"Lu Ren, what exactly do you want? What will it take for you to let me go?"
Wang Guo roared.
"I don't intend to let you go. I intend to kill you. But those two subordinates of yours are strong, and I'm no match for them. Once I'm sure I'm safe, I'll kill you."
Lu Ren spoke calmly.
Wang Guo felt a chill in his heart. Fear filled his entire body, and he even began to dread Lu Ren.
It was as though he were already dead.
"Lu Ren, we can sit down and talk this through. Let me go, and I'll have the Fire Dragon King and Thunder Dragon King stand down. What do you say?"
Wang Guo forced himself to calm down.
"I said you were a dead man, and that's what you are. When you and your brother joined forces to scheme against me, did you never imagine it might end like this?"
Lu Ren sneered.
"You..."
Wang Guo snapped, "Lu Ren, don't think I'm truly afraid of you. If it comes to it, we'll die together!"
"Fine by me!"
Lu Ren dragged Wang Guo down the street.
Suddenly—
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of a gong rang out repeatedly in the distance. Lu Ren followed it to the front of a huge palace.
An old man stood at the palace entrance, striking a gong as he shouted, "The Black Horn Auction House opens in one hour! Don't pass up this chance! This auction will feature more than a dozen rare treasures, including a top-grade Dual Cultivation Cauldron!"
"A Dual Cultivation Cauldron?"
"They even have a Dual Cultivation Cauldron? I wonder how strong that cauldron is!"
"Come on, let's go in and see!"
The martial artists around them were all in the Heavenly God Realm,