400: Pain, repaid a hundredfold

"Do you know? When the connection between the two worlds grows stronger, the Law of the Dream World will become increasingly close to reality..."

Tang Ku suddenly turned his gaze toward him, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Do you know what this means?"

Hooke said bitterly, "It means... it means that the power you couldn't use before, the power exceeding the limits of this world... can now be used!"

"Heh, correct, but there is no prize!"

Tang Ku's Aura climbed steadily, specks of golden light began to radiate, and a massive Dharma Image suddenly appeared behind him.

"Great Wilderness Divine Fist... Earth-Grasping!"

Boom!

The Dharma Image struck. Although its speed wasn't fast, its power multiplied exponentially. This punch landed heavily on Hooke, blasting him away entirely.

However, there was no sign of joy on Tang Ku's face. He curled the corner of his mouth and sneered, "Heh, that's exactly how it should be to be interesting..."

A layer of objects resembling leaves was attached to Hooke's body, completely wrapping him up. Ninety percent of the power from the Dharma Image's punch was absorbed by this layer of leaves. Yet, even so, when these green leaves turned withered and yellow and scattered all over the ground, Hooke still spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Terrifying, too terrifying. If it weren't for the blessing given to me by the power of the Dream World, I would probably have died in one blow!"

Hooke scrambled to escape toward the exit of the cave, thinking to himself, "I... what should I do? If I die, aonei luosi will have no one to activate it. But if I don't escape, I will definitely die, and that way I still won't be able to activate aonei luosi... What should I do?"

Although he was extremely conflicted inside, his legs still followed animal instinct and fled outward.

However, given his speed, there was no way he could escape very far. In fact, even the method similar to teleportation he used before could only teleport him to where his eyes could reach and see clearly. With this underground passage having numerous forks and being full of curves everywhere, it was very difficult to teleport very far.

Therefore, when he stepped out to the first curve, he found that the monk in white was already standing there waiting for him.

Suddenly, Hooke's pupils constricted. A sharp pain came from his chest, causing him to be blasted away again, and he didn't even notice how the opponent had struck.

While spitting blood, his mind was clear. Since the opponent had appeared here, it meant the direction of aonei luosi behind was unguarded, so he could go and activate the machine.

"No..."

He turned around abruptly, only to find a massive Dharma Image guarding aonei luosi tightly. He had already seen the power of the Dharma Image just now; there was simply no way to contend with it...

With no way forward and pursuers behind, he had nowhere left to hide!

Boom!

The white figure appeared above him again, kicking him fiercely toward the ground.

The moment he crashed to the ground, Tang Ku appeared beside him, grabbed his neck tightly, dragged him forward several meters, and then slammed him violently onto the ground.

With no room to resist, he could only passively take the beating.

In fact, even if Tang Ku didn't use the power of Buddha Dharma, relying solely on his Physical Body strength would have been enough to beat him up.

Under repeated heavy blows, his back, chest, and neck bones were all shattered. His entire spine split at two points—the back of the neck and the back—becoming three sections, which caused his body to completely lose the ability to move.

Subsequently, Tang Ku, almost as if venting, slammed repeated heavy punches onto him.

It was as if one... no, dozens of pile drivers were pinning him to the ground and beating him severely, not stopping until all the bones in his entire body were shattered.

The final punch, Tang Ku's fist stopped at his forehead... this was the only place where his bones were still intact.

The intense pain reached his brain through his nerves, almost causing his brain to shut down instantly. This was the brain's protective mechanism activating, because if his nerves weren't cut off, he would be pained to death alive. However, Tang Ku timely infused a thread of Buddha Power into him.

That's right, just this thread of Buddha Power made Hooke almost despair!

Because of this thread of Buddha Power, his mind became unusually clear, and even his perception became several times stronger than usual. This allowed him to feel this pain more clearly—this gift bestowed upon him by Guangdu Xin Buddha!

Heart-wrenching screams and howls echoed throughout the entire cave, so miserable that if an ordinary person were to hear this sound, they would have the urge to seek death.

Tang Ku finally stopped attacking, standing silently beside him, looking at all this with a cold expression.

Ever since arriving in this world, ever since his Soul merged with Tang Sanzang, his temper had long since ceased to be so explosive; sometimes, he even became somewhat soft-hearted.

Since then, he had never been this angry, never hated someone this much as he did today!

Hooke's actions had already exceeded Tang Ku's limit of endurance.

"Do you know why I am treating you like this?"

Tang Ku said with a gloomy expression, "In Chang'an City, a million civilians—you made them experience Hell time and time again! Those were thousands of lives! In order to collect that bit of bullshit resentment, you actually let thousands of lives die in despair again and again, and be reborn in despair. Killing someone is just a matter of a point of the head; your actions can no longer be described as human. Even demons would not use such cruel means to deal with other living beings! You are simply despicable and vicious to the extreme! Heaven cannot see it, the Earth cannot discern it, but I, Tang Sanzang, see it clearly... I will not let you die so easily... You will feel the pain of those millions of people, you will feel the extreme Hell!"

The last sentence was shouted out by Tang Ku in anger.

"You... let... me... die!"

Hooke pleaded. He understood now that even death was an extravagant hope for him.

The opponent was too powerful, powerful to the point where he could hardly resist.

"Die?"

Tang Ku chuckled, "Then why didn't you just let the thousands of civilians in Chang'an City die directly? Why did you have to torture them? Why did you have to torture their Souls? I am only torturing your Physical Body, and you can't take it? Heh, rest assured, you won't die so quickly. Due to the Buddha Power, it will slowly repair your body, and then I will crush your bones again, inch by inch... Hmm, don't you want resentment? Heh, the resentment you produce should be quite a lot, right? It should also be able to facilitate the complete activation of aonei luosi, shouldn't it? Heh, after you have received the punishment you deserve, I will return to the reality world to settle accounts with Darwin. Just like you, I will crush his bones inch by inch, letting him know what true pain is!"

Hooke wailed, a painful wail. The shattered bones pierced through his muscles and skin like blades, but because of the slow repair by the Buddha Dharma, these shattered bones remained embedded in his muscles and skin. This made him hurt even more. Blood was spilled all over the ground, but he still wouldn't die.

Cruel? Compared to what he did to all the living beings in Chang'an City, he was much more merciful.

Just at this moment, a commotion came from outside the cave. Tang Ku turned his head abruptly and found a group of monsters of various shapes holding weapons, rushing in fiercely. The leader was a leopard demon.

"Where is it, where is it? Where is that guy named Hu? Damn it, I'm going to eat him alive! Roar!"