"What do you mean?" the Evil God Sword asked.
"There seems to be no grudge between us, and I have no intention of offending you today. Could you let me go?" the Malicious Ginseng King spoke again.
This time, its voice actually carried a hint of timidity. Compared to its earlier arrogance, it was considerably more polite now.
It was clear that facing the Evil God Sword, it was truly afraid — at the very least, it no longer wished to continue fighting against it.
As the saying went, only a greater evil could subdue a lesser one. Perhaps that was exactly what was happening here.
"What do you think?"
The Evil God Sword chuckled faintly, a trace of mockery in its laughter.
"What exactly do you want?"
At this moment, the fear in the Malicious Ginseng King's eyes was growing ever more intense. From the Evil God Sword's reply, it sensed an ominous premonition.
"From the very beginning, I never intended to let you go," the Evil God Sword said.
Suddenly, the Malicious Ginseng King moved. This time, instead of launching an attack at Chu Feng, it turned its body around — it was actually trying to flee.
However, at the very instant the Malicious Ginseng King moved, the blood-red flames above the void surged and blanketed the sky for miles in every direction.
As far as the eye could see, everything was covered by those blood-red flames. At the same time, pillar after pillar of blood-red flame descended from the void above like colossal crimson columns, plunging deep into the earth.
Looking closely, the blood-red pillars stood on all sides. They had already sealed off this stretch of sky and earth, trapping everyone inside like a cage.
The Malicious Ginseng King had nowhere to retreat.
Unwilling to accept its fate, the Malicious Ginseng King extended its tentacles to attack those blood-red pillars, hoping to shatter them with brute force.
But those blood-red pillars, though they appeared fragile, were actually as sharp as blades.
The moment the Malicious Ginseng King's tentacles collided with the blood-red pillars, they were severed in an instant.
Moreover, this time, the wound left on the Malicious Ginseng King where its tentacles had been cut was also tainted by the blood-red flames.
Those blood-red flames not only prevented the Malicious Ginseng King's severed tentacles from regenerating, they also slowly devoured its physical body, bit by bit.
"What… what are you?!"
At this moment, the terror in the Malicious Ginseng King's eyes churned wildly. It was no longer a matter of simple fear.
Only now did it truly realize what a terrifying existence this blood-red creature before it was.
Even it — powerful as it was — stood no chance of fighting back against its opponent.
"I told you — with this Evil God present, you are nothing but trash," the Evil God Sword said.
"Push me any further, and you won't survive either," the Malicious Ginseng King snarled viciously.
"You mean to perish together with this Evil God?" the Evil God Sword asked.
"I mean for every last one of you to die with me!"
The Malicious Ginseng King let out a furious roar. In the next instant, its body was no longer the dazzling gold of before — it transformed into a dark, blackish hue.
Most eerily, its massive frame began to emit a dark radiance, intensely bright, and its body started to swell.
Already enormous, after the swelling it instantly became a colossal creature over ten thousand meters tall, so vast that the clouds could only drift beneath its head.
"This is truly bad now."
The Malicious Ginseng King had apparently done this on purpose so that everyone present could feel its current aura. And indeed, every person there could sense it.
Because of this, everyone panicked. The aura emanating from the Malicious Ginseng King at this moment was nothing short of catastrophic.
A tremendous surge of energy was churning within its body. If that power were to erupt, forget everyone present — more than half of the Hundred Refinements Realm's land would be destroyed.
"Is this all you can manage?"
"You've disappointed me," the Evil God Sword said.
"How dare you underestimate me like this! Then let me show you whether your so-called 'level' can withstand mine!"
The Evil God Sword's words utterly enraged the Malicious Ginseng King. The moment those words left its mouth, the power within the Malicious Ginseng King's body underwent a qualitative transformation. It was about to unleash this power in full — to perish along with the Evil God Sword and everyone present.
But just then, the Evil God Sword opened its mouth, and a massive, overwhelming suction force burst forth from within, instantly enveloping the Malicious Ginseng King.