Chapter 328: Chapter 206 Lingchi, Earth Child_2
About ten minutes later, the flesh on his chest was stripped clean, leaving only a thin, translucent layer of pleura.
Beneath the pleura lay the ribs, and under the ribs was the heart.
Because the pleura was so thin, even the pulsing beat of the heart could be clearly seen.
“Lao Wu’s knife is ruthless. With the heart exposed, it becos easier to track whether Lao Dao Bazi is still alive. If his heart beats strongly, it ans he’s full of life, and the cuts can be made faster. If his heart weakens, it indicates his vitality is fading, and the pace must slow accordingly.”
Yun Ziliang was comnting on Lv Mingkun’s knife work with the ease of a glutton reviewing a gourt al.
“Lao Yun, I didn’t peg you as this kind of freak. Your ntal fortitude is staggering.”
Truth be told, Zhou Xuan was already overwheld. This thod of execution, “lingchi,” was sothing he truly struggled to stomach.
“You think lingchi is already twisted?” Yun Ziliang asked.
“Isn’t it?”
“There are worse things,” Yun Ziliang said with a sinister smile.
“Like what?” Zhou Xuan inquired.
“Your tattoo map. Didn’t you master three designs yesterday—Bitter Ghost, Six Lives, and Earth Child? These tattoos form the Evil Slayer Chart, and they’re perfectly suited to deal with the Suffering Scholar and the Observer.”
“But the Evil Slayer Chart is for slaying and exterminating demons. The Suffering Scholar and the Observer are just humans—can it even work on them?” Zhou Xuan asked.
“Among the evil demons, there’s a type called human monster. Human monsters are those who have committed countless atrocities, harbored sinister intentions, and have innocent blood on their hands. Both of them fit the criteria perfectly.”
Yun Ziliang, with legs crossed, told Zhou Xuan, “Your tattoos—once used on them—will turn against their own being.”
“The ‘Bitter Ghost’ is linked to the boatman, and its thod of killing is drowning,” Zhou Xuan began pondering out loud, then added, “That thod tortures but ends too quickly—not drawn-out enough.”
“The ‘Six Lives’ connects to the executioner, whose thod is a single strike to decapitate. That’s too rciful for those two.”
“But the ‘Earth Child’ connects to Ye Tianzi. How does it kill?”
Zhou Xuan asked Yun Ziliang.
“Ye Tianzi serves under the command of the Earth Child. At night, they hunt infants deed ominous upon birth, employing a horrific thod. They use a shaking paper banner to coerce the infant to devour itself.”
After hearing Yun Ziliang’s explanation, Zhou Xuan imdiately took a liking to the idea. Using this thod to tornt the Suffering Scholar was undeniably fitting.
At that thought, Zhou Xuan exited the room and entered another “cell.”
The Suffering Scholar sat there with his head hung low, silent.
The Observer’s spirits were also visibly low.
Both suffered from the weight of their fall from grace. Just the day before, they had been influential figures in Mingjiang Prefecture. Now, in the blink of an eye, they were prisoners. Adjusting their mindset wasn’t sothing they could do easily.
“Tsk tsk, Great Scholar, what’s with the downcast look?”
Zhou Xuan drove his Bone Teeth into the jawbone of the Suffering Scholar, hooking onto the mandible and forcibly lifting his head.
The Suffering Scholar, unafraid of pain, maintained a calm expression and said evenly, “Zhou Xuan, don’t think you’ve won. Today you torture us, but soday, soone will torture you the sa way. It’s destiny, an unrelenting cycle.”
“Still cursing at this point? If I don’t show you so real thods to break your resolve, you’re truly stubborn.”
Zhou Xuan yanked back the Bone Teeth hooked into the scholar’s jawbone, but the Suffering Scholar remained unresponsive. He was highly resistant to pain.
“The Bone Elder Suffering Sect really lives up to its reputation—fearless in the face of pain.”
Zhou Xuan understood the peculiarities of the Suffering Faction well. Naturally, he didn’t focus the torture on the Suffering Scholar directly.
Torturing the Observer was a better option; tornting the Observer was indirectly torturing the Suffering Scholar.
Zhou Xuan walked over to the Observer, pinned his head down, and tore open his clothing, starting to etch a tattoo onto his body.
“If you’ve got skills, aim them at ! Don’t touch Xiaoyu!”
The Suffering Scholar charged at Zhou Xuan but got yanked back by the chains, the rebound force throwing him back into a corner. He sat there, shouting angrily at Zhou Xuan.
“Your flesh heals itself. It’s a waste of effort targeting you.”
Zhou Xuan’s Bone Teeth traced across the Observer’s back.
The “Earth Child” tattoo design featured a paper banner.
The Ye Tianzi entities used this banner to detect ominous individuals.
The paper banner design was not especially complex. Zhou Xuan pushed his perception to its limits, completing the tattoo with impressive speed.
Upon finishing the final line, Zhou Xuan vaguely caught sight of an infant. It had no ears, no nose, no eyes, and lay suspended in the air, as if in a deep, tranquil sleep.
The infant was the “Earth Child,” an alien ghost from the Heavenly Do. What Zhou Xuan glimpsed was rely the godly essence of the “Earth Child” tattoo, condensed into an illusion.
The sleeping Earth Child suddenly sensed the presence of the Observer, the human monster. Its stomach began to move rapidly, expanding and contracting, not like a human but more like a cicada. Its belly vibrated like mbranes, emitting a piercing shrill sound.
The sound was like silk being torn, sharp and piercingly resonant.
The Earth Child’s cry infected the Observer.
In a feral motion, the Observer brought his hands to his mouth and began biting.
The sound of bones crunching was crisp and hair-raising.
His frenzied chewing was unspeakably horrifying.
After biting off his fingers, he showed no signs of stopping. He shoved his palm into his mouth and continued gnawing.
“Xiaoyu!”
The Suffering Scholar, anguished, cried out in despair.
Under the influence of the “Earth Child” tattoo, the Observer had completely lost his mind. After consuming his left hand, he moved on to the right.
“Zhou Xuan, damn you, you deserve to die!”
The Suffering Scholar, like a raging madwoman, began furiously cursing Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan hooked his Bone Teeth into the scholar’s face, pulling him close, and said coldly, “Suffering Scholar, when you killed Lin Xia, killing her wasn’t enough—you had to tornt her by bringing up her daughter!”
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