Volume One, Chapter 9: I Am Simply Revealing the Truth to You

“Qi Fengling, what do you mean by this? Didn’t you promise? Three people would let one go!”

Blocked by the skeletal knight’s spear, Ye Tian was furious, but his anger was limited to moral condemnation of Qi Fengling.

His words were clearly meant to awaken Qi Fengling’s conscience.

But it was all in vain.

“Lord Ye, I did say you could leave! Look, I’m not stopping you,” Qi Fengling stood up and shrugged lightly.

It was as if he was saying, “It’s not me preventing you; that skeletal knight acts on its own, not under my command.”

“See for yourself!”

“Hey, step aside, let him pass,” Qi Fengling turned and shouted at the skeletal knight commander.

Yet the knight remained motionless for a long while.

Of course, the skeletal knight could not understand human language, but since Qi Fengling was its master, it should have obeyed his commands.

Still, there was no response because Qi Fengling could issue a final command telepathically to his summoned creatures.

What he said just now was merely an act to deceive Ye Tian.

“You… Qi Fengling, how can you do this?” Gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, Ye Tian struggled to hold back his anger.

He could sense that if the skeletal knight wanted to kill him, it would take only one spear thrust.

“Hahaha! Ye, Ye Tian, you deserve this! You heartless person are colder than those skeletons. You deserve to die, hahaha!”

On the ground, Sun Qian struggled to sit up. She was utterly disheveled, but seeing Ye Tian’s anxious and helpless expression, she burst into wild laughter.

“You filthy woman! Believe it or not, I’ll kill you right now!” Ye Tian, unable to deal with Qi Fengling, could easily kill Sun Qian.

Besides, his patience was nearly at its limit.

“Hmph, I’m already like this. What difference does life or death make? As long as you, Ye Tian, die, it’s worth it.”

“Hahaha, come on! Come and try!” With both legs broken and half-dead from Ye Tian’s blows, Sun Qian had already lost her mind—truly a madwoman.

“You’re—looking for death!” Ye Tian slowly turned around, the words squeezed out between his teeth.

“Shh—”

But just as Ye Tian was about to strike Sun Qian, an unusual neigh echoed inside the room.

“Hmm?”

“Ah—”

“Qi Fengling, you—”

Bang! Bang!

“Pff—”

Just as Ye Tian turned in alarm, the scene he dreaded unfolded.

Caught off guard, Ye Tian was directly struck by the skeletal knight’s warhorse.

As a mere mortal, Ye Tian had no defense against a second-level mid-rank skeletal warhorse. One hit sent him flying seven or eight meters.

His body slammed hard against the wall. As he fell, he spat a mouthful of blood—it was clear the blow had inflicted a serious injury.

“Cough, cough!”

“Qi… Qi Fengling, you bastard! How dare you deceive me? You won’t die a good death!” Ye Tian struggled to rise, glaring fiercely at Qi Fengling.

“Ye Tian, Lord Ye, you saw it yourself. I’m not the one stopping you, and I didn’t attack you just now!” Qi Fengling tilted his head, wearing an expression of innocence and disdain.

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