Chapter 616: Cruelty (Part 3)

"Demon, die!!!" Suddenly, the elder roared, hurling the conical treasure from his hand.

The awl, which was originally palm-sized, transformed into several meters in length the moment it left his hand, emitting a dazzling golden light. Carrying immense momentum and enveloped by powerful runes, it shot violently toward the fierce beast.

"Not good!"

In that instant, Chu Feng secretly exclaimed in alarm, because with his keen mental power, he could perceive that the awl was no ordinary treasure, but a special weapon crafted by a golden-robed Spirit World Master.

This kind of weapon could only be used once, but its power was truly terrifying, and this one in the elder's hands was by no means simple.

If this were before, Chu Feng might have hoped for the elder's success, because as long as the fierce beast was killed, he too would have a chance to escape. But now, his feelings were the exact opposite.

He had discovered that this fierce beast was so familiar; it was very likely someone he knew. Otherwise, it wouldn't have spared him and instead gone after the people from the Exalted Crippling Immortal Islands.

Only if the fierce beast remained unharmed did Chu Feng have a chance to live. Conversely, if the fierce beast was harmed and the elder survived, then Chu Feng's death was certain.

However, who would have thought that facing such a terrifying barrier weapon, the fierce beast didn't even take it seriously? It neither dodged nor defended, but instead walked straight toward the weapon, choosing to withstand the attack with its physical body.

"Boom!" Finally, the barrier weapon struck the fierce beast's body, but it only produced a piercing roar. Although it did create terrifying ripples, those ripples were absorbed by the fierce beast before they could even spread.

That's right, the terrifying attack caused by the barrier weapon was indeed absorbed by the fierce beast. The weapon the elder had painstakingly prepared was like an egg against a stone, utterly incapable of causing the fierce beast any injury.

"How can this be?" Seeing this scene, even the elder himself was dumbfounded. According to his knowledge, this barrier weapon could potentially cause massive damage even to a fifth-rank Martial Lord. It shouldn't be like this!

Unless... unless this creature was truly powerful to a degree that was simply unbearable!

"Elder, what do we do? Even that weapon was useless!"

At the same time, the wild man and the fair-faced young man were also terrified. That barrier weapon had been their last chance; now that the chance had vanished, they felt a profound sense of despair, as if there were no path left to walk.

"What else can we do? We can only wait to die." The elder snorted coldly, a vicious glint flashing in his eyes. As he spoke, his hands grabbed the wild man and the fair-faced young man, and he threw these two juniors from his own faction right in front of the fierce beast.

"Hum—" As soon as the wild man and the fair-faced young man reached the fierce beast's side, they were lifted into the air by its unique power. It was the prelude to their refinement.

"My lord, I know not where you come from, but I beg you, do not kill me! I am willing to follow you, to work like an ox or a horse, a pig or a dog, willingly and without a word of complaint! I implore you, spare my life!"

"Spare my life, spare my life! Please, do not kill me! I will be your most loyal servant! I can find you more cultivation resources, lure powerful cultivators here so they can serve your cultivation! Please, do not kill me!"

Both the wild man and the fair-faced young man were terrified out of their wits. Greedy for life and afraid of death, they began to beg without any dignity. The fair-faced young man even went so far as to offer to find cultivation resources for the fierce beast, truly proving himself no better than a beast.

"Ngh, ahhh~~~~~~"

However, the fierce beast remained utterly unmoved by their pleas. Two heart-rending screams were heard, and the two men began to endure the most cruel of tortures.

Cruel, truly the cruelest. Although they were also experiencing the pain of refinement, and the process was identical to what others endured, the duration they had to bear was exceptionally long.

That's right, the fierce beast intended to torment them and deliberately slowed the process. From his close vantage point, Chu Feng could clearly see their skin being flayed, accompanied by streams of bright red blood flowing into the fierce beast's body, being absorbed and refined.

After the skin was torn away, came the muscles, the bones... until their internal organs were about to be refined, the two men remained alive, a testament to the immense agony they were enduring.

After a long period of torment, only two white skeletons remained of them. But this time, the fierce beast did not simply toss them aside as before. Instead, it crushed their bones and then swallowed them.

The manner in which it dealt with them not only prolonged the time and increased the intensity of the torture, but it even swallowed their bones, leaving absolutely nothing behind.

"Haha, Chu Feng, look quickly! The way this fierce beast does things is just like you! Ruthless, cruel—I like it!" At this moment, Egg actually cheered joyfully, her face full of vindication.

"What? Am I usually that cruel?" Hearing this, Chu Feng asked with an innocent expression on his face.

"You? You're way more cruel than it is! When you get angry, you're hardly human! Haha, but this queen likes that about you. To live, one must be ruthless, especially toward enemies. You must be not only cold-blooded and ruthless, but also unnaturally vicious. Only then will they tremble at your name and not dare to contend with you." Egg said with a grin.

At this moment, Chu Feng felt a bit helpless. He wasn't a fool; he naturally knew what kind of person he became when he went on a rampage. But he had never regretted it. In fact, he felt Egg was absolutely right—toward his enemies, he was ruthless and merciless, a demon devoid of human feeling.

Therefore, witnessing the fierce beast refine the wild man and the fair-faced young man with such extreme cruelty, he not only felt no discomfort but actually felt quite satisfied. Because those two had been his enemies.

No, not just those two, but also that third-rank Martial Lord elder.

"You, you... you're in this together! You... you... you're in cahoots with this fierce beast!"

In stark contrast to Chu Feng's calm and secret satisfaction, the elder from the Exalted Crippling Immortal Islands had a face as pale as paper, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

As he retreated, he pointed at Chu Feng. Regarding the fierce beast's abnormal behavior, a guess had already formed in his mind: that this extraordinary little brat and the fierce beast were in league together. In the end, it was he himself who had truly been the sheep walking into the tiger's den!

"Ngh, ahhhhh~~~~~"

However, the fierce beast did not give the elder much time to catch his breath. With a mere thought, the elder, just like the wild man and the fair-faced young man before him, began to endure the cruel torture.

The only difference was that compared to the previous two, the torment the elder suffered was even more miserable. But for Chu Feng, this elder absolutely deserved his fate. He had it coming.