Chapter 398: You Crossed My Line, You Must Pay the Price

Chapter 398: Chapter 398: You Crossed My Line, You Must Pay the Price

By this time, Ye Feng and Blood Phoenix had already left the Cloud Mist Forest and were about to head for Tongtian City.

But just then, several figures in black robes abruptly appeared before them.

The moment they appeared, a bone-chilling, ghostly aura instantly filled the air. Blood Phoenix shrieked in terror, scrambling back to hide behind Ye Feng.

The leader, a black-robed man as thin as a rake, looked at Blood Phoenix and said calmly, "Tomorrow is the day of your wedding to the Young Master. He has sent me to bring you to him for a meeting."

"I’m not going!" Blood Phoenix shrieked.

The rake-thin man chuckled. "Oh? And what might your reason be?"

Blood Phoenix glanced at Ye Feng. An idea seemed to strike her, and she suddenly moved to grab his arm, shouting at the rake-thin man:

"I already have a man! So I won’t be marrying your so-called Young Master!"

The rake-thin man looked at Ye Feng and chuckled. "Daring to steal a woman from my Young Master? You must have a death wish!"

Ye Feng looked at the rake-thin man and asked calmly, "And who is your Young Master?"

The rake-thin man announced haughtily, "The son of the Netherworld’s Fengdu Emperor, Ning Hao!"

"So you’re from the Netherworld, then?" Ye Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Indeed. I am a Judge of the Netherworld, Huo Chun!" the rake-thin man declared haughtily. "Now that you know who we are, you should understand your situation. Scram immediately, or die!"

Beside him, Blood Phoenix clung tightly to Ye Feng’s arm and pleaded, "Ye Feng, you can’t just abandon me! If you get rid of them this time, I swear I’ll convince my dad to give you the Qilin Helmet when we get back!"

Ye Feng turned his head, a slight smile playing on his lips as he looked at Blood Phoenix. "Using me?"

Blood Phoenix: "..."

But Ye Feng’s next words made her let out a long sigh of relief.

"However, I’ll take the job. Because people from the Netherworld deserve to die. I’ll kill every last one I meet!"

Huo Chun looked at Ye Feng and burst out laughing. "A truly ignorant fool who doesn’t know his place. You actually think you can stand against my Netherworld? Since you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant you your wish!"

With that, he waved a hand at a fat, black-robed man beside him and said nonchalantly, "Go. Smash him to pieces for me."

The fat, black-robed man nodded, stepped before Ye Feng, and sneered, "You want to die? I’ll be happy to send you on your way!"

But before the words were even out of his mouth, Ye Feng’s right fist shot out, smashing directly into his chest.

With an explosive CRACK, the man’s chest was caved in.

The fat man let out a horrifying shriek and spewed a mouthful of blood, which was clearly mixed with fragments of his internal organs. He collapsed limply to the ground, twitched for a moment, and then moved no more.

Behind them, Blood Phoenix was stunned. She had never imagined Ye Feng could be so ruthless, striking to kill without a moment’s hesitation.

The other black-robed men were also frozen in place. They never imagined he would dare to kill someone from the Netherworld.

But they quickly snapped out of it. Roaring, the black-robed men prepared to charge Ye Feng.

But Huo Chun raised a hand to stop them, shaking his head. "You’re no match for him. Let me handle this."

In the next instant, his body flashed, and he was already in front of Ye Feng. He raised his right palm and brought it smashing down toward Ye Feng’s heart.

A terrifying killing intent instantly erupted. The sheer force of it drove Blood Phoenix back several steps. She stared at Ye Feng and couldn’t help but shriek:

"Ye Feng, look out! He’s a Tier Five Martial Immortal..."

But before she could finish, she saw Ye Feng’s right hand snap up and clamp around Huo Chun’s neck. Then, he squeezed.

A sharp CRUNCH of breaking bone echoed. Blood Phoenix watched, wide-eyed, as Ye Feng crushed Huo Chun’s neck!

Huo Chun died instantly, without a sound.

The remaining black-robed men saw this, and their blood ran cold. ’This motherfucker is an actual Demon King!’

The black-robed men shrieked, turned, and fled. But they hadn’t gotten far when Ye Feng’s right palm shot up. A massive palm print materialized in the air and slammed down on them.

With a deafening BOOM, dust and smoke billowed into the air.

When the dust settled, Blood Phoenix stared at a deep pit, several yards wide, that had appeared in the ground. The black-robed men had been smashed into a bloody pulp.

Blood Phoenix was utterly dumbfounded. ’My God, he even dares to kill people from the Netherworld! Is he just suicidally brave?!’

After a long moment, she finally snapped out of it. She looked at Ye Feng and shrieked:

"Ye Feng, why did you kill them?! You’ve just brought a world of trouble down on us!"

Ye Feng turned to look at her and said calmly, "You used me as your shield. Isn’t this the result you were hoping for?"

"I just wanted you to drive them away! I never said to kill them! You’ve really gotten us into deep trouble now!" Blood Phoenix cried in a panic.

Ye Feng chuckled. "That’s not your concern. Right now, we should talk about the fact that you used me. Let me be clear: I hate it when people try to set me up. You crossed a line today, and you will pay the price!"

With that, his right hand shot out and struck Blood Phoenix in the chest.

"Ah—!" Blood Phoenix cried out in pain and stumbled backward. She clutched her chest, the pain so intense that tears welled up in her eyes.

Blood Phoenix pointed a trembling finger at Ye Feng and roared, "You damn scoundrel! How dare you treat me like this! I swear I’ll kill you if it’s the last thing I do!"

With that, she drew her longsword and charged at Ye Feng.

But Ye Feng’s next words froze her in her tracks.

Ye Feng stared at her and said in a cold voice, "Take one more step, and I’ll cripple you."

Seeing the wolf-like gaze in Ye Feng’s eyes, Blood Phoenix froze solid.

’She had no doubt that the damn scoundrel would actually do it.’

Ye Feng paid her no more attention, simply turning and walking away. Blood Phoenix was so furious she felt like her lungs would explode.

’When had she ever been bullied to this extent, so scared she didn’t even dare to breathe a word in protest?’

She was so angry she was on the verge of tears. She desperately wanted to leave this brute and go her own way, but the thought of those Netherworld people showing up again made her flinch. She obediently followed after Ye Feng.

She stared at Ye Feng’s back, gritting her teeth. "Ye Feng, tell me, what is your cultivation level? I want to know when I’ll reach your level so I can slice you to ribbons."

Ye Feng turned to look at her and chuckled. "Let me tell you a little story. A little brother asks his older sister, ’Sister, when will I be as old as you? Then I’ll finally be able to beat you.’ His sister just smiles and says, ’While you’re getting older, so am I!’"

"You get it now? Your cultivation will improve, but so will mine. So if you’re hoping for revenge in this lifetime... you don’t stand a chance. Haha..."

Blood Phoenix clutched her chest.

She was about to die from sheer rage. Truly, she was going to die.

The two of them soon arrived back at the City Lord’s estate.

When she saw the scene before her, Blood Phoenix was left utterly speechless.