"Save me...
Save me..." Murong Tian, his limbs shattered, was on the brink of death, able only to utter faint pleas for help.
But no one dared to save him.
Save him?
Who would dare?
Of the twenty-four prodigies of the Immortal Office, along with dozens of attendants and over ten reincarnated great powers, some were dead, some injured, some perished. Who would still dare to intervene?
Li Fu did not dare.
Even the venerable Elder Zhuo, a True Immortal in his previous life, did not dare, for just moments ago he had exhausted all his abilities yet failed to budge Gu Qingfeng an inch. With what could he save anyone?
Forget saving others; at this moment, they lay paralyzed on the ground, not daring to move, not daring even to breathe heavily. Moreover, they lacked the courage to stand up and attempt escape again. They could only stare at the eerily silent Gu Qingfeng, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, not daring to utter a single word or syllable.
At this moment,
they were filled with both fear and regret.
They regretted not heeding Miss Anran and Wan Huaiyu's warnings earlier. Had they done so, they would not have ended up in such a dire situation.
What to do now?
They did not know.
No one knew.
And then, Gu Qingfeng's calm voice slowly drifted over.
"Those who kill shall be killed in turn!"
As his words fell, his hand rose and descended. Li Fu died instantly.
"You!"
Bang!
The Sect Head of Hunyuan Gate died instantly!
"And you!"
Bang!
The Patriarch of the Huwei Wang Family died instantly.
"Since you chose to act, you must bear the consequences of your actions!"
Bang!
Another person died instantly!
"If you wish to kill, be prepared to be killed!"
Bang!
Yet another!
Witnessing this scene,
the others dared not linger. They desperately circulated their Nascent Souls, frantically attempting to flee.
"I said, without my nod today, no one leaves!"
Gu Qingfeng swept his arm horizontally. The void cracked open once more, and the dozens attempting to flee were reduced to a bloody mist, utterly annihilated on the spot.
This time, no one dared to flee anymore.
No one dared!
But if they did not flee, were they to simply wait here for death?
Yes!
The only thing they could do now was wait for death.
And Gu Qingfeng in that space was like a reaper from hell, harvesting life after life.
"Sir!
We beg for your mercy!
Spare us..." "Young Lord Chiyan, we old men were merely jesting with you! We beg you, a great man does not bear grudges against lesser ones!"
Knowing escape was impossible, yet unwilling to sit idle and await death, they knelt down one after another, kowtowing and pleading for mercy.
"If you knew today, why did you act as you did then!"
Gu Qingfeng did not even glance at these people. His hand rose and fell, continuing the slaughter.
It was not over, nor would it end!
"I once believed forgiveness could quell all—hatred, greed, whatever. Even if it couldn't quell them completely, it would at least make you wary, make you hesitate to take risks lightly. Even a shred of self-awareness would have made my past forgiveness worthwhile!"
Bang!
Another bloody mist!
"A pity!
Facts prove that forgiveness only makes you more indulgent, mercy only makes you more complacent, and my silence only makes you more brazen!"
Bang!
"I can forgive you once, forgive you twice, but there will absolutely not be a third time!"
Bang!
Bang!
"I can endure trouble once, endure it twice, but I will absolutely not endure it a third time!"
Bang!
"Rather than face an endless stream of troubles, I might as well settle it thoroughly today."
"Killing one is killing; killing ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand is also killing!"
"Since I've started this massacre today, none of you will be spared!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With another wave of his hand, dozens more were annihilated!
"After cultivating for thousands of years, to lack even this bit of self-awareness—what's the point of living!"
Whoosh!
A group of old-timers from the Immortal Office who had cultivated for millennia were annihilated!
"Cultivation is not easy; reincarnation is even harder!"
Bang!
A reincarnated person died instantly!
"Surviving the ancient cataclysm, you luckily reincarnated. Instead of cultivating discreetly, you had to flaunt your seniority, learning from others to sit and spectate. The heavens allowed you to luckily reincarnate, but I am not the Azure Heaven, nor am I the heavens!"
As one reincarnated great power after another from the Immortal Office died instantly, Elder Zhuo no longer dared to act superior. With a thud, he knelt on the ground, clasping his hands in supplication. "S-sir, this old man knows his wrong..."
No one paid him any heed. Gu Qingfeng continued his slaughter.
"Brother Wan! Brother Qin!
I beg, I beg you to plead for this old man! I will be eternally grateful!"
Elder Zhuo pinned his last hope on Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao. Hearing Elder Zhuo's pleas from ten thousand meters away, the two men's expressions changed drastically. Without a second thought or hesitation, they both knelt on the ground and said in unison, "Young Lord Chiyan, we two came here not for the so-called Bedrock Xuan Turtle, nor for the Immortal Office, nor do we wish to be involved in any matters. We beg you to see clearly!"
Gu Qingfeng did not acknowledge them.
He still did not even glance their way.
And at this moment, only Elder Zhuo remained of the entire Immortal Office contingent.
He knelt on the ground, his body trembling violently, his spirit long since shattered, his Nascent Soul shaken to the point of being unable to circulate. He was utterly disheveled, no longer the venerable, respected reincarnated True Immortal from before.
Opposite him,
Gu Qingfeng looked at him, saying nothing.
After a moment, he suddenly spoke. "Did you think hiding within the void, merging with nature, would allow you to escape?"
With a wave of his hand, a series of explosions erupted in the distant sky. Bang! A person was blasted out, covered in blood, barely recognizable as the reincarnated great power from Blackwind Cave—Venerable Xuan Shui.
"Come here and accept your death!"
As Gu Qingfeng raised his hand, he made a grasping motion through the void. Whoosh! He snatched Venerable Xuan Shui over from a distance.
"Ah!
!—" Knowing Gu Qingfeng's fearsomeness, Venerable Xuan Shui ignored the shock in his heart and exerted all his strength to struggle.
However,
it was utterly useless!
Gu Qingfeng slapped down, instantly smashing his head to pieces.
It must be said that Venerable Xuan Shui lived up to being a reincarnated great power. After his physical body was destroyed, his Nascent Soul manifested, snarling and shrieking, "You junior!
This Venerable's Nascent Soul has been refined through nine hundred and eighty-one Xuan Shui spiritual breaths, its magic power boundless! Today, I will burn my Nascent Soul—I refuse to believe I cannot shake you!"
"Refined a bit of petty evil breath and dare call it boundless magic power?"
Gu Qingfeng grabbed Venerable Xuan Shui's Nascent Soul with both hands and rubbed them together. A series of crackling sounds erupted, and Venerable Xuan Shui's Nascent Soul was instantly annihilated.
"Compared to your Nascent Soul, your soul is not bad."
With an angry shout from Gu Qingfeng, a faint shadow emerged from the dissipating Nascent Soul—it was Venerable Xuan Shui's soul!
His soul forced out, Venerable Xuan Shui desperately tried to flee, but it was too late. The moment his soul appeared, it was firmly grasped in Gu Qingfeng's palm.
"Would you like to try burning your soul as well?"
"You!"
Every person possesses a soul.
But not everyone can touch it.
Ordinary cultivators, no matter how high their cultivation, cannot touch it. Even some Immortals lack this ability. Only reincarnated great powers like Venerable Xuan Shui have refined their own souls.