"No, I can't, I can't walk anymore. You must leave quickly. Remember, from now on, you must obey Young Friend Ning's commands."
Bai Mei pushed him away with a palm strike and then said sternly.
"Elder."
"Go!"
The old man Bai Mei knew his time was running out. It wasn't that he didn't want to live, but his life had reached its end. So, he gathered his last breath, detonated his dan tian, and charged towards the Asura army.
With a thunderous explosion, a gaping sinkhole appeared on the ground, littered with Asuras who were killed or maimed by the blast.
Although the cultivation of human cultivators in the Xidu world was suppressed in the Avici Hell, even with the suppression, the old man Bai Mei was a powerful being. The power of his self-detonation was terrifying.
"No!"
Ning Beichen shouted desperately, but it was too late. Bai Mei had already self-detonated.
Ning Beichen had actually wanted to stop him and tell him that he could save him. But who could have imagined that Bai Mei would be so tragically heroic, choosing to perish together with the Asuras?
Ning Beichen had harbored some resentment towards Bai Mei before, but with his self-detonation, all previous grudges vanished.
Moreover, Bai Mei's self-detonation ignited the rage within Ning Beichen.
While there were selfish individuals among the Xidu human cultivators who greatly angered Ning Beichen, they were still his own kind. These Asuras, however, were enemies.
"One Sword Shakes the Storm!"
"Sword Devours Mountains and Rivers!"
"Silver River Falls Upon Nine Provinces!"
"Ten Thousand Paths Vanish Without a Trace!"
"One Sword Buries All Ages!"
With Ning Beichen's roaring pronouncements, the Yu Sword exploded like a brilliant firework. Each sword move took the lives of a large number of Asuras.
"Kill!"
"Kill! Kill!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Ning Beichen's voice was like thunder, engulfing a hundred-mile radius in a chorus of slaughter.
Gradually, Ning Beichen's eyes turned red from killing. He forgot about time, space, and even himself, entering a profound state. Even without him actively attacking, any Asura nearby who approached him would be struck by an unknown force.
Unbeknownst to Ning Beichen, he was in a state of Wuji (limitless). Wuji could only be comprehended by great powers, and even then, they could only grasp a fraction of it, not always successfully.
Thus, a bizarre scene unfolded. The Asuras around Ning Beichen, who stood motionless, were dying one after another, their bodies bearing strange wounds, as if they had been cut into a thousand pieces.
When Ning Beichen emerged from the Wuji state, he saw that the Asura army was all but annihilated. Ning Beichen himself was startled. The scenes and events of moments ago replayed in his mind.
"What did I just do?"
Ning Beichen looked at the piles of Asura corpses, almost stunned. Recalling the events, he felt an indescribable sense of wonder, as if he were an omnipotent god, or as if heaven itself had aided him.
However, when he tried to replicate the situation, he found he could not do it no matter how he tried.
"The Divine Domain of a Great Power! It's the Divine Domain of a Great Power! We are saved..."
The human cultivators who had not yet fled far away saw this scene and became overjoyed, tears streaming down their faces.
"Spare us, spare us..."
The surviving Asuras, terrified, knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
"This is the Divine Domain of a Great Power?"
Ning Beichen naturally heard the words of the human cultivators.
However, it was clearly not the time to investigate these matters. Ning Beichen waved his Yu Sword, grabbing a few Asuras to interrogate.
Indeed, there was a problem in Avici Great City. The current Asura King was missing. The one in charge of Avici Great City was no longer the original Asura King, but the Deputy City Lord of Avici Great City, the strongest Asura below the Asura King.
He had been following his orders when they attacked the royal city of the Asura King's daughter.
After learning this, Ning Beichen finally understood the reason. It seemed the Asura King had indeed met with an accident, possibly even died, otherwise, the Deputy City Lord would not have dared to do such a thing.
After questioning, Ning Beichen waved his Yu Sword and eliminated these Asuras.
As for letting them go?
That was out of the question.
The stronghold, which originally had over a thousand people, now had less than two hundred, and many were injured or disabled. Ning Beichen didn't know what to say.
If not for the past events, if they hadn't forced Ning Beichen to leave, with him here, such a situation would not have happened.
Were they just unlucky?
Or was it a case of good deeds being rewarded and evil deeds being punished?
The surviving human cultivators lowered their heads when they saw Ning Beichen, not daring to meet his gaze.
Yet, there was a flicker of hope, for Ning Beichen could use the Divine Domain of a Great Power, which gave them hope of escaping Avici Hell.
If they had known earlier that Ning Beichen could use the Divine Domain of a Great Power, they would never have dared to question him, even if they were beaten to death.
Because the Divine Domain of a Great Power, even in the original Xidu world, could only be used by a handful of great powers, including Bai Mei.
It was just a pity that Bai Mei's cultivation was suppressed in Avici Hell, preventing him from using his domain. Otherwise, he wouldn't have died.
But there are no "what ifs" in life.
"Will you follow me, or will you find a place to hide on your own?"
Ning Beichen looked at the surviving humans and asked.
"We are willing to follow Great Power Ning as our leader."
All the surviving humans knelt down.
"I do not need you to follow me as your leader. If you are willing to follow me, I will be upfront with you. If anything like what happened last time occurs again, or if you cause trouble on my territory, do not blame me for being—ruthless!"
Ning Beichen said to them sternly.
He didn't want to be a king, so what did he need them for?
"Yes, we will definitely obey the commands of Great Power Ning."
The Xidu human cultivators who had narrowly escaped death dared not say anything more and immediately replied respectfully.
After they all gave their assurances, Ning Beichen led them back to his stronghold.
The people inside the stronghold sighed in disbelief upon seeing the more than two hundred survivors, the remnants of their forces. Who could have imagined such a disaster.
However, it also left them with a lingering sense of fear. If they hadn't followed Ning Beichen earlier, their fate would likely not have been much better.
Upon his return, Ning Beichen relayed the information he had extracted from the Asura soldiers to Liu Yilin and the others.
It was now confirmed that the Asura King had met with an accident. This dashed Ning Beichen's plan to threaten him through his daughter. Ning Beichen now had to devise a new plan.