The entire world fell utterly silent.
Every battle came to a halt as countless gazes converged on Di Wu Shengtian and the three people facing him—Li Qing and Chou Xi.
Each side held hostages from the other, and no one dared make a rash move.
However, Li Qing and Chou Xi were under far greater pressure.
Di Wu Shengtian fixed his gaze on Li Qing and Chou Xi, then nodded. "Fine."
Hearing Di Wu Shengtian agree, Li Qing and Chou Xi breathed sighs of relief.
After all, the bargaining chips in Di Wu Shengtian's hands were more valuable than theirs.
One was an Inner Sect Elder of the Profound Heaven Holy Land.
The Profound Heaven Holy Land valued her greatly.
The other was an elder of the Ling Shuang Holy Land, and a peak Reincarnation Realm expert.
The Demon Race's captives, meanwhile, were merely two second-layer Reincarnation Realm cultivators.
Li Qing took a deep breath and said, "I'll count to three. Then we'll release them together."
Di Wu Shengtian nodded.
"One."
"Two."
Li Qing adjusted his breathing. As he counted to two, everyone present held their breath and grew tense along with him.
"Three."
As soon as the word three fell, neither Li Qing, Chou Xi, nor Di Wu Shengtian released their hostages.
The three of them frowned at the same time.
"Trying to play tricks with me? You're still too green." Di Wu Shengtian sneered.
"You too," Li Qing retorted.
"Then it seems you don't want those two anymore." Di Wu Shengtian's expression turned fierce.
"You can try." Li Qing's face darkened.
In the end, Chou Xi said, "Again. This time, no one plays any tricks. When we reach three, we release them together."
"Wait." Di Wu Shengtian called a halt. Under everyone's puzzled gazes, he looked at Chen