With that, Gu Qingfeng walked towards the pavilion. Fei Kui, who had been standing inside, dared not be negligent and hurried forward to pour wine.
Wang Feiyu stood at the entrance of Qinggui Garden, his somewhat handsome face alternating between green and white.
He was a noble Cloud Marquis.
He was also the Chief Executive of Yanluo Xianfu.
He possessed the rare, ancient bloodline of Earth Fiend Tiger Might, as well as the supreme creation known as the Edict of Humanity.
It could be said that within the entire Yanluo Kingdom, no one dared to provoke him. Whether from the Four Great Families or the Seven Great Sects, people had to respectfully address him as Cloud Marquis Feiyu. Others didn't even dare to breathe loudly in his presence, let alone challenge him.
And now, that white-robed man impersonating the Monarch not only ignored his existence in public but even bluntly told him to get lost.
Wang Feiyu was not an impulsive man, but at this moment, he could not endure such humiliation.
He immediately flew into a rage and arrogantly shouted, "I, Wang Feiyu, bear the mandate of the Human Dao Edict! How dare you..." Furious and ashamed, Wang Feiyu roared sharply. The might of the Earth Fiend Tiger's roar faintly erupted, deafeningly loud. Radiance flickered around his body as if containing boundless, immense power.
He was still speaking when Gu Qingfeng, walking towards the pavilion, suddenly stopped. He turned, raised a finger pointing at Wang Feiyu, and thundered in a low, furious voice: "SCRAM!
Or I'll slaughter you right here!"
The single word "SCRAM" came like the heavens collapsing, the earth splitting, like billions of thunderclaps roaring and exploding in unison. It was like the great sun falling, like the sky caving in and the earth sinking, like the end of the world. The sound exploded forth, the very space seeming to shatter from the vibration. The thousands gathered in Qinggui Garden—every last one of them—in that instant, all fell to the ground in response.
Yes!
All of them!
Not a single exception.
Whether it was Qi Mu, the Return-to-Origin Earth Immortal, or Yuheng, Fengxu, Benlei, and others from the Chixiao Head's Meishan Branch, even the reincarnated Mei Miao was shaken by this domineering, peerless roar, her mind scattering. She collapsed limply to the ground.
One roar, supremely domineering, could truly startle heaven and earth and make ghosts and gods weep.
Looking around, thousands upon thousands of people lay stiffly on the ground, unconscious, their lives hanging in the balance.
As for Wang Feiyu, that single domineering, peerless roar made his hair stand on end, caused blood to seep from his seven orifices, and forced him to his knees. He looked up, his eyes filled with utter terror. His mouth hung open, blood trickling out. He wanted to say something, but not a single word could emerge.
Tang Manqing and the other two clutched their chests, struggling up from the ground. Just as they tried to stand firm, they swayed unsteadily. Their ears rang thunderously, their minds were a chaotic mess, their consciousness blurred, and their spirit felt drained. Looking at the thousands lying on the ground, then at Wang Feiyu kneeling with blood seeping from his seven orifices, Tang Manqing and the other two were so terrified they collapsed back onto the ground.
The might of a single shout.
Merely one shout.
The entire crowd of thousands had been shaken into an unknown state between life and death.
Sonic might was a type of Immortal Art Supernatural Ability.
Tang Manqing knew it, Liu Yue knew it, many cultivators knew it.
Precisely because they all knew it, everyone understood that sonic might, this kind of Immortal Art Supernatural Ability, was mostly used to intimidate and scatter an opponent's mind.
Of course.
If one's cultivation was profound enough to completely overwhelm the opponent, perhaps the might of a single shout could injure their Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect.
But that was only possible in a one-on-one situation, by pouring all one's strength, focusing completely, locking onto the opponent, and condensing the sonic might into a shout.
Any Immortal Art Supernatural Ability only unleashed its true power when condensed. In other words, if an Immortal Art Supernatural Ability could obliterate one person, using that same ability to simultaneously envelop two people would drastically reduce its power. Enveloping three would weaken it even more.
The more people an Immortal Art Supernatural Ability enveloped, the more dispersed its contained power became, and the weaker its potency grew.
This was true for Immortal Art Supernatural Abilities, and even more so for sonic might.
Previously at Linglong Villa, Gu Qingfeng's single shout scattering the minds of hundreds had already left Tang Manqing incredulous.
Fortunately, it had only scattered minds, something Tang Manqing could somewhat accept.
Now, witnessing with her own eyes Gu Qingfeng's single shout shaking thousands into unconsciousness completely exceeded Tang Manqing's capacity to comprehend. Forget accepting it; she simply couldn't believe it was real.
One must understand, these thousands were not just any random cats and dogs. Among them were many Great Perfection Earth Immortals, Spirit-Origin Earth Immortals, Facing-Origin Earth Immortals, and even Return-to-Origin Earth Immortals who had one foot in the Immortal gate. Yet now, they had been shaken by Gu Qingfeng's single roar into collapsing on the ground, unable even to stand.
Tang Manqing simply couldn't imagine what kind of power, what kind of sonic presence, what kind of acoustic might could be so terrifying.
She didn't know.
Nor could she imagine it.
What made her scalp tingle from the depths of her soul even more was that Cloud Marquis Feiyu had also been shaken by Gu Qingfeng's single shout until blood seeped from his seven orifices.
Who was Wang Feiyu?
He possessed the peerless, ancient bloodline of Earth Fiend Tiger Might and held the Edict bestowed by the Human Dao. His strength was incomparable. Even Loose Immortals, or even True Immortals, might be unable to do anything to him. Yet now, he had been shaken by Gu Qingfeng's single shout into kneeling on the ground, unable to speak.
This couldn't help but make one wonder: was Wang Feiyu's Human Dao Edict fake?
Or was Gu Qingfeng's strength truly terrifying to such a degree?
Again, she didn't know.
If not for seeing it with their own eyes, no one would dare believe this was real. Even now, witnessing it firsthand, they still couldn't believe it.
Not only could they not believe it, even the reincarnated Mei Miao, seeing this scene, was so frightened her face lost all color.
She could see that Gu Qingfeng was unfathomably deep.
She also knew he was not to be trifled with.
Only now did she realize that Gu Qingfeng's existence far exceeded her imagination. At the same time, she secretly rejoiced that she hadn't tried to probe him earlier. Otherwise, the consequences would have been truly unimaginable.
Silence.
A deathly stillness.
Among the hundred or so Immortal Officials from Yanluo Xianfu, some were dead, some crippled, some ruined. Only Purple Cloud Immortal Official Qi Mu could still catch his breath, but that was all. He sat slumped on the ground, his mind scattered, his spirit chaotic, his consciousness blurred, his Nascent Soul Dharma Aspect trembling, his entire body aching. He tried to stand up, but it was useless. An intense sense of terror suffocated him.
Trembling, he crawled up from the ground. Ignoring the countless fears in his heart, he knelt down, clasped his hands, and pleaded, "Sir, I beg you, please spare Feiyu's life on account of his youthful ignorance! I...
I beseech you!"
He had finally realized that Gu Qingfeng's existence was not something he could afford to provoke. He hurriedly knelt and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
Not for himself, but for Wang Feiyu.
As the Chief Executive of Yanluo Xianfu,
and a participant in this incident, he was already unable to bear the responsibility for the injuries and disabilities of Lü Tianze and the other Immortal Court scions.
If Wang Feiyu were to die here today as well, then his position as Chief Executive of Yanluo Xianfu would be over. Not only would it be over, but he wouldn't even be able to keep his life. Even if Yanluo Xianfu didn't kill him, the Immortal Court would. He understood better than anyone how important someone like Wang Feiyu, a bearer of the Human Dao Edict, was to the Immortal Court.