"How dare you speak to this King like that, brat? Do you even know the consequences of threatening me?" A cold gleam flickered in the Black Toad King's eyes. Being threatened by a human brat like Chu Feng filled it with extreme displeasure, and it gritted its teeth in fury.
Whoosh.
But right at that moment, a flash of light blazed from Chu Feng's hand, followed by a spray of blood. He had plunged the dagger deep into the toad face of the Black Toad King's son.
"Ahhhhh!" The searing pain forced the Black Toad King's son to open its mouth wide and let out a wretched howl — it was clearly in agony.
"You—" Seeing the torrent of blood gushing from his son's face, the Black Toad King's eyes wavered with shock. It was terrified.
It had never imagined that this human brat, Chu Feng, would be so bold, so ruthless, that he would strike directly at its son — something that not even Purple Xuanyuan would dare do.
But what it couldn't have predicted was still to come. Seeing that the Black Toad King remained frozen, Chu Feng yanked the dagger free and aimed it straight at the creature's son's other eye, ready to strike again.
"Stop! I'll release her!" the Black Toad King bellowed in a panic. Only then did Chu Feng halt the downward motion of his hand.
"But same rules as before — we release at the same time. You release my son, and I'll release the girl." The Black Toad King grabbed Purple Ling from the ground.
"That was the rule you agreed to with Elder Xuanyuan. It doesn't apply to me. I'm telling you to release Purple Ling right now, this instant — or I'll gouge out your son's eye." Chu Feng's tone was resolute, his voice like ice.
"Don't push your luck, brat! You lay one more finger on my son and see if I don't slice her face to ribbons!" the Black Toad King snarled viciously.
Whoosh — before the words had even left the Black Toad King's mouth, Chu Feng's dagger was already descending again. With a sickening squelch, blood sprayed through the air as the blade sank into the Black Toad King's son's eye. Then, with a quick flick, he ripped the crimson eyeball out whole.
Whoosh — even after that, Chu Feng showed no sign of stopping. He ignored the Black Toad King's threats entirely, aimed at the creature's remaining eye, and drove the dagger down once more. Decisive, clean, utterly merciless.
"Stop! I'll release her! I'll release her!"
The Black Toad King had lost all composure. It abandoned any pretense of negotiation, grabbed Purple Ling, and flung her toward Chu Feng with a sweep of its massive hand. At that very instant, Purple Xuanyuan soared into the air, caught Purple Ling in his arms, and shattered the restraints on her body.
"Hurry — let my son go!" the Black Toad King screamed, its voice hoarse with desperation. Its entire body was trembling — whether from Chu Feng's provocation or from sheer terror was impossible to tell. Either way, it was consumed with fury, barely suppressing the killing intent surging within it.
"Tell your underlings to release all of them." But Chu Feng didn't let go of the Black Toad King's son. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Xu Zhongyu and the others who were still surrounded by demon beasts.
"Brat, have you no shame at all? I've already released the one you asked for, and now you won't just let my son go — you want me to free every last one of you? You've really got some nerve." A chilling killing intent dripped from the Black Toad King's voice.
Chu Feng, however, showed not a trace of fear. On the contrary, he spoke with perfect calm: "I think you've got it backwards. I never said that if you released Purple Ling, I'd release your son. That was just wishful thinking on your part."
"Damn it — I've never met a human as shameless as you."
"Then congratulations, you've finally seen one today. Now give me a straight answer — are you releasing them or not?" As he spoke, Chu Feng raised the dagger once more.
"I'll release them! I'll release them! Just stop hurting him! But you have to promise me — once I let them go, you will release my son." The Black Toad King loved his son far too dearly to bear the thought of him suffering even one more wound.