Of the more than two thousand cultivators present, apart from the thirty-odd mighty cultivators on the stone platform, every cultivator on the mountaintop except Qin Fengming now wore an expression of disbelief.
What the middle-aged cultivator had said was simply too shocking for everyone.
Leaving the Dark Sea Region and the century-long Realm War—when these two major matters suddenly reached everyone's ears, even the late Spirit Severing stage and peak cultivators could not help being deeply shaken.
Only now did everyone finally understand why these outsiders had forced them to sign that powerful contract. They had intended to plunder them and use them as cannon fodder in battles against cultivators from other realms.
"Hmph. Now that you've heard what Shao had to say, do you still dare disobey orders and refuse to act? Don't forget—you all once signed a contract with the Immortal Realm. If you dare violate it, you already know what fate awaits you. There's no need for Shao to spell it out."
Seeing the shock and change in everyone's expressions, middle-aged man surnamed Shao let out a cold snort. A terrifying soul-pressure suddenly erupted, instantly enveloping the entire mountaintop.
Sensing that vast soul-pressure, even those late Spirit Severing stage and peak cultivators could not help but change expression slightly. As for the Integration stage cultivators and dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators, their bodies trembled, and they all collapsed onto the stone ground.
Only several dozen Integration stage cultivators were still able to remain standing.
To force so many cultivators to collapse with nothing but powerful soul-pressure was enough to show just how formidable the soul realm of middle-aged man surnamed Shao was.
Sensing the powerful soul-pressure of middle-aged man surnamed Shao, Qin Fengming's heart suddenly trembled.
The soul realm of this middle-aged cultivator had definitely reached the