The real reason for maiming his disciple; the barrier around Sage Ancient City was broken

Ao Bai shuddered at those words. Could such a vicious interrogation method really have come from a handsome young gentleman who looked so harmless?

-Thump! Oh!

Niu Gang gave no warning at all before striking. He went straight over and kicked him, making him let out a warbling cry like a squeaky chicken.

When Niu Gang raised his foot for a second kick, the deathly pale Ao Bai hurriedly spoke. "Don't... don't hit me anymore. I'll talk. I'll tell you."

Yun Che said nothing. He remained a short distance away, munching on Experience Pill Beans as his experience slowly increased by 100 to 5,000 points at a time.

After catching his breath a little, Ao Bai sighed and said, "It's because of the SS Rank Talent I awakened, Devouring Love's Sorrow. The prerequisite for using this Talent is to inflict an everlasting wound on the person I cherish most. The greater the pain I leave behind, the faster I can cultivate with this Talent."

"My Martial Root is only upper high-grade. Without using this Talent, I would have spent my entire life stuck at the Emperor Realm peak. But now I've successfully broken through, which proves that what I did before wasn't wrong."

Yun Che fell silent. He was even somewhat surprised. He had never expected that the man had deliberately cut off Yuezheng Xiangling's hands and feet to break through to the Supreme Realm. That was far too cruel.

"Xiangling told me that you weren't just her master. To her, having lost her parents as a child, you were practically a father. And you could still bring yourself to do that!"

Ao Bai trembled at those words and lowered his head in shame. He said sorrowfully, "To me, Xiangling is also my only daughter. I lost my mind. I