The huge skeleton laid quietly on the vast square, looking like a real dragon overlooking the human world. Its posture was natural, tall, and holy, as if it was alive.
The white skeleton didn't change color because of millions of years. Instead, it became even more sparkling and translucent.
It was as if she had seen millions of years ago, when a true divine beast was lying on the square, quietly looking down at the humans below.
It had a leisurely posture and was being worshiped by humans. Every move it made was filled with the sacred majesty of a divine beast.
Even now, its momentum was still overbearing.
Mo Tiange slowly approached it, looking up at the ancient divine dragon's skeleton.
Its momentum was still there, and its spiritual aura was also present.
It was holy and vast, just like the divine dragon's breath outside, but even stronger, making it hard for her to breathe.
But why did Ren Yufeng become like that?
This kind of divine dragon's breath shouldn't cause people to be possessed by the devil.
But aside from being possessed by the devil, how else could Ren Yufeng's appearance be explained?
Could it be … he used the wrong method?
Before she could figure out the reason, Mo Tiange keenly sensed … a kind of murderous aura approaching. Under the pressure of the divine dragon's breath, she couldn't spread her divine sense, but this murderous aura didn't need to be sensed by divine sense to be transmitted to her very clearly.
As soon as she sensed it, she immediately pressed the space between her eyebrows, launched the Virtual Sky World, and hid inside.
This murderous aura must belong to Ren Yufeng without a doubt.
Sure enough, before long, a person flew in from the entrance. It was Ren Yufeng, and he was holding two people in his hands. One was Qiu Zhiming, and the other was Xiahou Yuan.
Upon seeing this, Mo Tiange's heart relaxed.
Without Jiang Shanghang, he might really have escaped.
Outside the Virtual Sky World, Ren Yufeng grabbed the two people, threw them to the ground, and snorted coldly. "Want to run?
Hmph! "
He fell heavily. Qiu Zhiming and Xiahou Yuan were suddenly thrown to the ground, and both of them screamed miserably.
Judging from his momentum, Mo Tiange guessed that Ren Yufeng's cultivation level was at least in the Core Formation realm.
Mo Tiange frowned as she watched the scene outside.
"Senior Martial Brother Ren!"
Xiahou Yuan crawled up. Once she saw Ren Yufeng's murderous expression, she immediately begged, "Senior Martial Brother Ren, in any case, we're from the same sect. My master and Martial Uncle Buqi also have a good relationship — please consider our past friendship and let me go!"
Ren Yufeng's face, which was covered in black aura, glared at her, but a contemptuous smile appeared on his face. "Let you go?
Xia Houyuan, have you forgotten how you used to laugh at me?
Relying on the fact that your Xiahou Clan has some status in Zhengfa Sect, you secretly mocked me in front of Ai Xian for being so old and having no hope of making a realm-breakthrough.
Don't you remember?
I remember it very clearly! "
"You …" Xia Houyuan was taken aback, then panicked. "You … heard me …"
In any case, Ren Yufeng was a late stage Foundation Building cultivator, and on the surface, his status was still higher than hers, so Xiahou Yuan definitely wouldn't say this kind of thing to his face. Right now, Xiahou Yuan was completely dumbfounded. She never expected that the person in question would actually overhear her private conversation with her sister and even wanted to settle the score with her.
Ren Yufeng grinned nastily. His originally fair face was now shrouded in black aura, making his smile look even more terrifying. "Before, you were a member of Xiahou Clan, so I couldn't do anything to you. I could only swallow my anger, but now …"
He opened his hand, and a mass of black aura appeared in the hollow of his palm. Under Xiahou Yuan's horrified gaze, the black aura was lightly flung out.
It was as light as a feather and didn't seem to exert any force at all. However, once Xiahou Yuan came into contact with the black aura, she suddenly let out a blood-curdling scream. Her scream was so miserable that even the current Mo Tiange couldn't help but tremble.
Xiahou Yuan was completely surrounded by the black aura. Her continuous blood-curdling screams came from inside the black aura, and the pain and misery they conveyed was unbearable to listen to.
At the same time, Xiahou Yuan seemed to be unable to bear the pain and started to roll on the ground.
This place was originally underwater, and because she ate Bubble Fruit, she had a layer of waterproof barrier around her. Now that she was surrounded by the black aura, that barrier also slowly disappeared.
Mo Tiange saw that Xiahou Yuan had lost the barrier and was now completely submerged in seawater. Her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were all soaked by seawater, and the little bit of skin that was exposed was once again covered by the black aura. She looked like she was in unbearable pain.
Mo Tiange wrinkled her brows slightly.
Cultivators had a much stronger tolerance for pain compared to mortals, so they definitely wouldn't show such a painful expression. What kind of cruel thing was this in the end?
What was so mysterious about this black aura? Why was it able to make a cultivator suffer so much?
Qiu Zhiming was already stupefied to see such a painful expression on Xiahou Yuan's face, but Ren Yufeng actually looked pleased, as if he was enjoying the aftertaste.
Xiahou Yuan went from gritting her teeth to enduring the pain to screaming at the top of her lungs. In the end, when the waterproof barrier disappeared, she actually couldn't even scream. Her ears and nose were blocked by seawater, and her face suddenly turned purple. She unconsciously grabbed her own neck, struggling in pain.
After a long time, Ren Yufeng probably thought he'd enjoyed enough, so he softly withdrew the black aura. He then smiled and looked at her pitifully. "Tell me, why did you have to do this?
If you didn't say anything back then, you wouldn't be like this today … "
Without the black aura covering her, Xiahou Yuan's whole body was exposed.
She no longer had the waterproof barrier, so she was completely submerged in the water. Although she wouldn't drown, her injuries would only worsen.
Presumably, this Xiahou Yuan was a young miss of a clan, so she'd never suffered before. After being tormented like this, she was already half-dead.
Mo Tiange watched this scene with a frown.
Ren Yufeng was actually so cruel and morbidly pursuing the pleasure of torturing others — she was almost certain these two people wouldn't survive.
Although she was hiding inside the Virtual Sky World and wouldn't be discovered by Ren Yufeng, what if he absorbed this so-called divine dragon's breath and obtained an ability she didn't understand?
Based on Ren Yufeng's current behavior, he definitely wouldn't let her have an easy time.
But what was going on with Ren Yufeng?
His cultivation level was in the late stage of the Foundation Building realm, and he was also the disciple of a Core Formation cultivator. Even Jiang Shanghang was very satisfied with Zhengfa Sect's treatment, so why was he so resentful?
After tormenting Xiahou Yuan, Ren Yufeng turned to Qiu Zhiming.
His expressionless gaze shifted back and forth on Qiu Zhiming's body. Qiu Zhiming's face turned pale, then red, then pale again.
Based on what she saw just now, this Qiu Zhiming had a violent temper, but he was also somewhat upright. He was willing to run with the injured Yu Xiaoran even though it would slow him down, and he hated Ren Yufeng's behavior very much.
But Mo Tiange really couldn't guess what he would do in the end.
Ren Yufeng suddenly walked towards Qiu Zhiming step by step. His steps were very slow, but they were very intimidating. In fact, because of his slowness, he was even more frightening.
He seemed to enjoy this kind of frightening feeling very much, so he deliberately walked step by step very steadily.
Qiu Zhiming became more and more frightened. His face became paler and paler, his lips trembled, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down from his forehead. Mo Tiange noticed that his breathing was already irregular, and his nostrils were opening and closing rapidly and powerlessly.
Just as Ren Yufeng was about to reach him, Qiu Zhiming's knees suddenly went soft and he knelt down. His face wrinkled, and tears and snot flowed down his face. He tremblingly said, "Senior Martial Brother Ren, Senior Martial Brother Ren, I've never wronged you, please forgive me …"
Ren Yufeng stood motionless, looking down at him condescendingly.
He didn't say anything and just watched coldly. He watched the arrogant and violent Qiu Zhiming cry in front of him until his entire face was a mess and he couldn't even breathe.
It was very easy to be arrogant. When there was no threat to one's life, one could naturally assume an arrogant posture and put themselves in a pure and clean position. However, when it came to one's life, it was also very easy to let go of this arrogance. There was practically no need for any preparation; one would naturally lower their arrogant head and straighten their knees.
Mo Tiange sighed softly.
She knew this actually wasn't Qiu Zhiming's fault. The fact that he was willing to run away with the injured Yu Xiaoran already proved that he wasn't a bad person. However, when it came to one's life, who would be able to harden their bones without any hesitation?
Mo Tiange believed she also had to assess the situation before she could make a choice.
For cultivators, life was too important.
What was the purpose of cultivating?
Of course it was to live a long life. Since it was to live a long life, life was the most important thing. Friendship, interests, and even dignity couldn't compete with it for this "most important" position.
Ren Yufeng seemed to be very satisfied. He opened his mouth slightly, revealing a smile that seemed both mocking and pleased. Then his gaze turned cold.
"Qiu Zhiming, you're good at everything, but you think too highly of yourself. You really haven't offended me, so I won't torture you."
Upon hearing what he said, Qiu Zhiming immediately relaxed and said repeatedly, "Thank you, Senior Martial Brother Ren! Thank you, Senior Martial Brother Ren!"
"Don't be happy too early."
Ren Yufeng once again looked at him with a chilly gaze. "I just wanted to say that I can let you die a little more painlessly!"
Qiu Zhiming's expression froze.
Upon seeing Qiu Zhiming's current expression, Ren Yufeng finally couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Rest assured, you and I are both mortals with no background, so I won't torture you. I'll make it so you won't feel the pain of death."
Qiu Zhiming's gaze finally moved. His eyes widened, his lips tightened, and his brows furrowed.
Seemingly realizing he couldn't escape in the end, he became furious. He stood up and pointed at Ren Yufeng. "Senior Martial Brother Ren, you —"
"What about me?" Ren Yufeng stopped laughing and stared at him contemptuously. "I've already knelt, yet you still want to lecture me?"
Qiu Zhiming's face turned purple. He paused for a moment then shouted angrily, "Senior Martial Brother Ren, you're obviously already in the late stage of the Foundation Building realm and have hopes of advancing to the Core Formation realm — why are you doing this?
Among us, you're the one with the highest status — could it be because of a few gossips from Junior Martial Sister Xiahou? "
"Gossips?" A mocking expression appeared on Ren Yufeng's face, but in the end, his expression suddenly turned ferocious. "I've had enough of gossips!
What did you think I sacrificed and what did I get in return?
Ever since I entered Zhengfa Sect, I've been cultivating diligently and making friends with others. My aptitude isn't high, but I dare say I'm more diligent than all the other disciples! "
His breathing started to quicken as he paced back and forth in front of Qiu Zhiming. His expression was full of resentment. "I entered Zhengfa Sect when I was ten and cultivated diligently every day and night. In the end, when I was forty, I succeeded in building my foundation.
I originally thought that since I built my foundation and a Core Formation elder was willing to accept me as a disciple, my future would definitely be bright and no one would dare to look down on me anymore.
But what happened? But what happened? "
His voice grew louder and louder. "They didn't say anything on the surface, but as I grew older and older, not a single one of them looked down on me!
They said my aptitude was ordinary and I definitely wouldn't form my Gold Core!
Although I advanced to the middle stage and the late stage, they still firmly believed in me!
In the late stage, my cultivation level finally stagnated, so they became complacent and satisfied. Seeing how I cultivated every day and night to no avail, they were extremely complacent!
In the end, even the master I respected the most also gave up on me! "
Once he finished speaking, Ren Yufeng's voice became softer, but it still carried a hint of hopeless sorrow. "I'm not young anymore; I'm already three hundred years old. If I don't form my Gold Core soon, I won't have another chance!"