A Seven-Step King was not so easy to kill. As Zheng Jue's headless corpse fell toward the ground, threads of blood intertwined at his neck, and he soon came back to life.
But the moment he opened his eyes, he saw a gaping, bloody maw.
Under everyone's horrified gaze, the blood figure opened its dripping mouth half a meter wide and swallowed Zheng Jue whole!
The aura of this peak Seven-Step King vanished completely at that moment, leaving not a trace.
Utter silence fell over the entire scene. Everyone was terrified out of their wits, not daring to breathe as they stared at the sight before them in horror.
Every last shred of hope in the hearts of the powerful figures vanished at that moment.
This monster could swallow a Seven-Step King in one bite, which meant that if it wished, everyone present could only wait for death to descend.
"Undying... imperishable... undying... imperishable."
The blood figure spoke again, repeating those words in the ancient language of the gods as it turned its head, searching the crowd for sufficiently powerful living beings.
This time, its gaze settled on a young man among the Nine Provinces group.
More precisely, on the black snake around his wrist.
It searched for living beings according to their strength, which meant that in the blood figure's eyes, Tie Zhu was the second strongest being present, even stronger than the several Sixth-Step Kings.
But when its gaze reached Jiang Chen, the blood figure froze slightly.
Only then did it realize that its body had not been fully assembled. A tendon and its heart were actually still inside this man's stomach!
It had only recently revived and was still in a state of bewilderment.
That was also why it had only now noticed this problem.
"Thou art