Even in the midst of the fight, Xu Huo's Spiritual World had quietly enveloped Bird Tower. Vertical Pupil descended from the top floor—on the sixth floor there were two people. Though they had not come up, they were likely preparing to receive the woman. In the third floor below, there were four people, including Xiong Qing and Teacher Ai.
Both had clearly been severely beaten. Xiong Qing lay injured on the ground, while Teacher Ai, less severely wounded, was pressed down on his knees by a player in red clothing, who stabbed a long, thin Cowhair Needle into the back of his head. With the advancement of the needle, Teacher Ai's expression visibly shifted from resistance and pain to numbness. Within a few seconds, he obediently knelt on the ground.
"These two cripples are quite the handful," the player in red remarked, slapping Teacher Ai across the face before stepping back.
