Just moments ago, they had watched Tang San throw away his dignity and beg for mercy like a dog.
Then that Otherworldly Demon had crushed his soul in one bite and devoured it completely.
Not even a scrap remained.
"He's... gone?"
The Seventh Elder's lips trembled, his already aged face now deathly pale, without a trace of color.
"Little San's soul... is gone?"
Bang!
The Second Elder's cane slammed heavily into the ground, and he seemed to age ten years in an instant.
Their Clear Sky Sect's last hope.
That peerless genius who had sworn solemnly to rebuild the Tang Sect and trample the Great Thousand World beneath his feet.
Not only had he died, but his body had even been seized by an Outer Realm Demon!
"Pfft!"
Overcome by rage and anguish, the Second Elder felt a sharp pain in his chest and abruptly spat out a great mouthful of blood.
"Heavens above!"
"Does Heaven truly mean to destroy our Clear Sky Sect?!"
The elders' despairing cries rang through the hall.
The greater their former arrogance, the deeper their collapse now.
Even his soul had been chewed to pieces, forever denied rebirth.
Meanwhile, in a secluded teahouse in the Heaven Dou Empire.
The once-noisy main room had fallen silent as well.
Countless low-ranking Soul Masters stared blankly into the air, forgetting even to set down the tea bowls in their hands.
"Tang San... just died like that?"
A one-eyed Soul Master swallowed, a chill creeping up his spine.
"Dead. Dead beyond all doubt. That monster swallowed him alive!"
A lean man beside him shuddered too.
"Too terrifying. Just what kind of hellhole is that Great Thousand World?"
"Peerless genius? Over there, they thought he wasn't even good enough to serve as a cultivation vessel!"
"He deserved it!"
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