"What exactly happened..."
"Mother, wake up! Don't ignore me..."
"..."
Living beings who had been living normal lives just moments ago had now all perished. Screams and wails echoed endlessly throughout the two regions.
Children collapsed into pools of blood, shaking the bodies of relatives reduced to nothing but clothes draped over skeletons. They raised their faces to the sky and wept in inconsolable despair.
Whoosh!
The billions of motes of light finally flowed into the five demonic figures in the heavens, bringing comfort to both their bodies and minds. The decayed aura around them seemed to fade considerably.
The erosion of time upon them also stalled. Some who had already been in relatively good condition even appeared slightly younger, their vitality surging.
With the five Supreme Beings harvesting together, in but an instant, nearly all the billions of living beings in the two life regions—the Northern Region of Eastern Wasteland and the Central Region, where the two Restricted Areas stood—had suffered calamity.
Only a scant few left behind as seeds of life escaped disaster. Yet without exception, after this sudden catastrophe, they all wished they were dead.
They glared at the towering demonic shadows in the sky. Overwhelmed by grief and hatred, some no longer knew fear, their eyes splitting with rage.
"Beasts!!"
"You'll die miserable deaths..."
"Heaven is blind, allowing beasts like you to reach the pinnacle of cultivation and look down upon all living beings..."
"..."
One survivor after another cursed the heavens above with bloodshot eyes, their voices torn from the depths of their hearts.
And perhaps that was the only thing they could do. At its core, it was still helplessness.
Tap...
The five Supreme Beings had enormous appetites. This harvest was merely an appetizer. After reaping the two regions, they headed directly for the