"This…"
Xu Yiyi and Elder Ningshuang stood with their mouths slightly agape, their gazes flickering.
Nothing but bewilderment and confusion radiated from them — they had been completely thrown off by the scene unfolding before their eyes.
However, Master Li Rui paid no attention to what Xu Yiyi thought of him. At this moment, he was continuously kowtowing with all his might, repeating words of mercy and begging.
He had utterly abandoned all pride.
"You've already chosen your path, and there's no turning back. Prepare to accept this lord's punishment." Yet, faced with Master Li Rui's pleas, the old cat remained utterly unmoved.
It extended a single claw and flicked it toward Master Li Rui. A streak of brilliant light shot forth and entered Master Li Rui's body.
"AAAAHHH!!!!!!"
The very next instant, Master Li Rui let out a wretched, blood-curdling scream.
Wailing, agony, misery — his cries echoed across heaven and earth.
Seeing Master Li Rui like this, even Chu Feng's expression shifted slightly. He could tell that Master Li Rui was truly enduring pain that ordinary people could never withstand.
As for Xu Yiyi and Elder Ningshuang, they were even more dumbstruck, their jaws nearly hitting the ground. Xu Yiyi's small mouth hung wide open in particular.
By now, no matter how slow they might be, they could see that this ugly, decrepit cat before them was no ordinary creature.
But how had such a cat suddenly appeared in the forbidden grounds of Luoxia Valley?
Countless questions and doubts continued to swirl within their minds.
After a bout of miserable wailing, Master Li Rui's voice gradually grew weaker.
And so… after a full half hour of agonized screaming, he finally fell completely silent.
Though his physical body remained intact, he was as dead as dead could be.
"How weak — lasting only half an hour." After Master Li Rui's death, the old cat spoke with an air of disappointment.
"…"
Hearing those words, let alone Xu Yiyi and Elder Ningshuang, even Chu Feng and Eggy felt a vein of frustration pulse at their temples.
Although Master Li Rui's physical body had not been visibly damaged, from his agonized screams and the contortions of his limbs before death, they could well imagine the kind of torture he had endured — torture of the soul.
And such torture was often a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand times harder to bear than torture of the flesh.
Master Li Rui — a mighty seventh-tier Martial Ancestor — had screamed himself hoarse. From that alone, it could be deduced that the pain had been truly unbearable, something no one could withstand.
Yet this old cat had said something like that. One could only imagine just how vicious this cat truly was.
"Chu Feng, now that this one's been dealt with, it's time to deal with you. Sure, you freed this lord, but don't expect any gratitude — this lord has always been the type to repay kindness with enmity."
Whoosh —
At that moment, a strange, sinister curve curled up at the corner of the old cat's mouth. It extended a claw and pointed it at Chu Feng. A streak of brilliant light shot forth and pierced into the center of Chu Feng's forehead.
The moment that light entered his body, a bizarre pulse of energy surged within him. The very next instant, he let out the same wretched scream that Master Li Rui had.
"Ahhhhhh ~~~~~"
His piercing cry rang out through the sky. Chu Feng immediately clutched his head with both hands, dropped to his knees, and began rolling across the ground in agony. The heart-rending pain was so palpable that even watching from the outside made one's heart ache.
"You wretched thing — this Queen will tear you to shreds!"
Seeing the old cat attack Chu Feng, Her Majesty flew into a rage. A torrent of dark, black energy erupted from her body as she lunged toward the old cat.
"Hmph, shut your mouth, won't you? Just a mere Asura World Spirit — others may fear you, but this lord couldn't care less about you."