87: Baby subdues Void Mantis, and all the powerful warriors kneel and acknowledge him as their father! [Highly praised +3 updates]
Crack!
Crack, crack—!!!
In the face of this power, the Void Mantis's carapace, which was harder than superalloy, shattered like paper!
Green fluids mixed with broken bits of carapace splashed everywhere!
Agony!
Heart-wrenching agony!
The Void Mantis felt as if its head was about to be crushed!
It was finally afraid.
Before absolute power, its proud head slowly and humiliatingly lowered.
Then, it let out a very standard... "Daddy... hiss..."
That single word, "Daddy," caused the three adventurers kneeling at the edge of the pit to have their brains short-circuit on the spot.
What were they seeing?
A top-tier Desolate Beast of the ninth level of the Domain Transformation Realm, famous for its ferocity, was actually being forced by an Infant to... open its mouth and call him Daddy?!
This wasn't just ridiculous anymore!
This was a damn ghost story! A myth!
He forced a Desolate Beast to speak human tongue?!
The Minotaur and the Cat-Eared Girl stopped their kowtowing, their expressions completely vacant.
Even the Werewolf youth, Black Wind, had a face full of disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.
He felt his worldview being repeatedly crushed, reconstructed, and crushed again today... all his past experiences felt like they had been for nothing.
"Mm, good boy."
Su Jue nodded his little head in satisfaction.
He felt his mischievous streak greatly satisfied.
He released his hand from the Void Mantis's head, as if stroking an obedient puppy.
The Void Mantis felt as if it had been granted a grand amnesty, its entire body slumping at the bottom of the pit, without even the strength to move.
The way it looked at Su Jue was filled with awe and terror; it no longer dared to harbor even the slightest thought of resistance.
Su Jue paid no more attention to this "pet" that had already been broken.
He turned around and walked out of the deep pit step by step with his short little legs.
Then, he walked up to the three trembling adventurers.
He looked up, his pure and flawless eyes scanning each of them.
"You guys..."
Su Jue tilted his head, once again revealing a kind smile.
"Do you want to try it too?"
"!!!"
The three of them shuddered, nearly pissing themselves on the spot!
Try it?
Try what?
Try being rubbed into the ground and then kneeling to call him Daddy?!
"No, no, no! We don't want to! We really don't!"
The Minotaur reacted the fastest, his head shaking like a rattle.
Without hesitation, he dropped to his knees, kowtowed heavily, and then used all his strength to roar from the bottom of his heart, almost hysterically:
"DADDY!!!"
That cry of "Daddy" was so loud, so sincere, and so utterly devoid of dignity.
The Cat-Eared Girl and Black Wind beside him were dumbfounded.
A three-meter-tall bull-headed giant kneeling before a half-meter-tall Infant and calling him Daddy... the image was simply too much to handle!
They hadn't expected this burly-looking Minotaur to be so shameless! Are you at a funeral or something?!
Su Jue was also taken aback for a moment.
He had originally only intended to scare them, but he hadn't expected this guy to be so quick on the uptake.
He gave the Minotaur an appreciative look, then turned his gaze toward the Cat-Eared Girl.
The Cat-Eared Girl's pretty face was deathly pale, and her lips were trembling.
Calling an Infant "Daddy"?
This was more painful than killing her!
But... she glanced at the Void Mantis still gasping for breath in the pit, and then at Su Jue's "deadly kind" smile.
She grit her teeth, closed her eyes, and squeezed out a single word in a voice smaller than a mosquito's buzz.
"...Daddy."
Very good.
That was another one settled.
Su Jue's gaze finally landed on the Werewolf youth who had remained silent from start to finish—Black Wind.
Black Wind knelt on the ground, his body ramrod straight. Though his face was pale, a hint of defiance remained in his eyes.
"Oh?"
Su Jue was a bit surprised.
He hadn't expected that among these three small fry, there would actually be one with a bit of backbone.
"You won't call me that?"
Su Jue asked with interest.
Black Wind raised his head and looked directly into Su Jue's eyes, his voice raspy:
"I, Black Wind, have lived my life kneeling only to Heaven and Earth, and to my parents."
"You can kill me."
"But to expect me to wag my tail and beg for mercy like them? Absolutely impossible!"
His words were so powerful and resonant, filled with the dignity of a powerhouse.
The Minotaur and the Cat-Eared Girl lowered their heads in shame.
Su Jue looked at him and suddenly laughed.
"You have backbone."
"I like that."
"In that case..."
Su Jue paused, then extended a finger and lightly tapped Black Wind's brow.
Black Wind's powerful frame shuddered!
He felt a cold, deathly, and domineering power forcibly surge into his soul!
[Divine Ability: Soul Harvest!]
[Ding! Reading target's memories...]
[Reading successful!]
Countless images flooded into Su Jue's mind like a tide.
The map of Barbaric Star, the distribution of various powerful Desolate Beasts, intelligence on the major adventurer factions, the legend of the "Myriad Beast King"... Su Jue saw it all.
A few seconds later.
Su Jue withdrew his finger.
Black Wind's eyes had become hollow and dim, losing all their luster.
His body went limp and collapsed.
He was dead.
His soul was completely extinguished.
"You... you killed him?!"
The Minotaur and the Cat-Eared Girl looked in horror at the fallen Black Wind, then back at Su Jue as if they were looking at a demon.
They didn't understand. Why?
Why did the two of them who begged for mercy survive, while Black Wind, the one with the most backbone, died?
"Noisy."
Su Jue uttered two words indifferently.
He didn't need a subordinate with backbone.
He only needed obedient dogs.
Moreover, he had seen some interesting things in Black Wind's memories.
For instance, this Werewolf had once betrayed and killed his own companions to snatch a Rank Seven Pill.
What use was there in keeping a calculating, insidious snake who could even betray his comrades?
Su Jue couldn't be bothered to explain to them.
He turned around and walked back toward the deep pit.
His "buffet" hadn't even begun yet.
Watching Su Jue's departing back, the Minotaur and the Cat-Eared Girl slumped to the ground, panting heavily, feeling as if they had just walked through the gates of hell.
The looks they gave each other were extremely complex.
There was the relief of surviving a disaster and the sadness of losing a companion, but more than anything, there was a fear that reached into their very marrow!
They knew that from this day forward, their lives no longer belonged to them.
They had become the slaves of this devilish Infant.
Inside the pit.
Su Jue walked up to the Void Mantis.
The massive mantis remained prone on the ground, not daring to move an inch.
"Alright, the game is over."
Su Jue reached out his small hand and placed it on its head.
"Thank you for the treat."
The next second.
[Datafied Dragon Body]!
[Data Law]!
Fully activated!
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