If I send you to join the army and marry a woman, will you conquer the Empress?

This roar was filled with unwavering determination and murderous intent.

At the bow of the ship, Ying Wuji, who was standing with his hands behind his back, was not afraid when he heard the roar. Instead, he burst into laughter.

The laughter was filled with mockery and smugness.

"Hahaha! General Qin, why the rush?"

He watched Qin Feng from afar.

"The game between us has only just begun."

"Guess what your women are going through right now?"

He wanted to make Qin Feng oscillate between hope and despair, and to completely destroy his opponent's will!

"you!"

Qin Feng was so angry that his eyes were about to burst, his fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug deep into his flesh.

Just when the atmosphere was at its most tense, a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, there was movement in the quiet reeds on the opposite bank.

Several figures were roughly pushed out from inside, staggering and falling onto the muddy ground by the river.

It was Bai Wanqing, Shangguan Wan, and Shangguan Yu, who was heavily pregnant!

Their hair was a little disheveled, and their clothes were stained with mud. Although they looked somewhat disheveled, there were no obvious injuries on their bodies.

"My husband!"

"Qin Feng!"

Upon seeing Qin Feng standing on the opposite dock, Bai Wanqing and Shangguan Wan burst into tears of joy and cried out.

Shangguan Yu was so excited that she trembled all over, one hand supporting her waist and the other covering her mouth, tears streaming down her face, and she almost fainted.

Seeing that they were all safe and sound, Qin Feng felt a huge weight lift from his heart.

An indescribable surge of joy welled up inside me.

"Wanqing! Wan'er! Xiaoyu!"

He waved excitedly towards the opposite bank, about to give the order for Yue Shan, who was hiding downstream, to send someone to meet him.

However, at that very moment!

Ying Wuji's ship, which was almost at the shore, suddenly accelerated again, turned around, and rushed towards the other side of the river!

At the same time, several more men in black emerged from the reeds.

Instead of releasing the hostages immediately, they drew steel knives from their waists and swiftly placed them against the necks of Bai Wanqing and the other two women!

This sudden turn of events caused the joy on Qin Feng's face to freeze instantly.

"Ying Wuji! What do you mean?!"

Qin Feng's roar echoed across the river once again.

The ship made a graceful swivel on the river and came to a stop in the middle of the river.

Ying Wuji stood at the bow of the boat, a cruel and mocking smile on his face, and shouted to Qin Feng from afar:

"Qin Feng, I've changed my mind!"

"If you want your woman to live, it's simple."

"Kneel down and kowtow three times!"

"Otherwise, just wait to collect their corpses!"

……

Ying Wuji's demands resounded loudly in everyone's ears!

To make the commander of an army of 300,000, the future regent, and the Grand General of the Great Xia kneel and kowtow in public?

This is no longer just a humiliation!

Instead, they wanted to trample Qin Feng's dignity and the face of the entire Great Xia Dynasty under their feet, repeatedly stomping on it with the dirtiest soil!

On the dock, the hundred personal guards behind Qin Feng were all furious, their eyes bulging with rage and their bodies trembling.

"You son of a bitch!"

"I curse his ancestors for eighteen generations!"

"Kill him! Commander, give the order! Let's fight him to the death!"

Angry curses rose and fell.

They would rather die here than see their commander suffer such a humiliating disgrace!

On the opposite bank, Bai Wanqing and Shangguan Wan, whose necks were held to the cold blade, turned deathly pale upon hearing Ying Wuji's extremely vicious words.

They never imagined that this devil would make such a depraved request.

Make their husbands, those towering heroes, kneel down and kowtow?

Do not!

Absolutely not!

"Husband! Don't worry about us!"

Bai Wanqing used all her strength to shout loudly towards Qin Feng on the opposite bank.

Her voice was trembling with sobs, yet filled with unwavering resolve.

"You are a hero of my Great Xia! The backbone of our 300,000-strong army! You must not suffer this humiliation!"

"Even if we die, we don't want you to kneel before us!"

Shangguan Yu, standing beside her, also struggled to stay upright, tears streaming down her face as she cried out:

"Husband! Did you hear that? If you kneel down, we sisters will die right before your eyes!"

They are Qin Feng's women.

I would die for him, but I would never allow him to be disgraced by them!

She would rather give her own life to defend her husband's dignity!

Qin Feng stood on the dock, listening to the fierce and resolute shouts of his wives and concubines on the opposite bank, and looking at their tear-streaked faces, which were filled with unwavering determination.

Then look at the ship in the middle of the river, and Ying Wuji's face, which was smug and arrogant to the extreme.

A surge of overwhelming rage and an endless surge of love intertwined and collided wildly within him!

His fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white and even made a "crackling" sound.

Seeing this, Ying Wuji laughed even more heartily.

"Qin Feng, did you hear that? Your women have far more backbone than you."

He sneered and continued to add fuel to the fire.

"Tsk tsk, that's really touching. But you should think it through."

"If you kneel, they might still have a sliver of hope. If you don't kneel, they'll die right now."

"Especially your wife who was about to give birth, she died along with her unborn child, tsk tsk, what a pity."

"Come, my hero, let me see your choice."

"It's about choosing to be a hero who upholds dignity, watching helplessly as his wife and children die tragically."

"Or will you choose to be a cowardly, humiliated man, kneel down, and beg me to spare their lives?"

Every word Ying Wuji uttered was like a knife, slowly torturing Qin Feng's heart.

He wanted to force Qin Feng to make this most painful and humiliating choice in front of the whole world.

No matter what choice Qin Feng makes, he has already lost.

If he chooses dignity, he will be branded as someone who "disregards the life and death of his wife and children for the sake of empty fame," and his heart will be tormented by guilt and pain forever.

If he chooses his wife and children, he will lose all his dignity and become a laughing stock, unable to command respect from the public anymore.

What a vicious and despicable scheme to destroy someone's spirit!

On the dock, everyone watched Qin Feng nervously, awaiting his decision.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

The river wind howled, blowing Qin Feng's robes, making them flutter loudly.

His clenched fists slowly, very slowly, loosened.

The tense expression on his face, caused by anger, also disappeared.

Instead, there was an eerie calm that no one could understand.

Amidst the astonished, bewildered, and worried gazes of everyone.

Qin Feng actually bent his knees.

"General!"

"My husband!"

Exclamations erupted from all sides.

Upon seeing this, Ying Wuji on the river's face instantly widened his smile to its maximum, laughing wildly as if he could already see Qin Feng kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

however!

Just as Qin Feng's knee was about to touch the ground!

He moved!

That's not kneeling!

Instead, it's an extreme shortness of speed that's almost impossible to detect with the naked eye!

At the same moment his body sank, Qin Feng's right hand, like lightning, reached behind him!

"Buzz—"

A soft twang of a bowstring was heard.

The Cloud Piercing Bow, which he had always carried on his back, accompanied him in his battles across the country, and had drunk the blood of countless enemies, was casually snatched into his hand!

The entire movement was fluid and seamless, executed in one go!

fast!

That's so fast!

From the moment he bent his knees to the moment he had his bow and arrow in hand, the whole process took less than half a breath!

It wasn't until his left knee landed firmly on the hard dock floor with a dull thud that everyone realized what was happening!

Qin Feng knelt on one knee!

But this kneeling is not a beg for mercy, nor is it a sign of humiliation!

Rather, it was to stabilize the lower body and draw back this divine bow that required immense strength to operate!

This is the most standard and perfect kneeling shooting posture!

At this moment, Qin Feng's entire aura suddenly changed!

All the previous frustration, anger, and struggle vanished at this moment.

Instead, there was an absolute killing intent as steady as a mountain and as cold as an abyss!

The talents of the Sharpshooter and the power of the National Guardian Warrior were running wildly within him, pushed to their limits!

His eyes, sharp as an eagle's, were fixed on Ying Wuji on the ship in the middle of the river!

This sudden turn of events stunned everyone.

On the opposite bank, Bai Wanqing and the others covered their mouths, their eyes filled with tears, yet sparkling with boundless pride and love.

The guards on the dock were stunned for a moment, then burst into a deafening cheer!

"The General is mighty!"

"Shoot that son of a bitch!"