Being deep in a place like this was simply hell on earth. For ordinary people, watching cultivators one after another get cruelly refined by that demon beast right before their eyes was true torment.
Under these circumstances, perhaps death was the only release, so for them, time passed unbearably slowly.
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Even though they had quietly shifted to the safest spot, if this kept up, they would soon catch the demon beast's attention and have no chance of avoiding the fate of being refined.
"Ahhhhh!"
Screams rose and fell without pause, one after another. But at this moment, Chu Feng and his group had no time to dwell on anyone else's fate — because when yet another scream ended and a white skeleton was tossed to the ground, the demon beast finally locked its gaze onto their position.
"Not good — it's spotted us! Use that treasure of yours, or we're all going to die!"
In that instant, everyone panicked. They instinctively crawled backward, terrified of being the first to become the demon beast's target.
"Shut the hell up!" But right then, a powerful foot brutally kicked the shouter square in the rear, sending him tumbling to the very front of the crowd.
The one who delivered the kick was from the Immortal Slaying Archipelago — the elderly man who was a third-rank Martial Lord.
"You — you — you…" Seeing himself sold out like that, the man seethed through gritted teeth, but before he could get another word out, the demon beast had already lifted him into the air and begun the cruel refinement process.
But this was only the beginning. After that Spirit World Master was kicked out, the three from the Immortal Slaying Archipelago actually used their Martial Lord physiques — which were naturally superior to those of Heaven Martial cultivators — to start kicking out the Spirit World Masters who had been channeling Mental Power to them, one by one.
"What are you doing?! They just helped you, and you treat them like this — are you even human?!" Chu Feng could not stomach such behavior and spoke up to rebuke them.
"Listen here, brat. At a time like this, sacrifices have to be made. Among everyone here, aside from me, you have the strongest Mental Power — so I'm keeping you around. You'd better keep feeding me your Mental Power like a good boy, or you'll be the next one tossed out," the Immortal Slaying Archipelago elder snarled viciously.
"Mental Power? Those two useless lumps beside you don't have any Mental Power at all — why don't you kick them out instead? Let them be the sacrifice!" Chu Feng's gaze shifted to the burly wild man and the dainty pretty boy. Their cultivation was decent enough, but neither was a Spirit World Master, and neither possessed Mental Power.
"Shut your mouth — if you want to die, I'll oblige you right now!" The elder flew into a rage and pointed at Chu Feng, bellowing.
"Screw you! You want to use me as your stepping stone? Keep dreaming! If you won't let us live, don't expect to live yourself — if we go down, we all go down!" Chu Feng was furious too. He shot to his feet and pointed right back at the elder, roaring with all his might.
"That's right! We won't be your stepping stones — if we die, we all die together!"
"To hell with the Immortal Slaying Archipelago! All that righteous talk on the surface, and this is what you really are — scum! Even if I die, I'm dragging you down with me!"
At the same time, everyone else had seen through the Immortal Slaying Archipelago's tactics and began shouting their accusations too, deliberately making sure the demon beast could hear that these three from the Immortal Slaying Archipelago were up to no good.