Heaven-Extinguishing Spirit-Swallowing: Annihilating the Half-Saints of the Yan and Ancient Clans (Six-Thousand-Word Chapter)

"Boom—!"

It was as though a bomb had exploded inside everyone's head. Their blood instantly flowed backward, their hearts skipped a beat, and a chill shot from the soles of their feet straight to the crowns of their heads, making even their souls tremble.

"What? He... what did he say?"

"He wants not only the Nine-Aperture Dao Rhyme Lotus, but our lives too?"

"They're mad... Soul Hall has gone mad!"

After a brief, deathly silence, the crowd erupted.

The experts from the various factions, who had still been relatively composed, turned deathly pale. Their pupils contracted sharply as they stared in disbelief at Hun Mo's sinister smile.

Someone instinctively took a step backward, only to find their legs weak, as though they were standing on cotton.

Someone's teeth chattered with a clicking sound.

The Dou Venerables and Dou Zongs looked even more ashen, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. Before a High-Rank Half-Saint, they did not even have the right to flee.

"Hun Mo!"

Gu Han abruptly stepped forward, his hair and beard bristling. His thunderous voice made the surrounding air hum. "How dare Soul Hall do this! Aren't you afraid that our Ancient Clan will join forces with the Yan Clan and Thunder Clan, flatten Soul Hall, and tear it out of the Dou Qi Continent by the roots?"

"Utterly laughable. Gu Han, you really do grow more foolish with age. Once you die, this secret realm will vanish completely as well, leaving not a single trace. There will be no evidence to prove that Soul Hall was responsible."

Hearing this, Hun Mo's smug expression deepened. The corners of his mouth rose into a perfectly measured curve, as though mocking Gu Han's naïveté.

At Hun Mo's casual reply, every word striking straight at the heart, the despair in everyone's eyes seemed