After dealing with most of them, only a dozen or so peak Star Gods remained in the entire Star God team.
Some felt lucky, while others were uneasy, always feeling that being left alone wouldn't lead to anything good.
As it turned out, their intuition was spot on.
Ye Yun's smiling gaze fell upon them, and he slowly said with a smile.
"So, everyone, I'll give you two choices. One is to voluntarily offer up your divine spark and depart with dignity."
"Of course, if you don't want dignity, I don't mind giving it to you!"
His voice carried a spring breeze-like quality.
However, the words he spoke sent chills down their spines, from their vertebrae to the tops of their heads.
What kind of demon could utter such words!
And this was precisely why Ye Yun had kept them, to maximize the acquisition of divine sparks.
Although with his strength as a thirty-third-tier Heavenly God, he could strip divine sparks even from lower-tier Heavenly Gods, the risk would be much greater, and the consumption would be substantial.
It was better to carefully select these peak Star Gods.
Feeling Ye Yun's gaze, their faces turned ashen.
"Well? Have you considered it?"
Ye Yun smiled and looked at them.
The latter remained silent, either in fear or anger.
One of them even let out a roar, shouting at Ye Yun.
"Come on! This God will not surrender to you even in death!"
Seeing his courageous defiance, Ye Yun raised an eyebrow and said slowly.
"You've got some backbone. Let's see how long your backbone lasts."
As his voice fell, the True Flame Divine Fire in his hand shot out, directly engulfing the man.
The Star God's body was instantly enveloped in flames, the scorching heat instantly disfiguring him, causing him to let out an uncontrollable scream.
However, this time, the True Flame Divine Fire did not burn him to ashes swiftly. Under Ye Yun's meticulous control, the power of the divine fire was just enough to make him wish he were dead but not inflict a fatal wound.
At first glance, it seemed cruel, but stripping divine sparks was inherently cruel!
According to the method of stripping divine sparks that Qian Qingning had told him, the most crucial point was to use extreme pain to shatter the consciousness of the person whose divine spark was being stripped. In simpler terms, it was to torment the opponent into madness!
Once their mind and body were broken, he would then use his immense power to forcibly separate the divine spark from their body.
In the past, this would undoubtedly be a wicked art used by evil cultivators. This was why Qian Qingning had seriously warned him.
But in Ye Yun's eyes, tools themselves were neither righteous nor evil; it all depended on the person using them and the context.
And this method of stripping divine sparks, while cruel, was something Ye Yun had no moral qualms about using on those who intended to kill him and annihilate the Heavenly Realm.
"So, what about the rest of you? Do you want to end up like him?"
Ye Yun looked up, the True Flame Divine Fire dancing in his hand.
This scene made the remaining Star God powerhouses turn pale.
"No... No, I'll give up my divine spark! I'll give up my divine spark!"
Especially one of the female Star Gods.
After witnessing Ye Yun's cruel methods, she was truly terrified and chose to self-immolate by offering up her divine spark.
At least, she could die with dignity, die decisively...
For those who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, they no longer feared death much. It was the pain of death that was most awe-inspiring!
After this, Ye Yun slightly loosened his control over them, allowing them enough strength to mobilize their own power for the offering!
"Don't try any tricks, or else..."
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Yun's eyes, sending a chill down their spines.
Although extremely unwilling, seeing the miserable state of the person next to them, they gritted their teeth and committed suicide.
Meanwhile, the mole not far away couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva as he watched the scene unfold.
Fortunately, fortunately, he had accepted Qian Qingning's recruitment earlier. Otherwise, he would probably be one of these people.
His gaze remained fixed on Ye Yun, his expression full of awe...
"This Ye Aotian is truly terrifying. His cultivation, his cultivation, it's just..."
Before this, as a person from the Qian Yuan Realm, he had a lot of intelligence on Ye Yun.
To this day, he couldn't understand how the opponent had leaped from the Star God level to the thirty-third-tier Heavenly God!
And these methods, this divine artifact... it was like cheating...
As for Song Ziyue, who was not far away, she silently watched Ye Yun tormenting that peak Star God. Her eyes showed no ripples at the man's piteous screams and contorted features.
She merely watched quietly, perhaps lost in thought...
Time ticked by, and Ye Yun continuouslyOutputted divine power. Subsequently, exquisite divine sparks of various colors slowly flew out from the chests of those individuals.
Each divine spark even seemed to carry faint bloodstains, as if some organ had been removed from their bodies.
However, in a sense, divine sparks were even more important than organs!
"Quite efficient, aren't we..."
Ye Yun nodded with satisfaction and beckoned the divine sparks to him.
The Star Gods who had lost their divine sparks rapidly decayed and dissipated, turning into dust and vanishing into the void as if they had never existed!
Watching this scene, Ye Yun felt no pity. After all, if his own strength were insufficient and they had lost the battle,
the opponents would likely not have let him off so easily, and the people of the Heavenly Realm would have faced annihilation.
This world was like this: the strong survived, the weak perished...
In the end, he had collected a total of eleven Star God-level divine sparks. The remaining one person had also completely gone mad under his torment!
Ye Yun then condensed the divine spark in his palm and shot out like a meteor, piercing through the opponent like golden lightning.
When his body stabilized, everything was over. In his palm, emitting golden flames, appeared a bloody divine spark.
"Alright, mission accomplished."
Ye Yun looked at the divine spark in his hand, smiling with immense joy, like a villain.
With these divine sparks, his disciples would all be able to receive them.
And with another return for each disciple, he would gain an additional portion.
The most crucial point was that the materials returned this time were peak Star God divine sparks, which meant the rewards returned were very likely to be Heavenly God-level divine sparks!
This way, many key figures in the Heavenly Realm could obtain divine sparks.
Like Gu Xiaoyue, her master, and even on the Profound Sky Continent, Ye Yun planned to find an opportunity to descend there.
At that time, he would give a divine spark to the former old sect leader, Gu Chen...
The old man had treated him well on the Profound Sky Continent and had helped him a lot. Now that he had risen, he naturally couldn't forget him!
This time, the harvest was truly substantial.
Ye Yun put away the divine sparks and then turned around.
Only then did he notice that Song Ziyue seemed somewhat strange...