"Hmph! You still dare quibble?" Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch roared, even more enraged by what he heard. Purple light suddenly erupted all over him, and he swept his great sleeve...
Boom!! Purple light suddenly surged and shook around Ceno's enormous body. Ceno felt his magic power suppressed by an astonishing power of laws. He could not move a muscle as an unimaginably powerful force blasted him away...
Crash!!! Despite his great divine abilities, Ceno was hurled straight into the garden of exotic flowers and plants. Countless rare blossoms and herbs were smashed to pieces, and sand and gravel flew skyward in every direction...
"!" Standing to one side with his head lowered in silence, Jerkov was startled. He had followed Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch for longer than he could remember, yet this was the first time he had seen him lose his composure like this. Unease began stirring in his heart...
"Speak! Do you admit your guilt?" Naturally, Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch paid Jerkov no attention. An utterly frenzied aura surged skyward from his body as he sternly berated the disheveled Ceno. The entire cave abode seemed to tremble beneath his violent presence.
"This disciple... this disciple does not know what offense he has committed. Please judge clearly, Lord Daoist Patriarch!" Ceno was alarmed. By now, how could he not know why Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch had summoned him? But he was no three-year-old child who would confess at the first threat. Instead, he steadied himself and continued speaking, his thoughts flashing like lightning as he searched for a way out...
Just then!
"You still dare quibble! Must I perform Soul-Searching and Spirit Extraction on you?" Purple-Light Daoist Patriarch roared with mounting fury. He spread his hand, and countless streams of purple light surged out, forming an enormous purple hand that reached toward Ceno...