The standoff between the two sides made the atmosphere eerily tense.
Lin Feng and Zhu Qin no longer cared about the opportunity. All they wanted was to leave alive. Given their relationship, the others were bound to be wary of them.
There was no chance they would get a share of the prize. That would cut into the others' interests, and then those people might truly fight them to the death.
After all, life was hard for independent cultivators. With no one to rely on, they had only themselves, while the resources cultivation consumed were an astronomical sum.
But leaving would not be easy. The others could not be sure Lin Feng and Zhu Qin would keep quiet afterward. These days, no one entrusted their safety to someone else.
Yet the others were reluctant to fight them to the death. Two Soul Emperors were formidable, and if pushed into self-destruction, they might take several Soul Emperors with them. That would be a terrible loss.
No one wanted to do all the work only for someone else to wear the wedding robes. And so they had reached this awkward impasse!
Seeing that the others had no intention of fighting them to the death, Lin Feng breathed a little easier. He had guessed right: if he and Zhu Qin fought desperately, this group would never stand as one. Only shared interests held their alliance together. The moment their own lives were at stake, they would run faster than anyone!
With that in mind, Lin Feng said, "Let us leave. If you force us to fight to the death, you won't come out of it unscathed."
Guo Chengming sneered. "Are you joking? Never mind whether you'll covet the opportunity here. If we let you go, we could find ourselves in enormous trouble."
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