"Junior brother Chu Feng, what… what exactly is going on here?"
Li Muzhi asked Chu Feng.
"Senior brother Li, it's fine. Everything is under my control," Chu Feng replied.
"But what exactly happened?"
Li Muzhi pressed further.
"In simple terms, I came from the Black Water Six Finger Pool and triggered an opportunity. Once I seized that opportunity, the Slaughter Baptism was activated."
Chu Feng explained.
"You really activated it?"
"But… that can't be right. How could you activate the Slaughter Baptism?"
"Even the great Dugu Lingtian merely stopped the Slaughter Baptism last time — he didn't activate it."
Li Muzhi still found it hard to believe.
He wasn't the only one. Every disciple present shared his disbelief.
The way things had unfolded completely exceeded anything they could have predicted.
"Lord Dugu Lingtian's encounter may have been different from this one."
"But having never experienced it myself, I can't say for certain."
"What I am sure of, however, is this: the Slaughter Baptism I've activated this time is also an opportunity for everyone here."
"From what I can tell, the entire Fierce Beast Prison Realm is governed by a grand formation laid down by the Founding Ancestor — including the birth and death of every Fierce Beast within it."
"But every formation has a limit to what it can endure. Once that limit is reached, the Slaughter Baptism activates, resetting everything in the Fierce Beast Prison Realm to zero so it can begin anew."
"There are two types of Slaughter Baptism. The first is the formation operating on its own, annihilating everything in the Fierce Beast Prison Realm to wipe it clean."
"The second is one controlled by a person. The end result is the same — everything inside the Fierce Beast Prison Realm is reset — but during the process, there are opportunities to be found."
"In a moment, I will fully activate the Slaughter Baptism. As its power sweeps across the Fierce Beast Prison Realm, opportunities for cultivation will descend."
"If my judgment is correct, at that point every person here will be pulled into an illusion."
"The difficulty of each illusion will differ, but as long as you can pass through it, you will receive a benefit — one that corresponds to whatever you need most right now."
"Of course, if you fail to pass the illusion, you won't be punished."
"You'll simply be trapped inside it until the power of the Slaughter Baptism has fully dissipated, at which point you'll be able to leave."
"In short… I can guarantee your safety."
Chu Feng said.
All the disciples had originally been convinced they were going to die.
Yet now, against all expectations, the situation had taken this turn.
The terrifying Slaughter Baptism wouldn't kill them — it would even bring them opportunities.
Wasn't this like falling from hell into paradise?
At the thought of that, the disciples grew excited.
"You bastard — so this whole thing was your doing all along!"
But suddenly, a furious shout full of accusation shattered everyone's fantasy.
It was Zuoqiu Yanliang who had cried out.
"You ruined our perfectly good hunt, and now you have the gall to sit there claiming you'll guarantee our safety?"
"Wasn't this catastrophe precisely your doing?"
Zuoqiu Yanliang pointed at Chu Feng, speaking through gritted teeth.
He had previously been so terrified he'd collapsed to the ground, but once he discovered that the Slaughter Baptism was under Chu Feng's control, he had stood back up, emboldened once more — smug and arrogant as ever.
Roar!
But then, a thunderous roar erupted — it was the Prison King beneath Chu Feng's feet.
The Prison King towered high above, like a demonic god reaching the heavens.
How insignificant was Zuoqiu Yanliang before it?
Not just in body — even in power, he was utterly negligible.
That roar was aimed squarely at him. Zuoqiu Yanliang's robes were torn apart, his near-naked body laid bare before everyone's eyes.
As for Zuoqiu Yanliang himself, his entire body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground once more.
"Zuoqiu Yanliang, you really don't know when to quit. Even now you still dare to act out in front of me?"
"Do you really think that because you have a respectable grandfather, I, Chu Feng, won't touch you?"
"Get on your knees right now and beg my forgiveness — or else… I'll make sure there's nothing left of you."