Death would have been one thing, but such a cruel death was something many people could not accept.
After all, as members of the various clans of the Spirit Realm, having reached this level, they had long since come to view words like clan and loyalty very lightly. No one dared guarantee that they would absolutely refuse to surrender.
Only a scant few still maintained an utterly unyielding stance even now.
Like who? The one ranked first on that list—the Glorious Divine General!
And those ranked near the top were all exceedingly resolute in their attitudes toward surrender or refusal. On the contrary, those of lesser strength were mostly wavering, their eyes shifting about as though they were inclined to surrender.
This was hardly strange!
Sometimes, the strong were respected by others. That was no accident either!
"I choose to surrender!"
"I choose to surrender too!"
At last, a group of people could no longer endure it and began choosing to throw in their lot with these Underworld ghost generals.
Seeing more and more people surrender, the Underworld ghost generals all began grinning with delight.
"Hmph, what a bunch of cowards, surrendering so quickly. Still, surrendering is good. Join us, and we won't take your lives for the time being." The ghost generals mocked them coldly, not taking these surrendering people seriously in the slightest.
And to stay alive, these people could only bow and scrape, forcing smile after smile, terrified of displeasing the ghost generals.
When they came back to their senses, only a dozen or so powerful cultivators still maintained their unyielding posture, with no intention of surrendering.
"Hmph, so you would rather die than surrender?" the Underworld ghost generals asked.
The Glorious Divine General was tightly restrained, yet every inch of him still displayed his unyielding defiance