"Kneel."
Di Tian uttered just that single command.
The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python involuntarily sank to their knees.
"Betraying your own race—do you know the punishment for such a grave crime?"
Di Tian walked up to the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, looking down on them from above.
The Titan Giant Ape trembled violently, unable to utter a word.
"Death! But we did nothing wrong!"
The Sky Azure Bull Python forced his head up and squeezed out a smile uglier than a sob.
"Nothing wrong? Death is at your doorstep, and you still dare to talk back!"
Di Tian slowly raised his right hand.
Pitch-black Soul Power condensed at his fingertip into a needle as fine as a strand of hair.
Di Tian curled his finger slightly and flicked it.
The slender black needle sank silently into the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder.
"Awooo!!"
The Titan Giant Ape let out an agonized shriek.
Black energy spread along his meridians, tearing his muscles apart inch by inch.
Blood seeped from his pores, staining his entire shoulder and back black.
"Lord Di Tian! Spare me! Please, spare me!"
The Titan Giant Ape rolled across the ground in agony.
His enormous fists hammered the ground frantically, but did nothing to ease the torment inside his body.
The Sky Azure Bull Python tried to step forward and help, only to be blocked by the other three ferocious beasts.
"What makes you think you did nothing wrong?"
Di Tian walked up to the Sky Azure Bull Python, his voice chillingly calm.
"Qingwu died!"
"People from Spirit Hall hunted her down, and you just watched her die!"
"Since you never treated us as your own, why should we protect that brain-eating brute?"
The Sky Azure Bull Python glared