<h4>Chapter 1194: Chapter 1193 Empty Fort Strategy</h4>


    Lü Donglin closed the door of the room and immediately sat cross-legged on the sofa to heal his injuries through cultivation.


    After about fifteen minutes, faint footsteps were heard at the door, and Lü Donglin immediately opened his eyes.


    He nced at Su Yang, who was still unconscious, took a deep breath, and his dispirited state was swept away.


    He got up, walked to the door, and opened it directly.


    At that moment, several people were standing in the corridor, led by a man of medium stature. The man’s expression was gloomy as he sized up the door to Lü Donglin’s room. Suddenly, seeing the door open, he couldn’t help but startle.


    The few people following him were the youths who had brought Lü Donglin and Su Yang here. Lü Donglin had given each of them one hundred thousand.


    Undoubtedly, this man had bribed these youths, and they had led him here.


    Seeing Lü Dongline out, the youths immediately trembled with fear and turned to run.


    Lü Donglin said softly, "Zheng Tuo, if these people run away, won’t your ns be exposed?"


    A few shadows of gloom shed across the man’s face. He suddenly turned and, with one hand per person, killed all the youths on the spot.


    These youths never expected that their killer would be this man.


    Lü Donglin nced at the youths and slowly shook his head. Actually, when he gave the money to them, he had warned them not to reveal his location. Since they betrayed them, they deserved their fate.


    After killing these people, the icy gaze of the man fell directly on Lü Donglin. He looked Lü Donglin up and down, and said sternly, "Lü Donglin, there’s no need to pretend, I know you’re seriously injured. All this is just an act!"


    "Hehe..." Lü Donglin chuckled, his body stooped a bit more, his face revealingplete dejection and his body slightly trembling as he retreated to sit by the sofa.


    "Zheng Tuo, are you trying to avenge your son?" asked Lü Donglin.


    "What do you think?" Zheng Tuo replied coldly.


    "You alone can’t afford to hire Smiling Hidden Knife!" Lü Donglin shook his head, "Who else is in this with you?"


    "After you go down, you can ask Yama yourself!" Zheng Tuo said coldly.


    "It seems you’re set on killing me!" Lü Donglin sighed, "Aren’t you afraid that after killing me, my uncle will annihte your entire Zheng Family?"


    "At this point, what more do I have to fear?" Zheng Tuo said coldly. "My son died at your hands, and the Zheng Family people are unwilling to avenge him. What kind of family are they? I’ll take revenge myself; their fate has nothing to do with me!"


    Saying this, Zheng Tuo slowly walked to the door, staring intently at Lü Donglin, ready to make a move at any moment.


    "If that’s the case, there’s nothing more to say!" Lü Donglin gave a long sigh. "I never thought I, Lü Donglin, who had a reputation for half my life, would actually die at your hands!"


    "This is only because you provoked someone you shouldn’t have!" Zheng Tuo called out coldly, but, standing at the door, he didn’t rashly enter. He just vigntly surveyed everything in the room.


    Lü Donglin appeared quite rxed, picked up a ss of water from the table and took a few sips, nced at Zheng Tuo, and scoffed, "Why aren’t you making a move? No confidence in your heart?"


    Zheng Tuo’s expression slightly changed. Lü Donglin seemed very downcast, and his words sounded like he was in despair. However, there was not a trace of panic in his eyes from Lü Donglin. Even, Lü Donglin’s calmness made him scared, and he didn’t know what exactly was going on with Lü Donglin!


    He had seen that Lü Donglin was severely injured by Smiling Hidden Knife. In theory, Lü Donglin should not even be able to move much, but how could he still get up to open the door?


    If Lü Donglin really had no power to fight back, he should have pretended nothing was wrong to at least intimidate him. However, now Lü Donglin seemed very resigned, yet there was not a trace of fear in his eyes, and Zheng Tuo couldn’t understand it.


    Could it be that Lü Donglin’s injuries had recovered a bit? Did he still have some power to strike back?


    Zheng Tuo’s strength wasn’t very strong; he was just an ordinary Sovereign. He knew very well that if Lü Donglin still had some power to strike back, he certainly couldn’t kill Lü Donglin, and instead, he would likely die by Lü Donglin’s hand.


    However, if Lü Donglin had the strength, then why didn’t he directly make a move to kill him instead of staging all this?


    Standing at the doorway, Zheng Tuo’s mind was a mess,pletely undecided whether he should enter and carry out the killing.


    "Hey, are you making a move or not?" Lü Donglin said, "If you don’t make a move soon, my vitality will have recovered. By then, I will be the one killing you!"


    Zheng Tuo panicked; he looked at Lü Donglin inside the room and started calcting again in his head.


    If Lü Donglin had the power to fight back, he should have gotten up and killed him. Why would he need to call him inside instead?


    Could it be that Lü Donglin currently had very little strength left, only enough for one strike? And he also didn’t dare to waste that one strike, so that’s why he sat in the room, waiting for him toe in? As long as he approached Lü Donglin, Lü Donglin would directly strike to kill him?


    Thinking this, Zheng Tuo’s heart skipped a beat, and he finally figured out the situation. It must be so; Lü Donglin was intentionally luring him in, deliberately plotting to kill him!


    Damn it, thank goodness he was clever, else he would indeed have died here today!


    Zheng Tuo took a deep breath and said coldly, "Lü Donglin, do you really think I’m a fool? Trying to trick me into getting killed by you? Dream on!"


    A flicker of surprise passed through Lü Donglin’s eyes, as if he was amazed that Zheng Tuo could see through his n. This look further convinced Zheng Tuo that Lü Donglin was indeed trying to deceive him into going inside, and he felt even more triumphant.


    "To kill you, there’s no need for me to personally do it!" Zheng Tuo said coldly, "Consider yourself lucky this time, having that Su person save you. But next time, you won’t be so fortunate. You have Smiling Hidden Knife and Lü Wenbang after your life, I just need to sit back and enjoy the show, why take such a risk?"


    With that, Zheng Tuoughed heartily and left, as if he had achieved a great advantage.


    Lü Donglin watched Zheng Tuo leave with a pale face. After a long while, he finally got up and closed the room door.


    The moment the door closed, Lü Donglin copsed to the ground.


    Actually, everything just now had been a pretense; he had absolutely no power to strike back. However, he knew that those who hired Smiling Hidden Knife would definitely be following. So, he yed that Empty Fort Strategy, directly scaring Zheng Tuo away.


    In fact, if Zheng Tuo had really rushed in to kill, Lü Donglin would have definitely died. Not just him, Su Yang would surely have died here as well!