"The Immeasurable Tribulation Venerable's intelligence? How could we possibly know..."
The old man's voice trembled with genuine fear. He could clearly sense Su Yuan's killing intent.
"A bunch of good-for-nothings. Looks like you all surrendered together back then. Otherwise, how could you have failed to pry out even a shred of intelligence?"
Su Yuan shook his head in disdain.
The Ten Great Heavenly Lords flushed red at his words, but they couldn't refute him.
Seeing that he couldn't get anything useful out of them, Su Yuan said no more. He was about to drain the worthless lot dry, then kill them along with the prisoners from before.
Feeling the surging blood-colored divine power pouring from Su Yuan, the old man cried out in terror:
"Su... Young Friend Su, Primordial Heavenly Lord, please don't attack just yet."
"We're willing to surrender! We'll serve in the forces under your command, working like oxen and horses. We don't want anything else; we only beg you to spare our lives, Heavenly Lord!"
Su Yuan replied coolly:
"I'm sorry, but there's no room for rotten timber like you aboard the warship I'm building."
As he spoke, the Crown of Corruption unleashed its power.
The power of the ten veteran Spirit Transformation cultivators, each at the sixth layer or higher, plummeted at a visible rate.
But Su Yuan didn't absorb the power he drained from them. Instead, he transferred it straight to his companions: the Ten Heavenly Lords of Blue Star, Heavenly Lord Wu Luo, Guiyuan, Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, and the others.
Some among them hadn't reached their peak cultivation, while others had suffered severe declines in strength. Once infused with the cultivation of the ten veteran Spirit Transformation cultivators, their strength surged in unison.
Purple Gold Dragon Venerable benefited the most. Drawing on the