Facing this terrifying pressure, Luo Jing felt it most deeply.
As the leader of the Luo Household's team, and the one who had dared to bark furiously at Jiang Xuan, he bore the most violent and ferocious force of oppression.
At that moment, every bone in his body creaked under the pressure, as though they would shatter inch by inch the next second.
At the same time, a causeless, utterly mournful sound of weeping echoed ceaselessly in the depths of his mind like a curse.
The sound tore down his mental defenses, plucked at his most vulnerable nerves, and lured him into drowning in endless sorrow, to burst into loud sobs then and there.
Fortunately, he was not truly useless. A Cultivator's vigilance jolted him awake at the very last moment before he completely fell under. He desperately clamped down on the grief that was nearly bursting through its banks in his heart and did not let that humiliating cry escape his throat.
Yet this all-out resistance had also drained every last scrap of his vigor and spirit, leaving him unable to spare even a sliver of strength to heed anything around him.
He could not move, but Liang Si could. To save her ally from the brink of disaster, she immediately cried urgently toward Jiang Xuan, "Stop! This is not the place to settle private grudges! Jiang Xuan, we can discuss everything after we get out. Right now, you should put the greater picture first!"
"Heh heh..." The words "the greater picture first" seemed to touch one of Jiang Xuan's most disdainful nerves, making the sneer on his face increasingly amused and cold.
As he had the Rimewinter Ghost continue wielding the might of Winter Solstice, he looked directly at Liang Si with interest. "The greater picture first?