75: Chapter 75 Constructing the Tongue-Pulling Hell

Over seven thousand.

It wasn't too much, but it wasn't too little either.

Not enough to build the Bridge of Helplessness, not enough to build the Judges Mansion, but enough for a City God Temple. But what after the City God Temple was built?

Without a City God, the City God Temple would just be an empty shell.

And as for the conditions to create a City God, he still didn't know even now.

He tried to conceptualize various buildings.

[Constructible Building: Yin Soldier Camp]

[Power Of Faith Cost: 500 points]

[Description: Can train Yin Soldiers in bulk and increase their rank.]

Su Bai shook his head and didn't choose it.

He had enough Yin Soldiers, and the Ghost Gate Pass had already begun to automatically condense Ghost Soldiers, so there was no need to spend Power Of Faith to create more.

[Constructible Building: Soul-Hooking Tower]

[Power Of Faith Cost: 1000 points]

[Description: Can increase the efficiency and expand the range of Soul-Hooking Ghosts.]

Su Bai still shook his head.

There were two hundred Soul-Hooking Ghosts, which was enough for now.

[Constructible Building: Ghost Messenger Mansion]

[Power Of Faith Cost: 2000 points]

[Description: The office for the Ten Great Yin Marshals; can improve their coordination efficiency.]

Su Bai hesitated for a moment but still didn't choose it.

The Ten Great Yin Marshals were currently performing their respective duties with tacit cooperation; they didn't need a dedicated office.

He continued to try.

Finally, he thought of something he could build.

[Constructible Building: Eighteen Levels of Hell · First Level · Tongue-Pulling Hell]

[Power Of Faith Cost: 5000 points]

[Description: The first level of Hell, specifically for punishing the sins of wild talk, foul language, duplicity, and flattery. Once built, it will have the following effects:]

Effect 1 · Tongue-Pulling Punishment: All souls judged to have committed sins of the tongue will be escorted to the Tongue-Pulling Hell for punishment. The sentence is proportional to the severity of the sin, ranging from a minimum of ten years to a maximum of a thousand years.

Effect 2 · Hell Power: The existence of the Tongue-Pulling Hell can enhance the suppression capabilities of all Ghost Messengers. Within the range of the Tongue-Pulling Hell, all attributes of Ox-Head and Horse-Face are increased by 50%, and the effect of escort skills is increased by 100%.

Effect 3 · Ox-Head and Horse-Face Exclusive: After the Tongue-Pulling Hell is built, the potential limit of Ox-Head and Horse-Face can be increased to six stars, and they will gain new skills related to the Tongue-Pulling Hell.

Effect 4 · ??? (Requires subsequent levels of Hell to unlock)]

Su Bai's eyes lit up.

The Eighteen Levels of Hell!

How could he have forgotten this!

The Netherworld didn't just have Ghost Messengers and Judges; it also had Hells!

Those souls who had committed heinous crimes could not be directly executed, nor could they be easily let go.

They needed to be punished.

They needed to repent through pain.

They needed to use endless torture to pay for the sins of their previous lives.

And the Eighteen Levels of Hell was for exactly that.

The first level, the Tongue-Pulling Hell.

Specifically for sins of the tongue.

Those who spread rumors, incited discord, hurt others with foul words, or were habitual liars during their lives would be escorted here after death, where Ghost Messengers would use iron pincers to grip their tongues and pull them out alive.

Not just once.

But day after day, year after year.

Once the tongue was pulled out, it would grow back, only to be pulled out again.

Until the sentence was over.

The corners of Su Bai's mouth curled up slightly.

Five thousand points of Power Of Faith.

In exchange for the Tongue-Pulling Hell.

In exchange for Ox-Head and Horse-Face being promoted to six stars.

In exchange for a new chapter of the Netherworld.

Worth it.

So worth it.

Without hesitation, he clicked confirm.

[Confirm Creation: Eighteen Levels of Hell · First Level · Tongue-Pulling Hell]

[Power Of Faith Cost: 5000 points]

[Remaining Power Of Faith: 3111 points]

The entire Netherworld World began to tremble.

This time, the tremor was more violent than any before.

It was a tremor from deep underground.

It was a roar from the depths of the netherworld.

All units knelt on the ground.

Because they felt it.

Something was rising from beneath the earth.

Behind the Ghost Gate Pass, at the end of the Yellow Spring Road, a patch of void suddenly cracked open.

The crack grew larger and deeper, finally forming a bottomless abyss.

From within the abyss, faint, shrill wails could be heard.

Those were the screams of countless sinful souls undergoing punishment.

Deep in the abyss, a massive gateway slowly rose.

The gate was pitch black, carved with countless distorted faces. Those faces struggled in pain and roared in despair, but they could never break free.

Above the lintel, four large characters were written in blood-red script:

[Tongue-Pulling Hell]

The gate opened.

Inside the gate was an endless darkness.

In the darkness, countless Ghost Soldiers could be seen busily working. Holding iron pincers, they escorted soul after soul, pulling their tongues out alive.

The tongues that were pulled out fell to the ground and transformed into new Ghost Soldiers, continuing to pull out the tongues of the next souls.

Endless life.

A recurring cycle.

Without end.

Tongue-Pulling Hell.

The first level of Hell.

The moment the Tongue-Pulling Hell took shape, the bodies of Ox-Head and Horse-Face shook violently.

Their auras began to climb frantically.

Rank five.

Mid-rank five.

High-rank five.

Peak-rank five.

Breakthrough.

Rank six.

Two invisible pressures erupted simultaneously, one heavy as a mountain, the other eerie as the wind. The pressure was so strong that all the surrounding units couldn't help but take a step back.

Ox-Head opened his eyes.

Those blood-red eyes had now become deeper and more majestic. Deep within his pupils, countless sinful souls could be seen undergoing punishment, wailing and struggling.

His behind him, the phantom of the Tongue-Pulling Hell emerged.

Horse-Face opened his eyes.

Those pitch-black eyes had now become more mysterious and profound. Deep within his pupils, countless tongues could be seen being pulled out, growing back, and being pulled out again.

Behind him, the phantom of the Tongue-Pulling Hell also emerged.

They glanced at each other and then looked at Su Bai together.

The two figures knelt on one knee in unison.

"Thank you, Master."

Su Bai looked down at them, and new information about them appeared in his consciousness.

[Ox-Head and Horse-Face (Twin Hero Units)]

[Rank: Rank Six]

[Grade: Six-Star (↑)]

[Ox-Head · Abang: Skills: Brute Force Collision (Active), Steel Fork Suppression (Active), Ox Demon Body (Passive), Yin Energy Affinity (Passive), Deterrent Roar (Active), Hell Power: Tongue-Pulling (New Passive)]

[Horse-Face · Horse-Face Rakshasa: Skills: Rapid Tracking (Active), Chain Entanglement (Active), Horse-Face Eye (Passive), Yin Energy Affinity (Passive), Ghost Cry Soundwave (Active), Hell Eye: Tongue-Pulling (New Active)]

[Hell Power: Tongue-Pulling (Ox-Head Passive): When fighting within the range of the Tongue-Pulling Hell, all of Ox-Head's attributes are increased by 100%, the effect of Steel Fork Suppression is increased by 200%, and he can suppress three times the number of targets. After leaving the Tongue-Pulling Hell, the effects are halved.]

[Hell Eye: Tongue-Pulling (Horse-Face Active): Horse-Face's eyes can connect with the Tongue-Pulling Hell, seeing through all sins of the tongue. For any living being with sins of the tongue, a sin value will appear in Horse-Face's eyes. The higher the sin value, the stronger Horse-Face's tracking effect and the harder it is to break free from the Chain Entanglement. Can be activated voluntarily, consuming a small amount of Yin Qi, lasting for two hours.]

[Twin Skill · Escort Impermanence Enhanced: The level of space locking that can be ignored is increased to Rank Six, and the escort distance is extended to five times. Additionally, during the escort process, a passage to the Tongue-Pulling Hell can be temporarily opened to directly escort the target into Hell for punishment (Cooldown reduced to one day).]

Su Bai looked at the newly added skills, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

Six-star Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

Along with the Tongue-Pulling Hell.

A perfect match.

He raised his head and looked at the newborn Hell.

The Tongue-Pulling Hell was just the beginning.

There were seventeen more levels behind it.

Scissors Hell, Iron Tree Hell, Mirror of Retribution Hell, Steamer Hell, Copper Pillar Hell, Knife Mountain Hell, Ice Mountain Hell, Oil Pot Hell, Ox Pit Hell, Stone-Pressing Hell, Mortar-Pounding Hell, Blood Pool Hell, Hell of Wrongful Death, Hell of Dismemberment, Volcano Hell, Stone Mill Hell, Knife-Saw Hell.

Each level had different punishments.

Each level required different Ghost Messengers.

Each level would make the Netherworld more complete.

Su Bai took a deep breath.

Of the over seven thousand Power Of Faith, three thousand one hundred and eleven remained.

Enough for him to do a few more things.

But he was in no hurry.

He wanted to take it slow.

Step by step, he would build up the Netherworld.

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over the kneeling Hero Units, the three million humans, and the newborn Hell.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Eighteen Levels of Hell, construction begins!"