The elder trembled all over. He opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.
From the corner of his eye, he could see his realm lord's gaze, which seemed almost ready to spit fire.
He knew very well what fate awaited anyone who betrayed the realm lord and the Divine Asura Domain.
But...
If the realm lord died, the Divine Asura Domain would know, would fly into a rage, and would send people to investigate.
But if elders like them died, that was all there was to it.
In the eyes of the lofty figures of the Divine Asura Domain, what difference was there between "ants" like them, who had not even reached Hunyuan Wuji, and a speck of dust in the Chaos Void?
Who would muster an army over the disappearance of a few specks of dust?
"Fellow Daoist Tianshui, I admire your loyalty."
Gantian slowly paced over to the elders.
"But using other people's lives to fulfill your own loyalty..."
"Isn't that a little too selfish?"
He stopped, his gaze falling on the elders again as his voice rang out softly.
"Speak, and live."
"Stay silent, and die."
Those simple words held a power no one could resist.
At that moment, the elder's mental defenses collapsed completely.
He did not want to die.
He had cultivated for countless kalpas to attain his current cultivation. He did not want to die like this, without a sound, in this cold hall.
As for the realm lord's threats? As for the Divine Asura Domain's reckoning?
Those were matters for later.
Once he died, he would have nothing left.
"I'll talk! I'll talk!"
Like a man clutching at his last life-saving straw, the elder practically screamed the words.
With a thud, he dropped to his knees and frantically kowtowed to