Dao Immortal Tianhua's heart trembled as he tried to flee, but found his feet frozen in place.
Looking down, he realized the ground beneath him had been completely engulfed in shadows, and several dark figures had coiled around his legs.
"Pierce," Ning Yechen said as he advanced step by step toward Dao Immortal Tianhua.
The shadows clinging to Dao Immortal Tianhua's legs suddenly erupted into countless spear-like black tendrils that pierced through his entire body!
"Ahhh!"
Dao Immortal Tianhua's agonized scream echoed as he was impaled like a hedgehog.
Ning Yechen stood before him, his brow furrowed, his gaze cold and piercing.
Dao Immortal Tianhua's face was pale with terror, all his former arrogance and pride vanished.
He had believed that within this Heavenly Law Realm, he was invincible, capable of crushing Ning Yechen with ease.
Yet now he found himself utterly powerless before him...
After racking his brain, only one explanation came to mind:
"You...! Could it be you've already reached the Absolute Immortal realm?!" Dao Immortal Tianhua stared at Ning Yechen in disbelief.
It wasn't arrogance, but a fact: for nearly ten thousand years, neither the Immortal nor the Demon realms had seen anyone ascend to the Absolute Immortal realm.
It was rumored that Ning Yechen had only recently ascended to the position of Demon Lord over a century ago. He had never imagined that Ning Yechen's cultivation would reach the Absolute Immortal realm.
He himself had spent millennia struggling to barely touch the threshold of the Absolute Immortal realm, managing only to take half a step into it.
Yet Ning Yechen, who appeared to be less than a millennium old, was already a legendary Absolute Immortal!
This gap in talent...
It was no exaggeration to call him a prodigy!
Only at this moment did Dao Immortal Tianhua truly grasp the terrifying power of the newly ascended Demon Lord before him.
"Demon Lord! The Dao Immortal Clan I belong to is a member of the Immortal Realm's Hall of Judgment!"
"If I, the Immortal Ancestor of the Dao Immortal Clan, were to die, the Immortal Realm would inevitably investigate!"
"If you release me, I swear by the Heavenly Dao that I will never again offend the Demonic Race!"
Dao Immortal Tianhua had recognized the reality: he was no match for Ning Yechen.
Rather than let his millennia of cultivation be wasted here, it was better to seek peace.
"Are you begging for mercy?" Ning Yechen asked indifferently, clasping his hands behind his back with a sinister smile.
Dao Immortal Tianhua nodded reluctantly.
This was the first time in his life he had bowed to the Demonic Race...
"If you release me, whatever you desire, the Dao Immortal Clan will satisfy!"
"There is only one thing I want."
Ning Yechen leaned close to Dao Immortal Tianhua's face, his fingers curled into a loose fist. "What is it?"
"Whatever you ask for, I'll give you!" Dao Immortal Tianhua replied hastily, without hesitation.
Ning Yechen smiled faintly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "Then it's your life, and the lives of your entire Dao Immortal Clan!"
From the moment Dao Immortal Tianhua had made his precious daughter cry, Ning Yechen had never intended to spare him.
Dao Immortal Tianhua's face turned deathly pale.
"Become nourishment, struggling and dying in endless agony!" Ning Yechen murmured softly.
Instantly, the shadows coiling around Dao Immortal Tianhua's body dragged him from mid-air onto the dark ground!
The shadows swirled like a swamp, slowly devouring him bit by bit.
Dao Immortal Tianhua dared not imagine what lay beyond the shadows. Dark figures began to rise from the depths, their forms shifting and coalescing. Demon Gods poked their heads out from the darkness, their blood-red eyes fixing on him as they closed in.
Tens of thousands of insects swarmed from the shadows, burrowing into his flesh and writhing through his body.
"S-Spirit Devouring Insects?!" Dao Immortal Tianhua's face contorted with terror as he watched the tide of insects surge toward him.
Dao Immortal Tianhua had certainly seen Spirit Devouring Insects before, but never in such overwhelming numbers, so densely packed that they made his hair stand on end!
These insects devoured everything containing spiritual energy—people and objects alike—until nothing remained!
With such a multitude of them, it would probably take mere seconds to devour him completely!
During that process, he would clearly feel the insects burrowing into his body from every direction, gnawing relentlessly as they swarmed through his flesh!
He was already feeling that piercing, heart-wrenching pain!
As more and more Spirit Devouring Insects burrowed into his body, Dao Immortal Tianhua looked up at Ning Yechen in despair and terror, shouting:
"Ah! W-Wait...!"
"Demon Lord, don't you want to reclaim her Immortal Bone and heart?"
Hearing this, Ning Yechen immediately descended from mid-air to stand before Dao Immortal Tianhua. He turned and coldly barked at the Demon Gods and Apostles behind him:
"Retreat!"
The Demon Gods and Apostles, showing signs of fear, retreated one after another, melting back into the shadows. Only half their faces remained, still glaring menacingly at Dao Immortal Tianhua.
As if ready to feast at any moment...
The hundreds of millions of Spirit Devouring Insects on and around Dao Immortal Tianhua slowly retreated behind Ning Yechen.
"The Immortal Bone and heart of my wife are within you?" Ning Yechen's eyes narrowed as he looked down at Dao Immortal Tianhua and asked coldly.
"They are not within me..." Dao Immortal Tianhua replied, panting, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. The Spirit Devouring Insects burrowed out of his body, and he felt a sense of relief at having narrowly escaped death.
Ning Yechen's expression darkened, feeling as if he had been played for a fool. He slowly turned away and said indifferently, "He is yours to devour!"
"Just don't eat too quickly!"
As his words fell, the Spirit Devouring Insects and the Demon God's Apostles eagerly surged toward Dao Immortal Tianhua once more...
"Wait, wait, hold on!" Dao Immortal Tianhua cried out, nearly scared out of his wits. "Though her Immortal Bone and heart are not within me, I know where they are!"
Ning Yechen raised his arm, and the Demon Gods and Apostles obediently halted, looking at him with wronged expressions...
After receiving another fierce glare from Ning Yechen, the Demon God and Apostles obediently prostrated themselves once more.
"Speak. Where are my wife's Immortal Bone and heart?" Ning Yechen demanded, turning to Dao Immortal Tianhua.
Seeing how deeply Ning Yechen cared about Luo Ruying's Immortal Bone and heart, Dao Immortal Tianhua gradually gained confidence. He declared, "I will tell you only if you swear upon the Heavenly Dao that you will spare me!"
"Hmph... Hahaha!!"
Ning Yechen suddenly burst into wild, unbridled laughter that sent a chill down Dao Immortal Tianhua's spine.
In the next instant, Ning Yechen's hand clamped down on Dao Immortal Tianhua's face, lifting him effortlessly from the shadows. His expression was ice-cold and ruthless.
Demonic flames ignited on Ning Yechen's arm, creeping slowly toward his hand.
A single touch of the flames would reduce Dao Immortal Tianhua to ashes.
"You seem to have misunderstood!"
"You are in no position to negotiate with me!"
"I have ten thousand ways to make you suffer a fate worse than death!"
"Even if I kill you outright, I can flatten the Immortal Realm and still recover the Immortal Bone and heart!"
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