Insufficient balance

  He wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead, seemingly sensing the faint killing intent emanating from Li Yi's body. Long Ao Tian couldn't help but take a few steps back before forcing out a bitter smile and saying: "Sir, I was indeed too presumptuous earlier, but our Wan Chao Dragon family has no past grievances or recent conflicts with you, why must we resort to life and death? How about you just let this matter go?"

  Li Yi smiled faintly and said, "You and I indeed have no grudges, but today I did kill Yin Xu in front of you. If the news gets out and the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps finds out, it would be a huge trouble. Why don't I just kill you and then set things up to make people think that you and Yin Xu died together? Wouldn't that be better?"

  Long Ao Tian's eyelids twitched, the smile on his face became even more bitter. This damned black-clothed man not only wanted to kill him but also wanted the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group and the Long Family to be sworn enemies forever, what a scoundrel!

  But how could such an arrogant dragon dare reveal even half of his thoughts?

  He cautiously raised the long sword in his hand, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Sir, let's take a long-term view... Today, for the sake of taking down that volume of Zhu Que Zhong Jie's fighting skills, Long Mou still has some gold coins on him. Why not give them to Sir as our... meeting gift?"

  At the moment of life and death, Long Ao Tian had long lost that lazy and arrogant feeling. However, for someone from a wealthy family like him, begging for mercy was something he had never done before, so when he said those words, it was inevitable that they were tinged with a hint of awkwardness.

  Li Yi looked at his surging long sword and shook his head slightly, saying calmly: "You should know that you can't stop me."

  Long Ao Tian watched Li Yi's movements, and his mouth was even more bitter. He also knew that the person in front of him had no reason to let himself go this time. This kind of mantis catching cicada and oriole behind, the feeling of defeat, made Long Ao Tian even more regretful. If he hadn't been too proud of himself, would he have ended up in such a situation?

  Li Yi took a step forward, his eyes fixed on Long Ao Tian. Although he had no grudge against this young master Long, it seemed that not dealing with him now was also not an option.

  Just then, the voice of the Snake Deity suddenly rang out urgently: "Young one, hurry and leave! The Dragon Clan's Dou Shi has already arrived! You won't be a match for him!"

  His heart tightened slightly, but Li Yi's eyes had already narrowed. Having seen Dou Shi take action earlier, he naturally understood that the layer of Dou Qi on Dou Shi's body was absolutely impossible to break through in his current state. As a fighter, he could still rely on his agility and speed to dodge attacks, but as for facing Dou Shi, he could only look up to that level for now.

  But the more this is the case, the less can Long Ao Tian see any flaws. Otherwise, this guy who is afraid at this moment might suddenly explode and bite back.

  Li Yi took a step back without changing his expression and said calmly: "I can let you go, but there's one condition."

  Long Ao Tian heard this and was overjoyed in his heart, but he was also cautious by nature. He took a few steps back before saying in a low voice, "Is there something you'd like to instruct me on, sir?"

  Li Yi let out a hum, but didn't respond, instead his gaze fell on Yin Xu's corpse.

  At this moment, he did see clearly that the Wolf Tooth Blade and Douji Scroll which were originally on Yin Xue's body had all disappeared. This made him frown involuntarily. The current situation didn't allow him to search for them bit by bit.

  "On your hand! The ring!" Snake Zun's voice quickly echoed in Li Yi's mind.

  Li Yi looked down and saw a strange ring on Yin Xu's right hand, which was emitting a faint silver light. He didn't understand what it was at first, but he still took off the ring and put it in his pocket, asking in a low voice: "What is this?"

  "Kongxie, although it's the lowest level, apparently they've hidden everything inside." Snake Zun said with a hint of disdain.

  Li Yi smiled, this container ring he did know. This strange ring has spaces of varying sizes inside, anything except living things can be stored in it, only the higher the level of the container ring, the harder it is to get. At first, when Li Yi knew about this thing, he was also somewhat interested, but with his identity, he couldn't get this rare and precious object either.

  Unexpectedly, this time for the sake of Wolf Tooth's robbery, in addition to that volume of Vermilion Bird Middle Stage's fighting skill scroll, there was also Rong Jie, an unexpected delight.

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  "Alright, let's put it this way. Li Yicai raised his head and glanced at Long Aotian with a faint smile: "This condition is actually quite simple to say. As long as Young Master Long remembers that I have never appeared here before, then...I think sparing you on behalf of the Long family would be fine too. However, if you can't do it, I'm sure Young Master Long understands that I will kill you, anytime and anywhere."

  When he saw the container ring being stuffed into Li Yi's bosom, Long Aotian's face showed a few strands of painful expression. To know that he had set up for a long time, regardless of the cost of his family's guards, taking the risk of offending the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group, all for this container ring and what was inside... But at this moment, everything was in vain, if Long Aotian still had some reason in his heart, he would have rushed over to rob it back.

  But feeling Li Yi's eyes full of murderous intent, Long Aotian could only grit his teeth and quickly nodded.

  Seeing his actions, Li Yi also didn't bother to waste words. He casually slapped a palm on Yin Yu's corpse, and waited until he heard the sound of his skull making a chilling noise that made one's scalp numb. Only after he was dead beyond recognition did Li Yi coldly laugh once, and his figure slowly disappeared into the thicket.

  Long Ao Tian stared blankly at the scene in front of him, but his heart had already begun to feel lucky. Earlier, he hadn't been able to bear it and take action, otherwise... probably he would also have ended up dead without a whole corpse!

  After more than a dozen minutes passed, several figures quickly emerged from the forest and fell beside Long Ao Tian.

  Leading the way was Fan Nan, but behind him were two fighters. At this moment, all three of them had scars all over their bodies, apparently they had paid a huge price to easily resolve the situation on that side.

  Seeing Long Ao Tian standing in place, while Yin Xu's corpse lay not far away, a hint of joy flashed across Fan Nan's eyes. He couldn't help but say in a low voice: "Young Master, have you succeeded? Then let's withdraw quickly, the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps will probably realize something is wrong soon."

  Long Ao Tian's face turned ugly to the extreme, his facial muscles twitched for a moment before he said in a low voice: "Old Fan, trouble you to dispose of Yin Xu's corpse, make sure that the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps can't find anything. You two, go back to the family and get someone to take care of the corpses on the road, remember, act as if nothing happened today."

  Those two fighters didn't dare ask more questions and instead responded with a single word before swiftly heading in the direction of Wancheng.

  But Fan Nan was slightly stunned and couldn't help but glance at Long Ao Tian, saying: "Young Master, isn't this different from the plan... According to the plan..."

  Long Ao Tian shook his head and said in a low voice, "There's no plan anymore. This time we've suffered a great loss. Fan Lao, you'd better deal with Yin Xu's body quickly. I don't want to miss out on the benefits and end up with trouble instead."

  Fan Nan also finally saw that Long Ao Tian's situation was really bad. He said in a low voice: "Young Master, what exactly..."

  Long Ao Tian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, pointing at Yin Xu's corpse, but didn't say a word.

  Fan Nan walked closer with a puzzled face, took a look, and his expression changed suddenly. He couldn't help but search the body of Yin Xu for a moment before saying in a dry voice: "All ribs are broken, both hands are disabled, and the skull is shattered... Even if it were those perverts from the Dou Shen Temple, they wouldn't have done more than this. Young Master... what kind of person did you encounter? Could it be one of those old freaks from another family?"

  Long Ao Tian's face changed, and he finally said coldly: "If it were someone from the Li or Mo family, wouldn't I be able to recognize them? What exactly happened to me is not for you to ask, otherwise... we two are probably..."

  Fan Nan's expression also changed slightly. As a three-star Dou Shi, although he could summon the wind and rain in Wancheng City, Fan Nan understood even more that Dou Shi were nothing but that, not just on the entire Dou Shen continent, but even in the Tian Feng Empire. If they weren't careful and encountered some abnormal character, it wasn't just their own strength, even adding the strength of the Long family, who knows, might be destroyed by someone else in an instant. After all, this was a world where the strong were respected!

  Fan Nanfei quickly struck the ground and dug out a deep pit, then he casually threw Yin Xu's body inside, re-covered it, and carefully concealed the traces of the battle between Yin Xu and Long Aotian. With a difficult expression, he pulled Long Aotian away from the place at high speed, not wanting to stay there for another moment.

  Not long after, another figure slowly emerged from the thicket. It was Li Yi, who had left earlier. His eyes fell on the spot where Yin Xu's body was hidden, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face. He said in a low voice, "It seems that Long Ao Tian is really afraid. I was worried that he would reveal what happened, and someone would suspect me in the future."

  The voice of the snake-like figure faintly sounded: "Who knows if he was just pretending earlier, maybe he also expected you to be hiding nearby watching."

  "No need," Li Yi smiled slightly, "he won't have the chance to say it out loud, I think what Long Ao Tian should consider now is how to deal with the Blood Wolf Mercenary Group's revenge."

  As he spoke, Li Yi messed up everything that Fan Nan had arranged and quickly headed towards Wancheng.

  As for this place, everything doesn't need to be too obvious, after all, that would add a few points of suspicion of framing and scapegoating. Now revealing a small flaw, as long as the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps' people aren't so stupid, they will see something...