This mysterious being, clad in a black robe, was shrouded in black mist, exuding a chilly aura.
Behind him were towering pillars, densely covered with runes, each bound with a cultivator.
These cultivators had pale faces, their qi-blood in ruins.
The pillars, known as "Life-snatching Pillars," endlessly absorbed the blood and essence life force of the cultivators bound to them.
All this power was then absorbed by the black-robed cultivator to extend his life.
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"You lot are all worthless; none of you can fend off the heart demon, utterly useless!"
The black-robed cultivator disdainfully looked at the hundred cultivators bound to the stone pillars.
The people trembled, not daring to speak, because anyone who dared to refute the black-robed cultivator faced immediate death.
This black-robed cultivator's methods were astoundingly cruel.
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