WTYTIAAN Chapter 178

Chapter 178

Blood sacrifice of civilians?

Yan Yunqing’s heart jolted, and he hid himself even more discreetly.

“Then my father…”

“Rest assured, my people will not harm your father.”

As Fei Qi spoke, a trace of insidious malice flashed in his eyes, but the nearby Little Robert failed to see it.

Little Robert breathed a sigh of relief and complained, “This damned Crimson Mist, kidnapping nobles everywhere like mad dogs, a bunch of lowly things.”

“But Your Highness, my father doesn’t know that I’m cooperating with you. He’ll definitely come to pay the ransom. How about we snatch that ransom together then!”

Fei Qi glanced at him, not answering the question, thinking sarcastically: Just a little ransom, yet the son of the city lord of one of Romunike’s most prosperous commercial cities is so unwilling to part with it.

Seeing that Fei Qi didn’t answer, Little Robert touched his nose to ease the awkwardness, “N-no? Is that not okay?”

Fei Qi closed his eyes, only saying faintly, “We’ll see when the time comes.”

Little Robert took that as agreement, and his tone became lighter, “Your Highness, you’re from…shouldn’t know about the Crimson Mist, right? That mercenary group is a bunch of cunning and treacherous fellows, often kidnapping nobles for ransom. This time, they must have seen us spending a lot of money at the Auction House, so…”

“Enough,” Fei Qi interrupted him, “Be quiet.”

Little Robert was embarrassed and forced himself to shut his mouth.

Fei Qi inconspicuously glanced at Little Robert, cursing him inwardly as an idiot.

If he didn’t need someone who could scout out internal information, and if the city lord of Slan Lifa City wasn’t such a tough nut to crack, he would never cooperate with such a foolish fellow.

As soon as those Crimson Mist people appeared, they killed the guards he had brought with him without saying a word, and then immediately kidnapped them. They were so quick that Fei Qi didn’t believe they hadn’t planned it in advance.

Now they’ve thrown them into the dungeon but haven’t sent anyone over… Heh, either they’re being held up by something, or they want to leave him out to dry.

Fei Qi lowered his eyes, his eyelashes hiding the malice that flashed within them. No one knew what Crimson Mist wanted to do better than him, after all, he was the future heir to the Augreir Family.

Crimson Mist…wants to be the savior? In their dreams.

Let them drag it out, the longer they drag it out, the more it will benefit him. When everyone is dead, maybe these fools who want to make a savior’s dream will be shocked and run over to ask him what he has done. When that time comes, he will make these people kneel before him… No, he will only exchange half a city for his life. As long as the leader of that Crimson Mist is willing to kneel before him and commit suicide, he might consider sparing the lives of half the city’s population.

Fei Qi thought happily.

Yan Yunqing wanted to know more, but they didn’t continue to discuss related topics. Once Little Robert opened his mouth, Fei Qi would stop him, seeming to consider that they were still in a dungeon and it wasn’t convenient to freely chat about their plans in someone else’s territory.

Yan Yunqing narrowed his eyes, clicking his tongue in his heart. So cautious?

Relying on his small black cat form, he smoothly squeezed through the bars in the corner. While canceling the disguise skill, he switched to the NPC identity he had created [Joker].

A man with a chestnut-colored high ponytail wearing a mask appeared in front of the two. In Fei Qi’s perspective, he seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

“F*ck, who are you?” Little Robert was startled by the sudden appearance of Joker, his somewhat bloated face trembling. But he quickly remembered what Fei Qi had said, that his people would be over soon, and that this person had appeared so suddenly, so he immediately looked at Fei Qi.

And Fei Qi just happened to see the person clearly, and felt all the hairs on his body stand on end. His gaze towards Joker unconsciously carried a bit of horror.

“You—” Fei Qi, who was originally sitting halfway on the ground, subconsciously shrank back a little when he saw Joker, his tone slightly cracking because he was so shocked, “Joker?”

The chestnut-haired man took a step closer, his tone rising, “Oh? Seems like you still remember me?”

Fei Qi’s pupils trembled twice. How could he forget the person in front of him, the guy who had charged into the palace that night and bombed it indiscriminately, even killing his twin brother—

Even his father had died…

Fei Qi unconsciously swallowed, pretending to be calm, “Oh, of course I remember.”

“A guy who doesn’t even dare to show his face, after doing such things in the palace, you dare to appear in front of me?”

Yan Yunqing: …?

Yan Yunqing sized Fei Qi up and down. He certainly couldn’t be considered presentable right now. The people of the ‘Crimson Mist’ had kidnapped him, so their attitude couldn’t have been good. Therefore, Fei Qi looked a little disheveled at the moment.

He’s already a prisoner, how could this guy have the nerve to say such a thing?

“Your Highness, who is this guy?” Although Little Robert was a bit stupid, his brain could still work a little. Seeing the sudden appearance of the chestnut-haired man and Fei Qi’s tit-for-tat appearance, it didn’t seem like they were on the same side at all, so he was a little nervous.

Yan Yunqing backhanded him with a sleeping spell. Little Robert’s eyes rolled back, and he fell down with a thud.

Fei Qi was startled by Joker’s sudden action. He turned his head and found Little Robert snoring, and a feeling of speechlessness immediately arose in his heart, but he also relaxed a little. As long as this Joker didn’t kill him without saying a word, everything would be fine. He just had to hold on until his people arrived.

He stared at Joker, “This is the territory of the ‘Crimson Mist’, why are you here?”

As he spoke, Fei Qi suddenly realized, “You’re also a member of the ‘Crimson Mist’? No wonder you’ve been targeting Fei Wu, and your people have been unable to catch you…”

“I’m not,” Yan Yunqing interrupted him.

Fei Qi was stunned, his brows furrowed, “Then you… Ugh!”

Before Fei Qi could finish speaking, Yan Yunqing punched him in the nose. The fist with the leather glove landed heavily on his nasal bone, and Fei Qi let out a painful cry.

The chestnut-haired demon in front of him was still smiling, “You’re being too loud, can’t you be a little quieter?”

Fei Qi: ???

Before Fei Qi could react, Joker’s fist landed heavily on his face and body. The leather gloves were cold, but when they landed on him, they became burning hot.

Fei Qi was stunned by the beating, screaming a few times before his mouth was stuffed with a piece of rag that he didn’t know where it came from. At such a close distance, Fei Qi could even smell the sour stench on it. He couldn’t help but gag, but Joker slapped him back.

Yan Yunqing wasn’t afraid that anyone would discover the tragedy that was happening here, because when he canceled the disguise, he had conveniently set up a simple soundproof barrier, so no matter how loud Fei Qi shouted, no one would notice anything was wrong.

Now Yan Yunqing’s level was already seventy-four, beating up the forty-something level Fei Qi was as easy as a father beating his son.

Yan Yunqing beat Fei Qi severely, turning him into a dead dog lying on the ground panting non-stop before Yan Yunqing stopped the one-sided beating.

He walked up to Fei Qi, stepped on his fingers with the tip of his shoe and ground them. When Fei Qi couldn’t help but want to cry out in pain, he let go of Fei Qi’s foot and squatted down in front of him, grabbing his collar and forcing him to meet his gaze.

When Fei Qi raised his eyes, he met a pair of dark red eyes. An inexplicable heat surged from the bottom of his heart, flowing to his limbs, and even his sore tailbone felt numb.

Joker’s eyes seemed to have a kind of magic, making him forget the pain and tremble all over.

“Fei Qi,” close at hand, thin lips coldly spat out his name, barely managing to call his mind back a little. But then he heard a voice that sounded like a demon’s whisper in his ear, “I’m curious, what exactly do you mean by the blood sacrifice of the civilians of Slan Lifa City? Would you be willing to tell me about it in detail?”

Fei Qi’s mind was shocked for a moment, as if he had been bewitched. He opened his mouth to answer Joker’s question, but when he spat out the first word, his heart ached, and he immediately came back to his senses.

“Blood sacrifice of civilians? Heh… so that’s why you came to me.” Fei Qi swallowed the blood that surged in his throat. Having already been beaten up, he was surprisingly calm at the moment, and no longer had the initial panic when he saw Joker. Malicious calculations flashed in his eyes, full of malice.

Perhaps it was because he had figured out Joker’s purpose that he was fearless.

Yan Yunqing was a little regretful. He had just activated [Demon King Descent] to try to force Fei Qi to answer by relying on a moment of shock, but unfortunately, he didn’t succeed.

He didn’t know if it was because he had only turned it on for a short time, or if Fei Qi had done special training in this area.

But Yan Yunqing didn’t dare to use it too much. He remembered that the leader of the ‘Crimson Mist’, You Qieer, was a very perceptive guy. He had previously fought You Qieer and escaped by relying on [Demon King Descent] to shock the person, using the active skill of the substitute doll to switch positions. As a result, the other party had chased after him not long after.

Now his substitute doll was still being held hostage by You Qieer.

And now that he was on You Qieer’s territory, he didn’t dare to use [Demon King Descent] too much. Who knew if this guy, who seemed to have a dog’s nose, would appear behind him in the next second and give him a claw.

Those iron claws were very sharp.

“Stop talking nonsense, confess honestly.” Joker was expressionless, thinking of the substitute doll that had been hijacked by You Qieer and feeling annoyed.

The item [Substitute Doll] was a bit special. Only one could exist at a time, which meant that Yan Yunqing had no way to make the next substitute doll unless the one being held hostage by You Qieer was not used or destroyed.

However, he had no way to destroy it remotely. Remote recovery also required him to maintain a certain distance, and the substitute doll had to be in an uncontrolled state before he could successfully recover it.

That damned You Qieer, after this guy hijacked his substitute doll, he didn’t know why he couldn’t recover it, even though they were both in Slan Lifa City at the time.

Yan Yunqing secretly ground his back teeth, not noticed by Fei Qi, who was smug that he had discovered Joker’s purpose.

“You beg me, maybe if you beg me, I’ll tell you.” The malice in Fei Qi’s eyes couldn’t be hidden at all. “You also want to be a savior—haha, then you really have to beg me, do you know what a blood sacrifice is?”

“It’s—the kind where the entire population of Slan Lifa City is killed, haha, are you going to beg me? Joker?”

His voice was also full of deep malice, making people shudder, but Yan Yunqing was expressionless, and instead became a little more irritable because of Fei Qi’s performing personality.

“Slap—”

Fei Qi widened his eyes, looking at the man close at hand in disbelief, his lips trembling, “Y-you…”

Yan Yunqing backhanded him with another slap. Maybe it was because he was wearing leather gloves, but the two slaps echoed particularly loudly on Fei Qi’s face.

He was already annoyed, and hearing this guy’s voice made him even more annoyed.

“You what,” Joker snorted, “You weren’t this surprised when you were being beaten just now, why are you surprised now? What’s wrong? Do you think I don’t dare to hit you?”

“Don’t mention hitting you, I even dare to kill you.”

Joker chuckled twice, “You wouldn’t have forgotten—how your good brother died, right?”

“Prince Fei Qi.”