359: To kill someone is to destroy their spirit! To shatter their Dao heart!

The crisis was resolved.

The haze shrouding the Heavenly Capital was violently dispersed.

Sunlight spilled down once more, illuminating this majestic city that had just endured a catastrophe, yet it could not dispel the tightening sense of bloodlust and slaughter in the air.

The nine heavens vessel descended slowly, eventually hovering over the Palace Square like a silent, ancient deity overlooking the mortal realm.

Su Chen stepped out of the cabin, yawning.

He stretched, his gaze sweeping over the square below, which had been cleaned so thoroughly that not a trace of blood could be found even in the cracks between the floor tiles, and he nodded in satisfaction.

[Hmm, the efficiency is alright.]

[But the air quality is terrible. It smells like roasted meat mixed with the strange scent of scorched Divine Souls; it's ruining my appetite.]

He was about to tell Su Wuchang to set sail when his gaze inadvertently fixed on the square.

Ji Hongxue stood gracefully in the center of the square, still holding that golden dog leash.

At the other end of the chain, that fellow named Lin Yu lay motionless on the ground, looking no different from a dead dog.

Nearby, Su Wuchang held the unconscious Great Emperor Zhao Wuji as if he were carrying a tattered sack.

"Hmm?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow.

At that thought, Su Chen leaned against the ship's railing and shouted down lazily.

"Redhead."

"Wake that dog up."

"It's too quiet, there's no atmosphere at all. Teach him how to bark."

"Understood! Just watch, Boss!"

Hearing this, a bloodthirsty sneer instantly blossomed on Su Wuchang's face.

He loved this sort of thing!

He casually tossed Zhao Wuji onto the ground with a dull thud, then strode toward Lin Yu.

He took the golden demon-binding rope from Hongxue's hand, his grin so wide his molars were visible.

"Hehe, brat, falling into your Grandpa Wu Chang's hands is your misfortune across eight lifetimes!"

Before his voice had even faded, his arm muscles bulged, and he yanked the chain violently!

*Thud!*

Lin Yu's unconscious body was dragged by a brutal, overwhelming force, his knees slamming heavily onto the White Jade Floor Tiles.

Immediately after, Su Wuchang raised his large foot, encased in a hideous combat boot, and without a moment's hesitation, stomped down hard on Lin Yu's knee!

*Crack!*

The crisp sound of bone being crushed to powder echoed clearly across the deathly silent square!

"Ah—!"

The extreme pain, like a red-hot iron rod, stabbed deep into his Divine Soul, causing the unconscious Lin Yu to snap awake!

He let out a shrill, inhuman howl, twisted veins bulging at his temples as pea-sized beads of cold sweat instantly soaked his hair.

He struggled to open his eyes.

In his line of sight was Su Wuchang's face, filled with twisted amusement.

Around him were countless citizens of great xia, their eyes filled with mockery and delight, as if watching a clown.

And above in the sky, at the bow of that sun-blotting giant star-vessel, was that young man in white, looking down at him with the gaze of someone admiring a plaything.

"You... you all..."

Lin Yu's teeth were chattering violently, every word squeezed out from between his shattered bones.

"Awake?"

Su Wuchang squatted down and patted Lin Yu's still-handsome face with his fan-like hand, smiling exceptionally brightly.

"Since you're awake, don't just lie there like a corpse."

"My boss said he wants to hear you bark a bit."

"Come on, bark like a dog for me. If it sounds good, I'll break one less bone of yours today."

"You're... dreaming!"

A final flash of madness and stubbornness erupted in Lin Yu's eyes.

He was a Prodigy of the Upper Realm, an Immortal Envoy of the Xuantian Immortal Sect. How could he endure such a humiliating disgrace!

A warrior can be killed, but not insulted!

"Oh? Your bones are quite tough."

The smile on Wu Chang's face deepened.

"I like the stubborn ones like you."

"That's the only way it's exciting enough."

With that, he raised his foot again, this time aiming for Lin Yu's other leg.

"No! You wouldn't dare!"

Lin Yu's eyes nearly split from their sockets as he let out a desperate roar.

But Wu Chang's foot descended without hesitation.

*Crack!*

Another scalp-numbing sound of bone shattering.

Lin Yu's other leg was also completely destroyed!

He could no longer hold himself up; his body went limp like a pile of mud with all its bones removed, slumping on the ground, only kept from collapsing completely by the chain around his neck.

"Aaaaaah!"

He let out the roar of a dying beast, his body twitching violently from the endless pain and humiliation.

Su Chen curled his lip in dissatisfaction seeing this.

"Tsk, this dog's barking is too unpleasant to the ear, no aesthetic sense at all."

He waved his hand at Wu Chang.

"Wu Chang, don't just use brute force. Mistreating animals is wrong; use your head."

"Teach him how to wag his tail."

Wag... his tail?

These words were light, yet they felt like three divine mountains crashing down upon Lin Yu's Divine Soul!

His body suddenly stiffened.

He looked up, staring fixedly at Su Chen with the gaze one would use for a demon from the Netherworld.

This devil!

He didn't just want to destroy his body; he wanted to crush his Soul!

He wanted him, in front of the billions of ants in this world, to beg for mercy like a real dog wagging its tail!

"You... the Su Family... the Xuantian Immortal Sect... will never let you get away with this!"

Lin Yu used the last of his strength to rasp out those words.

This was his final and most pathetic threat.

However, what answered him was the overwhelming mockery of the surrounding citizens of great xia.

"Hahaha! Xuantian Immortal Sect? Your Immortal Envoy has turned into a dog, and you still have the face to shout!"

"Exactly! When the people from your Sect arrive, His Highness the Divine Son can just round them all up and start a dog farm!"

"Wagging his tail? I don't think he even has a tail. What's he going to wag? His ass? Hahaha!"

Each word, meant to kill the heart, turned into the sharpest blades in the world, slicing away at Lin Yu's already crack-ridden Dao Heart.

He looked at the gloating faces around him, the mocking faces, the delighted faces.

Then he looked up at Su Chen's calm and indifferent face, as if he were enjoying an interesting play.

An uncontrollable surge of fury and desolation rushed up from his Dantian and exploded!

*Pfft—!*

Lin Yu suddenly opened his mouth and sprayed out a mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs!

The pitch-black blood splattered onto the White Jade Floor Tiles, a shocking sight.

At this moment, his Dao Heart was completely shattered by the endless humiliation and rage!

It broke.

It broke completely.