Devour

Gu Qingfeng looked around. Seeing that no one dared to stick their neck out, he suddenly felt bored.

He was actually filtering them. After all, the number of Immortal Kings was limited, and the half-step Immortal Lords had gone into hiding. Under such a severe shortage of resources, every grain of rice... every Immortal King appeared extremely precious.

If he could avoid killing them, it was best not to.

But he couldn't just spare everyone either. It was like a great tree that always needed its crooked branches pruned so it could grow more sturdily.

Those trash Immortal Kings who had exhausted their potential were just wasting resources by staying alive. It would be better to clear out some space and let the young people have more room to develop.

For example, the saber-wielding Immortal King who was the first to make a move earlier had commendable courage. It showed he had a good disposition and dared to face difficulties head-on. This was a seedling with potential, and he could live.

"Since no one is willing to make a move, then listen to this Emperor's command now. Men to the left, women to the right. Men stand on the left side, women stand on the right side. Hurry up, get moving."

The crowd looked at each other in dismay, exchanging glances, but no one moved.

Gu Qingfeng's expression suddenly darkened. "Are you turning a deaf ear to this Emperor's words?"

He waved his large hand, and the void behind him instantly distorted like water ripples. Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several thick Ghost God Tentacles drilled out from within, randomly selecting five lucky individuals like pythons emerging from their caves.

These five people were scared out of their wits and fled frantically. However, Biluo Lake was only so big, leaving them nowhere to run.

Fighting back with all their might, five immortal lights of various colors explosively erupted.

With a wave of his sleeve, a purple-robed man sent down countless eerie and terrifying purple divine flames.

A white-robed woman opened her delicate mouth and spat out a small, deep blue cauldron containing boundless power that shattered the void.

A monk in a kasaya activated a golden Buddhist lotus, stimulating hundreds of millions of orderly Buddhist lights.

The five Immortal Kings exerted their power together, landing various terrifying attacks on the Ghost God Tentacles. However, everything was to no avail.

It was as if a child was shooting a water gun at a rock—unshakable!

The next moment, the five Immortal Kings were instantly entangled by the tentacles, with no possibility of breaking free.

At this time, the white-robed woman among them anxiously shouted to the crowd, "Everyone! If you still don't attack, are you going to watch helplessly as this demon defeats us one by one? It's us now, but you will be next! If you don't save me now, who will be there to save you when the time comes?!"

The monk in the kasaya also hurriedly roared, "Benefactors, have you not realized yet? This demon's reliance is on these eerie tentacles, and the number of his tentacles is limited. Otherwise, he could completely deal with all of us at once! Now that we are entangled by the tentacles, quickly attack this demon's main body. That is his weakness!"

The crowd's eyes instantly lit up, feeling that the monk's words made sense.

Boom! Boom!

The crowd no longer hesitated. No one was willing to place their life and death in the hands of a demon. Now that someone had used their life to find out the weakness of the World-Destroying Demon Emperor, they naturally attacked fiercely.

Suddenly, a withered spearman completely shrouded in a blood-colored baleful aura soared into the air. The blood-colored spear in his hand, carrying a dazzling bloody light and an earth-shattering baleful aura, thrust toward Gu Qingfeng's throat.

Swift as lightning, it truly was a point of cold light arriving first, followed by the spear striking out like a dragon!

There was also a swordsman whose long sword was abruptly drawn from its sheath, emitting bursts of dragon roars. He suddenly slashed out a brilliant and blazing sword light that illuminated the world and was indestructible.

Martial Uncle Qin, who had not yet made a move and was the only late-stage Immortal King expert in the arena, finally could not hold back at this moment.

He mobilized all his strength and blasted out a palm strike at Gu Qingfeng's body.

Boom!

The heaven and earth shook, and the surrounding void cracked like a mirror.

Countless dazzling silver runes of the profound meaning of laws flowed out from the cracks like magma, instantly blotting out the sky and the sun.

Among those countless runes, it seemed that every single one contained the blazing power of the profound meaning of laws, extremely brilliant. Following that, the runes transformed into a large silver cauldron of laws that streaked across the sky.

As soon as the late-stage Immortal King expert attacked, everyone present felt a slight sense of suffocation, showing just how powerful he was.

With Martial Uncle Qin taking the lead, the other Immortal Kings also joined the battle one after another. Each of them attacked with all their might, attempting to directly attack Gu Qingfeng's main body and blow his body apart.

The sight of everyone attacking at once was simply like the descent of a doomsday calamity.

Not only did the Immortal Kings attack, but even those Quasi-Immortal King level geniuses also contributed their meager strength.

Gu Qingfeng's expression remained unchanged; he even looked a bit bored. He simply pressed down a palm across the void.

Terrifying taboo demonic energy surged out explosively, piercing through the boundaries of time and space. It easily suppressed everyone. Like flies, all of them were ruthlessly swatted to the ground, smashing out one human-shaped crater after another.

As for their sky-filling attacks, they all vanished into thin air under this palm strike, completely obliterated.

The five Immortal Kings who had previously instigated everyone to attack Gu Qingfeng's main body had collectively lost their voices. They were dumbfounded, their eyes wide open and filled with a dazed look.

They had originally thought that dozens of Immortal Kings besieging the World-Destroying Demon Emperor—an epoch-making battle sufficient to shake the world—would last for quite some time. Who would have thought that it would end so simply?!

Over thirty Immortal Kings, and ones from major top-tier factions at that. Whether it was cultivation, foundation, divine abilities, or weapons, they far exceeded ordinary people. With such a magnificent lineup besieging one person, logically speaking, no one in this world should be able to withstand it.

Yet someone had actually blocked it, and even with a flip of his hand, easily suppressed all the Immortal Kings.

Was this the true strength of the World-Destroying Demon Emperor?

If Gu Qingfeng had heard the inner thoughts of these five people, he would have definitely answered: no.

Up until now, he hadn't truly exerted his strength.

"You all truly live up to your origins from the major factions. With your talent and strength, you can be called outstanding. Aside from a select few, you all actually have the qualifications to live," Gu Qingfeng commented indifferently.

He had previously thought about keeping half of them, but he didn't expect the strength and potential of these people to be quite good.

On second thought, it made sense. Those who could enter the top-tier factions and become Immortal Kings after undergoing fierce competition since childhood were basically one-in-a-million geniuses. There wouldn't be anyone too terrible.

The few who were unqualified weren't lacking in aptitude, but rather the path they had chosen was too trashy, showing absolutely no potential. At a glance, it was obvious that they had deliberately chosen a garbage path just to have an easier time breaking through to become an Immortal King.

Swish! Swish!

Gu Qingfeng waved his hand, and the void behind him continuously distorted. Hundreds of ferocious and terrifying Ghost God Tentacles extended out, burrowing deep underground to bind everyone present.

Then, they began to vigorously extract their power.

"Lord Demon Emperor, please don't! This lowly one led the way for you!" Xiang Tianwen, entangled by the tentacles, howled miserably.

Finding it unpleasant to hear, Gu Qingfeng waved his hand, and a tentacle directly gagged his mouth.

As the Ghost God Tentacles exerted force, streams of pure power surged into Gu Qingfeng's body. However, even gathering the full power of forty-one Immortal Kings and dozens of Quasi-Immortal Kings could not satisfy him at all.

"It falls far short. Compared to the feeling of draining a Half-Step Immortal Lord dry, it truly falls far short. No matter how many Immortal Kings there are, they could never compare to a single Half-Step Immortal Lord," Gu Qingfeng sighed softly.

Afterward, he turned his gaze toward Yan Lingxue, who was hiding off to the side eating immortal fruits. To Yan Lingxue, today's battle was like children playing house. She could not even be bothered to watch; she figured she might as well eat a few more fruits instead.

Just as she was eating with gusto, Gu Qingfeng's gentle voice suddenly rang in her ears.

"Xue'er, roughly how much longer will it be until your strength recovers?"

Plop!

Yan Lingxue shuddered in fright. The immortal fruit in her hand slipped and fell straight to the ground, smashing into a pulpy mess.