Do it yourselves?
Or should he do it?
What did he mean?
Was he telling the four of them to commit suicide?
These were four great powers who had undergone Possession Rebirth, beings capable of annihilating Nascent Soul Old Monsters. Yet now they found themselves in such a state, being ordered to kill themselves by a mere youth with only Purple Mansion Cultivation Level?
Just how confident was Gu Qingfeng in his own strength to dare utter such arrogant words?
Even though the four Possession Rebirth cultivators had failed to budge him an inch with their combined efforts earlier, surely they hadn't reached the end of their rope yet?
Even if a desperate last stand failed, couldn't they at least flee?
In truth, many did not know that while the four Possession Rebirth cultivators might not have reached that utterly hopeless point, they were not far from it. As the saying goes, an expert reveals their skill with a single move. From that brief exchange, they understood better than anyone that Gu Qingfeng's existence was simply beyond their ability to shake, not even with a desperate last stand.
Escape?
It wasn't that the four lacked the ability to flee, but the cost of escape was too great. Unless absolutely forced, they did not wish to take that path.
After much deliberation, the four looked towards Elder Jin in the distance and immediately pleaded, "Elder Jin, we beg you, in light of our past offerings and respect for you, old senior..." They wanted to beg Elder Jin to step forward and plead for mercy on their behalf, but before they could finish, Elder Jin, standing far off, was so frightened his face changed color. He stepped forward at once to clarify, "Lord Chiyan, this humble one has never met these four, nor do we have the slightest connection. They, not knowing life from death, have offended you, young lord. Their crime truly deserves ten thousand deaths."
Witnessing this scene, everyone could hardly believe their eyes.
No one knew exactly who Gu Qingfeng was.
Nor did they fully understand why Elder Jin had apologized to Gu Qingfeng earlier.
However, in everyone's minds, Elder Jin was, after all, a reincarnated great power. If he were willing to step forward, surely anyone would give him some face, wouldn't they?
What no one expected was that Elder Jin did indeed step forward, but not to plead for the four Possession Rebirth cultivators. Instead, he hurriedly clarified his relationship with them. That nervous expression was clear for all to see, as if he were terrified of offending Gu Qingfeng because of this matter.
"I beg you, young lord, to see the truth clearly!"
Seeing Gu Qingfeng remain silent, Elder Jin grew even more frightened. Recalling the overwhelming, heaven-defying, peerlessly domineering killing intent Gu Qingfeng had revealed back in the Black Crow Secret Realm, Elder Jin dared hesitate no longer. With a *thump*, he knelt on the ground.
That single kneel left everyone present dumbstruck, their eyes wide with disbelief. It also sent chills down their spines, leaving them afraid to even breathe.
Elder Jin was a reincarnated great power!
A being who had achieved immortality in his previous life!
Even though everything started anew after reincarnation and his Cultivation Level was not what it once was, relying on his past cultivation experience, he could absolutely turn decay into magic and stand undefeated. Moreover, after reincarnation, their mind, divine sense, spirit, and so on had not weakened and did not need to be re-cultivated; they could employ their vast and profound spiritual means to kill invisibly.
Most importantly, after reincarnation, while their Physical Body started over, their soul remained their original soul. Soul secret arts were akin to source power, their might unimaginable to ordinary people. This was the fundamental reason why many contemporary great powers dared not casually provoke reincarnated beings. Since the Great Calamity a hundred years ago, many arrogant fools, seeing that reincarnated beings' Cultivation Level was not as high as theirs, had gone to provoke them, only to end up not even knowing how they died—and among these were Daozun, even Earth Immortals.
And now, such a reincarnated great power had actually knelt to Gu Qingfeng, and merely out of fear of being implicated by the four Possession cultivators.
This...
Just why was this!
Gu Qingfeng's existence might be a bit mysterious, a bit bizarre, but surely not to the point of frightening a reincarnated great power like this?
Unclear.
No one knew the reason.
"You...
You!
Just what...
What kind of person are you!"
The four Possession cultivators were so terrified they could barely stand steady. They stared wide-eyed at Gu Qingfeng, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
At this moment.
Gu Qingfeng paid them no heed. He didn't even glance their way. Standing with his hands behind his back, his eyes closed, his brows tightly furrowed, a faint, shimmering light flickered around his body.
Seeing this.
The four Possession cultivators dared not linger any longer. Exchanging a look, they steeled their hearts, gritted their teeth, stamped their feet, and roared angrily, "Gu! Even if we perish today, we won't let you off easy!"
All four charged at Gu Qingfeng, frantically channeling their spiritual power. Their Physical Bodies suddenly exploded like balloons. Clearly, in a desperate last stand, they were abandoning their own bodies, trying to use the explosive force of their self-destruction to take Gu Qingfeng down with them.
Yet, it was useless.
Even though the explosion of their Physical Bodies released terrifying power, it still failed to budge Gu Qingfeng an inch. He simply stood there, not even a speck of blood staining his robes.
The four self-destructed, flesh and blood flying everywhere. Immediately after, their Nascent Souls were revealed—four Nascent Souls shrouded in black mist, gnashing their teeth, hideous to the extreme, like bloody little demons. Seeing that even detonating their Physical Bodies had failed to affect Gu Qingfeng, they could no longer afford to dwell on their fear. A bloody mist flashed, and the four Nascent Souls employed a blood escape technique, vanishing without a trace in an instant.
"You have already died once. Having obtained Possession Rebirth, you still do not know how to cherish it. Since that is the case, what purpose is there in continuing to live!"
Gu Qingfeng's indifferent, icy voice rang out. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, a flash of killing intent within them as he roared, "Get out here and accept your death!"
As the word 'death' fell, it was like a thunderclap exploding, like the wrath of heavenly thunder. In that instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled. The very space of the entire Taixuan Platform seemed to tremble and scatter. The four Possession Rebirth cultivators' Nascent Souls were forcibly shaken out of hiding. Without even a grunt, they were instantly reduced to ashes on the spot, not even a speck of dust remaining.
With the might of a single shout, four Possession experts had been forcibly, physically shaken to death.
Was that all?
No!
Far from it.
Long Sheng Zhenren and over a dozen other Nascent Soul Old Monsters near the Taixuan Platform collapsed to the ground, disheveled and in tatters, blood seeping from all seven orifices—eyes, ears, nose, mouth. The Ten Little Hidden Dragons and the Thirty-Six Huage Young Lords also collapsed, bleeding from their seven orifices, their bodies trembling as they emitted agonized wails. Looking around, nearly ten thousand people on the Taixuan Platform had collapsed to the ground. Some bled from their seven orifices, some had their Cultivation Level scattered, some fell unconscious...
Some died on the spot...
They had all been affected by the furious might of Gu Qingfeng's single shout, their minds scattered, foundations destabilized, spiritual power thrown into chaos, Nascent Souls trembling, Purple Mansions cracking, consciousness blurred...
Everyone knew Gu Qingfeng was strong, but no one had imagined he was powerful to such a shocking, earth-shattering degree.
The might of a single shout!
Not only had it shaken four Possession cultivators into nothingness, it had also caused nearly ten thousand people present to collapse on the spot.