The atmosphere inside the main hall turned heavy, and Jiang Wenxuan finally stepped forward in response to Zhuo Zhiqiu's desperate pleas for help. No matter what, Zhuo Zhiqiu was still one of his guest retainers, and if Liu Wuxie killed him there, it would only chill the hearts of everyone else. Who, then, would still dare to pledge loyalty to him in the future?

"Liu Wuxie, don't push it!" Jiang Wenxuan rebuked. Relying on the advantage of his home ground, he believed he had no reason to fear Liu Wuxie.

"You have successfully angered me. I had originally planned to kill Zhuo Zhiqiu and merely cripple both your arms, but it seems that there is no reason for you to continue living in this world," Liu Wuxie declared as he looked directly at Jiang Wenxuan.

Jiang Wenxuan's crime of imprisoning Xiao Luo alone was already unforgivable. Liu Wuxie had initially intended to spare his life and only take his arms because Jiang Wenxuan had admitted his fault quickly. However, now it seemed he was determined to dig his own grave. Since that was the case, he could hardly blame Liu Wuxie for being ruthless.

A terrifying shockwave swept outward, enveloping the surroundings and imprisoning everyone within.

"What a terrifying domain!" The spectators outside did not dare to get any closer, but they could still see everything unfolding inside the hall.

Liu Wuxie had sealed off the entire area using nothing but his domain.

At that exact moment, Xiao Luo was already standing before Zhuo Zhiqiu with the Scarlet Firmament Sword in her hand.

"You killed my parents and wiped out my clan. Today, I will avenge my clansmen!" Xiao Luo declared as she swung her sword and decapitated Zhuo Zhiqiu.

But Zhuo Zhiqiu did not die immediately, so Liu Wuxie cast the Great Death Mythical Art, slowly corroding Zhuo Zhiqiu's soul sea to ensure he would never be reborn.

It had long been rumored that Xiao Luo's mother had been the number one beauty of Blue Origin Star. Those rumors might have been exaggerated, but Xiao Luo alone clearly showed that her mother must have been stunning.

The moment Zhuo Zhiqiu had first laid eyes on Xiao Luo's mother, his obsession had spiraled completely out of control. He had barged into the Luo Clan and tried to seize her by force. But the Luo Clan had resisted with everything they had, and he had slaughtered them all without leaving a single survivor.

Only Luo Hai had managed to escape through a secret passage with Xiao Luo, who was only three years old at the time.

Over the years, Luo Hai had always wanted revenge. However, when he had met Liu Wuxie for the first time, he was only at the pinnacle of the Void Realm. There had been no way he could contend with Zhuo Zhiqiu.

"Liu Wuxie, how dare you kill one of my guest retainers before my very eyes. Since that's the case, you can forget about leaving Blue Origin Star alive today!" Jiang Wenxuan roared as he activated a spiritual array that descended from the sky.

All the experts in the main hall spread out, took their places around the perimeter, and activated a massive spiritual array to trap Liu Wuxie.

"You trash, do you really think you can stop me? What a joke!" Liu Wuxie sneered and calmly sat down to one side.

Xiao Luo looked baffled, unable to understand why her master didn't fight back. After all, Jiang Wenxuan was still an expert at the Quasi-Immortal Realm.

Elder Shi glared. "Liu Wuxie, I will kill you today!"

Earlier, he had been courteous only because he hadn't yet known the planet lord's attitude. But things had now reached the point where only one side would survive.

"You'll have to get past them first if you want to kill me," Liu Wuxie said as he opened Nightmare City and released all ninety-nine experts.

Shi Qian and the others had already witnessed everything from inside the city, and Liu Wuxie intended to use Jiang Wenxuan's group to temper his team further.

An invisible barrier was already blocking the divine senses of spectators outside the palace. "What's going on? Why can't we see what's happening inside the main hall anymore?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Nightmare City's artifact spirit had cast an immortal art, isolating the entire planet lord's residence because the battle about to unfold absolutely could not be leaked. For the moment, the fact that Liu Wuxie was raising a powerful team had to remain secret.

"Xiao Luo, take your place," Liu Wuxie said as he tapped out with his finger and sent a golden ray into Xiao Luo's soul sea.

Xiao Luo instantly understood everything and took her place after receiving a new cultivation technique and an immortal art.

Radiant did not appear because the moment an immortal artifact appeared openly, it would cause a devastating commotion.

"This is your first battle since we formed the team. I am giving you fifteen minutes to wipe them all out," Liu Wuxie said. Everyone was free to slaughter as they pleased, because he had already isolated the residence from the outside world. But he had given them only fifteen minutes. If they failed to end the battle within that time, they would all face punishment.

"Kill!" Shi Qian roared as he mobilized everyone at once. However, they couldn't activate the immortal art yet, as their cultivation was not high enough. For the moment, they could only rely on the power of the spiritual array.

Jiang Wenxuan and the others turned pale. They had thought they would only have to face Liu Wuxie, but an entire army had materialised inside the main hall out of thin air.

Only two days had passed outside, but within Nightmare City, two full years had gone by. During those two years, the two teams had clashed countless times, and not a single Earth Immortal remained among them now. Every one of them had reached the Heaven Gaze Realm. The stronger their overall cultivation became, the more terrifying their combined power would be.

Liu Wuxie sat calmly at the head of the hall and waited for the battle to unfold.

Like tigers tearing into a flock of sheep, the slaughter began. Although Elder Shi and the others were powerful, they mostly fought on their own and could not withstand the might of such a spiritual array.

The shockwaves of battle raged like a hurricane, sweeping everything in their path as blood and flesh flew in all directions. In just a single exchange, more than thirty people died.

The scene was horrifying. The entire hall reeked of blood. A black hole had already appeared, devouring all the energy and laws that fed directly into Nightmare City.

Mu Tianli's team stood by, calmly watching the battle, their fighting spirit boiling.

The battle had already become a one-sided massacre.

"Mystical Light Storm!" Jiang Wenxuan roared as he unleashed a powerful mythical art. The moment it appeared, it became a violent storm that disrupted Shi Qian and the others, knocking their formation off course.

"Gather!" Shi Qian shouted as he and the others quickly rebuilt the formation with perfect coordination and charged straight at Jiang Wenxuan, leaving blood and flesh scattered behind them. Those at the lower levels of the Heaven Gaze Realm died before they could offer even the slightest resistance.

Because the spiritual array was tearing through the confined space of the main hall, Jiang Wenxuan and his men did not even have room to flee.

Sword rays flashed, and heads flew through the air one after another. If anyone had witnessed this scene directly, they likely would not have been able to stomach a meal for the next three days.

With the surrounding space sealed off, not a single sound could escape the main hall. The cultivators outside waited anxiously like ants on a hot pan, but there was nothing they could do. Not even a quasi-immortal could break through the restriction.

Though they could not see the battle, they could still sense the despair.

At this point, Jiang Wenxuan's subordinates were no longer a major concern. A smaller squad split off to deal with Elder Shi and the other guest retainers at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm, while everyone else charged directly at Jiang Wenxuan.

"Liu Wuxie, curse you!" Jiang Wenxuan roared as he retreated. He had indeed reached the Quasi-Immortal Realm, but even he could not mount any meaningful resistance against the charge of so many Heaven Gaze Realm experts.

Fifty people joined forces and formed a colossal palm that descended from the sky, sending Jiang Wenxuan flying before he could even react.

Jiang Wenxuan's blood sprayed through the air, dyeing the entire hall red. Yet the massacre did not stop. The number of people in the main hall continued shrinking until only a little more than a dozen remained, and even they were still stubbornly resisting.

"You have only five minutes left," Liu Wuxie warned his group.

If this team could not even deal with a quasi-immortal, then how could they possibly fight true immortals later?

"Divine Absolute Thunder!" Shi Qian roared as everyone raised their hands to the heavens and gathered their strength into a thunderbolt.

This was one of the Heavenly Dragon Sect's powerful mythical arts, and when unleashed together, it already rivaled a Quasi-Immortal Art.

"Damn!" Jiang Wenxuan finally realized how dire the situation was and began thrashing wildly, trying to break free from the restriction and flee for his life. As long as he survived, he could always rebuild everything from scratch.

But every charge he made proved useless beneath the suppression of an immortal artifact. Even an ordinary immortal would struggle to break through the restrictions of an immortal artifact.

With very little time left before Liu Wuxie's deadline expired, a thunderbolt descended from the sky and struck Jiang Wenxuan. He fell to the ground like a broken kite and coughed up blood, his face now pale and haggard, with no trace left of the elegance he once carried.

"Liu Wuxie, damn you!" Jiang Wenxuan roared. He had ruled Blue Origin Star as its planet lord for five hundred years, and never once had he suffered such humiliation. He had faced challenges many times over the years, but he had killed every challenger without exception.

He already knew there was no possibility of escaping alive today. Even the world force had not appeared to empower him, which meant Blue Origin Star itself had never recognized him. He had merely relied on his own strength to seize the position of planet lord.

Across the four astral domains, very few planet lords had gained the recognition of their planets. In truth, it was nearly impossible for anyone to earn that recognition unless they had made an immense contribution to the planet or had once saved it.

Liu Wuxie had accomplished exactly that when he had helped the True Martial Continent evolve into a planet, earning its recognition and obtaining world force. Now that he had also gained the recognition of the astral domain, he could mobilize the astral domain force as well. Although the amount of astral domain force he possessed was faint, it still far surpassed ordinary world force.

Shi Qian and the others slowly approached as they gathered their strength for the final strike. Killing a quasi-immortal had never been easy.

"Liu Wuxie, please don't kill me! I'm willing to submit to you!" Jiang Wenxuan suddenly dropped to his knees in terror and offered his allegiance to Liu Wuxie.

"Too late!" If Jiang Wenxuan had realized his mistake earlier, Liu Wuxie might have spared him.

"Liu Wuxie, you demon! You'll die a terrible death!" Jiang Wenxuan roared as he scrambled back to his feet like a madman. He began swelling rapidly. If death were inevitable, then he would drag others down with him.

The self-destruction of a quasi-immortal could obliterate everything nearby, and even Liu Wuxie himself would suffer serious injuries from the blast.

"You think self-destruction can harm me?" Liu Wuxie sneered.

Jiang Wenxuan's heart plunged into despair the moment he heard those words, and then he saw a golden ray flying toward him. The instant it reached him, he froze.

What kind of power could suppress a quasi-immortal so completely?

"Immortal..." Jiang Wenxuan barely managed to utter a single syllable before he felt an invisible hand seize his throat and prevent him from saying another word.