As its maw, packed with sharp teeth, drew a sudden breath, a frenzied suction reeking of blood and rot engulfed the mighty pass below.
A remnant soul and a demon had made the decision as casually as if it were nothing.
But to the Human Race warriors and ordinary people living in Demon Suppression Pass, it was as though an apocalyptic calamity had descended.
Even the experienced Heavenly Human Realm experts who lived in Demon Suppression Pass had sensed something wrong the instant the three figures appeared in the sky. They had fled toward Human Race territory behind the pass.
Yet before the terrifying pull of that foul, blood-scented maw, they struggled in vain until they were dragged back, their eyes full of despair and terror.
The cries in their throats changed from roars to mournful sobs, as though heaven itself had condemned them to die.
Blood vessels burst one after another. Their blood gathered in the air, gradually forming a scarlet river.
Flesh was torn apart in sections and sorted by body part.
Dao Infants dissolved back into Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, while the Spiritual Roots within the warriors were treated as the finest Tonic Medicine for the Golden-Armored Boy. Broken down by the black-hole-like suction, they were all delivered into the Golden-Armored Boy's mouth.
More than once, the Mountain Lord's throat gave a faint gulp. Clearly, so many Human Great Medicines had tempted him too.
But the remnant soul's terrifying might from days past forced him to suppress his desire.
After all, however good Human Great Medicine as blood food might be, it could not compare to his own life.
If even Heavenly Human Realm warriors met such a fate, what chance did the other warriors and ordinary people in Demon Suppression Pass have?
Countless millions vanished