Hei Yun looked at the frozen scene around him, and his heart instantly sank to rock bottom.
The gap in strength was too great. The people he had brought could not even hinder Shi Qingyun before being turned into ice sculptures.
Even though he had already died once, he could still feel the pure killing intent Shi Qingyun directed at him.
"You cannot kill me!"
"I am from the Netherworld! If you kill me, you will surely face the Netherworld's retaliation!"
"I hope you won't bring ruin upon yourself!"
His voice trembled as he threatened Shi Qingyun, hoping to intimidate him with the Netherworld's fearsome reputation.
But he had chosen the wrong person.
"Is that so?"
"I happen to have a score to settle with the Netherworld, too. I look forward to them all coming!"
"Now I ask, you answer. Understood?"
Feeling the killing intent around Shi Qingyun steadily thicken, Hei Yun immediately nodded, none of his earlier defiance remaining.
"Why invade Ten Ferry Province?"
At this, Hei Yun's eyes flickered as he hurriedly composed an answer in his mind.
"Hmph-"
Seeing Hei Yun like this, Shi Qingyun immediately snorted coldly, and a halo of chaos-colored divine light appeared behind him.
Wisps of Chaos Qi surged from it, flowing along his arm into Hei Yun's Primordial Spirit.
"Aaaargh-"
Eroded by the Chaos Qi, the words he had just composed instantly fell apart, and he hurriedly spoke:
"The Nether Lord intends to use the living beings of this entire province to enter the Supreme Being realm!"
At those words, the Chaos Divine Ring behind Shi Qingyun instantly flickered between light and darkness, and flecks of killing intent surfaced in his eyes.
"Did the other great sects not stop him?"
Hei Yun knew that after revealing this, he would hardly have a