The moment Xie Zhiwu died, the Great Demons over there either fell into a daze or cried out, while Liao Yaohuang merely stood frozen. He was next.
He was, after all, a demon king who had ruled a region. The Manifest Holiness True Lord stood on the Demon-Slaying Platform with his gaze slightly lowered, waiting for two Divine Generals to escort Liao Yaohuang before him and force him to his knees.
As Liao Yaohuang raised his head to look at the Manifest Holiness True Lord, the latter opened his eyes a little and looked back at him.
Since he would die at the Manifest Holiness True Lord's hands in the end anyway, he might as well have been beheaded outright during the Heaven-and-Earth Manifestation earlier. Yet there was still a difference between being escorted to heaven, sentenced, and executed, and being killed on the spot.
It served to strengthen the righteous spirit of a realm, and had other purposes as well.
Meeting the Manifest Holiness True Lord's gaze and seeing him raise his divine weapon, Liao Yaohuang was no longer afraid. He was about to die, after all.
"To die at the Demon-Subduing Sacred Venerable's hands leaves me, Liao Yaohuang, with no regrets. Big Brother, your little brother is coming!"
With that, Liao Yaohuang closed his eyes and thrust out his neck. The next instant, the divine weapon fell.
Splat!
Demon blood sprayed, demonic energy scattered, and the spiritual radiance of his soul was likewise extinguished. Only a speck of true spirit flew toward the Netherworld.
The two demon kings' heads hit the ground, and they then revealed their original forms: a ferocious black panther and a terrifying giant scorpion. Yet after their beheading, once their demonic energy had completely dispersed, both demon corpses turned into streams of light and