Jiu Yuan was enraged by Lou Yunxiao's words.
He lost almost all reason.
Terrifying demonic power swept through the icy rain, blasting rocks and cultivators aside.
Zhuang Yusheng shielded Ning Xiaoxiao as he took her away. Unable to bear the sight of her breakdown, he temporarily suppressed her consciousness with his spiritual will, making her faint.
The cultivators were also shaken by Jiu Yuan's strength.
Their hearts clenched with fear for Lou Yunxiao.
Some Tribulation Stage cultivators tried to step forward, but Hong Yao and Wugou stopped them all.
They knew very well that, with Lou Yunxiao's current strength, he would not suffer so much as a scratch if he truly wanted to resist.
He was taking the beating only because he wished to.
It was not their place to interfere.
The one-sided beating continued until Jiu Yuan assumed his true form and pinned Lou Yunxiao brutally beneath his demon claw.
Lou Yunxiao's internal organs were damaged, and he coughed up mouthfuls of blood, yet his injuries were still healing at an astonishing speed.
With hollow eyes, he watched the enormous Nine-Tailed Demon Fox throw back his head and roar mournfully at the sky.
The sound was a cry of bleeding anguish.
It carried his outrage at Ning Ke's suffering and his fury at his own helplessness.
"Why?!"
Jiu Yuan's enormous fox eyes were bloodshot and wet with tears.
He lowered his head and demanded an answer from Lou Yunxiao.
"Why did you do that?!"
"What did my A Ke ever do wrong? What could he possibly have done to make you treat him like that..."
"Lou Yunxiao, when you took A Ke away, you promised me you wouldn't let him get hurt. In your previous life, you died because of the Demon War and couldn't keep that promise. I