Hearing Gu Changdao beg for mercy, the Devil Lord Shadow waved a hand and said coldly, "Stop!"
At once, the magic beasts, demonized cultivators, zombies, and puppets under his control stopped surrounding and attacking Gu Changdao, moving aside one after another.
Gu Changdao's expression changed, and he stopped fighting as well.
He was in a truly wretched state. His Golden Light Armor was pitted and cracked, almost completely ruined, and his aura had grown exceedingly weak...
By the time he cried out for mercy, he could no longer afford to care about anything else.
All that mattered now was staying alive. He had spent so many years striving to pursue the path of immortality. If the Devil Lord Shadow captured, demonized, and controlled him here...
Then everything he had pursued, the great Dao he yearned for, everything would turn to ash and scatter into smoke!
In his eyes, strength reigned supreme among cultivators, and there was no shame in begging for mercy before someone stronger.
Besides, his opponent was far more powerful than he was, and he had nowhere left to flee.
After all, this was the Darkness Forbidden Ground, sealed off by restrictions. Without a Teleportation Token, even if he escaped the calamity before him...
He would still have to face pursuit and encirclement by the followers led by that figure of black mist.
He had already exhausted every ounce of his strength. If he did not beg for mercy, he truly would not have even a thread of hope of survival.
Gu Changdao put away his Golden Light Longsword and bowed to the Devil Lord Shadow. "Senior! You want to capture the five of us to undo the Five Elements Restriction, don't you? I'm willing to help you accomplish this. Once it's done, I hope you'll let me...