Blood and gore erupted everywhere Lingfeng swept through. Even the corpses weren't left untouched, having been devoured by the Evil Suppression Pillar.

"Where is he?"

"Agh!"

Their encirclement failed the moment that killing machine charged into their ranks. There was nothing left they could do aside from taking the beating. The only thing left for them to do was to soak up Lingfeng's energy as they were killed one after another. Given their sheer numbers, they wouldn't even need to actually resist for Lingfeng to eventually run out of steam. The spectators outside watched the battle with numb expressions, noticing the bloody meat paste erupt again and again.

The Evil Suppression Pillar seemed as if it went wilder and wilder the more it consumed, eventually extending its black smog to the millions of meters around it. Anyone within the smog stood a chance of being killed and consumed by the pillar!

It didn't even feel like Lingfeng wielded a staff at all. Rather, it seemed like he was accompanied by seventeen ravenous beasts that consumed everything in Lingfeng's path, getting stronger and fiercer.

The heavencosmic gods had tried a few times to regroup and encircle him to no avail. Their initial plan to swarm him to expend his energy eventually fell through as well as it seemed clear that the Evil Suppression Pillar was getting stronger and stronger from consuming them, at least ten times more potent than the start, even if Lingfeng himself was slowly wearing out. Who knew if there was an end to that?

Their immense numerical advantage seemed to backfire on them somewhat as they shamelessly fled the onslaught. Even if they were still alive, their dignity was deader than dead from the horrendous display.

At least half of the billions of spectators were turning purple and shuddering from the sight of an army tens of millions strong being chased around by a single person. The whole thing persisted for around half an hour.

Tianming thought that Lingfeng would keep on going for a few days and nights more, only for Lingfeng to return to his side.

His purple right eye shook as he said, "Big Brother, Di Yi is going to cause trouble, so I have to leave."

"Stay safe!" Tianming said.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it." He turned to look at the battlefield. "It's too bad that I wasn't able to kill more than twenty thousand after all that fighting. Talk about inefficient."

"The count's a bit low, but it's already impressive that you pushed tens of millions of people around like this!" Tianming praised.

It was rather difficult for anyone to be able to wipe out millions of troops in such a short time, especially against an army that could move around with such agility. Lingfeng's performance was more than adequate.

If not for Xi Xi, Tianming would have to spend years taking out an army of this size. There was always a limit to what a single person could do unless the power gap was incomprehensibly large. Tianming and Lingfeng's single-combat capability wasn't even the highest in the Ruinless Zone, so the fact that Lingfeng still managed to kill around twenty thousand showed that his methods were not to be trifled with. Alas, Di Yi was a far more pressing matter for him to deal with.

"After you subdue him, your progress on the Primordial Demonlord's legacy will no doubt soar," Tianming said.

"Of course! With you here, I'm not afraid. Take your time when you fight. I'll come back once I'm done," Lingfeng said before he stepped through a black vortex, leaving the Ruinless Zone and leaving only Tianming behind.

The tens of millions of panicked heavencosmic gods breathed out in relief. They didn't dare to chase Lingfeng down and turned to Tianming as if he was the easier target to bully.

"Surround him first!"

"The imperial son is not that good at breaking encirclement. We can use this chance to chip away at the skypole stars!"

"Let's wait for reinforcements!"

The army no longer dared to be hasty after their run-in with Lingfeng and chose to wait. Tianming also waited as he thought that the number of foes in front of him was far too low for him to bother to make a move.

While Tianming was calm as ever, the enemy forces had been greatly rattled by Lingfeng. Even with all the words they used to console themselves.

"Once the other seven princes arrive, we'll pay him back in full force!"

The same sentiment began to spread among the spectators outside as well.

The wait lasted two whole days, time enough for the participants and spectators to cool down and stare menacingly at Tianming.

"The imperial son's helper is gone. It's over for him!"

"I refuse to believe that the skypole stars can possibly hold up against more than a billion troops. They'll no doubt shatter!"

"It'll be over once they're gone! Maybe the turtle will die in his crushed shell after all!"

By now, more than a billion troops surrounded Tianming. Yueling Zhao watched as his other elder brothers approached and thought, kill him! 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Much higher up in the sky, a blood-red sphere remained cloaked in the darkness, quietly looking at where Lingfeng had been. "Di Yi's Host actually came into my territory... Is he so sure that I will not teach him a lesson?"