Meanwhile, inside the prison located in the basement under Sparrow Tower, there sat a one-legged old man leaning against the stone wall.
His appearance was unsightly beyond belief.
Blood and dirt covered his face and body. Special chains stretched his arms toward two corners of the cell's ceiling. Like the handcuffs used to restrain cultivators, they prevented him from using Theríon.
His top was bare, revealing countless bloody scars on his back. His hair was completely disheveled. No one would recognize him compared to his unbeatable avatar as he was the former strongest man in the city, Mei Clan's Supreme Elder, Mei Hengkong.
He was currently unconscious due to being overly tortured.
His weight rested against the wall, but the chains did not let his arms fall with the rest of him. Dried blood marked the places where the lashes had crossed his back. Without Theríon, there was no familiar surge of strength with which to force himself upright or drive the weakness away.
