Thunder Dragon snorted when he heard this. "Kid, what kind of person do you take me for? Would I be the sort of petty man to kick someone when they're down? The Blood Floodwater Supreme truly died because of Meng Wuya, and I do want to have a match with him, but I'll wait until he's recovered to his peak state. Of course, that's only if you can actually save him."
Anyone capable of trapping a figure like Meng Wuya must have laid down something extraordinary within those eight stone pillars. Thunder Dragon did not think much of Yang Kai's bold claims.
Sure, this kid had a knack for surprising people, but his cultivation was only at the three-layer stage of the Transcendence Realm.
"Whether I can save him or not, I have to at least try." Yang Kai took a deep breath and released his Divine Sense like a tidal wave, extending it toward the eight stone pillars.
He had only just arrived and had no idea what kind of danger Manager Meng was in or why he had been bound to those stone pillars, so naturally he needed to investigate first.
He was extremely cautious in his movements, afraid of triggering some sort of restriction.
It seemed that Manager Meng, trapped on the pillar, sensed Yang Kai's Divine Sense spreading outward. He shook his head with great difficulty, the movement barely perceptible. His cracked lips twitched as he tried to stop Yang Kai, anxiety burning in his eyes.
— He himself had been trapped precisely because he'd probed the pillars.
But Yang Kai's Divine Sense was swift and silent, and Meng Wuya had no chance to stop him.
The moment Yang Kai's Divine Sense made contact with the eight stone pillars, his expression changed dramatically.
The terrifying power contained within those pillars far exceeded his imagination — it was a force that could level an entire world.
In the next instant, heaven and earth trembled. An oppressive might that made every living soul shudder descended from the skies.
All five Enter-Saint-realm powerhouses felt the blood in their hearts surge and their breathing grow labored.
They had never imagined that such horrifying oppression existed in this world — something even they dared not resist.
A golden light bloomed, and a massive hand reached out from the void with uncanny speed, seizing Yang Kai's body in a flash.
Then the five golden fingers contracted, transforming into a rope that bound Yang Kai and dragged him forward.
Yang Kai could not resist at all. Every ounce of his power was thoroughly sealed before this rope formed from the giant hand, unable to manifest even the slightest trace.
He looked around in horror. Every powerhouse who had come to this place — without exception — had been caught. One and all, they were being yanked toward the eight-sided stone pillars amid cries of alarm. They had all probed with their Divine Sense too.
Only Xia Ningshang, unconscious on the ground, had been lucky enough to escape.
Seeing this, the light in Meng Wuya's eyes dimmed. He knew it was already too late.
Thud, thud, thud…
The four demon lords, plus Li Rong and Yang Kai — six in total — were all bound to the stone pillars, unable to move.
In the next moment, piercing screams erupted one after another.
Even the two supreme demon lords could not endure the sudden, horrifying torture. Their faces contorted in agony, and Cai Die and Li Rong shrieked at the top of their lungs.
A violent force exploded from every one of them. The four demon lords all transformed into their true demon beast forms, desperately trying to burst free from the stone pillars' bindings.
The Crimson Flame Thunder Dragon, the Earth-Splitting Divine Bull, the Nine Abyss Golden Lion, the Seven-Colored Phantom Butterfly — each demon beast was of noble demon blood, rarely seen even in normal times, yet here they all were gathered together.
Li Rong similarly activated her Demonic God Transformation. Strange, dark demonic runes crawled across her face, lending her a wild and savage beauty.
But no matter how they struggled, before those eight stone pillars, they were as powerless as ants.
Yang Kai's complexion turned deathly pale.
The moment he was bound to the stone pillar, he finally understood the agony Meng Wuya had been enduring.
The eight stone pillars each contained a different type of power, and those eight forces converged within this small area to create a terrifying killing domain, weaving together into a vast net that lashed at the body and soul of everyone caught within it.
What shocked Yang Kai most was that the stone pillars seemed to be quite abnormal as well — they were rapidly siphoning the power and blood essence from his body.
Everyone's blood vitality was draining away at a frightening pace, and their power fluctuations were steadily weakening.
"My Lord, use the Demonic God Transformation!" Li Rong suddenly cried out.
Yang Kai was gritting his teeth against the horrifying devastation, but the moment he heard her words, he instinctively unleashed this divine technique passed down from the Great Demonic God.
Heaven and earth shuddered. Thick, dense waves of dark energy surged from the Proud Bone Golden Body, replacing the Yang Yuan that had originally circulated through his meridians and flesh. One by one, the demonic runes sank into his flesh and vanished, converging within his body to form an invisible formation diagram.
In the next instant, Yang Kai suddenly felt a wave of relief.
The devastation his body had been suffering vanished the moment he activated the Demonic God Transformation. The stone pillar that bound him no longer drew out his blood essence or internal power.
At the same time, he sensed an unusual aura flowing through the eight-sided stone pillars.
His expression sharpened, and Yang Kai murmured, "The Great Demonic God's methods?"
On the neighboring pillar, Li Rong nodded heavily.