Saying that Hou feared Lin Yi—he truly did fear him.
Lin Yi could guess as much himself.
Given Hou's status and strength, the fact that it had patiently said so much to Lin Yi meant that if anyone claimed it did not fear him, who would believe them?
"I suppose I won't be leaving. The mission I was assigned was to destroy you. If I don't, it seems I won't be able to answer for it."
Hou's expression turned somewhat ugly upon hearing that.
Having witnessed Black Mist's defenses, Lin Yi had a clear understanding of their respective strengths. He knew Black Mist's defense could not be broken, only removed.
However, removing Black Mist from Hou's body was no simple matter. The difficulty was no less than removing the Invincible Shields from all four Corpse Kings combined.
After all this time, Hou believed it had a considerable chance of killing Lin Yi.
Yet it could not deny that Lin Yi might still have other tricks hidden up his sleeve.
That was why, after considering that it bore no deep grudge against Lin Yi, Hou had suggested letting him off.
It had not expected Lin Yi to give such an answer.
Fortunately, there was no one else around. Otherwise, Hou would have utterly lost face.
There was clearly no point in saying more nonsense.
The situation now was a never-ending battle.
It was obviously impossible to persuade Lin Yi to retreat. It would be better to attack directly; continuing to talk would only make it feel as though it were losing face.
"Then wait another two minutes, brat. I hope you can remove the Black Mist from my body within those two minutes. Otherwise, once the two minutes are up, it will be your time to die."
The Immortal King froze