Chapter 1282 - 1281: Panlong Sword Light
Chapter 1282 - 1281: Panlong Sword Light
Gongsun Zhong and Qin Ying's group of four were all stunned: Gongsun Bin really was inside?
Gongsun Zhong grew anxious and hurriedly shouted into the tower, blocked by the light curtain, "Son, is that you?"
Inside the Devil's Tower, Gongsun Bin was kneeling in front of Lin Fei when he suddenly heard his father's voice from outside.
He jerked his head up and anxiously answered toward the tower gate blocked by the light curtain, "Father, I'm Gongsun Bin, save me, save me…"
The reason Gongsun Bin was so desperate to leave the Devil's Tower was that Lin Fei had imprisoned him in there for too long, with no daylight at all, as if he'd been thrown into the eighteenth level of hell, every single day sheer torment.
So what Gongsun Bin longed for most was to get out of the Devil's Tower.
"No need to shout. Your father can't get in, and he can't save you. If you want out, just answer a few questions for me and you can leave. But you must answer truthfully." Lin Fei looked at Gongsun Bin and spoke in a solemn tone.
"Please speak, Young Master Lin. I'll answer honestly." Gongsun Bin replied at once.
Lin Fei said, "Back in Huaxia, were you acting under Yuan Hong and Qin Fen's orders, together with your younger brother Gongsun Bin, and Lu Tiankang, Xu Dong and the others, intending to kill me?"
"Yes. We were indeed entrusted by Yuan Hong and Qin Fen to kill you, and they promised that as long as we killed you, they would give us Holy Spirit Pills."
Although Gongsun Bin didn't know why Lin Fei was asking this, since Lin Fei already knew all of it, he still answered honestly.
Lin Fei continued to ask, "Then why did you later kill Lu Tiankang and Xu Dong in the Devil's Tower?"
Gongsun Bin answered, "Killing Lu Tiankang and Xu Dong wasn't my wish. At the time my mind was set on killing you, and if I let them out, I wouldn't be able to trap them. So I had no choice but to sacrifice them."
Lin Fei nodded. "Very good. Since you can answer truthfully, I'll let you out now."
As soon as he finished, Lin Fei reached out, grabbed Gongsun Bin's shoulder, then pushed him toward the light curtain at the tower gate.
Amid Gongsun Bin's startled cry, he had already flown through the light curtain and out of the Devil's Tower.
Outside, as Gongsun Bin flew out through the Devil's Tower's gate curtain, Gongsun Zhong immediately reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Son!" Gongsun Zhong cried out in joy to his son.
"Father." Having left the Devil's Tower and seeing his father, Gongsun Bin was likewise overjoyed.
"Gongsun Bin, my son Xu Dong always treated you as a good friend, yet you cruelly killed him!" Just then, a cold, hate-filled voice sounded from behind Gongsun Bin.
Gongsun Bin whipped his head around and saw that the speaker was Xu Hong. His face changed. "City Lord Xu, you… how are you here?"
"Gongsun Bin, since my son Tiankang died at your hands, how do you plan to explain yourself to us?" At that moment, from the other side, Lu Shen's gaze was sharp and cold on Gongsun Bin as he spoke with a sinister tone.
Gongsun Bin stared in shock at Lu Shen and Xu Hong, and suddenly understood why Lin Fei had asked those questions in the Devil's Tower: it was to let Lu Shen and Xu Hong know the truth.
Gongsun Bin finally understood why Lin Fei was willing to let him out—because Lu Shen and Xu Hong outside wouldn't let him go either.
This made Gongsun Bin grit his teeth at Lin Fei in his heart, hatred etched into his bones.
"It's not like that. What I just said wasn't true. Lin Fei forced me to say that!" Gongsun Bin immediately changed his tune and tried to shift the blame.
Lu Shen gave a cold laugh. "Gongsun Bin, do you take us for fools? Just now, City Lord Xu, City Lord Qin, your father, and I all heard it. And you still want to quibble?"
"That's right, we all heard it. If you dare to do it, why don't you dare admit it?" Xu Hong's voice was full of anger as he stared at Gongsun Bin.
Qin Ying had not expected that the one who killed Xu Dong and Lu Tiankang would actually be Gongsun Bin.
And the reason he had summoned Lu Shen, Xu Hong, and Gongsun Zhong together was to deal with Lin Fei.
If Lu Shen and Xu Hong, because their sons were killed by Gongsun Bin, started fighting with Gongsun Zhong, then before they could even move against Lin Fei, their own side would already be in chaos.
Thinking of this, Qin Ying immediately said to Lu Shen and Xu Hong, "City Lord Lu, City Lord Xu, allow me to say something. Although Gongsun Bin did indeed speak of killing your sons just now in the Devil's Tower, we can't rule out that it was under Lin Fei's coercion and guidance that Gongsun Bin was forced to say it.
I think we should first take down Lin Fei and force out the real story, then talk about other matters. That way we won't wrong a good man, nor let a true villain off."
"City Lord Qin is right. How could my son possibly do something so vile as harming a good friend? This must have been Lin Fei forcing my son to say it." Gongsun Zhong immediately echoed.
Gongsun Bin also reacted and said, "That's right, Lin Fei forced me to say it. He knew you were outside while I didn't, so he forced and misled me into confessing to things I never did. I fell for his trick."
Lu Shen and Xu Hong exchanged a glance. They did not think Gongsun Bin was innocent. Just now Lin Fei had indeed forced Gongsun Bin, but at the time Gongsun Bin hadn't known they were outside, which was exactly why he had admitted to killing their sons.
Of course, since Qin Ying had spoken up, they couldn't immediately strike at Gongsun Bin. The two of them then said to Qin Ying, "City Lord Qin, for your sake, we'll hold off on taking revenge for our sons for the time being.
But if, once we've clarified the facts, it turns out our sons really were killed by Gongsun Bin, we ask that you not stand in the way of our revenge."
Qin Ying hurriedly said, "Of course. If the truth is that Gongsun Bin killed your sons, I definitely won't stop you."
Then Qin Ying looked toward the Devil's Tower and said, "Now, let's join forces and force Lin Fei out of the Devil's Tower."
"We'll attack with Saint Qi!" A sharp light flashed in Gongsun Zhong's eyes as he spoke.
Ever since learning that the Devil's Tower was no longer under his control, Gongsun Zhong had been deeply troubled.
Because he knew the Devil's Tower was not so easy to deal with. Other than using Saint Qi to attack, he couldn't think of any other method.
"I'll try with my Panlong Sword!" As Qin Ying's words fell, a longsword appeared in his hand, its edge razor-sharp, its blade snow-bright. A wisp of white energy, shaped like a soaring dragon, coiled around the sword, exuding an astonishing Divine Weapon aura.
"The Panlong Sword—this is the number one Sacred Artifact of Panlong City, a Fifth Grade blade, its power equivalent to a Saint Ancestor at the fifth or sixth layer." Seeing the sword in Qin Ying's hand, Lu Shen couldn't help exclaiming in surprise.
However, Gongsun Zhong only shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it still won't damage the Devil's Tower. From what I know, if the one operating the Devil's Tower is strong enough, he can make the tower display the power of a Saint Ancestor at the Ninth Layer."
"Good. Today let the Devil's Tower serve as the test stone for my Panlong Sword!" A cold, electric gleam flashed in Qin Ying's eyes as he gripped the hilt of the Panlong Sword with both hands and suddenly raised it high above his head.
With a cold shout, "Kill!~~~"
In an instant, the Panlong Sword cleaved out an astonishing strike in midair, a white Sword Light winding and undulating like a dragon soaring through the sky. Heaven and earth shuddered, its pressure bearing down in all directions, that terrifying Sword Light slashing straight toward Lin Fei.
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