"You can take your time considering it, but my patience is limited!"
As Zhao Tianmu's thoughts churned, Lu Ye's calm voice rang out again. Zhao Tianmu looked up and saw that Lu Ye's right hand had once more settled on the hilt of his saber, his thumb gently rubbing against it as though he could unleash a Drawing Saber Slash at any moment.
Beside Lu Ye, the woman's body trembled uncontrollably. Blood dripped from the stump of her severed arm, staining the ground bright red.
Zhao Tianmu immediately realized that his earlier thinking had been far too naive.
He had deduced that these Star Constellations came from a Large Realm that had only recently advanced, so they could not possibly have much experience. With so many hostages in hand, he had thought he could handle them with ease. Yet he had not expected such ruthlessness and decisiveness from them.
If it were a Moon Jade Realm cultivator who had tempered their essence to the extreme, a severed arm could be regrown at some cost. But for someone at the Star Constellation Realm Early Stage, such an injury was irreparable. Even if she advanced to the Moon Jade Realm in the future, it would not make up for it, because the arm had been lost before her advancement.
Now that his junior sister had already lost one arm, her future cultivation would certainly be greatly affected. If she lost the other as well, her prospects would be dim indeed.
Seeing the ruthlessness of this young man called Li Taibai, Zhao Tianmu knew he was fully capable of doing such a thing. As for his own side, even if they killed this group of True Lake and Divine Sea cultivators, what would it accomplish?
"I agree to your proposal!" Zhao Tianmu was