The fog retreated.

In the end, the number of survivors, including Qin Yu and Yun Shi, was nine in total.

Everyone else…had become human beads!

Strictly speaking, besides the human bead of the unfamiliar cultivator that Flare Wind had killed, the rest had ended up in the stomachs of the surviving cultivators.

Cruelty was certain, but those that survived had a calm expression. There was no remorse, no unease, and no guilt.

Because in this courtyard that was like a witchcraft jar used to raise bugs, and under the shroud of the poison fog, if they didn’t kill others they would have been killed instead.

There were many familiar faces here. Ruan Jing, Soaring Sky, Soul Hook, Thunder Dominion’s Zhou Lei…he also had a faint impression of the others.

None of the cultivators who managed to survive this long were ordinary characters. They gathered in the front part of the courtyard, each person standing in a corner.

The fog had vanished. Not to mention that it was unknown whether killing someone could still condense human beads…they had no idea who would die in the end. Facts proved that all of the people here were the most terrifying existences amongst predators and there were too many uncertainties that could take place in a battle.

Of course, there was also another reason...