Holding the wooden ruler, he felt as though that tiny ruler contained boundless spiritual power. Flowers of spiritual energy bloomed all around it, their petals drifting in the breeze as if they would never cease.
He had long been so furious with this fox that his teeth itched.
If not for it, why would he have suffered so much here? Even now, his Divine Sense still felt muddled.
So without the slightest hesitation, he raised the ruler and struck down viciously. As it fell, countless phantom images of grasses and trees flashed past, severing no fewer than three of the fox's tails in one stroke!
The three tails fell to the ground and actually became solid, blood still staining their severed roots.
"Ah!"
"You bastard!"
"Aren't you on Sky Vein Mountain in the Southern Domain?!"
The fox immediately let out a wail. There was no longer any tenderness in those peach-blossom eyes, only fierce and savage hostility.
Its remaining tails curled up uncontrollably, their tips trembling.
Yet, unexpectedly, it did not even leave behind a threat before fleeing outright.
It truly fled—it dug a hole and burrowed inside, vanishing in an instant. Its movements were swift and remarkably practiced.
Strangely, neither of the two cultivators moved to stop it during this process.
Only after it had left did the female cultivator in white say, "Senior Brother, stay here. I'll follow it and take a look."
The male cultivator nodded.
"I've already pinpointed its location, though we likely won't be able to catch its true body. It will be enough to keep our Divine Sense pressed within Demon Suppression Valley."
"Mm. Then I'll leave this kid to you, Senior Brother. Well done—I thought you were going to keep holding back and refuse to break through."
She glanced at Li Ye, then