PFC Chapter 12742
Chapter 12742
Chapter 12742
Furthermore, what gives Yuan Chu the confidence to set a trap to lure Lin Yi away from his mountain and securely trap him?
Just then, a tiny crack suddenly appeared in the space in front of him, and four dark figures leaped out from the crack.
The man in the lead carried an unconscious figure on his shoulder.
It was Cao Mang!
Long Juefeng's pupils contracted slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, which was then replaced by intense hatred.
Yuan Chu then appeared, smiling: "I've brought the man to you. Cao Mang is right here, at your disposal. Now, shouldn't we fulfill our agreement?"
The leader of the men in black casually threw Cao Mang to the ground.
With a heavy thud, Cao Mang groaned and finally opened his eyes with difficulty.
He shook his groggy head, took in his surroundings, and looked up at Long Juefeng standing in front of him. His face instantly darkened.
The last remaining aura around him immediately became sharp.
"It's really you!"
Cao Mang's voice was somewhat hoarse, but it remained calm and composed, without the slightest fear, as he stared directly into Long Juefeng's eyes.
Long Juefeng looked at him and suddenly smiled.
"Patriarch Cao, it's been a long time."
Long Juefeng walked up to him and squatted down: "When you sentenced my mother to death back then, did you ever think that this day would come?"
Cao Mang didn't speak, he just looked at him quietly.
"say!"
Long Juefeng was inexplicably stung by Cao Mang's calmness, and his years of hatred suddenly erupted. He grabbed Cao Mang's collar and roared:
“Speak up! Weren’t you quite the talker back then? The evidence is conclusive, and according to the law, you should be executed! Just those eight words sentenced my mother to death! Why aren’t you saying anything?!”
Cao Mang slowly raised his eyes, his gaze filled with disdain: "You really are a coward."
"what?"
Long Juefeng was stunned, as if he hadn't heard clearly. He tightened his grip on Cao Mang's collar and gritted his teeth, saying, "What did you say?!"
Cao Mang chuckled, raised two fingers, and spoke clearly:
"First of all, your mother deserved to die. She committed adultery and murdered her husband. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to execute her entire family!"
"You're feeling indignant on her behalf now, but why don't you think about your own father who died at the hands of her and her lover? Why don't you think about the innocent clansmen they killed?"
Long Juefeng froze, momentarily speechless, the crimson in his eyes fading slightly, replaced by a hint of panic.
Cao Mang continued, his tone still cold and sharp: "Secondly, since you hate me so much, with your current strength as a three-zhang-tall Dharma form, you could have already infiltrated the Cao family to kill me, or even openly slaughtered my entire family!"
"Why drag it out until now, relying on the people from the Beast God Academy to kidnap me here?"
"To put it bluntly, you're just cowardly. You don't dare to take any risks at all. Anything of even a little weight can scare you to death. You can only get revenge by relying on other people's charity, like a dog."
His words completely exposed his thoughts.
Long Juefeng's face turned pale and then red. Enraged, he raised his hand to kill, but his hand remained suspended in mid-air, and he ultimately did not dare to bring it down.
He was indeed afraid.
He feared that after killing Cao Mang, Lin Yi would do everything in his power to hunt him down.
Yuan Chu, growing impatient, stepped forward and reminded him in a deep voice:
"Brother Long, don't waste time. Although Lin Yi is trapped in the racetrack's secret realm, time is limited. You should act quickly, otherwise, once he breaks free, none of us will be able to leave!"
His intentions were all too clear: he wanted to use Long Juefeng to kill Cao Mang, thereby completely cutting off any possibility of Cao Mang joining Lin Yi and forcing him to rely on the Beast God Academy.
In the previous Deng Shentong incident, the Beast God Academy, in an attempt to save face, forcibly found someone to impersonate Deng Shentong, and the matter was essentially dropped.
Yuan Chu should have been punished, but he managed to escape punishment by virtue of this incident.
But if he wants to truly save himself, he still needs to produce tangible results.
The Dragon's Absolute Peak right before our eyes is a ready-made result.
A master of the Three-Zhang Dharma Aspect is commonplace in the Beast God Academy, but in this Heavenly Prefecture, they are an absolute hot commodity.
If he can successfully win over this valuable pawn, his situation in the Beast God Academy will at least improve, if not completely offsetting his mistakes.
Long Juefeng snapped out of his daze, his eyes turning cold once more.
Yes, there's not much time left.
He abruptly released his grip on Cao Mang's collar, stood up, and immediately drew a long sword with a chilling gleam, its tip pointing directly at Cao Mang's throat.
"Today, I will avenge my mother!"
Cao Mang remained calm, even chuckling slightly, and said in a composed tone, "If you kill me, you will be ruining your own future."
"From now on, you will have no place to stand in Tianjun, and it will be impossible for you to live in seclusion like before."
"As for joining the Beast God Academy? Do you think they would genuinely treat a pawn like you with sincerity?"
Long Juefeng paused, his sword-wielding hand momentarily still, speechless for a moment.
Although the Beast God Academy has a powerful background, it has suffered setbacks and losses at Lin Yi's hands several times. At least in Tianjun, its power is far inferior to Lin Yi's New Heavenly Palace.
This is the fundamental reason why he has been hesitant to take action.
His plan was always to have Lin Yi kill Cao Mang himself, so that he could both avenge himself and gain a foothold by leveraging Lin Yi's power to securely obtain what he wanted.
Unfortunately, Lin Yi has yet to respond.
Neither agreeing nor refusing.
This put him in a dilemma.
Seeing Long Juefeng's hesitant expression, Yuan Chu's face darkened completely: "Brother Long, are you playing me for a fool?"
"So you're using my Beast God Academy as a tool to inflate prices, using us to pressure Lin Yi and force him to agree to your terms?"
"I warn you, today you either kill Cao Mang or join my Beast God Academy."
"Either you wait to be hunted down by my Beast God Academy and die without a burial place!"
Long Juefeng's face turned bitter, and his heart sank.
The Beast God Academy has suffered setbacks at Lin Yi's hands time and again, but that doesn't mean that Long Juefeng has the confidence to challenge the Beast God Academy.
If he truly possessed such ability, he wouldn't have remained hidden until now, not even daring to kill Cao Mang.
If Long Juefeng is truly targeted by the Beast God Academy, he will definitely not have a good ending.
At that moment, Cao Mang made a move that surprised everyone.
He slowly withdrew all his remaining defenses, raised his hand and directly grasped the tip of the sword that Long Juefeng had pressed against his throat.
The sword's edge sliced through his palm, and blood trickled down the sharp blade, dripping onto the ground and staining a patch of bluestone red.
"what are you doing?"
Long Juefeng frowned, instinctively trying to retract his longsword, but Cao Mang gripped it tightly.
Cao Mang's eyes were calm and resolute as he looked at Long Juefeng and slowly spoke:
“I will break this deadlock for you. As long as I commit suicide, Lin Yi will not blame you. You will not have to go against your conscience to join the Beast God Academy. You can get revenge and also protect your own way out.”
Long Juefeng was completely stunned, his eyes filled with astonishment.
He hated Cao Mang for so many years, but now, looking at Cao Mang's calm and fearless face as he faced death, he suddenly felt somewhat ridiculous.