almost executed by "justice".

The woman suddenly understood—

If Feng Nan hadn't intervened, their remains would have quickly made headlines in the capital and made them...heroes.

The Lü family will not let them off just because they are dead.

They will squeeze every last bit of value out of them for propaganda purposes, to continue brainwashing other idiots.

To put it bluntly, it's like profiting from their suffering.

The woman's mind was filled with those few thousand words of essays clamoring for justice, which had filled her with righteous indignation and passionate fervor at the time...

But now, these words are like knives, cutting her flesh and scraping her bones.

She suddenly gagged a few times and vomited.

Seeing the woman vomiting on the ground, the two people beside her did not try to help her up.

Because they also felt like vomiting.

The three eventually left in a sorry state.

Inside the abandoned city, Xu Shengzhi sat in front of the monitor, watching the three figures walk away.

"Pitiful, pathetic, hateful, and laughable."

He shook his head.

There was a knock at the door.

Xu Shengzhi shuddered and pulled up his pants.

"Please come in."

The door opened, and a member of the Jie Sect, a suicide squad, walked in.

"Boss, more people are coming from the west of the city."

Xu Shengzhi frowned:

"Another person from the capital?"

The assassin nodded.

"Yes."

"However, these people are quite open and aboveboard. They say they are from the Fifth Federation and have heard that there are many rumors circulating in the capital recently. They want to come and verify whether the rumors are true."

"The people from the Fifth Federation said that they came here only to investigate the facts, verify them from multiple sources, and adhere to the principles of fairness and impartiality. They will never abuse their power or show favoritism to any party."

Xu Shengzhi burst out laughing.

When the assassin saw Xu Shengzhi smile, he smiled too.

"What's the boss laughing at?"

The assassin laughed for a long time, but found it all inexplicable, so he stopped laughing and asked Xu Shengzhi for an explanation.

Xu Shengzhi waved his hand and said:

"It's nothing, I just remembered something happy... You take them to see the cult leader."

"By the way, let's keep them here for a while. Right now, the sect leader should be negotiating with those three important figures from the Lü family."

The assassin nodded and went out.

...

Inside the bright hall.

Lü Hong was bound hand and foot and hung upside down on the ceiling fan without any dignity, spinning continuously.

This electric fan was temporarily installed by Zhao Yi.

It was specifically for Lü Hong.

Lü Hong, whose power had been sealed by Yun Fang, nearly fainted during the rapid spinning and vomited all over the ground.

At first, he still had the energy to curse Zhao Yi, but later all he could do was weakly groan in pain.

The three powerful experts at the Sovereign Realm whom he brought from the Lü family stopped fighting Feng Nan to the death and instead came to the hall where Zhao Yi was with Feng Nan.

Bright lights suddenly fell, and the three of them saw Lü Hong, who was tied to an electric fan and spinning around, and they were furious!

"If you don't want Lü Hong to die, you'd better not make any rash moves."

Zhao Yi spoke in a lazy, confident tone.

"Lü Hong is sealed with a curse. If you act rashly, the curse will erupt, and not only you, but even the gods will be unable to save him."

With just one sentence, these three powerful figures at the Sovereign Realm immediately became hesitant to act rashly.

Do you know what you're doing?

One of the elderly men in gray spoke, his white eyebrows furrowed with anger.

"He is the younger brother of the head of the Lü family!"

"How dare you humiliate him like this?"

Zhao Yi lifted the lid of the teapot, and a fragrant aroma of tea wafted out.

"Gentlemen, please understand this: Lü Hong is not only the younger brother of the Lü family patriarch, but also my prisoner."

"I've summoned the three of you here because I want you to deliver a message to the Lü family."

The old man in gray glared at him coldly and said:

"I advise you to release Lord Lü Hong immediately, or you'll regret it today!"

Zhao Yi lowered the lid of the teacup with the tip of his right hand and placed it back on the teacup.

Are you threatening me?

There was a smile on his lips.

Before the old man in gray could speak, a spinning scalpel appeared in Zhao Yi's other hand. As the blade flashed, Lü Hong, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened her mouth wide, tears and snot streaming down her face, and made strange noises.

"Huh...ha...huh..."

A bloody, mangled mess fell to the ground.

The three of them looked down, their pupils constricting!

Blood continued to flow down Lü Hong's trouser leg. Zhao Yi looked at the three men, their eyes filled with murderous intent, and said calmly:

"I must remind you, Lü Hong is now a mortal."

"His power is completely sealed. If he bleeds any longer, he'll be dead."

"You don't have much time left. If you continue to waste time, then I'll have to let Lü Hong go first."

The three men looked at each other, furious but knowing that Lü Hong's life was in Zhao Yi's hands, they dared not make a move.

What do you want?

The old man in gray suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Yi took the cloth handed to him by the servant and slowly wiped the knife in his hand.

"Go back and tell the head of the Lü family that if he wants his younger brother... he can exchange him for someone from the Li family."

PS: First update.

I got my nucleic acid test done ahead of schedule today, time to get back to writing!