Li Feng didnāt answer immediately.
The forest grew unnervingly quiet.
Only the faint rustle of leaves and the heavy breathing of the injured women lingered in the air.
Ye Moās grin didnāt fade... if anything, it grew brighter, more unhinged, clearly believing he had found a kindred spirit.
But behind him, Li Feng could feel Ning Jianliās killing intent mixed with confusion as she stared at his back.
The other female disciples were the same.
Li Feng finally exhaled slowly.
"...Cooperate?" he repeated.
Ye Mo nodded eagerly, stepping closer with a conspiratorial smile, as though they were already brothers-in-arms sharing a wicked scheme.
"Think about it, Brother. You and I...weāre not like those hypocrites who pretend to be righteous while drooling over beauty. And Iām sure you already tasted those righteous fairies a little, didnāt you?"
Ye Mo said, eyes flicking meaningfully to him.
Ye Mo then leaned in, whispering with excitement dripping from every word:
"Together, we can take every single fairy in this whole realm....break them, tame them, enjoy them as we pleased. Once weāre out of here, we can evenā"
Li Feng raised a hand.
Ye Mo stopped mid-sentence, eyes widening with expectation.
"Brother," Li Feng said softly.
Then he smiled.
A slow, similarly dangerous smile.
"Youāre right about one thing."
Ye Moās eyes gleamed. "Oh? Which partā?"
Li Feng stepped closer until their faces were only inches apart.
"About the hunger."
Ye Mo chuckled darkly. "I knew it. I knew you werenāt one of those righteous pretenders. So should we start byā"
"But," Li Feng added calmly, "youāre wrong about something else."
Ye Mo blinked. "...Hm?"
Li Feng tapped Ye Moās chest with two fingers.
"I donāt share my food."
Ye Mo froze.
Li Fengās smile sharpened.
"And even if it the last thing I do ... I wouldnāt share with a dog like you."
Before Ye Mo could respondā
Li Fengās fist hammered into his gut.
BOOM!
The impact shook the entire area as trees bent under the ripple of the shockwave, and stones skidded violently across the cracked ground.
SPURT!
Ye Moās body lurched forward, spit mixing with blood spraying from his mouth, his smile finally cracking.
But even with all of that, he was still laughing and smiling.
"Hah... hahahahaā! Brother... youāre too fun..."
Seeing this, Li Feng clicked his tongue as he finally noticed something.
āThis guy is clearly a masochist.ā
Behind him, Ning Jianli exhaled shakily, relief and confusion mixing in her eyes.
Then she looked down at her pair of large pale breasts and frowned.
She had noticed Li Fengās gaze lingering there for quite a while, but since he was her benefactor she didnāt mind that much.
Plus, this was just a pair of useless flesh of her mortal body and have cause nothing but inconvenience with her movement.
"...But judging by those words just now, it seems Senior Brother Li wants to dual cultivate with me?"
Ning Jianli murmured.
She knew what dual cultivation was, but that made it even more baffling for her as to why would someone as powerful as Li Feng want to dual cultivate with someone weaker than him?
Even as a sword cultivator who focused on the sword path and looked down on dual cultivation and believing only in oneās own strength and effort, she still understood that dual cultivation usually required two people of similar strength and talent to gain the benefit.
Doing it with someone far stronger or far weaker... was practically unheard of.
Of course, unless the stronger one was trying to give all the benefit and sacrifice themselves to strengthen their partner.
Just as Ning Jianliās mind began to wander, her thoughts broke as she heard Ye Moās manic laugh.
Ye Mo wiped blood from his lips, grinning wildly again.
"Haha, alright, alright... no cooperation then," he said, fire igniting in his eyes. "But now Iām even more excited."
Li Feng cracked his knuckles and grinned.
"Good. Iāll send you to meet your trash subordinates, as I have... my own things to do."
Seeing Li Feng grin, Ye Mo understood this guyās intention.
"
Sigh
... you should learn how to share... or youāll ended up with nothing."
With his words, suddenlyā
Multiple black chains burst from the ground around the camp.
They tore through the sky like living shadows, each one crackling with terrifying energy.
Li Feng sneered at this childish trap but then his expression froze at the next moment ....as the chains didnāt target him.
All of them flew straight toward the female disciples behind him.
WHOOOSH!
WHOOOSH!
WHOOOSH!
The chains shot through the air like cannon fire, cutting through the wind and seeming to explode.
The female disciples behind Li Feng stiffened, their eyes widening in alarm.
They tried to block the chains, but their bodies were still too weak to properly defend or dodge.
Ye Mo smirked to himself, curious to see how Li Feng would react.
Would he abandon those female disciples... or scramble to save them?
Either way, Ye Mo didnāt mind.
Even if Li Feng tried to save them, some were positioned far too close to the incoming strike.
At least a few would die...there was no avoiding it.
And that was precisely the point.
Ye Mo wanted to teach him a lesson.
To show Li Feng that being greedy... wasnāt always a good thing.
But at that moment, Ye Mo, who was smiling, froze.
BOOM!
Li Feng stomped down hard onto the ground with one leg.
His simple movement was so powerful that the earth erupted and collapsed.
The ground beneath the entire camp itself ruptured.
Ye Mo looked momentarily dumbfounded at the rocks and debris flying through the air, and his body tilting slightly as he lost his footing.
But thenā
BAM!
Suddenly,
Ye Moās other cheek was hit with a fist.
Now both of his cheeks caved in as he spat another mouthful of blood.
Like a burst of silvery light, Li Fengās figure in front of him blurred and disappeared.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
All the chains landed in strikes, each area exploding on impact.
Ye Mo, with both cheeks caved in, used his hands to fix his jaw into place as he straightened up and looked at the cloudy area with a frown.
Just now, he had been hit once again and this time, the strength was even greater.
Then he grinned, showing his bloody teeth.
āSince heās petty enough to strike me, most of those female disciples must have died.ā
Ye Mo smiled even more, already imagining Li Fengās angry face.
Just then, he waved his hand as the dust cleared.
"...?"
Ye Mo blinked and looked around, expecting at least a few corpses but there were none.
And then, in the next moment, he understood why.
On the cracked earth, behind a fragment of the ground pushing upward, Li Feng slowly emerged.
He was carrying a bunch of female disciples in both arms like potato sacks, while Ning Jianliās naked, voluptuous figure lay over his shoulder as she held onto Li Fengās head.
Li Feng had saved all the female disciples in a blink of an eye from that hidden strike.
Feeling the soft, warm bodies in his arms and the weight of that bare breast pressed against his shoulder, Li Feng couldnāt help but release a smug grin that curled across his lips.
He tilted his head slightly, meeting Ye Moās gaze with a look that was nothing short of provocative.
As if to say:
āWhat were you saying again?ā
Ye Mo understood the message instantly.
And for the first time,
His smile vanished....replaced by a deep frown.