Damn! Wasn't I supposed to be the big villain here?
Threatening others into submission—no matter how you looked at it, that was not something a good person would do. So how had this old man's words turned him into some great saint instead?
Listening to the Heavenly Poison Elder, Bai Ge was a little stunned.
This old guy had some real skill!
While Bai Ge was shocked, the Heavenly Poison Elder could not help but breathe a sigh of relief inwardly.
Those words had not been casually thrown together. He had racked his brains to come up with them.
Originally, he had planned to do what Yan Shan and Hai Wuya had done: put on a show of "refusing to yield even in death," then finally surrender "helplessly" when left with no other choice.
That way, he could survive while avoiding being cursed at and ruining his reputation in his old age.
But who could have expected Bai Ge not to follow the script they had imagined at all?
They were Dou Zongs, powerful figures standing at the peak of this world. If they refused to submit, shouldn't he at least try to "persuade" them a little more?
How could he smile and say he would fulfill their wishes by sending them to their deaths?
Was that something a human being could do?!
Even now, the Heavenly Poison Elder was still thanking his luck.
Fortunately, Yan Shan and Hai Wuya had moved a step ahead and stepped on the landmine first, showing them the consequences of "refusing to yield even in death."
If he had rushed forward first, he would probably have been the one dead!
For the first time, the Heavenly Poison Elder did not hate his advanced age, frail body, and sluggish mind. Instead, he was grateful that