More and more cultivators had attacked Ling Tian, hoping to snatch the Phoenix Soul Fruit. He was growing thoroughly fed up with them. Some even burned their Origin Bloodline Power to fight him. Although they posed no great threat—at least, the cultivators who had come before had not—he considered that more powerful cultivators might attack him next. In particular, if they came after him without triggering a tribulation, he decided he would have to kill them to make an example of them.
Still, unless he had no other choice, Ling Tian did not want to kill anyone. He thought of another way to warn those cultivators and dissuade them. Soon, Fairy Meng Shang and the others spread the news, and the effect was immediate. At the very least, far fewer cultivators attacked Ling Tian.
It made sense. So many cultivators had attacked Ling Tian because they assumed he would not kill them. They believed he still wanted to use them to weaken the Lord of the Universe, which was why they had acted without fear.
But now that Ling Tian had issued a warning, the others naturally would not dare attack him recklessly. They knew that if he had warned them, he was prepared to kill them. The clever ones even realized that he would kill someone to make an example of them. None of them wanted to be the first to stick their neck out.
"Ling Tian, even though you've spread the warning, that doesn't mean you'll stop everyone from attacking you," Chang Xiangshou said gravely. "If someone really does attack you, what will you do? Will you actually kill them?"
"If anyone dares attack me, I'll have no choice but to kill them—and I'll do it with overwhelming force. Otherwise, many cultivators will assume I won't fight back,