"Why did you attack them?" Lu Xiaotian flickered to the fine badger demon's opposite side, his cool voice drifting into the other's ears.
"Who are you?" Chills swept over the fine badger demon's back. Earlier, he hadn't been able to detect the other's attack at all. Now the man had appeared right in front of him, just as abruptly.
Lu Xiaotian raised a hand and pressed down at empty air. A blood-red hand, about a zhang long, suddenly descended over the fine badger demon's head. The pressure of the wind made the demon sense danger this time. He summoned a white bone scepter into his palm. Chilling air billowed from it, swiftly condensing into ice crystals that formed a towering, dome-shaped shield around him.
But the blood-red hand came crashing down without hesitation, striking the crystalline dome. Boom! Ice shards burst in every direction. Carrying countless fragments with it, the blood-red hand slammed down onto the fine badger demon's head.
The fine badger demon grunted in pain. Those nearby had only been watching for amusement, and when Lu Xiaotian appeared, they had expected at least a brief fight. But once the ice shards scattered, the cultivators of the surrounding races came to their senses and saw that the fine badger demon couldn't escape at all. He clutched the white bone scepter in both hands, its chill pouring forth as he struggled to hold back the blood-red hand pressing down over his head. His trembling arms and bloodshot eyes showed how desperately he was straining.
"Less talk. Answer my question," Lu Xiaotian pressed.
"Yes, yes. The Cloudclear Sect wanted to bring Madam Lü into the sect and add a Pill King to its ranks, but Madam Lü refused several times. She was being unreasonable, so our sect master resorted to this