Chapter 25: Eat, Eat, Eat
"Everyone listen up. You have one minute to gather by sect. Anyone who takes longer — dies!!!" Those were the first words Lin Feng spoke.
Everyone on the scene immediately scrambled into motion, terrified of being too slow and angering this formidable figure.
Ye Qingxuan and Li Luoyi helped each other to their feet.
Though both had sustained considerable injuries, they were still able to move.
As they walked, Li Luoyi leaned close to Ye Qingxuan's ear and whispered, "Senior Sister Qingxuan, we're saved!"
"Junior Sister Luoyi, do you know him?" Ye Qingxuan asked in surprise.
"I've seen him before! But I don't know his true identity." Li Luoyi shook her head.
"When did you see him?"
"Not long after we entered the Nine Nethers Secret Realm. I was being hunted by several black-robed figures, and then he appeared. Senior Sister Qingxuan, he's incredibly powerful — he killed all the black-robed figures with a single move."
Ye Qingxuan was speechless.
Of course he was powerful.
Hadn't they just watched him subdue a Flood Dragon?
If he weren't powerful, would the Flood Dragon let him stand on its head?
"Since he was the one who saved you, didn't you ask him his identity?"
"I did! But he didn't say." Li Luoyi's voice carried a faint note of complaint.
As the heaven-blessed prodigy of the Qingyun Sect, that had been the first time she had ever taken the initiative to ask a man his name.
And she had been completely ignored.
So that's how it was!
Ye Qingxuan understood now.
No wonder Li Luoyi had smiled the moment she laid eyes on him.
She herself had always felt that the figure seemed somehow familiar, yet she simply couldn't place him.
In less than a minute, five factions had assembled before Lin Feng.
The Shenxiao Sword Sect, the Qingyun Sect, the Wuji Demon Sect, the Seven Slaughter Sect, and the black-robed figures.
The reason Lin Feng had everyone gather by sect was to prevent Little Bai from accidentally harming members of the Shenxiao Sword Sect and the Qingyun Sect in a moment.
"Who are you people? Which faction do you belong to?" Lin Feng raised his hand and pointed toward the group of black-robed figures.
Dozens of black-robed figures felt their hearts clench at once.
They could not answer that question.
The Seven Slaughter Sect's covert cultivation of the God-Slaying Unit had not yet been made public — that information could never be leaked, or the consequences would be severe.
But if they said nothing, they would offend the formidable figure before them, and that wouldn't end well either.
Seeing that no one spoke, Lin Feng asked again in an unhurried tone.
"Not going to answer?"
Still, no one opened their mouth.
Lin Feng had already guessed this outcome.
These black-robed figures were most likely death warriors trained by some faction.
Their mission upon entering the Nine Nethers Secret Realm had probably been to ambush and kill members of the Shenxiao Sword Sect and the Qingyun Sect.
"Little Bai!!!"
"Roar~~~"
The Flood Dragon responded with an affectionate cry.
"I'll leave them to you!" With those words, Lin Feng leaped down from the Flood Dragon's head.
The Flood Dragon swung its tail and opened its enormous, gaping maw.
Run!!!
Every black-robed figure immediately tried to scatter.
An irresistible, overwhelming suction force appeared, seizing the black-robed figures just as they attempted to flee.
Though they struggled with all their might, the suction was far too powerful — there was no breaking free.
All they could do was watch helplessly as their bodies drew closer and closer to the Flood Dragon's wide-open jaws.
In the end, dozens of black-robed figures were sucked into the Flood Dragon's mouth just like that, becoming its meal.
"Hiss!!!"
At the sight of this, everyone present drew a sharp, cold breath.
The Flood Dragon's power was terrifyingly immense.
It had devoured more than a dozen black-robed figures in a single gulp.
The members of the Shenxiao Sword Sect and the Qingyun Sect in particular knew very well just how formidable those black-robed figures had been.
And the black-robed figures who had given both sects such tremendous headaches were simply gone?
The Flood Dragon's digestive ability was frighteningly efficient.
Whatever it swallowed was instantly digested and converted into energy for itself.
Devouring dozens of people was utterly trivial to the Flood Dragon.
"Little Bai! Are you full yet?" Lin Feng asked in a casual, offhand tone.
"Roar~~~"
Not full yet — then eat them all together.
With that, Lin Feng raised his hand and pointed toward the Seven Slaughter Sect.
That single gesture nearly scared the Seven Slaughter Sect members half to death.
The scene of the black-robed figures being devoured was still vivid in their minds — they had absolutely no desire to end up like them, becoming food for the Flood Dragon.
Miao Kun, a Core Disciple of the Seven Slaughter Sect, quickly stepped forward and said in a slightly trembling voice, "S-Senior! We belong to the Seven Slaughter Sect. I am Miao Kun, the third Core Disciple under the Sect Master of the Seven Slaughter Sect. Please, Senior, give my master some face and spare our lives. The Seven Slaughter Sect will be eternally grateful."
Lin Feng gave no response whatsoever.
Little Bai the Flood Dragon once again opened its enormous maw toward the Seven Slaughter Sect's group.
At the sight of this, Miao Kun's courage shattered entirely, and he screamed at the top of his lungs:
"Senior! Senior! You can't kill me — I am a disciple of the Seven Slaughter Sect's Sect Master! If you kill me, my master will never let you go!"
The tremendous suction force appeared once more, this time aimed squarely at the Seven Slaughter Sect's group.
Even the black-robed figures had been unable to escape its range — the Seven Slaughter Sect members stood even less of a chance, their strength falling far short of the black-robed figures'.
One by one, they flew in a line straight into the Flood Dragon's gaping maw.
"Ahhh…!"
Countless screams rang out.
"You monster! You'll come to a bad end! The Seven Slaughter Sect won't let this go — they will exterminate your entire bloodline to avenge us! Hahaha… we'll be waiting for you down below!" Miao Kun screamed in frenzied desperation.
Before long, the Seven Slaughter Sect was no more — every last one of them had entered Little Bai the Flood Dragon's belly, converted into energy.
The remaining three factions — the Wuji Demon Sect, the Shenxiao Sword Sect, and the Qingyun Sect — all began to tremble uncontrollably.
If the black-robed figures had been devoured for refusing to answer a question…
Then what about the Seven Slaughter Sect?
No questions had even been asked, yet they were eaten all the same.
Perhaps Miao Kun had been right — the person before them was nothing short of a demon who killed without batting an eye.
Only Ye Qingxuan and Li Luoyi, along with the few who had been at Li Luoyi's side earlier, knew they were safe. But the other members of the two sects had no idea!
They had never laid eyes on the masked figure before them.
Having dealt with the Seven Slaughter Sect, Lin Feng turned his gaze toward the Wuji Demon Sect.
That single glance alone was enough to make quite a few Wuji Demon Sect members collapse to the ground.
The reason he had saved the Wuji Demon Sect for last was to let them savor the slow, creeping approach of death.
Lin Feng had not forgotten the grudge of his master Su Mubai being gravely wounded.
The Wuji Demon Sect was the mastermind behind it all.
Today was merely collecting a little interest — he would settle the full account with them slowly in the future.
Just as Lin Feng was about to call for Little Bai to continue eating, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted:
"Everyone run! This demon won't spare any of us — if we don't flee now, there won't be another chance!"
The Wuji Demon Sect members instantly scattered in all directions.
Even some members of the Shenxiao Sword Sect and the Qingyun Sect began to stir restlessly.
In their minds, once the Flood Dragon finished with the Wuji Demon Sect, they would be next.
Fleeing sooner might still give them a chance.
"Everyone from the Shenxiao Sword Sect — don't move! Stand your ground!"
"Qingyun Sect members, stand still as well — anyone who dares to move will be expelled from the sect!"
Ye Qingxuan and Li Luoyi called out one after the other.
The words of two Core Disciples carried real weight, and the restless crowd gradually settled down.