"D-dead! He's dead! Cangxuan Tianzun... he really crushed him to death!!"
As everyone stared in shock and lamented what had happened, Ling Wentian stood there, dazed, his face blank with disbelief and confusion.
Just moments ago, he had been furious that Cangxuan Tianzun had looked out for himself, begged Ning Wangshu for mercy, and abandoned the fate of the Taihua Dynasty.
But now, seeing that Cangxuan Tianzun had truly been crushed to death by Ning Wangshu, Ling Wentian couldn't help feeling a little like a rabbit mourning the fox.
At the same time, he had fallen into utter despair.
Ning Wangshu had killed even a Mahayana Earth Immortal like Cangxuan Tianzun without hesitation, simply because Cangxuan Tianzun had acted on behalf of the Taihua Dynasty. Even after Cangxuan Tianzun had surrendered and begged for mercy, Ning Wangshu had shown him no quarter.
It was all too easy to imagine what Ning Wangshu would do to the Taihua Dynasty, the chief culprit behind the Han family's destruction.
There was no chance they would survive...
As these thoughts passed through his mind, Ling Wentian began to tremble, boundless terror rising within him.
Zhao Yuan and the other Great Protectors of the Taihua Dynasty standing beside him were in no better state.
Cangxuan Tianzun had begged for mercy, but Ning Wangshu had still killed him. They, too, had attacked Ning Wangshu earlier. How could he possibly spare them?
The thought of dying alongside the Taihua Dynasty filled Zhao Yuan and the others with bitterness and regret.
"Alas, if only we'd known, we shouldn't have tied ourselves to the Taihua Dynasty in the first place. I never imagined we'd lose our lives here today..." Zhao Yuan sighed in silence.
Then he glanced at Ling Wentian beside him, his expression filled with conflicting emotions.
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