136: I came here to kill you all, what misunderstanding is there?

Chen Nian's voice was not loud, yet it felt like an ice pick weighing a thousand jun, fiercely piercing the eardrums of every surviving Elder and cultist, chilling them to the bone.

Those few Gold-Robed Elders were deathly pale; under Chen Nian's tangible Aura, let alone fleeing, even remaining standing became extremely difficult.

Their knees trembled uncontrollably, their bones emitting an unbearable "creaking" sound, as if they would collapse at any moment onto this land soaked with the blood of their fellow disciples.

"Chen... Chen Nian... Your Excellency..." The leading Elder, who had been sternly scolding just moments ago, now forced a distorted expression onto his face that was uglier than crying.

His voice was dry and trembling, filled with desperate pleading:

"This... this is all a misunderstanding... a huge misunderstanding. Our Eternal Life Cult has absolutely no intention of being your enemy!"

"We do not know what happened just now, but if anyone offended you, that was definitely not our intention!"

"It... it was them acting on their own!"

He spoke incoherently, desperately trying to shift the blame onto his colleagues who had already turned to dust, begging only for a glimmer of hope for survival before this god of death.

"Yes, yes, yes! It was all those blind fools, blinded by greed and reckless!"

"We... we have always opposed conflicting with you; we even wanted to invite you to join us!" Another Elder hurriedly chimed in, cold sweat streaming down his forehead like rain.

"As long as you show mercy and spare us, we are willing to offer all our savings, hide our identities from now on, and never be your enemy again!"

"We beg for mercy, my Lord!" The elite cultists behind them also completely collapsed, dropping their weapons one after another, kneeling in a mass and kowtowing frantically.

The sounds of crying and begging mixed together, sounding exceptionally jarring in the deathly silent, blood-colored plaza.

Looking down at this group of high-ranking cultists, who were displaying such ugly, fawning behavior, Chen Nian's eyes remained calm, with only a hint of growing amusement.

"Misunderstanding?" He repeated the word softly, a cold arc forming at the corner of his mouth. "I came in here to kill you; what misunderstanding could there be?"

His gaze swept over the kneeling, begging figures, finally landing on those few Gold-Robed Elders.

"There is only a reckoning!"

The moment the words left his lips, Chen Nian did not even give them another chance to beg for mercy.

With a slight thought, the thousands of blood pupils floating above the blood-colored firmament blinked simultaneously.

"Hum—!"

A mental shock, far more terrifying and concentrated than before, swept across the entire edge of the plaza like an invisible tsunami!

"No—!"

Those few Gold-Robed Elders bore the brunt of it; the pleading on their faces instantly twisted into extreme fear and agony as their pupils dilated sharply.

Their protective evil Qi, faced with this pure mental crushing force, was as fragile as paper and dissipated instantly.

The next second—

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

A series of dull, bursting sounds rang out.

The heads of the few Elders exploded violently, as if squeezed from within by an invisible, immense force!

Red and white matter, mixed with shattered Soul energy, sprayed radially backward, drenching the kneeling cultists behind them completely.

The headless corpses swayed before collapsing softly to the ground, twitching a few times before falling still.

【Ding! Killed a 5th-order evil cultivator, obtained 15211 points!】

【Ding! Killed a 5th-order evil cultivator, obtained 16885 points!】

【Ding! Killed a 5th-order evil cultivator, obtained 18325 points!】

...

A series of System notifications rang out in Chen Nian's mind.

Instant kill!

Still an instant kill without any suspense!

These 5th-order Elders, who held respected statuses and possessed formidable strength within the Eternal Life Cult.

Under the crushing force of the Blood Pupil Domain, they were unable to mount even a decent resistance before their Divine Souls were annihilated.

The instantaneous death of the Elders completely shattered the last mental defenses of the remaining elite cultists.

They stared blankly at the headless corpses of the Elders, their minds blank, having even forgotten to beg for mercy.

Chen Nian, however, did not pause.

He would not show the slightest mercy to these cultists whose hands were stained with the blood of the innocent.

He formed his fingers into a sword shape and waved them forward casually.

Evil-Warding Heavenly Thunder, activate!

"Zzz—!"

In an instant, a widespread sea of thunder erupted, with hundreds of bolts of purple lightning, as solid as tangible matter.

Like living serpents of thunder, they burst forth from his fingertips, striking accurately at the cultists frozen in place.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The purple lightning pierced their bodies, and the extremely Yang and rigid power of the thunder erupted instantly within them.

The cultists couldn't even scream before their bodies rapidly carbonized and disintegrated in the blinding purple light, ultimately turning into scattered puffs of charred ash.

In just two or three breaths, this aggressive reinforcement from the Eternal Life Cult, which had rushed over in such a hurry, followed in the footsteps of all their predecessors, wiped out completely without a single survivor.

Throughout the entire Eternal Life Cult main altar, there was not a single living thing left besides Chen Nian.

The Blood Pupil Domain slowly retracted, and the countless blood pupils above the firmament gradually faded until they finally disappeared.

The suffocating, blood-colored sky returned to the appearance of the original cavern ceiling.

Yet, the thick scent of blood and burnt matter permeating the air still spoke of just how tragic the events that had just transpired were.

Chen Nian stood atop the bone altar, surveying the cult nest he had destroyed with his own hands.

Corpses lay everywhere, blood flowed like rivers, and the scene was one of utter devastation.

His face showed no discomfort; instead, he wore the calm expression of someone who had just finished a cleanup job.

The harvest this time far exceeded his expectations.

Chen Nian was very satisfied with this, his expression indifferent, as if he had merely completed a trivial task.

At this moment, his gaze turned toward those dark passages leading into the deeper depths.

Based on the reactions of those Elders and cultists just now, as well as the scale of this stronghold, things were certainly not that simple.

Moreover, through the powerful perception of his Prison Suppressing Divine Body.

He could clearly perceive that, in the deepest part of this underground space,

there were still quite a few weak, yet definitely existing, evil Auras carefully concealing themselves, as if trying to evade his perception.

"Are there still fish that slipped through the net?"

A hint of interest flashed in Chen Nian's eyes.

If you cut the grass without removing the roots, it will grow again with the spring breeze.

He did not have the habit of leaving future troubles for himself.

Since he was already here, he had to clean it up thoroughly.

"It seems I have to continue going deeper."

Chen Nian muttered to himself, his face showing not a hint of fatigue, but rather a smile of anticipation.

More evil cultivators meant more points.

He loved missions like this the most.

The next moment, his figure moved, transforming into a stream of light as he flew straight into the passage where the evil Qi was thickest.

His figure quickly disappeared into the profound darkness.