Lin Feng was gleefully slaughtering his opponents. The men from Medicine King Valley were no match for him at all; they were just an annoyance. In another two or three minutes, he would have killed all of them.

Hearing Qiao Beiming’s voice, tinged with panic and impatience, Lin Feng froze, not understanding what he meant.

Still, he yelled, "Ceasefire for now!"

The people from Medicine King Valley were only too happy to stop fighting. Their mission, after all, had only been to stall for time.

"Mr. Qiao, what happened?" Seeing that the men from Medicine King Valley had stopped their attacks, Lin Feng asked, looking toward Qiao Beiming as he leaped out of the pit.

Tang Bo and the men from Medicine King Valley were also curious. Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng clearly have the upper hand. Killing us is only a matter of time. Why would Qiao Beiming suddenly tell Lin Feng to stop?

"The little princess has fallen into Ye Xiu’s hands," Qiao Beiming said with a grave expression.

"What?" Lin Feng’s face changed dramatically. "Are you... are you telling the truth?"

Qiao Beiming nodded. "A woman used the little princess’s phone to call me. She said the little princess is in Ye Xiu’s hands. If we dare to harm a single hair on anyone from the Wu Family Estate or the Wu Family Fortress, Ye Xiu will chop up the little princess and make her into lion’s head meatballs."

Hearing this, Tang Bo and the men from Medicine King Valley started to laugh. What a brilliant way for Ye Xiu to solve the crisis!

But after hearing Qiao Beiming’s words, Lin Feng’s face turned pale and panic seized his mind. Although he was the Second Prince of the Eternal Kingdom, his status was nothing compared to Kristina’s. If Kristina were killed because of him and Qiao Beiming, the enraged Golden Family would most certainly kill them.

"But... but I’ve already killed so many of them! What do we do now?" Lin Feng said frantically. Overwhelmed by fear, he had lost all control of his expression, his face and eyes showing blatant terror.

"For now, the only thing we can do is capture these men alive and exchange them for the little princess," Qiao Beiming said after a moment of thought.

Lin Feng’s eyes lit up. "Good idea!"

The two of them turned and glared fiercely at the men from Medicine King Valley. As for Tang Bo, they had already given up; it was simply too difficult to catch that slippery eel.

"Stop fighting! We surrender!" Lord Baishan said cheerfully.

With that, the men from Medicine King Valley dropped their weapons and knelt with their hands over their heads.

We’ll be captured if we keep fighting, so why bother? Better to just surrender and wait for Ye Xiu to save us.

Both Lord Baishan and Gu Mufeng knew very well that Ye Xiu was Huang Quan.

Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng were speechless. They had thought capturing so many people would take a great effort, yet these fighters, who had seemed fearless just moments ago, had simply surrendered.

"Take them to the Wu Family Estate and wait for Ye Xiu!" Qiao Beiming ordered in a low voice.

"Alright!" Lin Feng nodded, kicking Lord Baishan. "Let’s go!"

Lord Baishan immediately led the men from Medicine King Valley, now captives, and walked obediently toward the Wu Family Estate.

After they had gone some distance, Tang Bo emerged from the ground. He sent a text message to Ye Xiu, then went about reattaching the severed limbs and heads of the slain Medicine King Valley members.

Over an hour later, the dozens of slain men from Medicine King Valley revived one after another.

During this time, An Dongye and the people from the Dongfang Family also returned.

"Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng are very strong. Our little brother might not be their match," An Dongye said worriedly.

Tang Bo nodded in agreement. "Even though Big Bro has Kristina, Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng have dozens of men from Medicine King Valley. Even if they negotiate, Big Bro doesn’t have the advantage."

Dongfang Chaonan added, "If Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng order their two thousand-plus men to surround the Wu Family Fortress, then as soon as Ye Xiu exchanges hostages, he and all of us will be killed."

"Big Bro once said that Qiao Beiming, also known as the ’Demon Master,’ is the most cunning strategist in the Eternal Kingdom. I’m afraid his two thousand-plus men have already surrounded the Wu Family Fortress, just waiting for Big Bro to walk into the trap," Tang Bo said gravely.

An Dongye panicked. "Then we have to notify our little brother right away! Tell him not to come back!"

Just as she finished speaking, the sound of a helicopter filled the air.

"It’s too late. Big Bro is already back. Even if we notify him now, the helicopter can’t get far," Tang Bo said, watching the approaching aircraft. His demeanor shifted back to the cool persona Ye Xiu had seen when they first met. He glanced at An Dongye and the others. "You guys should find a way to escape. Ye Xiu is my Big Bro. As his brother, I can’t let him face this danger alone. Even if it means death, I will die with him."

With that, he picked up his spear and started walking toward the Wu Family Estate.

"What’s that supposed to mean?" An Dongye said angrily. "He’s our little brother’s brother, but I’m not? He can die with him, but I can’t?"

She then slung her sniper rifle over her shoulder and chased after Tang Bo.

"Holding the sun and moon, plucking the stars, there is no one like me in this world." The Pressure King, Dong Fangbai, glanced at Dongfang Chaonan over his shoulder. "Master, remember to carve a statue of me and place it before my grave for future generations to admire!"

After speaking, he too went after Tang Bo.

The members of the Dongfang Family and the revived men from Medicine King Valley looked at each other, then all started walking toward the Wu Family Estate with smiles on their faces.

Those three bastards, Tang Bo, An Dongye, and Dong Fangbai, talk as if we’re afraid of dying!

「Wu Family Estate!」

In the backyard, Qiao Beiming, Lin Feng, and the captured men from Medicine King Valley looked up as the helicopter flew directly overhead.

Then, Ye Xiu leaped down, holding the unconscious Kristina.

Ye Xiu had returned by helicopter after meeting up with Meng Yinwan. Meng Yinwan and Ming Yue had not come with him.

"Ye Xiu, release the little princess, and I might leave your corpse intact," Lin Feng said through gritted teeth, the humiliation of being buried alive still fresh in his mind.

Ye Xiu ignored him. He looked at Lord Baishan and the others lying on the ground, trussed up like rice dumplings, and asked, "Any casualties?"

"A few dozen from Medicine King Valley died. The people from the Dongfang Family all ran away," Lord Baishan replied.

Ye Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. The deaths among the Medicine King Valley members didn’t matter since they could be revived. He then turned his gaze to Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng and asked coldly, "What do you think you’re doing, tying them up like this?"

"Cut the crap and stop playing dumb," Lin Feng cursed. "You know damn well what we’re doing!"

Qiao Beiming’s face was grim. "Ye Xiu, you only have one hostage, but we have forty-three. I advise you to release the little princess. Otherwise, I will kill them all, one by one, right in front of you."

"Is that a threat?" The warmth vanished from Ye Xiu’s face. He looked at Lord Baishan and the others. "Are you afraid to die?"

"No!" Lord Baishan and the others roared in unison.

"Good!" Ye Xiu sneered. Suddenly, sharp cones of earth erupted from the ground beneath the captives, piercing the hearts of all forty-three men.

Then, Ye Xiu looked at Qiao Beiming with a cold smile and said, "No need for you to do it. I’ve killed them all for you."

On the surface, it appeared that all forty-three men, including Lord Baishan, had been killed by the spikes, though they would revive in no time.

But Qiao Beiming and Lin Feng didn’t know that. They had no idea who Lord Baishan and his men were, nor did they know their true nature.