Upon hearing this, Chai Gong could not help clutching his chest.
Earlier, he had indeed planned to throw Sikong Jing out of the prison after arranging how to deal with Teng Yue and the other man.
But the prisoners' indecision, Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue finishing their inheritance acceptance, and everything else had left Chai Gong with no mind to deal with Sikong Jing. Thus, it had dragged on until now.
And now, he had even been taken hostage.
Who could have imagined that Teng Yue would suddenly, for no reason at all, turn Black Scale the demon man into a hostage?
At that moment, Teng Yue said coldly again, "Cut the nonsense. This Black Scale demon man obtained the demon race's powerful inheritance. He must be extremely important to the Cang Vein, right? Now, all of you, back off."
Amid Teng Yue's repeated shouts, nearly everyone present turned to look at Chai Gong.
The latter's fists clenched with crackling sounds as he gritted his teeth and asked again, "Didn't you want to help Black Scale the demon man before?"
That had been near the barrier, when Teng Yue had urged Black Scale not to go out, saying he could not fall into the Cang Vein's hands.
In response, Teng Yue merely threw back his head and laughed wildly. "Can now be compared with then? We're at a life-or-death juncture. Who gives a damn whether this Black Scale demon man lives or dies? Right now, I only want you... to back off."
With Teng Yue's almost frenzied words, Chai Gong was completely out of ideas.
Indeed, under such circumstances, how could Teng Yue and Ying Sanmeng possibly care whether Black Scale the demon man lived or died?
In the end, he could only roar, "Surround them first. Then send word