Godslayer: My Forbidden Ruins Master

A deathly silence spread through the oppressive air.

Every second felt like an eternity.

The prisoners, kneeling on the ground, had their foreheads pressed against the cold floor, and could even feel the slight tremors left from the violent impact.

A fierce internal struggle is raging within them.

Reason told them that resistance meant certain death.

The power of this young demon king before them was beyond their comprehension; it was a height they could never reach in their entire lives.

However, emotionally, they cannot accept it!

They are criminals, villains, and desperados!

Their inherent arrogance and ferocity make it impossible for them to easily bow down to anyone, let alone act like dogs, risking their lives for others or slaughtering their own "fellows"!

What's more, they had just been freed from the suppression of the Zhenxu Stele, and the ecstasy of regaining their power had not yet completely dissipated before they were about to be plunged into an even deeper abyss. This huge gap was driving them almost insane!

Why? !

Why should we listen to you now that we've regained our strength?!

Why should we become your slaves just because we escaped from our cage?!

A single thought, like a wildfire, began to grow wildly in the minds of many prisoners.

Finally, someone could no longer bear the humiliation and oppression and roared out this thought!

"Why!"

A burly prisoner with a scar on his face suddenly raised his head!

His eyes were bloodshot and filled with madness, and his face was contorted with a ferocious expression of defiance!

He possessed the forbidden power of "Skin of Rock," and after regaining his power, his skin became as hard as granite, and his confidence swelled to an extreme.

He suddenly stood up from the ground, pointed at Lu Xuan, and roared with all his might:

"We've regained our strength! We're free! Why should we take orders from a brat like you?! You think you're invincible just because you killed Barrett?!"

He roared at the top of his lungs, trying to ignite the flames of resistance in the hearts of others.

"Brothers! There are so many of us! If we combine our strength, we might not be afraid of him! Rather than be his dog, let's fight him! Kill him, and we'll be the new kings of this prison!"

His words did have some effect.

Several prisoners who were still hesitating had a renewed fierce glint in their eyes, and they moved slightly, as if they were about to stand up and respond.

Their suppressed ferocity was reignited by these words.

however……

Lu Xuan didn't even look at him directly.

Faced with this hysterical roar, Lu Xuan's face remained completely calm.

He simply frowned, as if somewhat disgusted.

Then, count on your fingers.

Lightly flick.

The movement is so expressive, it's like flicking a speck of dust off your clothes.

"call out--"

A tiny, transparent energy blast, completely invisible to the naked eye, seemed to traverse the distance of space, instantly tearing through the air.

The scarred prisoner, whose body was covered in rocky skin and who was still roaring, suddenly stopped.

The ferocity and madness on his face froze instantly.

Silently, a tiny, needle-pierced hole appeared in the center of his forehead...

The hole was small, and blood didn't even flow out immediately.

But his eyes lost all their luster in an instant, becoming empty and unfocused.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but the breath of life had already been rapidly withdrawn from his body like the receding tide.

"Pfft."

His massive, rock-hard body fell straight down with a thud.

It crashed to the ground with a dull thud.

Until his death, his prized "Skin of Rock" provided absolutely no defense whatsoever.

Before that invisible, terrifying energy, it was as fragile as a sheet of paper.

Quiet.

It was even more deathly silent than before.

Every prisoner who had just begun to have a thought of resistance felt as if they had been doused from head to toe with a bucket of ice water taken from under the Arctic ice cap, their very souls frozen!

Instant kill!

Another effortless slash to the brink of annihilation!

Moreover, this time they didn't even see how Lu Xuan made his move!

He just flicked his fingers?!

What... what kind of monster is this?!

Lu Xuan slowly withdrew his finger, his gaze once again sweeping across the deathly silent crowd before him like a cold searchlight.

His voice rang out again, still so calm, so...impatient.

"Anyone else have a problem with this?"

"..."

The audience was silent.

No one dared to raise their head anymore, and no one dared to make any unusual moves.

fear!

Extreme fear spread like a plague, completely consuming the last bit of courage in their hearts to resist.

They finally, utterly and completely despaired.

They get it.

Before this young demon king, their numbers, their power, their forbidden ruins... everything was meaningless.

Killing whomever he wants is as easy as crushing an ant.

To resist is to die.

If you don't resist and become his dog, perhaps... there really is a glimmer of hope.

At this moment, this choice became both incredibly simple and incredibly cruel.

Finally, one prisoner's psychological defenses completely collapsed.

He could no longer bear the immense pressure of the ever-present threat of death.

"Pfft!"

Instead of kneeling down, he collapsed to the ground, then crawled a few steps toward Lu Xuan, slamming his head heavily against the ground with a thud.

His voice, trembling with sobs and utter humility, was like a dream:

"I...I'm willing...I'm willing to follow you, sir! I'm willing to be your dog! Please...please spare my life, sir! I'm willing...to kill all the enemies for you, sir!!"

His voice broke the deathly silence of despair, like the first domino to fall.

With the first, there is the second, the third...

"I am willing too! My lord! I am willing to pledge my loyalty!"

"Please, Your Excellency, have mercy! I am willing to go through fire and water for you!"

"I am willing to become your blade! Whoever you command to kill, I will kill!!"

"Plop! Plop! Plop!"

In an instant, all the prisoners who were still standing or kneeling prostrated themselves on the ground like a tidal wave.

They rushed to offer their loyalty to Lu Xuan, using the most humble language and the most humiliating posture, or rather... offered their lives.

The scene was absurd, yet shocking.

A group of notorious thugs who kill without blinking an eye are now like the most devout believers, worshipping their god... no, their demon king.