Who would have thought that just then, Qin Wuxiang suddenly looked ahead, smiling as he said, "Slaughtering civilians impedes cultivation, but slaughtering you inefficient subordinates requires no cost whatsoever."
As these words reached their ears, the minds of the group of cultivators and all demon-suppressing soldiers seemingly exploded.
The next moment, an extremely brutal and horrifying scene abruptly unfolded.
With that first sound of explosion, everyone watched as one of the cultivators' bodies exploded into pieces, sending blood, flesh, entrails, bones, and brain matter splattering in all directions.
And this was a signal.
Inside Mei Pass, it seemed as if someone had suddenly started setting off fireworks, with the sound "Bang Bang Bang" resounding continuously.
Beginning with those few cultivators, then the thousands in the Demon Suppression Army, each one's body exploded into pieces without the chance to resist or cry out in agony, offering up their most precious lives and Dao Paths in a bloody, splendid display of flesh fireworks on behalf of the Saint Child.
Strangely, there was one survivor, now under Qin Wuxiang's foot.
After the splendidly cruel display of flesh fireworks ended, and everyone was left in shock, suddenly with a gentle squeeze of the Saint Child's palm, he gathered up the layer of flesh and blood that covered the mountain range of Mei Pass, constantly merging them until they formed a ball of flesh and blood about the size of a human head, pulsing and exceedingly viscous.
The old cultivator whose skull was shattered, making him look like a deformed child, was suddenly forced to kneel and arch his upper body.
With a "Ssshh" sound, his mouth tore open to his ear and then, the ball of flesh and blood was slowly stuffed into his mouth.
During this process, the entire area of Mei Pass echoed with the old man's piercing screams and pleas for mercy.
Unfortunately, it was all in vain.
On the contrary, the more he screamed, the more Qin Wuxiang took pleasure in it, and the onlookers could even hear the unconscious laughter of the Saint Child.
When the old cultivator who had transcended mortality swallowed the blood sphere, his originally noble body swelled up, and people seemed to hear all sorts of bizarre noises coming from inside him.
Initially, he was still "human," but soon, a huge bloated monster, completely filled with rotten flesh, pus, bone spurs, and sharp claws, was born.
The sight reminded Tao Qian of the flesh beast he had seen at Seeking Immortal Pier.
But the creature before him was many times more horrifying than before, especially as it continued to swell.
At the same time, Qin Wuxiang seemed to feed it something else, making the qi inside it even more ferocious, and in a short time, it directly rose to the Cavernous Mystery Realm.
Due to its appearance, almost all the civilians in the area couldn't help but bend over and vomit.
Soon, Qin Wuxiang contentedly said, "That looks about right, roll over to the territory of Guanyin Temple. Letting Xiao Meiniang escape was one thing, but you just need to hold back two Cavernous Mystery Bodhisattvas using whatever means you have. Once this matter is done with, I will grant you a swift end."
As he spoke, the terrifying Blood Beast struggled to nod, let out a howl, and its massive body instantly transformed into a stream of blood light, shooting towards Fumin Province.
The next moment, Qin Wuxiang turned his head again, staring at everyone.
His mood seemed to have improved slightly, his voice even carrying a hint of pleasure as he said,
"Although there was a little hiccup, it doesn't matter, everything is already in preparation, the inevitable cannot be stopped."
"As for you lot who accidentally saw too much, and whose karma is a mess, although it's a pity I can't slaughter you all too, you're not without use, perhaps you could delay the Infant Sect Master for a while."
"Don't be afraid of the pain, just endure it, as long as the Infant Sect Master arrives in time, these bugs won't take any of your lives."
Just as Qin Wuxiang spoke those words, a number of cultivators and civilians in the crowd started to stir, as it sounded cruel divine being was about to make his move on them.
But before they could actually run away, an extremely terrifying pressure enveloped Mei Pass, and at his command, everyone was rooted to the spot, unable to move.
Then Qin Wuxiang waved his hand, and instantly, all sorts of strange insects appeared in the sky.
These "insects" emitted dizzying screeching sounds, swarming towards everyone, and without any courtesy directly burrowed into their bodies.
Being immobilized, no one could resist.
Even Tao Qian was assigned one.
At that moment, Tao Qian's eyes suddenly widened, not because of the strange-looking winged, scaly, but mouthless insect about to enter his body through his nostril.
But because of the explosive tingling sensation in his brain and the faint Dragon Qi emitted by these insects.
It was that extremely slight Dragon Qi that oddly felt familiar.
Almost instantly, he recalled the first power he had ever acquired.
Tao Qian firmly believed: these Dragon Qi-bearing insects were of the same type as the Bo Dragon Pearl, or at least had the same origin.
This feeling was abrupt, but based on past records, it had never been wrong.
While Tao Qian was pondering, the insect had already started to drill into his nostril.
But Tao Qian did not resist at all, simply letting the insect enter his body.
This scene, seemingly perilous to life, in Tao Qian's view, meant that he had safely and completely survived the second disaster.
Because as everyone immobilized saw their bodies begin to exhibit various mutations and let out extremely painful howls.