[Hathaway got too deep into the act, and you developed her hidden traits, emotion points +9999...] [Hathaway developed favorable feelings toward you. Initial taming proved effective, emotion points +14257...]
After hearing the system prompts, Jiang Che turned his gaze to Long Jiuyuan, who stood stupidly frozen before him, and teased, "Hall Master Long... didn't you hear?"
"Hathaway has already pleaded for you. For her sake, I'll spare your life for now! Take your people and get the hell out of here!"
At that, Jiang Che suddenly changed his tone. "But... while you may be spared from death, you will not escape punishment."
"You've offended me time and again. I'll cripple your cultivation right now!"
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Che gave Long Jiuyuan no chance to react. He pointed a finger, and sword qi took form. A golden sword gleam tore through the void and shot into Long Jiuyuan's lower abdomen with lightning speed!
The overbearing sword qi exploded within Long Jiuyuan's dantian. His meridians began snapping inch by inch, destroying his entire cultivation. Years of training vanished in an instant.
"Ah!"
Long Jiuyuan let out an utterly miserable howl. He collapsed to his knees, his face twisted in agony as pain wracked him. Cold sweat instantly soaked his clothes.
The pain of having one's meridians shattered was no less brutal than being cut by a thousand blades. No ordinary person could endure it easily.
Fortunately, Long Jiuyuan was a child of destiny, born with immense fortune and possessing the one-in-ten-thousand pure yang dao body. His will was as unyielding as steel.
Otherwise, if it had been any ordinary person, he would probably have been tortured to death by now.
As an afterthought, Jiang Che flicked his fingers twice more, crippling Mike and Bruce's martial foundations