The scene before them was truly horrifying.
The earth split apart, cracks winding like dragons as endless magma surged like savage beasts, bursting forth from underground and wreaking havoc.
As far as the eye could see lay a sea of fire. Mountains and rivers perished, and all living beings suffered calamity.
Ancient forests, mountains, rivers, demon beasts, and Divine Army soldiers all turned to ash, vanishing one after another.
Boundless crimson clouds swept across the land. Amid wails and despair, everything dissipated and became charred black.
Death descended like the Nether God's gaze. Any living thing it beheld suffered soul-scattering ruin.
Only wisps of blood-red Sacrificial Power, nourished by the flesh, blood, and soul essence of living beings, continued to drift and gather in the air. Along with blood-colored Sacrificial Flowers, they glittered beneath the heavenly fire, standing alone in their dreadful beauty between heaven and earth.
Not only Qin Zheng, but the other eight city lords were also greatly shocked and enraged by what they saw.
What Jin Kui had done was no longer mere slaughter. It was extermination.
Whether it was the Demon Forest, mountains and rivers, or vicious beasts, once swept up by such unparalleled demon fire, their foundations had been destroyed. Even after a hundred years, recovery would be difficult.
"You have arrived at just the right time. I have a transaction to propose. I wonder whether you gentlemen are interested in discussing it!"
Looking at the nine city lords suspended high in the sky before him, their King Source Energy boiling, Jin Kui's expression remained unchanged. It was as though the figures standing before him were not nine Half-Emperors powerful enough to make heaven and earth tremble and terrify countless demons, but merely a group of ordinary, decaying old men.
"Demons and humans cannot coexist.