"Have you not noticed how strange Qin Yan is? Why are there so many Vengeful Spirits around him? And why aren't they attacking him? It looks like they're submitting to Qin Yan."
At that moment, a Late-Stage Grandmaster Martial Artist suddenly spoke up, his brows tightly furrowed as his gaze swept across the Vengeful Spirits kneeling on the ground.
The surrounding Martial Artists also came to their senses upon hearing this, and their expressions changed.
They had been occupied with thoughts of the Supreme Spear Intent and had overlooked the fact that Qin Yan was surrounded by a crowd of Vengeful Spirits.
Every one of those Vengeful Spirits possessed Grandmaster Level strength, and every one of them was powerful enough to threaten their lives.
Yet at this moment, they knelt around Qin Yan with their heads lowered and their postures humble, like ministers paying homage to a sovereign.
The scene was simply too bizarre.
Vengeful Spirits had no consciousness, no reason—only the instinct to devour all living beings.
Under normal circumstances, the moment they saw a living person, they would charge forward to attack without rest until one side died.
Yet these Vengeful Spirits not only did not attack Qin Yan, but instead knelt before him and submitted to him.
Just who was Qin Yan?
While these Grandmaster powerhouses were lost in thought, Qin Yan, surrounded by Vengeful Spirits, was suddenly enveloped in a ray of black light.
The black light surged from the void, condensed from the Annihilation Black Mist, and rose beneath Qin Yan's feet. In the blink of an eye, it wrapped around his entire body.
Black radiance flowed around him like a black cocoon of light.
Then, the black barrier transformed into a streak of black light and carried Qin Yan toward the depths of the