"Please, my lord, spare us..."
"We were blind and offended you, my lord. We'll admit our crimes. Please be merciful and spare us this once. We'll give you everything we have..."
Seeing Li Yun sink into thought, the five hurriedly begged for mercy again.
Li Yun raised his head and glanced at them without speaking.
A faint glimmer gathered at his fingertips and became a dome of light around the five, forcibly drawing in the bloody glow still lingering about them.
The Gate of Myriad Wonders quietly began to turn, ready to decipher the information within the bloody glow.
Li Yun knew all too well how wondrous and formidable the Gate of Myriad Wonders was. Once it captured even a trace of an aura, it could usually follow it back to its source and turn everything into information he could understand.
But—
Surprise soon crossed Li Yun's face.
The Gate of Myriad Wonders, which had never failed him, gave no response for a long time.
He tried several times in succession, with the same result each time.
Only after carefully sensing the Gate of Myriad Wonders did he understand: the bloody glow on these five seemed to be nothing more than a trace they had picked up. It was so faint and held so little useful information that even the Gate of Myriad Wonders could hardly reconstruct a clear picture of its source from it.
That meant these five opportunistic robbers were of no use to him at all.
And if they were no use, he would kill them.
After all, they were just five worthless men who had crossed over to profit from the chaos.
"You weren't so well-behaved a moment ago. Since you came to rob me, you should have known what would happen if you failed."
"Die!"