He saw his whole person suppressed on the ground, like Sun Wukong in the palm of Tathagata Buddha. He, the Palace Master of Liang Tian Palace, was vulnerable in front of the Transcended.
However, this was not surprising. Although Li Chengfeng was the Palace Master of Liang Tian Palace, he was the most mediocre in talent among all the Palace Masters throughout the ages. Although his cultivation was not weak, his strength was not strong; what was strong was only his background.
The two Transcended looked disdainfully at the people present. In their eyes, the cultivators in this world were either all ants, or the rest were just lambs who knew how to show their claws and teeth.
"Vulnerable!"
Wang Chu sneered and said.
"I thought there would be some challenge, but it turns out to be just a futile effort."
Wang Hu also said disdainfully from the side.
"Huh? There seems to be one more person over there who hasn't made a move against us."
Wang Chu's gaze fell on Ning Beichen.
Because everyone present was either injured or lying on the ground, only Ning Beichen stood tall and straight.
"Just a little guy scared stiff by us."
Wang Hu had already seen Ning Beichen, but Ning Beichen had not attacked them from beginning to end, standing on the side like a fool watching.
"Hey, you come here."
Wang Chu called out to Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen obediently walked over and stood in front of them.
Little did they know that the Transcended mistook Ning Beichen for a coward, while Ning Beichen regarded them as prey.
"Little guy, what's your name?"
Wang Chu asked Ning Beichen.
"My name is Ning Beichen."
Ning Beichen replied generously.
"Aren't you afraid of us?"
Wang Chu asked him, seeing that Ning Beichen showed no sign of nervousness.
"Why should I be afraid? You're not monsters. Like me, you just have two eyes, two ears, one nose, and one mouth."
Ning Beichen said calmly.
"Has this guy been scared silly by us?"
Wang Hu whispered to Wang Chu.
"Whether he's truly silly or pretending to be silly, he's just an unimportant little ant."
Wang Chu said dismissively.
It wasn't that he was arrogant, but after they came here, they found that the cultivators here were very weak, and there was no one worth their attention or caution.
"Little guy, since you didn't attack me earlier, I'll give you a chance to pledge allegiance to us and be our dog. If you serve us well, you won't be short of benefits."
Wang Chu said to Ning Beichen.
"No, no, no, you've got it backward. You two be my dogs and obey me, and I won't be short of benefits for you."
Ning Beichen no longer needed to pretend. He said with a cold smile to the two of them.
"You're courting death!"
Wang Hu was a hot-tempered person. An ant actually dared to think of subjugating them? It was like the寿星公 (Shou Xing Gong, the God of Longevity) hanging himself—he was tired of living!
After speaking, Wang Hu threw a punch at Ning Beichen. It was just a crazy ant; killing it was only fitting.
"You're the one courting death!"
Ning Beichen raised his arm and punched. The power of crossing the sea of suffering transformed into a wave-swallowing beast, biting into Wang Hu's fist.
With a bang!
Ning Beichen's fist collided fiercely with Wang Hu's fist. Neither side retreated, like an erupting volcano spewing out.
With a crack!
The rigid stone ground cracked open in a large spiderweb pattern, extending in all directions.
A large mouthful of blood erupted from Wang Hu's mouth like lava spewing from a volcano. Looking at him now, there was no trace of arrogance left, only deep fear.
He had lost!
Lost to a fool he regarded as an ant.
His proud strength was worthless in front of this person. At this moment, he wanted to retract his fist, but Ning Beichen's fist seemed to have a suction force, preventing him from pulling it back.
A powerful force suppressed his body and, like a drill, was damaging the meridians within his body.
Seeing this, Wang Chu's eyes widened in fury. He let out a roar and struck fiercely at Ning Beichen's back.
"No..."
Wang Hu wanted to warn his companion, to tell him that this kid was not right.
But Ning Beichen's power suppressed him, making it impossible for him to speak.
Just as Wang Chu was about to hit Ning Beichen's back.
Suddenly.
An extreme sense of danger surged into Wang Chu's heart. He immediately knew something was wrong and wanted to retract his palm.
But it was too late!
A dazzling sword light descended from the heavens like a celestial dragon and appeared before Wang Chu.
Wang Chu could do nothing at this moment. He could only watch as the sword light sliced through his body like a gentle blade of grass.
Following the splash of blood, Wang Chu fell into a pool of blood. He didn't even know when Ning Beichen had drawn his sword.
With two thuds.
Wang Chu and Wang Hu both knelt before Ning Beichen, one with a ashen face, the other with a look of despair.
They were Transcended!
Why?
Why were they defeated by an ant from this world?
Why was his strength more unfathomable than theirs, the Transcended?
But there were no so many whys in this world. Winning was winning, and losing was losing. They could only say that they were inferior.
Following the same method, Ning Beichen restrained them.
"Who... who exactly are you?"
Wang Hu and Wang Chu's cultivation was sealed by Ning Beichen, which drove them to the brink of madness.
"No need to guess, I am not from your Transcended realm. I am a cultivator from this place. However, you don't need to be too sad, because you are not the first. Zhou Yu, Xu Da, Ling Jue, and Zhao Yingdie are all my people now."
Ning Beichen's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back, plunging Wang Hu and Wang Chu's hearts into an icy abyss.
They couldn't believe it, refused to believe it, but reality slapped them hard.
Ning Beichen easily pulled them down from their lofty thrones and trampled on them mercilessly.
"Now you choose: either submit to me, be my dogs, and work for me, or die!"
Now it was Ning Beichen speaking to them in a condescending tone.
Wang Hu and Wang Chu hesitated at first.
But when Ning Beichen took out his phone and video-called with Zhou Yu, Ling Jue, and the others in front of them, both Wang Hu and Wang Chu lowered their heads and expressed their submission.
This was like a chain reaction. Out of the six of them, four companions had already surrendered. For them to surrender now was not that difficult to accept.
Moreover, they consoled themselves, telling themselves it wasn't that they lacked backbone, but that Ning Beichen was too strong, so strong that they felt despair, just like Li Chengfeng had felt when facing them.
Ning Beichen subdued Wang Hu and Wang Chu. He glanced at the half-dead Li Chengfeng, turned around, and walked out of Liang Tian Palace. He then transmitted a message to them, telling them to kill Li Chengfeng and Qiao Zixuan.