305: Chapter 305 Use it to show my filial piety

"Thud!"

Suddenly, the sound of knees hitting the ground rang out.

Midland, who had just been resurrected and was still in a daze, was seen.

After clearly seeing the current situation, and especially after meeting Chen Yi's cold and heartless gaze, his knees actually went soft, and he knelt directly on the ground!

The arrogance, disdain, and anger on his face—all those emotions vanished, replaced by an unprecedented fear and humility!

"Lord—Lord Chen Yi! Spare me! Spare my life!"

"I was wrong! I truly know I was wrong! I shouldn't have offended you! I shouldn't have targeted you!"

"I beg of you, spare this lowly life of mine!"

As he spoke, he actually began to kowtow loudly toward Chen Yi, "Bang, bang, bang!"

His humble attitude and earnest voice made him seem like a completely different person from the arrogant genius who had looked down on the world just moments ago!

His six Spirit Beast Girls, who had also just been resurrected, were stunned to see their master like this. Then, as if all their strength and dignity had been drained away, they followed suit, kneeling "thud, thud" on the ground, prostrating themselves and pleading toward Chen Yi:

"Lord Chen Yi, spare our lives!"

"Please let our master go!"

"We are willing to pay any price!"

Watching this dramatic scene, the spectating geniuses were once again collectively petrified.

Was this still that haughty, overbearing Midland?

This humble posture, this pleading tone—it was even worse than the lowliest prisoner!

Where was there even a shred of his appearance as a top-tier genius?

Chen Yi looked at the kneeling Midland and snorted coldly: "Now you know how to beg for mercy? Where was this earlier? Weren't you just acting all arrogant, wanting to take my life?"

"I—"

Midland said with a face full of grievance, "I was blind! I was blinded by greed! I truly thought you were an easy target I could push around, so I... I was possessed and came to rob you—"

"And—and I really didn't want to kill you! I just wanted to snatch some wind breath flowers!"

"If I really wanted to kill and rob, Henry, Faisal, and the others wouldn't have been able to leave alive at all! Please, see the truth!"

Chen Yi could naturally sense that although Midland had been arrogant and ruthless before, his killing intent hadn't been particularly pure or intense; he mostly wanted to seize resources.

Since the other party hadn't intended to completely burn bridges and go for the kill, there was no need for him to be absolutely ruthless.

Of course, the more important reason was that he had his eye on that liberation token and didn't want to waste the precious energy stored inside anymore.

Returning from death must consume a huge amount, and he was counting on this token being useful later.

Although he had many resources now, he couldn't squander them at will; he had to save where he could.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi looked down at the kneeling Midland and said coldly: "Fine! Seeing as you're somewhat sensible, I can spare your lives."

"As I said before, hand over everything in your space ring, including that liberation token!"

"If even one item is missing, I'll let you experience that feeling from just now again! I want to see exactly how many more times that token of yours can resurrect you!!"

"This—this—"

Midland was suddenly at a loss for words, a look of struggle appearing on his face.

The treasures in the space ring were one thing, but that liberation token—that was his greatest trump card and reliance!

It was one of the clan-protecting treasures his family had spent countless resources to obtain!

How could he easily hand it over?

However, when he looked up and saw the 'kind' gazes of the Spirit Beast Girls around him, he instantly chickened out.

The winner takes all; he understood this logic better than anyone.

If he didn't satisfy Chen Yi's demands today, he was truly going to die here!

The energy in the liberation token had already been mostly consumed to resurrect the seven of them just now; it definitely wasn't enough for another time!

No matter how good a treasure is, you have to be alive to enjoy it!

Thinking of this, Midland steeled himself and grit his teeth.

With trembling hands, he took off the four space rings from his fingers and, along with the liberation token, held them high above his head with both hands, offering them to Chen Yi.

"Here—here! It's all yours! I only—only ask that Lord Chen Yi keeps his promise and grants us a way out!"

Chen Yi nodded with satisfaction and took all the items.

"Hmph, that's more like it! I was originally thinking of just killing you and taking it from your corpses—it would have been more convenient! Seeing as you're so sensible, I'll let you off for now!"

"You—"

Hearing Chen Yi's heart-wrenching words, Midland was so angry he almost spat out another mouthful of blood.

But in the end, he dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, only able to lower his head and suppress all his resentment and humiliation deep in his heart.

Who could have imagined—he, Midland, would actually kick such a super-thick steel plate!

This time, he had truly lost everything!

On the distant rock pillar, Ivan let out a complex sigh as he witnessed this scene.

"As expected, my choice back then was wise; never have any conflict with Chen Yi!"

"Even a freak of Midland's level was handled so submissively by him, kneeling and begging for mercy with no dignity left—never mind me?"

"I only lost one Five-Colored Glow Stone; that's already considered very good luck—"

Just then, Chen Yi seemed to sense something.

He turned his gaze and happened to see Ivan hiding behind the rock pillar again, along with his Contracted Spirit Beasts.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile, and he waved toward Ivan: "Yo! Brother Ivan, you're here too? Having watched the show for so long, how does it feel? Do you want to come down and chat? I'm quite a reasonable person."

Hearing Chen Yi call his name, Ivan shuddered, wanting to give himself a few slaps on the spot!

Dammit, he should have taken advantage of the chaos to run earlier!

Staying here to watch the excitement now, isn't that just walking into the line of fire?

Could it be that Chen Yi has become addicted to robbing and doesn't want to let him go either?

He forced a smile that looked worse than crying and waved his hands repeatedly: "No—no need! Brother Chen Yi! Oh no, Lord Chen Yi! You're busy! You go ahead! I—I'm just passing through! Purely passing through! Leaving right now! Won't bother you!"

Looking at Ivan's terrified expression as if his soul was about to dissipate, Chen Yi shook his head with some amusement.

He, Chen Yi, was also a man of integrity who followed the creed—if others don't provoke me, I won't provoke them!

Since others hadn't taken the initiative to mess with him, he naturally couldn't be bothered to move against them.

He just felt, why was this Ivan so cowardly?

Making it seem as if he were some kind of man-eating prehistoric beast.

"Alright, I was just teasing you, look how scared you are."

Chen Yi waved his hand and ignored Ivan.

Then, he took out the wind breath flowers he had obtained from Midland from the space ring and did a quick count.

Including those he had collected himself, there were nearly a hundred flowers.

Entering the sixth floor should be more than enough.