Crippling Zhu Zhuqing

Zhu Zhuqing's mind went blank. She had never expected him to turn hostile without warning.

Agonizing pain swept through her lower abdomen. She staggered back half a step, her face turning pale as paper, her voice trembling. "No... you can't be this cruel!"

Jiang Nanchen slowly approached, his footsteps silent upon the fallen leaves. His gaze was cold, devoid of even a trace of warmth. "I gave you a way to live so you could serve me. Since you refuse to obey, I'll cripple you myself."

"It's not that I don't want to repay your kindness!" Zhu Zhuqing gritted her teeth and argued. "I just have personal matters to attend to. Once I'm done, I'll naturally come find you!"

"I don't have the patience to wait." Jiang Nanchen's tone was calm, yet carried an unquestionable dominance. "Even a dog I raise knows how to repay kindness. I gave you a path to survival, yet you were thinking of leaving without a word. Anyone beyond my control is a danger better removed."

Before his words had even faded, he raised his right hand. A faint golden light glimmered at his fingertips as he pressed them directly against Zhu Zhuqing's brow.

Zhu Zhuqing only felt a thunderous boom in her mind. The Golden Core condensed within her instantly shattered, and her vast Soul Power scattered out of control.

Her once-stable Soul Grandmaster cultivation began plummeting rapidly. Soul Grandmaster, Soul Master... it fell all the way until the last trace of Soul Power dispersed into the air. Her body was left utterly empty, unable to sense even the slightest shred of strength.

Zhu Zhuqing went limp and collapsed to the ground.

She tremblingly raised her hand, but her fingertips held nothing. She could not even summon the most basic Hell Spirit Cat martial