Chapter 99: Breaking the Game

Since everyone had said that, his appearance no longer concealed itself and boldly stepped out. In the dim light and shadow, the four of them stood facing each other, each pondering different things in their hearts.

The identity and cultivation level of the arrivals obviously exceeded the tour guide and his disciple's expectations.

"It's you?" The tour guide recognized Hua Feng and Yun Meng as the tourists who had booked rooms before, and his tone brimmed with uncontrollable surprise.

"What's the matter? Is it that surprising? We just happened to pass by your place by chance. But do you know that if not for the fact that your extraction of vital energy to this extent hasn't caused any casualties, you two would have been dealt with long ago." Hua Feng had never experienced such a situation before. He simply followed his instincts to chat casually and stall for time.

He knew that matters might get a bit tricky today. If he couldn't gain the upper hand in a short time, he might face the outcome of capsizing in the gutter. Moreover, this cave so deep underground probably made it difficult to send out any signals.

"Oh, just passing by. Is that excuse trying to fool ghosts?" The tour guide couldn't help but complain.

"Enough. You step back. I'll speak with these two young friends." The tour guide's master stepped forward and said, "Who are you, and what brings you to my cave mansion?"

"My surname is Hua. My name is Feng. Our purpose in coming is to retrieve the vital energy essence you stole. I wonder who this senior of the demon race is?" Hua Feng thought it best to stabilize the situation first before discussing further.

"Everyone calls me Ling Jiao Dao Ren. Recently, I had no choice but to have my disciples borrow some vital energy essence. Once my cultivation stabilizes, I will help those humans whose vital energy I extracted." Seeing that Hua Feng and Yun Meng were so young yet already at the Nascent Emperor realm, Ling Jiao Dao Ren speculated that this might be a young master from some cultivation family on a trial, so he didn't dare to slack off.

"You call the act of secretly stealing others' life essence without consent 'borrowing,' hum. You have quite the face!" Hua Feng couldn't listen to this anymore. His disgust for this so-called Ling Jiao Dao Ren had reached its peak.

People who blatantly used excuses to steal others' things—he had seen many during his previous task execution. Many believed such actions that could be called robbery were justified.

Hua Feng instantly adjusted his aura to the peak. The sound of air bursting stimulated his resolve to fight back to the wall. For a moment, his fighting spirit surged, and within a radius of dozens of meters, all entered the coverage of his aura. He knew that facing such a huge gap in cultivation levels, he could only take the initiative. Even if he couldn't defeat the opponent, he absolutely couldn't lose in momentum.

Yun Meng followed Hua Feng in releasing his own aura. It looked like a great battle was about to break out.

At the edge of Hua Feng and Yun Meng's auras, Ling Jiao Dao Ren and the tour guide, who hastily raised an energy defense shield, retreated to the side. A faint light curtain separated the energy clashes on both sides.

At this moment, a faintly glowing mark appeared on Hua Feng's forehead. Ling Jiao Dao Ren was somewhat experienced and immediately recognized that the person bearing that mark must be a successor of the Fiery Emperor, the mark of Nong Jia*. How many people dreamed of the Fiery Emperor's inheritance, yet he, after painstaking cultivation for hundreds of years, had only broken through to the Nascent Emperor realm. Tired of living in the mountains among wild monsters, one day he suddenly wanted to live a human life. He didn't want to become enemies with Nong Jia* over a trivial matter of vital energy competition, even though he had previously been a monster who enjoyed killing and looting.

But if it were someone else, it would be fine. Offending Nong Jia* meant that a monster at his level would only have death awaiting. A mysterious organization composed of Nong Jia* secretly slaughtered humans or monsters with blood feuds against them. Even heroes might not necessarily know this. Yet the rumors from the outside world had long stirred the jianghu like storms.

"Hey... young brother, let's talk properly. We can discuss anything. You see, we are not evil monsters. If possible, please spare us. Let us, such earnest immortals seeking the Dao, have a single-minded thought." Ling Jiao Dao Ren's tone suddenly turned sincere. The posture of a 65-level Nascent Emperor had actually lowered so much.

Hua Feng and Yun Meng were puzzled by his sudden change in attitude.

His disciple, the young tour guide who had transformed into a dragon, was somewhat unable to understand why his master was so polite to the two people in front of him.

"Master... why waste words with them, just do it..." the tour guide couldn't help but say.

"Shut up!" Ling Jiao Dao Ren scolded. "Please consider it..."

Standing quietly to the side, Yun Meng asked Hua Feng somewhat puzzledly, "What's going on with this person? Obviously having the strength to suppress us, but not daring to act. How did he suddenly change his mind?"

"Probably he knows something." Hua Feng replied to Yun Meng. He couldn't care about that much now. Since the other party was willing to make concessions, he couldn't be bothered to argue further.

"If you really have sincerity, return all the collected vital energy energy bottles to me, and also take the initiative to turn yourselves in to the Dao Alliance. If you truly have a single heart seeking the Dao, walk the righteous path. Senior Danqiu Sheng will have a way to maintain your human form for you. Why bother harming ordinary people's health over such a trivial matter?"

"The two of you are right. The reason I built this cave so deep is to avoid disturbing ordinary people. Alright, I won't say more. The energy bottles are all here. How you dispose of them is up to you two. I'll go to the Dao Alliance now. We'll meet again later!" After saying that, seemingly afraid Hua Feng would renege, Ling Jiao Dao Ren directly led his disciple and fled away from the side, disappearing without a trace.

"He ran quite fast. Little dream, let's pack up and should head back."

"Yeah, yeah."

Hua Feng waved his hand, and all the vital energy bottles entered his storage ring. He glanced at the empty cave, turned around, and with Yun Meng, made their way back into the night.