Deputy City Lord Chu Fei

Chu Fei kept taking deep breaths. In the end, he had to use Wisdom Dewdrop before he finally calmed down.

The pressure was a bit much.

After all, being targeted by a 14.0 powerhouse was no pleasant matter—especially one who controlled a Lu City and had countless lackeys.

After calming down, Chu Fei thought for a long time before finally placing his plan to flee at the very bottom of his list.

The best strategy among the Thirty-Six Stratagems was to retreat, but that only applied if one could actually get away.

Chu Fei could even imagine that, as Deputy City Lord, he would be exposed to public view every moment of every day. Escaping the Lord of Thunderclap's sphere of control in just a few days would be nearly impossible.

It was even possible that Zheng Chengan and Cheng Buyun were already monitoring him.

As for defecting to the Dragon People, that was even less possible. The Dragon People were clearly no longer human. Moreover, Blazing Flame Land Carrier stood behind them.

Defecting out of nowhere would require him to submit a pledge of allegiance. That was no joke. Once he submitted one, he would be cutting off his own retreat and forcing himself into a dead end.

So how could he break the deadlock?

Running the Essence Absorption Method on the Cosmic Brain Virtual Machine would only delay the execution. Once he entered the Dragon Gate Secret Realm, he still would not escape the crisis. The Lord of Thunderclap was the root of the problem!

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Massive amounts of Wisdom Dewdrop and Mind Power burned away as he continuously searched through everything from his past and present.

Gradually, Chu Fei found a direction—potions!

More precisely: poison!

Unlike ordinary potions, poisons generally were not