For a moment, everyone present froze.
Although the True Demons and martial cultivators held every advantage, the cultivators were also at peak Void Refining. They should not have been slain without the slightest resistance in a single blow—otherwise, the battle would never have dragged on this long.
Yet several cultivators of the same realm had now been killed so easily. How could this not shock everyone?
Compared to the surprise of the True Demons and martial cultivators, however, the cultivators themselves were utterly shaken.
For they knew perfectly well what had gone wrong.
"Damn it! Xuan Qingzong, you dare plot against us!"
They had finally discovered the problem. The magical power of all the cultivators was being rapidly devoured by the Jade Axe in Xuan Qingzong's hand.
This fierce devouring left them unable to draw upon even a shred of excess magical power. Even ordinary techniques were difficult to unleash, much less methods capable of resisting opponents of the same realm.
Those few had naturally borne the brunt of it and were easily cut down by their enemies.
And judging by the Jade Axe's performance, it showed no sign whatsoever of becoming saturated or stopping.
What it required was not merely a little magical power. It clearly intended to drain these peak Void Refining cultivators completely dry.
For a time, the cultivators were both alarmed and enraged. They shouted furiously while repeatedly trying to break free, but before a Seventh Order method, all such efforts were useless.
Xuan Qingzong, however, turned a deaf ear to them and merely focused on observing the Jade Axe's condition.
The jade-white axe body had already begun to gradually turn red.
This was a genuine Seventh Order method. Though everything had already taken shape, without the cultivation and strength of the Body Integration Realm, wielding