Qiao Gongliang put his hands behind his back and said, "The two hundred people in the curse group are all famous authors in the provincial capital. Each of them has their most loyal readers. Similarly, they have already established their own chat groups. Some people have built more than one.”

“My control over them is to control more people and constantly draw people into my story. Let’s put it this way! If each of these one hundred and ninety-odd people has a chat group of five hundred people, then nearly one hundred thousand people can be dragged into the curse.”

“In fact, the number of people who can be used is far more than that.”

“If the Underworld grants me amnesty, I can go back with you. If not, then I can only use these one hundred thousand lives to fight you to the bitter end.”

Feng Ruohang said in a deep voice, "The Underworld will never grant amnesty to anyone. Even if merits and demerits offset each other, it won't work."

The Underworld’s criminal law is the fairest in the world. Merit is merit, and crime is crime. Even if there is room for human sentiment, there is absolutely no such thing as amnesty.

Qiao Gongliang spread his hands and said, “Isn’t that the end of it? So, I can’t go back to the Underworld with you. It’s impossible for you to catch me.”

“What is the purpose of a Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren risking their lives to complete the secret orders of the Yin Si? It’s nothing more than to survive.”

“If you force me to drag away one hundred thousand lives, even if you only bear ten percent of the responsibility, the Underworld will not spare you. As soon as I am thrown into the eighteenth level of hell, you will be sent to the Soul Severing Platform.”

“So! The best outcome for all of us is for you to pretend you didn’t find me.”

Qiao Gongliang has indeed presented me with an unsolvable problem.

The number of one hundred thousand must be an exaggeration, but he must have a way to slaughter innocents in a short period of time. Not to mention deaths in the tens of thousands, even if hundreds or thousands of innocents die, we will all be getting a knife on the Underworld's Soul Severing Platform.

Qiao Gongliang smiled and said, “You can slowly think of a countermeasure. I'm not in a hurry. Oh right…”

Qiao Gongliang deliberately reminded me, “These Yin soldiers are the men you summoned. I think you should have a way to keep them silent, right? Haha…”

As Qiao Gongliang turned around with a sneer, I suddenly waved my hand violently: “Kill them all, capture Qiao Gongliang alive!”

The Yin soldiers instantly launched an offensive, charging towards the other side again. Qiao Gongliang's expression changed: "Li Po, are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy!" I shouted, "Ye Yang, blow up the ley line. Today, I want to see if he dares to gamble with one hundred thousand lives!"

Without hesitation, Ye Yang inserted his sword into the ground, and the ley line trembled violently. The two mountains in the distance also shook slightly following Ye Yang's sword momentum.

Qiao Gongliang said coldly, "Li Po, if you want to fight to the death, I will accompany you to the end."

“I’m afraid you can’t afford to!” As I spoke, cold sweat broke out in my palms.

At that time, I was calm on the surface, but my heart was already extremely tense – I was betting on my own judgment.

I used my internal force to transmit a message to Qiao Gongliang: "Do you believe that the moment you activate your secret technique to kill, is the moment your soul will be scattered?"

Qiao Gongliang's hand trembled slightly. This subtle movement did not escape my eyes, and I quickly transmitted: "Did someone promise you something, and ask you to scheme against me? That person should belong to the Yin Si's civil officials, right?"

“I can tell you clearly, even if you don’t act, your curse group will activate on its own and take away countless lives. Because, what the civil officials are dealing with is not me, but my grandmasters, Hei Bai Wu Chang (Black and White Impermanence).”

“Hei Bai Wu Chang are not only my grandmasters, but also my direct superiors. If I commit a serious crime, it will inevitably involve the two of them. If you put me in a dead end, you are setting yourself up for a dead end.”

“No matter what I do, you can’t escape. Because, you are someone who must be silenced.”

Qiao Gongliang's face was uncertain, but he didn't say a word.

At first, I didn't think that Qiao Gongliang's target was the grandmasters. If the other party hadn't said "The Yin soldiers were borrowed by you" at the end, which reminded me…

Only then did I realize that this promotion mission was a feint by the civil officials. The previous actions of the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren were just a smokescreen. Their real killing move was buried in Qiao Gongliang.

In Qiao Gongliang's game, the civil officials could be invincible.

No matter what choice I made, I was destined to lose.

If I let Qiao Gongliang go, not only would I fail to be promoted, but the civil officials could also find Qiao Gongliang again, confirming my crime of trading with ghosts privately, and then involve the grandmasters.

If I didn't let Qiao Gongliang go, and fought him to the death, I would be playing into their hands.

The only way for me to break the situation was to make Qiao Gongliang betray them and stand on my side!

I could only gamble on how big that probability was!

Qiao Gongliang must have read my information and knew my style of doing things like the back of his hand. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to lead me into the game step by step.

I knew nothing about him. I had no confidence in breaking out of the situation.

As I stared at Qiao Gongliang, the latter laughed loudly: "Li Po, you are the stupidest Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren I have ever seen. If you want to fight to the death, I will accompany you to the end."

While laughing loudly, Qiao Gongliang's figure kept retreating, and disappeared into the entrance of the tomb passage in an instant.

But at the moment his figure disappeared, I narrowed my eyes.