Gang Leader Shi wanted to resist, but he lacked both the nerve and the strength. He could only steel himself and say, "Yes, we captured this little girl's parents, but... but that was because her parents owed us spirit stones."
"I paid back the spirit stones I owed you several days ago. How dare you keep arguing? And you opened your mouths like lions, demanding three times the number of spirit stones my parents originally owed. I paid all of that too. What more do you want?" Qin Xueru shouted.
Yang Chen said expressionlessly, "All the spirit stones that should have been repaid have been repaid, and you even took extra spirit stones. Yet you still refuse to hand over the people. Do you think those spirit stones are sitting a little too safely in your hands?"
He had no favorable impression of these people whatsoever.
Today, he was standing up for Qin Xueru. If he had not been here, what would have happened to her parents? Would they not have been bullied by these men to the bitter end, held captive and never released?
Frightened by Yang Chen's intimidation, both Gang Leader Shi and the Black Robe Protector trembled all over.
"Th-this..." Gang Leader Shi became hesitant, unable to speak.
"What is it? You still don't intend to release them?" Yang Chen gradually increased the power of his Triple Flames.
In only a moment, the Black Robe Protector and Gang Leader Shi felt a suffocating sensation surge over them. Terrified, they cried out, "Spare us! Spare us!"
Yet Yang Chen showed no intention of withdrawing his hand, forcing Gang Leader Shi to shout, "I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Only then did Yang Chen retract the Triple Flames.
Gang Leader Shi was drenched in sweat, scared out of his wits. How