"What kind of attitude is that, boy? Are you looking to die too?"
He demanded with a vicious glare.
But who would have expected that Chu Feng still ignored him, not even sparing him a glance.
"My Lord, we pledge our loyalty to you."
Suddenly, nearly a million figures rushed toward the guards, and upon drawing close, immediately dropped to their knees before the guard leader.
These were all the people who had previously resisted and insulted Lady Yuwei.
"You did well. The insults you hurled at Song Yuwei just now pleased me greatly. So you may live."
After the guard leader said this to the surrendered masses kneeling before him, he turned his gaze toward Chu Feng and the others.
"As for you — all of you deserve to die."
BOOM—
With those words, the guard leader's oppressive aura blanketed the world around them, sealing Lady Yuwei, Chu Feng, and everyone else within its confines.
In that moment, everyone shrouded by the pressure could feel the guard leader's killing intent.
"My Lord, we wish to follow you as well. Please show us mercy."
By now, even more people were rushing toward the guard leader's side.
But they found themselves trapped within the bounds of his oppressive aura, unable to approach the guard leader at all. All they could do was kneel where they stood.
Most of these people had previously expressed their unwillingness to follow Lady Yuwei, though they had not gone so far as to insult her.
"If you want to follow me, you need to show some sincerity."
After saying this, the guard leader deliberately glanced at those kneeling before him — the very people who had insulted Song Yuwei earlier.
His meaning could not have been more obvious.
If you want to follow me, you must sever all ties with Song Yuwei.
Many caught on immediately, and once again, vicious words and venomous tirades swept toward Lady Yuwei.
"Song Yuwei, this is all your fault! How could you listen to his words? He told you to drop the barrier, and you dropped it. After all the trust we placed in you, now we're all going to die because of you!"
"Song Yuwei, you don't deserve to be our master! You don't deserve it!!!"
Even among those who had remained loyal to Lady Yuwei, some now began to turn on her with accusations.
This sight sent the guard leader and the guards behind him into roaring laughter.
The guard leader had held back this long precisely because he was waiting for this. He wanted to see Lady Yuwei utterly abandoned and betrayed by all.
"Song Yuwei, is this not pitiful?"
"You gave your heart and soul to these people, and in return, you received this kind of betrayal and abuse."
"Let me tell you the truth. Our master has already awakened. The very first order our master gave upon waking was to eliminate every last one of you."
"You… are all going to die."
At this, the guard leader looked toward the nearly million people kneeling before him and spoke.
"That includes you, too."
The moment these words left his lips, every person present turned pale with shock.
The nearly million people kneeling before him wailed in terror.
"My Lord, we truly wish to follow you!"
They cried out desperately, tears streaming down their faces as they tried to explain.
But the guard leader let out a cold laugh.
"Those who truly wished to follow the Lord of the Dark Night have long since become guards. They would never be in your current position."
"When disaster is about to strike, you fall to your knees and beg for mercy. Scum like you are not only unworthy of following me — you are unworthy of following the Lord of the Dark Night."
The guard leader spoke in an icy tone.
"The Lord of the Dark Night?"
"That would be your master, then?"
Chu Feng asked.
"Precisely."
The guard leader replied.
"Where is this Lord of the Dark Night right now?"
Chu Feng asked.
"You want to see the Lord of the Dark Night? Don't worry. You'll get your chance."
"Guards! Bring them all over."
The guard leader waved his massive sleeve, and tens of millions of guards soared toward the city.
Before long, when they returned, they had brought every last one of the hundreds of millions of citizens from the city along with them.
The guards then escorted Chu Feng and all the others toward the place they had previously been living.
In the end, they arrived upon a stretch of blood-red earth.
Deep within the crimson soil stood a sinister ancient tower, and as they drew near, a pungent stench of blood assailed their nostrils.
It turned out that outside the ancient tower lay an altar, its surface littered with white bones and vast swaths of dried bloodstains.
The thick smell of blood was emanating directly from that altar.
Seeing all those bones, many people were struck with terror.
They finally understood where all the people the guards had taken away had gone — they had all been sacrificed right here.
The sight of that altar drained the color from every face. Everyone felt certain that they were doomed.
But only Chu Feng kept his eyes fixed intently on the ancient tower.
"Throw them all in."
The guard leader waved his sleeve, and the guards moved to hurl Chu Feng and the others into the altar.
Inside the altar was a Refinement Array. The moment Chu Feng and the others fell into it, they would be burned alive and refined to death!!!