He released Xiao Feng's hair, then, with a slow, deliberate movement that echoed the humiliating gesture from years past, Jian extended his foot. He didn't kick. He merely placed the toe of his plain black boot on Xiao Feng's chest, pressing down with just enough force to make Xiao Feng lose his balance.
Xiao Feng, broken and terrified, collapsed to his knees with a whimper, precisely as Jian Vareth had been forced to kneel before Ling Tian.
"Look at you, Xiao Feng," Jian’s voice, now colder than the void, echoed through the arena, amplified not by spiritual arrays, but by the sheer, crushing force of his Aura Dominasi. "Crawling. Just as you made me crawl."
Xiao Feng looked up, his face a mess of tears and snot, utterly broken, completely undone. The masked figure loomed over him, a da
