Dark clouds rolled, lightning flashed, and thunder roared. The wind howled.
Darkness descended, space fractured, and the earth trembled.
The killing continued, death spread, and lives ended.
"This junior was ignorant and offended you, Senior! I beg you, Senior, to be magnanimous and spare this junior once!"
Hundreds of Wandering Immortals from the Immortal Dynasty knelt on the ground, each a wretched sight, faces ashen, blood trickling from their seven orifices as they kowtowed and pleaded for mercy.
They had originally believed that Gu Qingfeng feared the prestige of the Immortal Dynasty and dared not kill its members. But witnessing with their own eyes how Gu Qingfeng had successively obliterated the Immortal Dynasty Envoy Yun Bao, the thirty-six lofty Immortals led by Liuguang Tao, and over two hundred noble scions of the dynasty...
In the end, they all realized a terrifying truth.
That Gu Qingfeng was utterly unafraid of the Immortal Dynasty's prestige. Not only unafraid, he had never even placed it in his eyes.
No one was unafraid of death.
Even they, Wandering Immortals who had cultivated for who knew how many years, were no exception.
They were afraid.
Utterly afraid.
Afraid to the marrow of their bones, afraid to the depths of their souls.
No longer caring for face or status, they called themselves juniors and lesser men, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"This lowly one knows his wrongs! I dare not... I truly dare not do it again!"
The Inner Council Wandering Immortal Ancestral Patriarchs, sect masters, and elders of the Four Great Families and the Seven Great Sects also knelt and begged for mercy.
However.
It was only kneeling and begging.
Gu Qingfeng paid them no heed.
He continued the slaughter.
"Failing tribulation and becoming a Wandering Immortal is already the most pitiful existence between heaven and earth. Precisely because of this, I did not hold it against you earlier. And you? You neither repented nor cherished your fate, continuing to swagger and show off. You spurn the road of life, insisting on taking the path of death. Since you are so determined to seek death, what reason have I to spare you?"
As his words fell, the hundreds of Immortals from the Immortal Dynasty fell into complete despair. They used every ounce of their strength in a desperate attempt to flee.
"Kneel and accept death!"
The might of Gu Qingfeng's voice alone shook them to their knees. With a wave of his hand, space trembled and then shattered. The hundreds of Wandering Immortals from the Immortal Dynasty kneeling on the ground were instantly reduced to ash.
Witnessing this scene, the Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs of the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects were so terrified they collapsed to the ground, let alone flee; they didn't even have the courage to attempt escape.
"As it is for them, so it is for you. I could spare you once, but never a second time."
Gu Qingfeng took a step forward, and the earth split apart. Nan Dou Sect Master Wei Chang, the Guan Jin and Guan Yu twin brothers, and all the Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs—not a single one was left!
"Those who kill shall be killed by others. This is an ancient principle. You kill when you can, and beg for mercy when you cannot. The world has never offered such cheap deals!"
Another wave of his hand, and the Inner Council Ancestral Patriarch of the Xiao Family, one of the Four Great Families, turned to ash.
"Sparing you is the Buddha's business. Unfortunately, I am not him." The Inner Council Ancestral Patriarch of the Wang Family, one of the Four Great Families, turned to ash.
"All those from the Li Family who acted, kneel and accept death!"
"All those from the Huang Family who acted, kneel and accept death!"
"All those from Dan Xin Sect who acted, kneel and accept death!"
"All those from Po Yuan Sect who acted, kneel and accept death!"
"All those from Wu Xiang Sect who acted, kneel and accept death!"
"All those from Jiu Ding Sect who acted, kneel and accept death!"
Dead...
All dead...
Immortal Dynasty Envoy Yun Bao, thirty-six Immortals, over two hundred noble scions, hundreds of Wandering Immortals.
The Inner Council Ancestral Patriarchs, sect masters, and elders of the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects—anyone who had taken action, not a single one was spared. All were dead.
And whether it was the Immortal Dynasty or the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects, there were still many who were not dead, who still lived. But they were merely alive, each long since paralyzed on the ground, trembling, frightened, terrified.
They all knew they lived only because they had not acted.
That was all.
Tang Yunhao and his wife of the Yanluo Imperial Family, along with Black Water, Black Buddha, and the other three hundred-plus Crimson-Letter members, were all badly shaken. Standing there, moving wasn't right, not moving wasn't right either; they wanted to move but dared not, their minds trembling uncontrollably. Tang Manqing and Liu Yue were so frightened they collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up.
At this moment, the fear in their hearts was indescribable. Especially when they recalled how they had been prepared to test Gu Qingfeng back at the Yun Chuan Garden.
Test?
With what?
So many people joining forces in a siege couldn't budge him an inch.
What could they possibly test?
He flicked his fingers and obliterated Immortals. The might of his voice alone made over a thousand powerful Wandering Immortals bleed from their seven orifices.
Such was his terrifying existence.
And they had been so ignorant, daring to think about testing him!
Thinking of this, both Liu Yue and Tang Manqing felt they had truly been courting death. They were also grateful that Sister Miao at the Yun Chuan Garden had stopped them back then. Otherwise, they wouldn't even know how they died.
Just who was he?
What kind of person was he?
Was he the Chiyan Young Master, Gu Qingfeng?
Or was he the Chixiao Monarch, Gu Tianlang?
This question, they wanted to know, but did not.
They were like this, and Tang Yunhao and his wife, Black Water, Black Buddha, and the other three hundred-plus Crimson-Letter members also wanted to know the answer to this question.
Within the field.
Old Monster Tang sat on the ground, looking somewhat wretched and somewhat despairing, but mostly regretful.
Yes!
He regretted it!
He regretted ever asking Gu Qingfeng for this favor!
When he had sought Gu Qingfeng's help, he had been hesitant because he feared that if Gu Qingfeng went on a killing spree, things would become irreparable. So, he had repeatedly pleaded and warned, practically begging on his knees, beseeching Gu Qingfeng to show mercy, and even if he acted, to avoid a large-scale massacre.
But who could have thought...
What was destined to come had finally come.
What was destined to happen had finally happened.
Those who deserved to die were dead, and even those who didn't deserve to die had also, damn it all, died.
Old Monster Tang had tried to stop it, but to little effect.
When he realized Gu Qingfeng was preparing for a massacre, he steeled his heart and thought about mustering the courage to go persuade him, but he ultimately gave up.
Because he saw Xun Nian of the Haoran Xun Family—just for pleading and saying one sentence—got slapped by Gu Qingfeng on the spot, beaten half to death. And it was truly half-dead; his Immortal Spirit was damn well shattered. Not only was his Immortal Spirit shattered, but Gu Qingfeng also issued a harsh threat: utter one more word, and he would slaughter the entire Xun Family.
Under such circumstances, how dare Old Monster Tang go persuade him?
He didn't know if his cultivation could withstand that slap from Gu Qingfeng. He didn't dare test it, nor did he dare gamble with the lives of his Yanluo Imperial Family descendants.
He knew.
Gu Qingfeng kept his word, and his word was his bond. If he said he would slaughter your entire family, he would slaughter your entire family.
He said today he would let these people see what slaughtering pigs and dogs was like, and he truly did it. Right in front of everyone, he slaughtered the thirty-six Immortals of the Immortal Dynasty one after another, just like slaughtering pigs and dogs.
Old Monster Tang had originally thought that after so many years, Gu Qingfeng had matured, no longer as impulsive, as violent, as cruel as before.
In fact, Old Monster Tang could also see that Gu Qingfeng truly had matured, and indeed was not as impulsive as in the past.
Impulsive?
No!
Gu Qingfeng had been calm from beginning to end, without any impulse.
Violent?
No.
Gu Qingfeng was not violent, not a shred of killing intent about him.
Cruel?
No.
Gu Qingfeng was not ferocious at all, only indifferent.
But while mountains and rivers may change, one's true nature is hard to alter.
When this kid got angry, he was still just as arrogant and domineering, still just as reckless, still just as lawless.
Looking at the Immortal Dynasty officials kneeling on the ground, then at the Four Great Families and Seven Great Sects now reduced to just a few elders, Old Monster Tang stood up, dusted off the dirt on his buttocks, and sighed. "It's over... utterly over...
Yanluo Country is finished...
I'm old too... an old fool. How the hell could I have been so stupid as to believe this kid would show mercy?
In the future, I'd rather believe a demon could instantly attain Buddhahood than believe this kid would ever turn over a new leaf."