“Boss, what are you laughing at? We’re serious, we’re not joking with you.” Another man in black said solemnly, his face grim.

"Hehehe, you guys are supposed to be grown men, yet you're so cowardly, untrustworthy, and unwilling to admit your mistakes. You're a disgrace to men. I'm ashamed for you!" Gu Changqing said with a cold laugh and a face full of disdain.

The men in black seemed to have their secrets exposed, their faces turning red. They felt that it was all their boss's fault. If he hadn't had that malicious intention to extort money, they wouldn't be in this predicament. They had truly tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead, suffering a double loss. What was worse, their lives were in danger, and they had no way to escape. They were extremely anxious, their hearts pounding with unease, like fifteen buckets trying to draw water.

"Have you all gone mute? Did I guess right? I've already given you a chance, but you were incompetent to escape. So don't blame me. Just accept your fate and stop making futile struggles." Gu Changqing snorted coldly and said in an unfriendly tone.

"Boss, boss, let me say one more thing. Although we had bad intentions at first, in the end, nothing happened. You even killed two of us. That should make up for it, right? Why are you still holding on? If you're going to be lenient, letting us go is just a small thing for you, and it would be a good deed for you." One of the men in black said, trying to reason with him and appeal to his emotions.

“That’s right, why should we fight to the death? Why don’t we each take a step back? You let us go, and we’re willing to pay 10,000 top-grade spirit stones as an apology. What do you think?” the black-haired Immortal Emperor suggested.

“That’s well said, it makes a lot of sense. I might consider it,” Gu Changqing said with a faint smile.

Upon hearing this, the men in black breathed a sigh of relief. They hadn't expected things to turn around; they had thought they were doomed.

Just as they relaxed their guard, they heard Gu Changqing say unhurriedly, "But after thinking about it, although it is a good thing, I have never despised such things, nor do I believe in such nonsense and illusory things. I only know that if I don't kill you, I will be very unhappy. After thinking it over, I can only feel at ease if I kill you."

"Hey, how can you, as a big shot, go back on your word? Why won't you let us go?" another man in black said indignantly.

"Please get this straight. I said I'd consider it, but I never said I'd let you go. That's your own opinion, and it's none of my business," Gu Changqing said calmly with a cold snort.

"Hahaha, why should I, Gu, reason with you despicable people? Didn't you feel ashamed when you were plotting something bad? I was just giving you a taste of your own medicine. You brought this on yourselves, so don't blame me." Gu Changqing laughed loudly and said in a serious tone.

It's ridiculous. Trying to reason with a bunch of petty people is like casting pearls before swine, utter nonsense.

"Brothers, since he won't let us go, no matter how much we say nice things, it's all in vain. Why don't we all attack together? Even if we can't beat him, we can't just sit here and wait to die, becoming fish on his chopping block, at his mercy." One of the men in black said with a grim expression.

“Yes, since he won’t let us live, it’s no use begging him even if we beg him shamelessly. We might as well take a gamble and maybe a miracle will happen.” Another man in black seemed to have made up his mind and said with a determined look.

They quickly reached a consensus and expressed their agreement. They no longer wanted to hide and run away like mice, nor did they want to beg for mercy in a subservient manner.

"Hey, hey, hey, are you ever going to stop? You're all too noisy. My ears are ringing from all this noise. How do you plan to fight? One by one, or all at once? I don't care. Hurry up, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense. I'll send you away first, then you can talk later." Gu Changqing shouted, sounding somewhat impatient.

"Brothers, let's all go together and try to kill him. Even if we can't kill him, we'll at least skin him alive." The man in black, abandoning his usual docile demeanor, spoke arrogantly.

"Hahaha, what a boastful tone. Bring on whatever skills you have. Don't hold back. Let's see if I'm afraid." Gu Changqing sneered and said indifferently.

"Brothers, be careful! This kid's cultivation level far surpasses ours. We must not hold back and must fight with all our might to take him down!"

"Yes, otherwise none of us will escape today. I will give it my all!"

"Yes, me too!"

Now that things have completely fallen apart, there's no need to hide anything anymore. At this point, they're too lazy to pretend anymore.

After they finished speaking, they all roared, took out their weapons, and viciously attacked Gu Changqing.

"Hehe, good timing!" Gu Changqing looked at the aggressive aura coming from the opposite side, but instead of being angry, he laughed and remained calm!

He never intended to preach martial ethics to these two-faced scoundrels. Now that they had attacked him en masse, it saved him a lot of time and allowed them to see just how powerful he was.

With a wave of his hand, Gu Changqing caused the surrounding void to change. An extremely sharp and terrifying power erupted, sealing off the area layer by layer.

Then a long sword appeared in his hand, its sharpness fully revealed. The blade was engraved with ancient patterns, and a murderous aura emanated from it. He raised the long sword in his hand, and without saying a word, he moved with lightning speed, flashing past them and pushing them away in a 180-degree arc.

"Boom!"

The two sides' attacks collided fiercely. The divine sword was exceptionally powerful, shooting straight at everyone in the blink of an eye. The men in black took out various treasures to defend themselves, but unexpectedly, their treasures were like scrap metal, easily destroyed. They were pierced into pieces and vanished in an instant.

The two men in black who were at the forefront were seriously injured on the spot. They couldn't help but fly backward and fall heavily to the ground, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood. They lay on the ground motionless, on the verge of death, in great pain!

They struggled for only a few breaths before dying.

At this moment, only one man in black remained. He was immediately shocked and horrified, and a chill ran down his spine. My God, what is the origin of this person? How can he be so terrifying? In just one exchange, he shattered the treasure we offered into dust. This is simply too frightening and too unbelievable!

At this moment, Gu Changqing stopped what he was doing and boasted with great pride, "I'm really sorry to disappoint you. It's quite unexpected that I didn't kill you all."