"Senior Brother Yu..." Chen Wan stared wide-eyed at the young man held in the Man-Fiend King's grasp. Before she could cry out, Yuan Ming clapped a hand over her mouth.
Her voice stopped short. Fortunately, the Man-Fiend King had not noticed.
After landing steadily, the other man-fiends all lowered their heads in unison, their movements stiff as they assumed poses of submission.
As for Senior Brother Yu of the Fire Refining Hall, the Man-Fiend King gripped his neck in one hand and held him out before itself.
His cheeks twitched, and agony twisted his face. His eyes were squeezed tightly shut. Though he had not fainted, he did not even have the courage to open them for a glance. Every muscle in his body was taut, and he trembled violently, clearly terrified beyond all measure.
Chen Wan fixed her gaze on her fellow disciple, her mind in complete turmoil, yet in the end, she lacked the courage to risk saving him.
At that moment, the Man-Fiend King suddenly pressed one finger to unlucky Senior Brother Yu's brow.
With a muffled pop, his skull, as though made of tofu, was effortlessly pierced through, leaving behind a bloody hole.
A shrill, miserable scream rang out and echoed through the cavern.
The Man-Fiend King's gaze turned icy as it seized Senior Brother Yu, who was struggling wildly in pain, and brought him to its mouth.
Its jaws opened, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs. It leaned toward Senior Brother Yu's brow, bit down, and sucked fiercely at the bloody hole.
The next instant, a faint blood-red glow poured from the hole in his brow and was completely devoured by the Man-Fiend King.
Senior Brother Yu's screams abruptly ceased. His body withered away and slowly slipped from the Man-Fiend King's hand, crashing onto the