Otherwise,
In truth, back then, Ma Chengying and his group had already been afraid.
Looking at Chu Feng — who had been tortured until his flesh was mangled and his body was barely recognizable — yet had not let out a single cry of pain, his eyes instead burning with viciousness.
That made them feel fear, and even then they had realized that they might have offended a truly terrifying person.
That was why, at that time, they had harbored the intent to kill, and had genuinely struck out, trying to eliminate Chu Feng once and for all.
But they had failed.
After their failure, they were struck with even greater dread, terrified that Chu Feng would seek revenge, which was why they had risked everything to beg the Supreme Elder for help.
But now that this scene had truly come to pass, now that Chu Feng's retribution had truly descended upon them, now that they felt a pain from the torture unlike anything they had ever experienced...
They still regretted it.
Not that they had failed to kill Chu Feng back then, but that they should never have offended him in the first place.
The consequences of provoking such a terrifying person were beyond anything they could have imagined.
But now that everything had arrived, there was no remedy for their regrets. The only thing they could do was beg for death.
Yes — beg for death.
"Kill me! Just kill me!"
"Please, I was wrong! Just kill me!"
"You beast! I told you to kill me — can't you hear me?!"
……
……
Ma Chengying and the others screamed at Chu Feng with whatever strength they had left.
They no longer dared to hope that Chu Feng would let them go.
Under the torture, all they wanted was release. They would rather die.
But no matter how they begged, no matter how they cursed Chu Feng, no matter how they tried to provoke him into killing them, Chu Feng did not bat an eye.
Looking at Ma Chengying and the others, Chu Feng felt no pity — only amusement.
In his eyes, their current misery was nothing more than what they deserved.
"This sensation?"
But suddenly, Chu Feng's expression changed. He had felt a shift — a change in the tracking compass.
He pulled out the compass, and sure enough, it was responding. This time the reaction was especially strong.
That celestial treasure did not seem to be very far from him now; otherwise, the compass would not have reacted so powerfully.
"Could it really be this coincidental? Is that creature hiding somewhere nearby?"
"It's finally been unable to hold back and revealed its location?"
Though he did not know why this sudden change had occurred, Chu Feng was well aware that tracking the celestial treasure was his most important task at the moment.
And so, Chu Feng decided to leave and go after the celestial treasure.
But before departing, he glanced at Ma Chengying and the others, a sinister smile curling across his lips:
"You wanted to die, didn't you? Then I'll be merciful and grant your wish."
With those words, Chu Feng shifted his will, and the formation array in the area shifted in response.
The torture implements in the hands of the demon beasts became even more savage, stabbing into Ma Chengying and the others over and over again.
Tearing their skin, shredding their flesh, breaking their bones, annihilating their souls.
And the screams echoing through the canyon grew ever more piercing.
Before long, someone could no longer endure this cruel torture. Their soul was utterly destroyed, they lost consciousness, and they died completely.
And this continued to happen — one after another, people perished in that canyon.
As for Chu Feng, he had merely strengthened the power of the formation array.
Having done all of this, Chu Feng departed from the area.