In Elder Ruan's eyes, it was simply that Zhan Hu had failed to properly discipline Black Scale...
Thinking back to Demon-Scale Island, that Black Scale demon had been quite arrogant. Zhan Hu had clearly been told to teach him a proper lesson back then, yet now he had gone and caused this absurd incident with an inner sect disciple. It was infuriating.
Thud...
At Elder Ruan's words, Zhan Hu dropped straight to his knees. Naturally, he apologized profusely.
"Forget it. We'll wait until the Grand Gate Master confirms whether that Black Scale demon is dead or alive."
Elder Ruan left in a foul mood, praying inwardly that the Black Scale demon must not die.
But he knew it was almost impossible.
The prisoners inside the barrier had been suppressed for too long. Whenever they saw a beautiful demon sacrifice, they would torment and abuse her in every way.
If an ordinary demon was sent in, they would naturally kill him in every way they could...
One had to know that even demons who did not enter the barrier to perform hauling work could still be tortured to death alive by the prisoners within it.
That was right. Even trapped inside the barrier, some prisoners still had methods to kill demons outside it.
In the end, all Elder Ruan could do was sigh long and short.
Over here, Yinlu helped the kneeling Zhan Hu to his feet. With tears blurring her eyes, she asked, "Senior Zhan Hu, Big Brother Black Scale, he..."
Before she could finish, Zhan Hu clenched his fists tightly and said, "He'll be fine. He'll definitely be fine."
Of course, Zhan Hu was still deeply worried. Although he knew Brother Black Scale had done it deliberately, could he withstand that palm strike from Junior Brother Bian, the inner