Yue Qianchou, hiding underground in the distance, did not dare approach at all. The fact that those three had survived in the Cultivation World until now meant they were no pushovers. Every casual strike they unleashed possessed the might to split mountains and cleave the earth—truly terrifying. It was not something his cultivation could withstand. He could only use the Earth Art to control the ground and squeeze the three restless bastards with all his might, planning to torture them half to death first...
When he discovered the three were desperately trying to flee upward, Yue Qianchou was immediately displeased. How could he let them escape so easily? He had not even finished creating the shocking effect he wanted!
In truth, with Yue Qianchou's current cultivation, although he could not compare to late Spirit Transformation stage masters, the range over which his aura could spread and the speed with which he could lock onto targets, combined with the Five Elements cultivation techniques, were already more than sufficient. The Cultivation World likely no longer had anyone who could match him. That was why he had dared provoke Pei Fang and the other two. If he truly wanted to kill Pei Fang and the others immediately, there would have been no need for him to show off with that Metal Art earlier. He could have used the Star Absorbing Great Method and dealt with the three of them at once.
The key was that he had acted before all the gathered heroes today in order to establish his authority and display his badass methods. He wanted everyone to know that he, the Punishment Envoy of the Demon Ghost Domain, was no pushover, so they had better behave themselves from now on. This was called deterrence. Better yet, shock them once, twice, three