He really was not bluffing. If the other man did not bring Wu Shanshan to him, he truly would not leave, because he had never intended to leave in the first place. He had planned to wait here for the various sects' forces all along. If Gong Shixi dared call his bluff, it was guaranteed to scare the bastard to death.
Anyone else in this situation would have had no need for this extra step. After all, they were going to lure everyone over shortly and catch them all in one net anyway.
But Chief Shi was different. After Li Hongjiu struck him with that sword lightning, all the demonic essence absorbed into his body had been converted into cultivation. He understood his own cultivation situation perfectly well: without demonic essence, he had no way to improve it further.
Perhaps there were other methods, but he had yet to discover any. He still had to set his sights on these Demonic Path practitioners who had cultivated demonic essence.
Five people from Forgetting Passion Valley had come with demonic essence, and he had killed all but one. Previously, with Xia Fuli's enormous store of demonic essence to sustain him for a long time, he had not thought much of it when emergencies arose. Looking back now, it stung a little. All that wasted essence was his own cultivation!
That was why he had now set his sights on Wu Shanshan. Those terrifying old monsters were going to kill everyone shortly anyway. Before they struck, every person he could snatch was another gain. It took hardly any effort, and he did not even have to act himself. A few words, and someone would handle it for him. Why would he turn that down?
If Gong Shixi had not popped up at this