Upon hearing Qing Jie's words, Qin Feng's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

The smile held a hint of mockery and amusement as he looked at the other person with a half-smile, but he kept his lips tightly closed and remained silent.

When Qing Jie noticed Qin Feng's strange gaze, a sense of doubt and unease welled up in his heart. He subconsciously frowned and asked in a slightly stiff tone, "Why are you looking at me with such a strange gaze? Is there something wrong with me?"

Faced with Qing Jie's questioning, Qin Feng remained silent, but the smile on his lips grew even stronger.

After a long while, he slowly spoke and asked in return, "Why do you think I see you this way? Why don't you try to guess?"

After saying that, Qin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, like two long, narrow slits, revealing a trace of cold light, and stared directly at Qing Jie's face without any hesitation.

At this moment, Qin Feng's mind kept replaying the scene when they worked together to deal with the core crystal of the Death Domain.

In that fierce battle, Ling Xueyan and the golden skeleton fought with all their might, even risking their lives to fight against it.

However, looking at Qing Jie, this guy acted like an outsider, completely insignificant and invisible, hardly contributing a single bit of effort.

It is obvious that Qing Jie is intentionally preserving his own strength!

He, Ling Xueyan, and the golden skeleton were fighting a bloody battle at the front, but Qing Jie was still thinking about conserving his strength? How utterly despicable.

Just then, Ling Xueyan understood Qin Feng's meaning. Her beautiful face instantly turned as cold as frost, and her beautiful eyes flashed with a sharp killing intent as she stared intently at Qing Jie.

At the same time, a powerful and chilling killing intent erupted from her body, sweeping straight towards Qing Jie like a surging tide.

Although the golden skeleton was just a skeleton and its expression was not visible, it still locked its killing intent onto Qing Jie without showing any weakness and pounced on him with overwhelming force.

Enveloped by these two terrifying killing energies, Qing Jie felt a shiver run through his body, and a chill shot from his spine to the top of his head. Only then did he come back to his senses as if waking from a dream.

Qing Jie's face was extremely pale, and cold sweat poured down his forehead. He hurriedly tried to explain, "You...you mustn't misunderstand!"

As Qing Jie spoke, he subconsciously took a few steps back, seemingly wanting to keep a certain distance from Ling Xueyan and the golden skull.

Then he continued, "The reason I didn't make a move just now wasn't because I wanted to stand by and do nothing, but simply because I wanted to preserve my strength in case any unexpected changes suddenly occurred!"

At this point, Qing Jie paused, looking at Ling Xueyan and the golden skeleton with an urgent and sincere gaze, hoping they would believe his story.

Then, he took a deep breath and emphasized again, "Think carefully about this: if we exhaust all our strength now, what will we do if other dangerous situations suddenly arise?"

Upon hearing Qing Jie's explanation, the intense killing intent emanating from Ling Xueyan and the golden skeleton only paused for a moment before rapidly receding like a tide.

Although the two still had doubts about the veracity of Qing Jie's words, at this moment, they did not want to completely break with Qing Jie and cause an irreparable rift.

It should be noted that this place has not even entered the Demon Realm yet, but has already encountered a terrifying existence like the Death Domain, which is enough to endanger lives.

Once you truly delve into the Demon Realm, no one can predict what even more powerful and dangerous things you will encounter.

Therefore, in the subsequent journey, there may still be times when we need to rely on Qingjie.

Seeing this, Qin Feng curled his lip in disdain and said with a face full of contempt, "Hmph, you probably don't even believe the nonsense you're spouting, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Jie's expression changed slightly. He was about to explain again when Qin Feng had no intention of giving him the chance.

Qin Feng suddenly stepped forward, his eyes wide open, glaring at Qing Jie, his whole body radiating killing intent, and he shouted sharply, "Qing Jie, don't try to play those little tricks on me!"

"Otherwise, even at the great risk of suffering the backlash of my inner demons, I will definitely kill you without hesitation!"

The threat in his words was undisguised, which sent chills down one's spine.

Upon hearing Qin Feng's words, Qing Jie's entire body trembled violently as if he had been electrocuted. His face turned deathly pale, large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

He lowered his head in terror, as if the ground held an endless pull, preventing him from lifting it even slightly.

At this moment, he even became careful with his breathing, afraid that making the slightest sound would anger Qin Feng again.

"well!

In this tense and suffocating atmosphere, Ling Xueyan sighed softly, a look of helplessness appearing on her beautiful yet aloof face.

She pursed her lips slightly and said slowly in a gentle yet undeniable tone, "Now is not the time to pursue him!"

"Our top priority is to enter the Demon Realm immediately."

The golden skull shook its enormous head a few times, indicating that it agreed with Ling Xueyan's words.

However, Qin Feng was still furious. He glared fiercely at Qing Jie, his eyes flashing with anger, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Hmph! You're lucky this time, but you better behave yourself!"

After saying that, he turned away and ignored Qingjie.

Afterwards, the three, along with a golden skull, continued their journey to the Demon Realm.

Throughout the journey, everyone remained silent, the atmosphere unusually heavy and oppressive, as if a thick layer of dark clouds hung over their heads, making it almost impossible to breathe.

After an unknown amount of time, the group finally arrived at the front of a secluded valley.

Just as they were about to cross the valley, a deep roar suddenly came from within, followed by countless dark figures surging out like a tide.

These shadowy figures moved with lightning speed, reaching the group in the blink of an eye.

Upon seeing their appearance clearly, Qin Feng and Ling Xueyan's expressions changed drastically—it turned out that these dark figures were actually a group of ferocious-looking demonic puppets exuding a strong demonic aura!

Upon seeing this, Qin Feng felt a surge of anger rising within him, and he cursed angrily.

"Damn it! I've already run into so many annoying guys before I've even officially entered the Demon Realm. I wonder what kind of dangers and troubles I'll encounter after I get there!"