It Seems You Have Run Into Some Trouble

Shen Si's expression changed repeatedly. Finally, he said in an imploring tone, "The spatial rings on our bodies have already been handed over to you, haven't they? Why can't you spare us?"

"President!" an angry man beside him said. "Can't you see? These people never intended to let us go from the very beginning. They are just playing with us."

"Exactly. They deliberately left Da Zhou alive just to give us a glimmer of hope, making us think they only wanted our belongings and didn't intend to take our lives."

"You are very smart," Kai Wen looked at the speaker and sneered. "Unfortunately, you realized it too late."

In the past, they had plundered many people of Yan Country.

But because they were too ruthless at the beginning, it caused the other party to choose to perish together with them, resulting in limited gains.

Later, they discovered that by first giving the other party the illusion that they only wanted wealth and not lives, the gains could be significantly increased.

Afterward, they would strike and kill them.

"You!" Shen Si's face was filled with despair, boundless rage rising in his heart.

These people of Feng Country had no home to return to, and it was Yan Country that had sheltered them.

Yet, not only were they ungrateful, but they also swung their butcher's knives at the benefactors who had taken them in.

But anger could not solve the problem.

The urgent matter was to let someone escape and report this news to the President, so that their deaths would not be in vain.

But would these people let them leave?

The opponent's numbers were more than double theirs, and they were all in peak condition, forming a tight encirclement.

Even he had no confidence in successfully breaking through.

"To think that I, Shen Si, would actually die here, in the hands of these Feng Country people," Shen Si sighed in his heart.

"Kevin, shall we start?" a Feng Country man said in a low voice. "If we delay any longer, Lord John will arrive. If he sees us here..."

Hearing this, the other Feng Country people all showed nervous expressions.

Although Lord John was coming for the treasures deep in the rainforest, and they were just sent ahead to scout the situation, if the opponent discovered these treasures on the ground, how much they could keep would be hard to say.

"Hmm, you're right," Kai Wen nodded, then looked at Shen Si and the others before him, a smile playing on his lips. "The President of the Jiangnam branch of the Martial Arts Association, is it? If you must blame someone, blame your bad luck for running into us."

"President Shen, it seems you have run into some trouble?"

Just as Shen Si was planning to fight to the death, a voice rang out from ahead.

"This voice!"

Shen Si's body jolted. His gaze pierced through the gaps between the people in front, looking toward the source of the voice.

He saw a burly figure standing there at some point, wearing a mask and holding a bow and arrow.

"Chen Fan!"

He exclaimed, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Was it an illusion?

Brother Chen had actually appeared here?

The martial artists behind him were also dumbfounded, as if petrified.

Immediately, like drowning men catching a straw, they cried out:

"Brother Chen, save us!"

"Brother Chen, save us! These beasts not only robbed us of everything but also want to kill us to silence us!"

"Exactly, Brother Chen! These things are worse than dogs and pigs. Our Yan Country kindly sheltered them, yet they showed no gratitude and even turned on us."

"So that's how it is."

Chen Fan roughly understood what was going on.

His gaze fell upon these Feng Country people.

If it were in the past, he would have been somewhat surprised.

But after experiencing the battle with the Dragonmen, he wouldn't be surprised by whatever strange race appeared before him.

While Chen Fan was assessing the Feng Country people, they were also observing him.

"When did this guy arrive? How did I not notice at all?"

"I didn't sense him approaching either. Damn it, we must have let our guard down because we were too happy just now."

"Nothing to worry about," a Feng Country man laughed. "Even if he approached us stealthily, haven't we noticed him now?"

"Exactly, he is just one person, and there are so many of us here. If anyone should be afraid, it should be him."

"Besides, this guy really doesn't know how to write the word 'death,' does he? If he had just left, we wouldn't have noticed him. Yet he insisted on coming over. He's just another fat sheep delivering himself to our door, haha."

"They must know each other, right? Didn't you hear him call that guy President Shen just now?"

"Could he also be some member of the Jiangnam branch of the Martial Arts Association?"

The dozen or so Feng Country people chattered among themselves.

"Enough," Kai Wen swept a glance at his companions, signaling them to quiet down.

Then, his gaze locked onto Chen Fan. "Who are you? Do you know them?"

"What do you think?" Chen Fan asked back.

"Brother Chen."

Hearing this, Shen Si was so moved he didn't know what to say.

He could roughly guess why Chen Fan appeared here.

He must have been heading for the treasures deep in the rainforest like everyone else.

Yet, he had made a special trip here.

Little did they know, hearing Chen Fan's words, the Feng Country people all showed meaningful expressions.

"Good, it seems these people are indeed your friends," Kai Wen smiled. "So, do you want them to live?"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Chen Fan smiled.

"What do you mean?"

"As long as you hand over everything valuable on your body, we can let your companions leave," Kai Wen continued.

"Brother Chen, don't believe him! That's exactly what he told us earlier!" a man shouted loudly.

"Shut up!"

Kai Wen turned and glared at him. "Say another word and I'll kill you first."

Shen Si turned and shook his head at the man.

Chen Fan wouldn't believe such things even without his reminder.

Moreover, the latter's strength was such that he could kill Commander-class fierce beasts like chickens; even if these Feng Country people combined, they wouldn't be his match.

However, he still had some worries in his heart.

Killing people and saving people were two different things.

If these Feng Country people attacked them and Chen Fan simultaneously, how many of them could survive was hard to say.

"Well?"

Kai Wen turned back to Chen Fan, confidence written on his face. "There's only one chance. I'll only give you one minute to consider. If after one minute you still haven't made up your mind, then you can only say goodbye to your friends."

"I am very puzzled as to who gave you the confidence to say such words to me," Chen Fan found it laughable.

The auras of these people before him were uneven.

The strongest among them were at most comparable to B-class Awakened.

Perhaps some had special methods, but to him, killing them was no different from crushing an ant.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Feng Country people were enraged.

"This guy dares to look down on us?"

"Kill him!"

"But if we kill him, won't we lose the items in his spatial ring?"

"Indeed, the bow and arrow in his hand look extraordinary. There must be many good things in his spatial ring."

"Do you know, kid? Your words just now angered me."

Kai Wen's face contorted, his tone filled with rage. "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Fine, then I will first kill one of your companions to let you know I am not joking with you!"

Saying this, a dagger appeared in his hand, and he thrust it toward Shen Si's chest.

Shen Si's pupils contracted sharply, and he wanted to resist fiercely.

But at this moment, he discovered to his horror that his body would not obey his commands!

"Oh no! Among those fellows, there is an Awakened with control abilities!"

Despair rose infinitely in Shen Si's heart.

He couldn't help but close his eyes.

At such close range, even Chen Fan wouldn't have time to react, right?

What a pity. He thought he wouldn't die, but in the end, he still couldn't change the outcome?

Seeing the dagger about to tear through his clothes and pierce his heart, Chen Fan moved.

His figure was fast to the limit, to the point that afterimages appeared in the air.

Finally, countless afterimages converged, and Chen Fan's figure reappeared at his original spot.

It was as if he had never left; just now, it was merely countless afterimages flying out of his body and returning to normal.

Meanwhile, the surrounding Feng Country people stood frozen in place, as if hit by a Body-Freezing Technique.

One second passed.

Two seconds passed.

Three seconds passed.

The imagined death did not arrive.

Shen Si slowly opened his eyes, only to see the golden-haired man holding a sharp dagger in his right hand, pressed against his chest, the tip flashing with a cold light.

His hair stood on end.

But very quickly, he noticed something strange.

The man before him remained in a turning posture, standing there motionless, as if hit by a Body-Freezing Technique.

Their eyes met, and both noticed the confusion in each other's eyes.

The difference was that the latter's eyes also contained terror.

"What's going on? My body, why can't my body move?"

Just then, a voice broke the eerie silence.

"My body can't move either!"

"Mine too!"

"What on earth is going on? Why can't I move?"

Exclamations rose one after another.

Shen Si and the others looked at each other, their backs drenched in sweat.

Especially Shen Si.

He had thought he was dead for sure.

He didn't expect Chen Fan's movement technique to be so fast that, at the critical moment, he had tapped the acupoints of all the Feng Country people, rendering them unable to move.

Too strong!

"Having been hit by my acupoint-tapping technique, of course you cannot move," Chen Fan's voice slowly rang out.

"Acupoint-tapping technique?"

"What is that?"

"Not an ability?"

The Feng Country Awakened looked at each other.