After Ling Yi's baffling death, the group stood rooted into the ground and were completely stumped for a brief moment. 

This included the Yuan Pearl Lord, Ling Han, Lei Bao, and the other elite experts that were either fifth or sixth tier Dao Querying cultivators. Any one of them could have defeated Wu Yu. 

For them, they would be facing stiff punishment after leaving the Ancient Soul Tower. It was especially so for the Raging Thunder Marsh because he wasn't like Ling Han, who was the biological brother of the Floating Souls Demon Lord. 

Wu Yu's Heaven Devouring Avatar was extremely mysterious. At the very least, they couldn't tell what it was capable of and therefore were a little intimidated by it. 

"Perhaps we could never find anyone more foolish than you guys. Prince Le was chosen by the Ancient Emperor to be the future Yan Huang Emperor. Yet you guys couldn't see this and chose to target Prince Le in the same manner as you targeted Prince Cheng. I can only express my condolences. Since Ling Yi had offended Prince Le, I could only send him to the afterlife. Moving forward, you guys can choose to continue doing what you like. However, I'd like to see how many among you guys can live past today. I...