Published: February 3, 2025
At this moment, a cold, deathly aura spread like a river of silence flowing from the Netherworld, instantly alarming the entire Southern Origin City.
"So many powerful corpses?"
"These seem to be countless cultivators from Southern Origin City who have gone missing over the years, along with members from various forces that have been exterminated by dark powers like the Left Skeleton Society. They all died in the city lord's mansion?"
"Why has this happened?"
Some sharp-eyed experts from top powers gasped in shock upon seeing the densely packed corpses inside, their faces turning pale, and goosebumps rising all over their bodies.
The sight of the dead was too tragic. As emperor-level experts in the Southern Cosmic Sea, they had seen many scenes; the rise of a great emperor often involved stepping over countless corpses, defeating numerous contemporaneous powers in competition.
It was common for one to obliterate a life planet in the blink of an eye.
Yet, the scene before them still made their scalps tingle and their hearts race.
Because the cultivators who died in that small world did not die normal deaths; they were nailed to black stone spikes, skinned, had their tendons removed, had their eyes gouged, or their hearts pierced. Each had suffered tremendous torment before dying.
If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. But within that small void world, there were also countless pitch-black threads suspended, piercing through numerous vengeful souls. The cold aura emanating from them was chilling, reminiscent of eighteen layers of Purgatory, sending shivers down one's spine.
"Ink Cloud Ancient Wall, can you tell me what all of this is?" Qin Chen coldly looked at Ink Cloud Ancient Wall, his eyes revealing a frigid demeanor.
From the moment he first met Ink Cloud Ancient Wall, he sensed the thick aura of sin emanating from him, which far surpassed that of the Left Skeleton President.
"For so many years, the countless forces that have disappeared or been wiped out in Southern Origin City and its surroundings were actually ordered by your Mo Yun Noble Family in the dark, just like the Left Skeleton Society. It was your city lord's mansion that secretly supported them, with the aim of continuously abducting living beings for you to torture and kill."
"Do you still deserve to be the city lord of Southern Origin City?" Qin Chen bellowed.
"The Mo Yun Noble Family is such a family?!"
"Back when the Mo Yun Noble Family saved many forces in the Southern Cosmic Sea during the invasion of the Underworld, we supported them to become the neutral city of Southern Origin City. But why did they do such things behind our backs?"
"It's too cruel. We've been living under the control of this demon all along."
The cultivators from countless forces in Southern Origin City trembled.
Many of them relocated their entire families to this city because of its status as a neutral city. Within such a force, they wouldn't have to worry about being swallowed by other powers every day and could find a place to rest.
But now, they were shaking.
If what Qin Chen said was true, then under the gaze of such a demon, they would eventually become prey, members of that small world.
Because in that small world, they had seen numerous powerful individuals and family members from the ancient forces of Southern Origin City, who had either died during external training, gone missing, or perished in conflicts involving large forces.
But now, they all appeared in this eerie small world at the core of the city lord's mansion.
"No wonder no great forces have been able to thrive for countless eras in Southern Origin City. Before these forces could fully mature, they had already been exterminated by the Mo Yun Noble Family."
The cultivators from various forces in Southern Origin City could not help but tremble as they spoke, even the Eternal Pavilion Master Chu Yue Li and the Master of the Sky Outside Tower Guai Xin were shocked.
If it weren't for their origins from the top powers in the universe sea, with their strengths, they might have also been targeted by this Mo Yun Noble Family.