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Chapter 96: Chapter 96: I’m Waiting for You
A group of people arrived outside the cave, quickly acclimating to the strong light. When they opened their eyes, they realized that the figure seated there was not Bo Nan at all.
"Your Highness, there are several corpses over there that seem rather odd," someone mentioned after swallowing hard upon seeing the desiccated bodies arranged in a circle in the distance. Many people had noticed; the corpses looked strange enough, and they were arranged in a circle, as if they were part of some evil altar.
Yu Wen Tuo frowned and glanced over the dehydrated corpses, which were unrecognizable, but through their clothing, it wasn’t hard to discern that these were the people from Bo Nan he had left outside to guard. Clearly, they were all dead.
His gaze finally settled on that person.
This person slowly stood up and spoke languidly, "You really took your time; I’ve been waiting for you half the day."
Yu Wen Tuo’s pupils suddenly constricted. When he clearly saw the face of the person who turned around, he gritted his teeth and blurted out, "It’s you!?"
Upon closer inspection, this person was none other than Lin Feng!
Lin Feng looked at him with a smile, "What’s the matter, surprised?"
Yu Wen Tuo came back to his senses, and then sneered, "You’d willingly walk away from heaven only to barge into hell! Kid, no matter who you think you are, now that you’re here, don’t even think about leaving. On the land of Hu Ben Country, nobody dares to steal from Yu Wen Tuo and lives to tell the tale!"
Upon hearing this, the people behind Yu Wen Tuo realized in unison—so this fellow in front of them was the madman who had stolen the Seventh Prince’s treasure in the cave just now.
"Kid, hand over the Earth Core Fruit, and I may spare your life!"
"That’s right, with the Seventh Prince here, do you really think you can escape?"
"Don’t be stubbornly foolish, or this place will be your grave!"
"How dare you, insolent scoundrel, not kneel and beg for mercy? Maybe our Seventh Prince, moved by compassion, will spare your miserable life!!"
The crowd was cursing and ranting with overwhelming arrogance.
Lin Feng remained unmoved, his gaze sweeping over them as he spoke indifferently, "You want me to kneel and kowtow to you? You’re thinking too highly of yourselves; if I dared to stay here and wait for you, it means I have absolute confidence."
Upon hearing this, Yu Wen Tuo and the others snapped back to their senses. True, Lin Feng had left half an hour ago, so why was he still here? Could it really be, as he said, that he was waiting for them on purpose?
Yu Wen Tuo’s eyes narrowed slightly, with a mocking smile, he said, "You just said you were waiting for us here? What, do you think that after taking the Earth Core Fruit, you felt uneasy and decided to wait here to apologize to me?"
"Ha ha, indeed, this fellow finally realizes his mistake and knows that in this world, no one dares to steal from our Seventh Prince. If there were someone, they’d only be courting death!"
"Laughable and foolish! If only you knew this day would come, why act so rashly in the first place!"
"He must pay for his impulsive stupidity—with blood and tears!!"
The whole group looked at Lin Feng with mockery, thinking he must be afraid, and out of fear, decided to stay and beg Yu Wen Tuo for forgiveness.
Yu Wen Tuo casually brushed off his clothes and said proudly, "Here’s what we’ll do—in view of my magnanimous nature, if you crawl over here like a dog, from where you stand, all the way to my feet, and then beg me, I might honestly let you off the hook. Even more, I could let you be my underling, ensuring a life free of worry about food or clothing."
Upon his words, the entourage behind him was stunned, but then they also shouted, "See that? That’s the magnanimity of our Seventh Prince, the idea that the mighty don’t dwell on the offenses of the trivial. Kid, let me tell you, your ancestors must have burnt bright incense for you to have the chance to serve our Seventh Prince, a dream many can’t beg for!"
"That’s right, it’s your lucky day, kid. Aren’t you going to start crawling over here like a dog and beg for mercy?"
The group eyed Lin Feng with displeasure, clearly not expecting Yu Wen Tuo to actually spare him. Given Yu Wen Tuo’s petulant nature, it was quite unexpected.
Yu Wen Tuo chose not to kill Lin Feng because he recognized his strength and potential utility—a common technique of emperors, to offer a slap then a sweet.
In his eyes, Lin Feng was likely to be moved to tears in the next moment and would immediately lie prostrate on the ground in gratitude, pleading for mercy.
However, Lin Feng simply shook his head.
"I’m waiting here just to rob you. Hand over your Storage Bags, and I’ll let you scram."
Everyone was dumbfounded; the air turned into an eerie silence as each person questioned if they had heard wrong.
Yu Wen Tuo frowned, this idiot must be too happy and started spouting nonsense.
"Kid, what nonsense were you spouting just now?"
Lin Feng looked at him and said indifferently: "I said, hand over your Storage Bags, and I’ll spare your lives."
Hand over the Storage Bags?
Everyone’s expression changed, looking extremely odd, followed by a burst of boisterous laughter.
"Crap, he must be a fool, right?"
"Prince, this guy has got problems, just chop him up with one strike, will you?"
"Yeah, who does he think he is, trying to rob so many of us?"
"He really overestimates himself, this is the first time I’ve ever seen such an arrogant person!"
Everyone looked at Lin Feng as though they were looking at an idiot, and Yu Wen Tuo did the same.
"Seventh Prince, let me take care of this guy for you." Huang Tie rubbed his neck and said in a deep voice.
Yu Wen Tuo nodded upon hearing this. Originally, he saw that Lin Feng had some ability, someone worth cultivating, but he didn’t expect the man’s mind to be abnormal. Letting Huang Tie deal with him was just perfect.
Upon hearing the words, Huang Tie charged at Lin Feng like a dragon coiling and a tiger crouching, machete in hand, and said in a deep voice, "You dare to offend our Seventh Prince, I’m going to make you cry!"
With that, he swung his huge, strong arm and punched towards Lin Feng.
Everyone looked on with a mocking gaze; this idiot could have lived, and lived well at that, but now, it was all over.
Swoosh!
Huang Tie’s punch carried the force to split mountains and rocks; with such tremendous power, any flesh and blood would explode like torn cotton.
Yet, faced with such a powerful punch, the guy didn’t dodge but countered with a punch of his own.
Who did he think he was? Was this not hastening his own demise? 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
Many sighed, what a sad and pathetic fool.
Bang!
But the next moment, everyone was shocked, speechless and their eyes wide open.
That guy, who they thought was an idiot, actually blocked Huang Tie’s punch!
"How is this possible!"
"No, I can’t believe it, that guy blocked it, this, this is impossible!"
"Look, he, he actually has the strength of a Sixth Layer martial master!"
"What? That aura is so solid, at least at the peak of the Sixth Layer!"
"My God, this guy is actually such an expert? And to think, our Seventh Prince is only at the peak of the Seventh Layer!"
