How that lord felt was unknown. In any case, Xu Yang had achieved his goal.
The spatial inventories of lords and heroes were unlike storage pouches. They were portable storage spaces that could not be dropped or looted. How many items would drop after someone was killed depended entirely on luck.
Take Lu Lingqi, for example. If someone forcibly demanded her One-sided Pheasant Feather Hat and White Tiger Blouse Iron Armor, she would rather die than yield. Yet even after her death, those two pieces of equipment might not drop, and could very well vanish by some unknown means.
That was why Xu Yang negotiated terms with these people instead of simply killing them all.
Once one person took the lead, the others followed. Before long, several outside lord reinforcements had reached terms with Xu Yang.
It was only natural. As long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood. To lords born of such major factions, a temporary defeat was not frightening. What was frightening was losing the entire board. So long as they were alive, any losses could be made up for later.
In the end, only several Zhou Clan lords, along with Zhou Tianqi, Ning Bonzhong, and Dantai Qin, had yet to compromise.
The Zhou Clan members did not move because Zhou Tianqi did not move.
Ning Bonzhong and Dantai Qin did not move because...
"I can pay a ransom, but I hope to keep some of my belongings, weapons, equipment, and my hero."
Looking at Xu Yang, Dantai Qin cautiously said, "I will contact my family and have them compensate you with items of equivalent value, along with an additional ransom. As for the hero... I can offer several more Mythological items, even Mythical Buildings, to ransom him."
Xu Yang shook his