Gu Yuena sneered, "You think you've got me all figured out?"

"What kind of cooperation did you have in mind?"

Gu Yuena quietly watched Nan Feng, no emotion visible on her breathtakingly beautiful face.

"Simple," Nan Feng said flatly. "You do as I say."

The moment those words fell, the air by the lake plummeted to freezing point.

"Are you joking?!"

Zi Ji could no longer hold herself back. A savage glint burst from her dark purple eyes as she nearly ground her teeth at Nan Feng. "You think possessing a bit of Asura God's power gives you the right to order my lord around? Who the hell do you think you are?!"

Nan Feng did not even spare her a proper glance. He merely tilted his head slightly and swept Zi Ji with the corner of his eye.

"If you disagree, I honestly wouldn't mind killing all of you while I'm at it, then pulling out your tendons and skinning you to make a few hundred-thousand-year soul rings. After all..."

Nan Feng's gaze passed over Zi Ji and stabbed straight at Gu Yuena.

"This lofty Silver Dragon King is nothing more than an empty shell, strong only on the outside. You forced yourself to act just now and damaged your origin. If you make even the slightest move now, I'm afraid you'll be forced straight into deathlike slumber, won't you?"

With her true state exposed in a single sentence, Gu Yuena's expression did not change. Only her voice became even more ethereal and cold. "You are correct. I am indeed strong on the outside and weak within."

"But if you cannot give me a satisfactory answer, then even if I am forced into slumber, I can still kill both of you before I close my eyes for good."

"As long as a true God King does not descend, no one