"Good!"
"What a heartless, faithless man. But I would very much like to know whether you really mean what you said."
Xiao Xuan seized Ye Wan by the throat and stared coldly at Ye Hong.
"Kneel now, destroy your Dantian, and sever both your arms, or I'll kill her immediately!"
At those words.
Everyone else looked at Ye Hong with mocking expressions.
They did not believe a single word Ye Hong had just said.
In their eyes, Ye Hong had only said that to make Xiao Xuan disregard Ye Wan, giving him a chance to rescue her.
With Xiao Xuan gripping her throat, Ye Wan's deathly pale face showed both despair and hope.
"Destroy my Dantian and sever both my arms!"
A smile appeared on Ye Hong's face, then grew into loud laughter filled with mockery.
His laughter displeased Xiao Xuan.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at your wishful thinking!"
Ye Hong stopped laughing, his expression turning cold once more.
He stepped forward, and a terrifying aura rose from his body, as though it could crush the heavens.
Everyone nearby looked as though they had encountered some terrifying being when they sensed that aura. Their expressions changed drastically as its pressure forced them back step by step.
Some of the weaker ones could not retreat in time. The aura made them cough up blood and collapse to the ground.
"Pfft!"
Held by the throat in Xiao Xuan's grip, Ye Wan bore the brunt of that aura, blood spilling constantly from her mouth.
Ye Hong advanced step by step.
"Since you won't do it, I'll do it myself!"
"A Heavenly Being!"
As he watched Ye Hong approach, Xiao Xuan's expression darkened.
He had considered the possibility that Ye Hong had become much stronger.
He had even.
Considered that Ye