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"I advise you not to make any rash moves. Although you could reach them very quickly, I've already planted some little tricks on those nine people.
The moment you act, I'll detonate it instantly and send them to the afterlife. Moreover, my companion has also poisoned them. Even if you think killing me could solve the problem, it won't work. If you don't believe me, take a closer look at their faces."
Lin Feng seemed to see through the old man's thoughts, and spoke calmly.
Hearing this, the old man's eyes shifted. He stroked his beard, then smiled kindly: "Little friend, the few ordinary clansmen of my Demon Flame Cloud Fox Clan you've captured are of no real consequence.
How about this, why don't you give me some face and release them? In the future, if you encounter difficulties, you can come to my Demon Flame Cloud Fox Clan and find me. As a Dou Zun, I can solve most problems for you. How about it?"
Although Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian had used some methods to hide their true appearance, for a Dou Zun like him, he could see through them at a glance.
He did not know their true faces, but judging from their auras, they were absolutely not over thirty-five years old.
"Hehe, since these people are unimportant, I'll have my companion kill them all then. They're useless anyway."
Facing words that could only deceive a three-year-old, Lin Feng sneered.
Don't be fooled by this old man's kindly demeanor. The moment he dared let the hostages go, the next second this old thing would slap him and Xiao Yixian into meat paste.
"Brat, how dare you!"
The Dou Zun's eyes bulged, and he bellowed. A vast aura, like a raging storm, swept straight toward Lin Feng!
"If I get hurt, my companion will kill them all."
Facing that overwhelming pressure, Lin Feng spoke faintly.
His manner was as if the man before him wasn't a Dou Zun who could kill him at any moment.
But in truth, he was extremely tense inside. After all, if the other side really lost his reason and ignored the hostages' lives, then his situation would become extremely dangerous.
Being threatened by a Dou Zong, a dense killing intent instantly flashed through the eyes of the thin old man.
But thinking of his own direct descendant, as well as several core elders of the clan still in the enemy's hands, even with his strength, he had no choice but to swallow his anger for now.
At the same time, he couldn't help but curse furiously in his heart at those elders who had been responsible for protecting the juniors.
So many people, and yet they had been taken down by just one peak Dou Zong and a Seven-Star Dou Zong.
They hadn't even managed to give his juniors time to use a spatial jade slip. However, when he looked at the unmoving Lin Feng, a trace of unease flashed in his eyes.
If this person, upon seeing him arrive, had shown any sign of panic, then he could have seized that weakness and shattered the opponent's psychological defense in one stroke.
But the calm expression Lin Feng wore left him with no confidence at all.
"Junior, isn't what you're doing a little dishonorable? Before, I was merely joking with you two, and yet you've gone and done something this vicious."
At this point, the old man stroked his beard and threatened: "But, boy, you had better think carefully. You must know, my Demon Flame Cloud Fox Clan's strength ranks high even across the Western Region of Central Plains.
Even the overlord of the Western Region, the master of Yellow Spring Pavilion, has to give me some face here. If you make enemies of us, walking out of this Western Wasteland Desert unscathed will not be easy."
"Of course, if you release those people now, I, as a senior, am generous enough to let this rudeness pass. You should carefully consider your options."
At this point, the old man couldn't quite figure out Lin Feng's true intentions. All he could do was resort to a mix of threats and promises not to pursue the matter.
Of course, when he said he wouldn't pursue it, that was true enough.
But if Lin Feng released the hostages right now, he would immediately summon other clan experts. By then, whether the rest of the clan chose to pursue the matter or not, that would no longer be his problem.
"Honorable? Earlier, in that sand dune field, the two of us were quietly cultivating, and you, old man, came to rob us outright. And you're lecturing me about being honorable?"
Hearing him say the word "honorable," Lin Feng actually laughed in anger.
When this guy was out swindling and robbing before, he never once thought about the word "honorable."
Lin Feng sneered coldly: "Since Senior enjoys making jokes, why don't this Junior also play along? Why don't we guess, after my companion kills that Dou Huang level woman, whether she'll be able to come back to life on the spot?"
As he finished speaking, he slowly stretched out an arm, as though signaling to Xiao Yixian behind him to act.
At this moment, most of the tension in his heart had already faded. From the old man's expression just now, he had understood—those hostages were extremely important to him.
As long as he didn't push things too far before they were rescued, the other party wouldn't dare to act recklessly.
The frail old man's expression changed drastically at these words.
In his agitation, he actually yanked out one of his own beard hairs.
"Fu—ck"
He had nearly cursed Lin Feng's ancestors eighteen generations back, but then suddenly remembered—his own bloodline's sole heir was still in the other party's hands.
Quickly, he forced himself to calm his heaving chest.
Then, on his aged face, he squeezed out a stiff smile and said: "Little friend, there's no need for that. Earlier, I was muddle-headed for a moment, that was my mistake.
But even if I was in the wrong, this is my first offense, shouldn't leniency be shown? How about this—you release my clansmen, and the items I took earlier, I'll compensate you double, what do you say?"
The joy he had felt when he obtained that pill before was exactly how much he regretted it now.
If he had known these two hot-blooded youngsters had such ruthless methods, no matter what, he would never have tried to rob them.
The most important thing was that he didn't know their identities, nor the powers backing them.
If it had been some other faction, he could have easily dealt with it.
He would have simply called in his own elder secretly and captured the other side's people to use as hostages.
But now, he was utterly powerless.
"Hehe, you think a mere double compensation can settle this? Not that easy!"
As he spoke, Lin Feng flicked his ring, and a spatial jade slip given to him by Hei Qing appeared in his hand.
"Besides, I also have a pretty close relationship with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. If you think I can't walk out of this Western Wasteland Desert alive, I fear it might be your Demon Flame Cloud Fox Clan that vanishes from this desert instead."
Holding up the jade slip, Lin Feng spoke lightly.
Seeing that jade slip, radiating such dense spatial power, the frail old man's pupils contracted sharply, until they were no larger than a needlepoint.
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