One Pound Meat, One More Attribute Point

Chapter 524: Chapter 435: Torture; Methods to Enhance Spiritual Power_2

Whether it’s the Great Zhou Royal Family, or some well-known Immortal Sect Families, which one doesn’t fiercely guard their core heritage? Even for the true teachings of a sect or the main lineage of a family, one must go through a series of challenges and even encounter prohibitions before they can be learned.

Yet Su Heng casually made his public, could it be that he’s not afraid of someone finding flaws in the Cultivation Technique and targeting them?

She suddenly thought of the feeling of despair when facing Su Heng.

The slight doubts that emerged in her heart also dissipated in an instant.

Continue forward.

The crowd around her gradually thinned.

Princess Ji Huaxi arrived at the steps of the volcano, surrounded by glowing lava rivers.

Led by the Dragon Guard, Princess Ji Huaxi came to a newly established reception hall. As the heavy doors groaned open with the sound of iron, she once again saw the legendary Northern Border Demon Dragon.

Although it wasn’t the first time they met.

But the last time she saw Su Heng, he was indistinguishable from a sadistic monster.

But this time, the one appearing before Princess Ji Huaxi had a human form.

Su Heng sat casually at the throne at the end of the room, propping his head with his hand, wrapped in a layer of black cloak. Through the neckline, one could see the bronze-colored skin beneath. His face wore a gentle smile, and his crow-grey messy hair draped by his ears. But in Princess Ji Huaxi’s eyes, the Su Heng before her seemed even more terrifying and distorted than when they first met.

Like an incomprehensible monstrous creature, forcibly stuffed into a human flesh shell.

Despite the smile on this shell’s face.

The smile seemed false in her view, instead filled with indescribable bizarreness.

“We meet again, Princess.” Su Heng glanced at Princess Ji Huaxi, looking like a greedy merchant examining a rare piece of merchandise.

Princess Ji Huaxi felt as though a wet tongue was licking her skin, almost causing fine goosebumps to appear.

Suppressing her discomfort, she said, “Thank you for stopping those beings of Destruction Power, helping the people of the world to overcome this calamity.”

“I do not have such noble aspirations, nor do I care about the life and death of the ‘people of the world’,” Su Heng’s smile remained unchanged, but his voice deepened a bit, “I killed them simply because we happened to have some conflicts, nothing more.”

“Let’s not talk about that for now…”

Su Heng withdrew his gaze and said, “You have made a mistake, causing me a great deal of trouble.”

“What do you want to do?”

Hearing the turn in Su Heng’s words, Princess Ji Huaxi’s expression immediately showed wariness.

She instinctively took a step back, then furrowed her brows, gave herself courage, and looked up at Su Heng without fear.

Su Heng lazily yawned, a skeletal and ghastly long tail slowly extending from behind him. A young maid with a large tray rushed forward a step, kneeling on the ground, holding the tray above her head. Princess Ji Huaxi saw the contents of the tray and felt nauseous, it was shockingly filled with bloody demon skulls, piled up into a small hill.

The intense smell of blood wafted out, even forming trails of red mist in the room.

Yet Su Heng was undisturbed.

Like eating sunflower seeds, he grabbed the skulls with his tail, stuffed them into his mouth, and with a series of loud crunching noises, chewed and swallowed them.

The owners of these skulls were clearly very powerful demons, tenacious in life, and their heads were still alive even after being chopped off. As Su Heng chewed them, Princess Ji Huaxi even faintly heard a few screams.

“Monster…” Princess Ji Huaxi thought to herself.

Yet fear inevitably grew within her, causing her complexion to turn slightly pale.

“You are very lucky.” Su Heng’s gaze fell, and he said softly, “Some mistakes, once made, leave no chance for regret, while others still have some opportunities to make amends.”

“Although you have caused me great trouble, if you can provide enough compensation, I can let bygones be bygones for this matter.”

“If not, hehe…”

Su Heng’s face bore a smile, but his blood-stained lips were chilling, “You wouldn’t want to know that outcome.”

No matter how strong Princess Ji Huaxi appeared to be, the vast disparity in power could not be ignored. And compared to the lawless Su Heng, she undoubtedly cared about a lot more things. As Su Heng spoke threatening words, an indescribable monumental aura, like a cold black fog, slowly surrounded her.

Bang! Bang!

The external environment seemed to be peeled away, everything became distant.

So much so that under such circumstances, the sound of a heartbeat was exceptionally clear and heavy.

Ji Huaxi bit her lip, forcing herself to calm down, raised her head, looked into Su Heng’s eyes, and said, “Firstly, I need to understand what it is you want?”

“Medicines that enhance spiritual power, precious metals of equal value to Dead Iron… Oh right, I remember Emperor Wu took many Destruction Powers from the realm of eternal life to accompany him in death. If you can bring me seven or eight complete corpses, we can consider the matter closed.” Su Heng twisted his fingers, his voice revealing unabashed greed as he made an outrageous demand.

“Seven or eight corpses of Destruction Powers, are you joking!” Hearing these demands made Ji Huaxi’s head spin.

“That’s not my concern. If you can’t gather enough, you can offset the amount with other resources.”

“How much?”

“One unit being the amount of Spiritual Medicine a Heavenly Deceit expert needs to consume to reach the Earth Immortal Limit, let’s start with a thousand units.”

“!? “Ji Huaxi’s eyes widened, her breathing becoming noticeably heavier, “Impossible, even if you sold me, I wouldn’t be able to gather so much.”

“Hehehe…”

Su Heng sneered, “Not my concern.”

Ji Huaxi’s brows furrowed as she still wanted to haggle.

But at this moment, Su Heng’s lazy voice came again, “Oh, did my subordinates remind you of something? I’m not a very patient man.”

“So…”

Su Heng’s voice suddenly turned icy, “I’d advise you to give me a satisfactory explanation as quickly as possible.”

Boom boom boom!

With the surge of Power, Su Heng’s figure was enveloped in a vast black fog.

At the same time, Ji Huaxi turned to look at the ground, somewhat panic-stricken. Amidst the rumbling tremors, the floor around her suddenly cracked open, a multitude of blood-red worms emerging from all directions, forming a huge ring that slowly closed in on her position.

Ji Huaxi could clearly see the hair on those worms, the slime, and their wrinkled surfaces. A fear the likes of which she had never known surged from the depths of her soul—she dared not imagine the horror of having these creatures crawl over her.

“Five!”

Misfortunes pile up like the relentless rain, and Su Heng’s merciless voice came.

Echoing back and forth in the enclosed hall.

“Four!”

“Three!”

“Two!”

“…Wait!” Just as the worms were about to touch her delicate toes, Ji Huaxi almost screamed her words out.

“Snap!”

At the sound of a finger snap.

The writhing worms suddenly stopped in place, then receded like a tide flowing backwards.

The black fog dissipated, Su Heng’s burly figure reappeared on the throne at the end of the hall, his face wearing a mocking smile, “It seems people do need to be pushed before their potential can be squeezed out.”

Ji Huaxi only felt weak all over, her hands on her chest, legs splayed, disgracefully kneeling on the floor, panting heavily.

It was only at this moment.

She realized the long dress on her back was soaked through with sweat, and her hair was also wet.

“You want to rapidly enhance your own spiritual power in a short period of time,” Ji Huaxi lifted her head to look at Su Heng, panting as she tentatively asked.

“Mm.” Su Heng nodded.

“If that’s the case, then this might actually be easier to handle.” Ji Huaxi breathed a long sigh of relief, a look of fortune on her face.

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