Feng Jun would have been better off staying silent. The moment he shouted, Yue Qing eased up, but the Emergence from Dust High Stage cultivator saw this and directly self-detonated.
Emergence from Dust cultivators were hard to kill, but the problem was that three Golden Cores surrounded him, along with Feng Jun, whose combat strength could absolutely rival a Golden Core. Even the weakest among them was a Merit Honoree of the Red Phoenix Sect, at the Ninth Layer of Emergence from Dust.
Under the siege of these people, dreaming of escape was pointless. Nor did he expect to survive if he fell into their hands.
Without the Red Phoenix Sect, he would have had a good chance of surviving. Not just anyone dared to oppose the Four Great Sects—although the Yin Sha Sect's conduct had indeed been rather unscrupulous, Feng Jun's side had not suffered any substantial losses, which left room for negotiations.
But with the Red Phoenix Sect here, there was nothing left to say. As Yin Sha's mortal enemy, the Red Phoenix Sect would never miss an opportunity to weaken its opponent.
The last time the Azuresteel Sect ambushed Feng Jun, the Supreme Clarity Sect imprisoned them rather than killing them. There were many reasons for that, but chiefly, the Azuresteel Sect had openly come to cause trouble for the Supreme Clarity Sect, which was permitted by the rules. Moreover, many people from other factions had witnessed it and could testify.
Secondly, the Azuresteel Sect had been cunning. They had used a proxy and stubbornly refused to admit that Adept Ma had any connection to the Azuresteel Sect, clinging tightly to one claim—this had merely been a coincidence.
As for the Azure Steel's later compensation, that was equally muddled, with no clear explanation.
Setting aside the old