Feng Qi Must Die

"Hall Master Han, how is my father?" Seeing Han Zuo galloping over, Qiu Feipeng quickly reined in his horse and asked anxiously.

"Feng Qi is holding a public trial outside Luyang City. Young Master wanted to save the Old Gang Leader, but Feng Qi severely injured him…" Han Zuo also pulled his horse to a stop and quickly summarized the events at the Iron Palm Gang for Qiu Feipeng and the other person.

After listening, Qiu Feipeng's eyes blazed with fury. He clenched his fist and hammered his own chest. "This is too much! If I don't tear him to pieces, I, Qiu Feipeng, swear I'm not human!"

Inside the carriage.

Hearing about the Iron Palm Gang's changes, Feng Shiyi's eyes showed even deeper regret. He let out a long sigh and murmured, "Peacekeeping Gang, Peacekeeping Vanguard. Feng Qi has finally reached this point. He really did it. He didn't lie. I wonder if he'll still remember the Feng Family's kindness."

"He came from the Demon Realm, born through Body Snatching. What kindness could he possibly have with your Feng Family? Even if he were the real Feng Qi, you beat him half to death and abandoned him. Are you still expecting him to be grateful?" Feng Jiu glanced at Feng Shiyi with a cold sneer.

He took a water skin, washed down the meat in his mouth, and let out a burp, temporarily pausing his eating. He continued to mock, "You also don't think about who brought you to this point. You all got carried away after a few words from Feng Qi, little mice trying to swallow the world, without even considering if you have the appetite for it. Falling to this state is entirely your own fault. In the end, the Feng Family was nothing more than a stepping stone for Feng Qi."

"Feng Jiu, stop spouting nonsense," Feng Shiyi said angrily. "I saw with my own eyes Feng Qi risking his life to protect the Feng Family. The reason we're in this state is all Feng Zhong's fault. I believe in Feng Qi; he will definitely save us…"

Feng Shiren swept his gaze over the others, saying nothing.

"Heh heh." Feng Jiu scoffed, too lazy to bother with the idiots in front of him. He popped a digestion pill into his mouth, listened to the conversation outside for a moment, then reached out and pulled back the carriage curtain, shouting, "Hall Masters, your method is wrong. Feng Qi's power is already established, and we don't know how high his attributes are now. Gang Leader Qiu is also in his hands. Your method won't be able to take him down."

"Who is he?" Han Zuo asked.

"Another Heavenly Demon from the Feng Family, named Feng Jiu. His attribute is Taotie," Yan Wu said, looking back at Feng Jiu. "We've already verified it. Give him enough food, and his strength will increase infinitely. From morning until now, he's been eating non-stop, eating then excreting, then eating again. He's burst his stomach a few times but emerged completely unharmed, yet his power has at least doubled. If it weren't for him, we could have returned half an hour earlier. We brought him to deal with Feng Qi. Feng Qi tricked him once back at the Feng Family."

Taotie?

Looking at Feng Jiu, dressed in white but stained with grease, Han Zuo instinctively frowned, but quickly hid his disgust. He cupped his fists and asked, "May I ask, Sir Jiu, how is our method wrong?"

Feng Jiu had suffered betrayal and then tormented himself, so his resolve was already incredibly firm. He didn't care about others' opinions at all. He smiled and said, "We Heavenly Demons grow based on our own attributes. Feng Qi is currently creating a huge stir in Luyang City. His words and actions align with his attributes. The greater the impact he creates, the faster his strength grows. You could say his strength is increasing every moment.

By the time you figure out a countermeasure and bring in reinforcements, who knows how high his strength will have grown? Perhaps by then, he won't even need to threaten you with Qiu Yuanlang; he'll be able to subdue all of you by force alone."

When he was at the Feng Family, he had tried to overturn the Heavenly Demon theory and deny Feng Qi from its root, but his theory of a virtual world simply couldn't convince Feng Shiyi and the others. The Heavenly Demon theory, being ingrained first, had already taken deep root in these people's minds.

So, he simply adopted the Heavenly Demon theory, intending to use it against Feng Qi at a critical moment.

"Sir Jiu, then how should we deal with him?" Han Zuo remembered what happened later and asked, his expression changing.

"Only by destroying his attribute can you truly weaken him, just like stopping me from eating." Feng Jiu's secret could no longer be hidden, so he just threw caution to the wind. "He wants Maintenance, so you go and destroy the results of his Maintenance. Make people realize that his Maintenance is ineffective, or even counterproductive, and his attribute will naturally weaken.

Didn't he distribute silver to those victims? You can wear the Peacekeeping Gang's clothes, steal the silver back, and threaten those victims not to speak out. Do this a few times, and Luyang City will be filled with public outrage. No one will believe in the peace and justice he maintains anymore…"

"Sir Jiu, is what you say true?" Qiu Feipeng's eyes lit up as he asked.

"You've already verified it on me," Feng Jiu said with a smile. "We are the same type of people. There's no reason for the attribute to work only on me and not on him."

"We can try it," Han Zuo said, looking at the others beside him. "Feng Qi doesn't have that many people, so he can't manage such a large Luyang City. This matter would be simple to do."

"Good," Qiu Feipeng said.

"However, you must be prepared for failure," Feng Jiu said.

"Why?" Han Zuo asked.

"Because I highly suspect that Feng Qi's Keyword isn't Maintenance at all. Maintenance is just a facade he created," Feng Jiu said, his smile fading as he spoke seriously. "Heavenly Demons are good at disguise. Leaking one's Keyword is equivalent to publicizing one's weakness.

At the Feng Family, Feng Qi betrayed me without hesitation, and he also sold out the Feng Family he supposedly maintained, yet his attribute didn't weaken at all; it grew stronger. This is very abnormal. Maintenance might just be his disguise to conceal his true Keyword."

The others exchanged glances. Han Zuo asked, "According to Sir Jiu's guess, what is his attribute?"

"It's highly likely to be Deception," Feng Jiu said. "Under the guise of Maintenance, he tricked me, he tricked the Feng Family, and he tricked the people of Luyang City. This can also achieve rapid growth." He glanced at Feng Shiyi. "As long as someone is still being deceived by him and deeply believes his lies, his attribute will not weaken."

"If his attribute truly is Deception, then the method Sir Jiu just mentioned would also work," Han Zuo said. "Take back the valuables he distributed, and people's trust in him will naturally disappear."

If only it were that simple, Feng Jiu sighed inwardly. Maintaining peace and all that was minor. The most crucial thing was the Heavenly Demon theory he spread; that was the ultimate means of Deception!

It was easy to spread rumors but difficult to refute them. It would be too hard to eliminate the influence of the Heavenly Demon theory.

"Of course, the Hall Masters can give it a try. After all, it's no loss to us," Feng Jiu smiled. "However, historically, only Heavenly Demons can deal with Heavenly Demons. The best method is to find more Heavenly Demons, cultivate them in a way that matches their attributes, and then use them to deal with Feng Qi. He leaked the secrets of the Heavenly Demons, which makes him a traitor to the Demon Realm. Who knows how many Heavenly Demons hate him to death!"

Feng Jiu never believed that Dug's Keyword was Maintenance, nor did he truly believe that these few people could deal with the cunning Feng Qi.

He had to make more preparations. He couldn't break the Heavenly Demon theory by himself, but if more examinees united, it would be much easier to refute the rumors once everyone had grown stronger.

Of course, perhaps by then, there would be no need to refute rumors; he could simply be killed.

Feng Jiu had been tricked by Dug from the very beginning. He had finally shown kindness once, only to be betrayed again, yet Feng Qi had risen smoothly. His jealousy had long since surged from his heels to the crown of his head.

At this moment, Feng Jiu had only one thought left: the Simulation Arena could lose, but Feng Qi had to die.