However, he did not simply resign himself to death. Instead, he sat down to heal his injuries. These wounds were not only the result of recent battles; more importantly, the most fatal ones had been sustained earlier when, in order to gain Fang Lie's trust, he had voluntarily dropped his defenses and suffered several puncture wounds. The pain from those injuries remained almost unbearable to this day.
He also realized that Fang Lie had not held back; had he not retreated in the nick of time, he might have died long ago. Through an exceptional performance, he had fooled everyone, tricking Fang Lie into believing that his methods were ineffective and thus stripping him of the resolve to continue his attack. If Fang Lie were to discover the truth right now, there was no telling how he would react. Seeing him in the process of healing, Fang Lie's face turned ashen; he could not afford to let him continue recovering like this.
They did not know Xiao Fan's true intentions. If the latter suddenly changed his mind and decided to protect him, the situation awaiting them outside once the Gods and Demons Battlefield came to an end would be extremely perilous. In particular, not far from the Gods and Demons Battlefield, the Fang family maintained a supply station, ever ready to dispatch reinforcements. If a report detailing the entire incident were submitted to the person in charge, the entire Fang family would swiftly send people to hunt down Fang Lie and the other two, leaving none o…
Chapter 201