Years ago, Sage Kong had held the Book of Changes and recited just one sentence to a Wolf Sage: "A household that amassed virtue would surely leave blessings to spare; a household that amassed evil would surely leave calamities to spare." Not only had he slain the Wolf Sage, but in an instant, he had also wiped out every demon barbarian who carried that Wolf Sage's bloodline, along with the entire clans of their relatives by marriage, leaving three hundred million corpses.
That had been Sage Kong's third battle in the Demon Realm.
Fang Yun's words were like a slap landing hard across the face of the Qing Lord, the "Accumulated Virtue Son of Heaven."
Although Fang Yun's voice was quiet and he had not used Tongue Blossoms Thunder, everyone was watching him. Those nearby passed his words back through the crowd, and within a short time, hundreds of thousands of people knew what he had said.
"Pff..."
Nie Changju suddenly sprayed a mist of blood from his mouth. His eyes rolled back, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.
The nearby Qing Officials' first reaction was not to help him, but to hastily retreat, terrified that they too would be implicated and subjected to Thousand Fingers Pointing.
There was actually no one within ten feet of Nie Changju. Viewed from the city wall, that empty patch stood out starkly amid the crowd of hundreds of thousands.
Several breaths later, Nie Changju slowly opened his eyes. The sun was already high and its light dazzling. Forced to squint, he struggled to look at the crowd nearby, but saw only glaring white sunlight falling over them; he could not make out their expressions.
The people nearby watched Nie Changju and saw a trace of bewilderment in his eyes,