Daring to Threaten the Hell God? Courting Death!

"Indra, let him go. I can pretend this never happened and allow you to leave safely."

Lin Zhu's tone was very serious.

He truly meant it. Ao Lie had gone into battle without authorization; suffering a little was his own fault. But he absolutely could not die, much less be captured by Indra.

He had stepped in to demand Ao Lie's release partly out of a faint unwillingness to see the young man suffer after his attempt at redemption. More importantly, he did not want Ao Lie's death or capture to prematurely ignite the powder keg between the Dragon Clan and Western Heaven, or even the Heavenly Court, disrupting his plans. As for the system mission's "playing hard to get"... saving him came first.

Yet Lin Zhu's "sincere" advice sounded entirely different to Indra, who had become somewhat jumpy and suspicious after accidentally killing Li Jing and was eager to earn merit.

Let him go? Allow me to leave safely?

Indra froze for a moment, then was overjoyed! What had he just seen? Hell God Lin Zhu had personally appeared for this Golden Immortal brat whom he had captured so easily, and had even used an almost "negotiating" tone? He had even offered to let him go?

What did that mean? It meant this brat named Ao Lie was extremely important to Lin Zhu! Important enough that the notorious Hell God had to temporarily lower himself and "negotiate"!

Indra felt that he had finally seized Lin Zhu's "weakness"! The frustration of accidentally killing Li Jing and the fury provoked by Ao Lie's vulgar tactics were instantly replaced by warped excitement and smug delight! If he could use this to threaten Lin Zhu, even force him into submission, what an enormous achievement that would be! It would completely wash away his