C110 Benefactor

"Humph!"

Zhan Tianming snorted.

As the True Qi shot forth, it instantly produced a powerful deterrence.

[Glory Village Chief, Deterrence increased by 15 points!]

In that instant, the men who were charging forward with the red-clothed woman all stood petrified in shock.

Including the red-clothed woman.

Everyone was completely stunned.

Zhan Tianming laughed to himself.

Sure enough, his deterrence ability was extremely useful as it would save him a lot of time and effort.

If they really did end up clashing head on, it would be quite troublesome for him as he would have to deal with an army of more than a hundred.

However, Zhan Tianming could not understand why his title of Glory Village Chief increased by 15 Deterrence points while the deterrence on his attribute panel, on the other hand, only increased by a pitiful 5 points?

But that was not important right now.

His gaze swept across the people around him before finally landing on the red-clothed woman.

"Humph! Don't think that I'm not willing to burst your ass open just because you're a woman."

Wait a minute...

As soon as those words slithered out his mouth, Zhan Tianming suddenly felt as if something was amiss.

God damn!

Surely, those words were too... you know.

'Forget it, it's fine as long as I understand what I really meant.'

Around him, those people holding onto their weapons stared at Zhan Tianming in utter shock.

How ferocious!

How incredibly ferocious indeed!

Surely, only the young man before them would dare to utter such words.

Hearing those ridiculous words, the red-clothed woman's face flushed scarlet red, her eyes looking as if she couldn't wait to tear Zhan Tianming apart.

However, she nevertheless restrained herself.

After all, Zhan Tianming's single snort earlier did indeed intimidate her quite a bit.

"Humph, what exactly are you thinking of doing?" The red-clothed woman said coldly.

"You're the one asking me? In fact, I was the one who wanted to do the asking." Zhan Tianming rolled his eyes at the red-clothed woman and said in a solemn tone. "Hand over the two girls you locked up of the east side of the village. If they come out unscathed, you won't have to worry about anything. However, if I see that anything happened to them, you better start praying to whatever god you worship."

No one dared to question the solemnity in his expression.

While Zhan Tianming was speaking, Little Purple had already dashed over next to the red-clothed woman's feet and began rubbing its head at the corner of her clothes.

"Get out of my way."

Displeased, the red-clothed woman kicked it away.

Bang!

Little Purple rolled away.

"Humph..." Little Purple snorted coldly as it got back up. Glaring coldly at the red-clothed woman, it couldn't help but scold, "That beauty is just like a barbarian, not the least bit gentle at all.. Humph, I don't want her anymore. I call for a divorce!"

Hearing that, Zhan Tianming could not help but burst out laughing.

Although Little Purple's abilities as a Divine Beast was quite mediocre, to say the least, its comedic skills were indeed top-notch.

Doing his best to suppress his laughter, Zhan Tianming looked at the red-clothed woman.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Release them!"

Displeased by Zhan Tianming's sudden roar, the red-clothed woman suddenly felt the urge to charge forth and fight Zhan Tianming.

However, turning her gaze and taking a look around...

Fear was written all over the faces of the people behind her.

How was she going to fight?

"There's a limit to my patience." Zhan Tianming's face darkened.

At the same time, he shot out another wave of True Qi, containing strong deterrence.

Other than the red-clothed woman, everyone else's faces were bleached pale, their hearts petrified in fear. There were even two timid ones who lost consciousness immediately, causing the others around them to be even more frightened. Turning their gazes towards Zhan Tianming, their eyes surged with incomparable fear.

In the end, the red-clothed woman could only grit her teeth before saying hesitatingly, "Go, release them."

"Yes."

Two of the burly men hurried towards the east side of the village.

Not long after, Zongzheng Wanyou and Xiang'er were brought over by the same two men.

The red-clothed woman had originally planned to use Zongzheng Wanyou and Xiang'er to threaten Zhan Tianming. However, after thinking for a while longer, she decided against the idea.

If they were to provoke this youth, whose strength was unknown, the entire village would very likely be finished.

Seeing Zhan Tianming, Xiang'er was ecstatic.

Nodding slightly at Zongzheng Wanyou and Xiang'er, Zhan Tianming then turned to look at the red-clothed woman and raised brows. "Beauty, I heard that there was some sort of skeleton belonging to a Demonic Beast in your village. Let me take a look at it."

Hearing this, the expressions of the red-clothed woman and the others behind her changed drastically.

Each one of their gazes shot towards Zhan Tianming.

It was as if they had witnessed the reincarnation of the Devil.

"You... You..."

Staring straight at Zhan Tianming, the red-clothed woman couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Hmm?" Zhan Tianming frowned.

'There's no need for this, right?'

'I only want to take a look at the skeleton of that Demonic Beast. Is there really a need to be so scared?'

'It's not like I'm going to rob you.'

'I'm telling the truth.'

'Oh well, since you don't want me to see, then I'll have to give up on the idea.'

Just as Zhan Tianming was about to take advantage of the opportunity when Zongzheng Wanyou's and Xiang'er's identities had yet to be revealed to take their leave, the red-clothed woman suddenly revealed an expression of excitement and said respectfully, "Are you by any chance surnamed Zhan?"

At that instant, Zhan Tianming's heart skipped a beat.

With goosebumps popping up all over his body, he could not help but feel a cold shiver down his spine.

This red-clohted woman... how did she know that he was surnamed Zhan?

Knitting his brows, Zhan Tianming finally nodded his head.

"That's right, I'm indeed sunamed Zhan."

Hearing his acknowledgement, the red-clothed woman and the people behind her burst with excitement.

All of a sudden, the red-clothed woman took the initiative and knelt on the ground.

And then...

Following her, the others behind also immediately knelt down.

Everyone's gaze fell on Zhan Tianming.

Zhan Tianming was astonished.

What could this possibly mean?

He gawked stupidly at the figures kneeling on the ground towards him.

Furthermore, he kept getting a strange feeling from their gazes.

They didn't seem to be the gazes of an enemy.

It was as if they had just seen their savior.

He was dumbstruck.

Zhan Tianming was completely dumbfounded.

Aside from his astonishemnt, Xiang'er too revealed a stunned expression.

After all, the dichotomy in their attitudes was far too abrupt.

In the midst of Zhan Tianming and his companion's confusion, the people from the village who were kneeling burst with great excitement so much so that they began babbling incoherent nonsense.

"It really is true. I never would have that this would actually happen. He really did show up!"

"Yeah, we've finally completed our mission."

"That's great! We can leave this village now. We can get out of this damn place!"

"Oh my god... We can finally leave..."

Some of them were even crying tears of joy.

Meanwhile, Zhan Tianming only got even more confused, understanding the situation even less than before.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you guys doing?" Zhan Tianming shouted.

"Benefactor, you've finally arrived," Red-Clothed Woman said excitedly.

"Benefactor?" Zhan Tianming asked, puzzled.

What the hell?

Could these people have come up with some sort of lie since they couldn't defeat him?

After all, the first time he came across these people, they acted well in accordance with each other. If not for his Divine Dragon's Supreme System allowing him to detect that the red-clothed woman's cultivation was much higher, he would have probably been treated as an easy target by these people.

Yes, he had to act cautiously.

If he acted carelessly and got tricked into walking into their trap, then he would end up in deep trouble.

Several thoughts flashed past his mind.

Coughing lightly, Zhan Tianming glanced at the red-clothed woman and said, "Alright, enough with the nonsense. I just want to take a look at the skeleton of that Demonic Beast. Otherwise, I will be taking my leave now."

Red-Clothed Woman immediately nodded her head. "Of course, you can. After all, the skeleton was orginally meant for you."

Hearing that, Zhan Tianming was once again startled.

"What?"