The giant claw spread its five fingers wide, each finger bone as thick as a palace pillar, wrapped in black deathly aura so dense it could not be dissolved.
Barrier!!
He understood in an instant.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!!"
Shi Yan drew his bow into a full moon, yet arrow after sharp arrow vanished like stones sinking into the sea.
"Hehehe, don't waste your strength, little fellow."
Another voice rose, soft and sinister, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.
"Your human companions sold you for quite a good price."
Within the shadows beyond the barrier, several enormous, twisted, terrifying figures flickered in and out of sight, emanating monstrous demonic aura.
They were several Demon Kings entrenched around the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, true beings standing at the peak of the food chain!
Every one of their auras far surpassed any demon general he had slain before.
Shi Yan fell into utter despair.
He understood that under such circumstances, there was absolutely no way he could survive.
Thinking of this, he did not hesitate. He dropped to one knee and hurled the divine bow he regarded as his life and honor onto the icy ground with a clang. His voice was hoarse and distorted from extreme terror and humiliation.
"Your Majesties, Demon Kings! Shi Yan... Shi Yan is willing to surrender.
I am willing to serve you like a dog or horse! I only beg you to spare my life!"
"Hahahahahaha!!!"
What answered him was overlapping peals of wild laughter, brimming with endless mockery and contempt.
"Look, this is humanity! Before death, even their backbone can be snapped!"
A voice like rolling muffled thunder sneered.
"Slaughtering one another is your nature, and wagging your tails to beg for mercy is your instinct!" The soft voice carried bone-deep scorn.