NOVPUB"Chi-la!"
Before Xia Yanlong could finish speaking, Wang Zhongqiu grabbed Xia Yanyi’s left hand, and with a forceful tear, a rending sound filled the air as Xia Yanyi’s left arm was brutally torn off, blood spurting and showering downward as a rain of blood.
Wang Zhongqiu’s blood-red eyes flashed with a ferocious light, "Don’t bargain with me! One more word of nonsense, and I’ll scatter this brat’s soul to the winds!"
Xia Yanyi’s arm was violently ripped off, causing him to convulse in agony, but he bit down on his teeth firmly, not making a single sound.
"Alright... please, stop..." Xia Yanlong quickly called out, and the other Elders of the Xia Yan family were all thrown into complete disarray.
Xia Yanyi was the hope of the Xia Yan family, the most potential filled among them with an unlimited future; his death would be a devastating blow to the Xia Yan family.
"Ten Divine Seeds... We simply don’t have that many! Most of the Divine Seeds accumulated over the generations by the Xia Yan family have already been refined by the members of the clan..."
An Elder of the Xia Yan family communicated anxiously in private, not able to produce ten Divine Seeds.
A determined look appeared in Duanmu Tao’s eyes as he communicated privately, "Your Majesty the Flame Emperor... the Xia Yan family has shown me kindness as heavy as a mountain. This Divine Seed I possess... I shall return it to the Xia Yan family."
Duanmu Tao was not a member of the Xia Yan family, but they had nurtured him with all their might, even granting him a Divine Seed. Now that there weren’t enough Divine Seeds, Duanmu Tao could only remove the one within him.
The rest were shocked; if only a part of the Divine Seed was refined, it could still be separated, but if it was fully integrated into one’s being, separating it would be impossible, unless one died!
With the lack of Divine Seeds, and Duanmu Tao powerless to save Xia Yanyi, he had no choice but to make such a decision to repay the benevolence of the Xia Yan family.
Gu Feiyang sighed and said in a deep voice, "The Divine Seed within me... can also be removed."
Xia Yanlong’s eyes reddened. Wang Zhongqiu was forcing them to produce the ten Divine Seeds they couldn’t spare, and to complete the amount required, they had to extract them from their own Entering Saint powerhouses, practically driving them to death!
Hong Mantian felt a rush of pleasure inside her, her tone laced with mockery, "Your Majesty the Flame Emperor, you were so confident and ambitious in the past. How come you’re now caught in a dilemma, indecisive and weak-willed?"
Xia Yanlong ignored Hong Mantian’s mockery, heaving a long sigh, "I have three Divine Seeds within me... There is no need for you to sacrifice yourselves for Yanyi. I am his father; it’s my responsibility."
Wang Zhongqiu watched with a fierce smile as the events unfolded before him, no longer in a hurry to urge them, content to wait for these people to decide. In the face of his overwhelming power, they had no choice but to bow their heads in submission!
The Entering Saint powerhouses of the Xia Yan family, one by one, were furious to the point of madness, yet felt a sense of helplessness; Wang Zhongqiu’s terror was beyond their capability to confront, even if they fought to the death.
"Hmm?"
Just as both parties were caught in a difficult position, Wang Zhongqiu’s pupils suddenly constricted.
"Your hand... it stays behind!"
An icy voice echoed directly within Wang Zhongqiu’s Sea of Consciousness, causing his body to shudder.
As the voice resounded, a golden radiance broke through the void, seeming to transcend the limits of time, surpassing spatial distances, from far to near, with inconceivable speed!
"Not good!"
Wang Zhongqiu was shocked and tried urgently to release his grip on Xia Yanyi’s throat, but it was already too late.
"Chi!" 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝖕𝖚𝖇.𝖈𝔬𝔪
With a crisp tearing sound, Wang Zhongqiu hurriedly retreated backward in a rush.
A long fissure in the void was difficult to close, and Wang Zhongqiu stared dumbfounded at Xia Yanyi opposite him, a severed hand on his neck. He looked down and saw his own left hand missing, cleanly Chopped off from the wrist, the cut as smooth as a mirror.
With a thought, the severed hand was pulled back by a force, reattaching to Wang Zhongqiu’s fractured wrist, and he activated his Divine Skill ’Ancient Demon War Body’ in an attempt to reattach the hand.
But it was to no avail!
No matter how hard Wang Zhongqiu tried to use his Divine Skills, the hand refused to reattach, and blood gushed from the wound as if it wasn’t just his hand that had been chopped off, but his soul as well. Even if the hand were reattached, it was useless; it couldn’t move an inch, lost forever!
"Who... who is it?"
Wang Zhongqiu was alarmed and infuriated, and his scalp tingled. He was using the Ancient Demon War Body, robustly withstanding the combined attacks of Xia Yanlong and the rest without a scratch, yet a flash of golden light cost him his hand?
Wang Zhongqiu, Hong Mantian, Xia Yanlong, Xia Yanyi, and the others all looked up into the sky in unison.
There, amidst the golden airflow that wasn’t blinding yet outshone all else, as if it were the only thing in heaven and earth, a little golden figure sat cross-legged. The features were blurry, and it was only the size of a palm, yet it exuded a divine presence!
A divine presence that seemed to command all, looking down on everything, making the sky and earth grow dim, instilling fear and trembling from within the soul!
The majesty radiated by the little golden figure was like that of a Deity, overlooking all, making the world seem pale and everyone feel a primal dread in their souls!
