173: Torture Xiao Chen

Su Xuan smiled sinisterly, finally rediscovering the joy of being a villain at this moment.

Tormenting the Destined Protagonist was truly exhilarating!

"I don't know what you're talking about! I really don't! I'm just in the Feng Huang Realm, how could I possibly know what you're referring to?" Xiao Chen said painfully, looking at his twisted fingers.

If Su Xuan hadn't known the plot, he would have truly been deceived by Xiao Chen's acting!

"Still not going to talk? Fine! In that case, I'll have to let you experience my methods!"

"How about this? Let's make a bet. If I break all nine of your remaining fingers, and you can endure it without making a single sound, I'll let you go. What do you say?" Su Xuan's lips curled into a slight smile.

"Good! A word spoken is a word unbreakable! You'll keep your word..."

At this moment, Xiao Chen had no other choice. If he could endure it, then he could find a way...

A glint of excitement flashed in Su Xuan's eyes as he slowly extended his hand, grasping Xiao Chen's second finger.

He deliberately slowed his movements, savoring the tormenting process, and watching the contorted expression of fear and pain on Xiao Chen's face, the pleasure in his heart grew even stronger.

"Crack!" With a crisp sound of bone breaking, Xiao Chen's second finger was forcefully snapped.

He squeezed his eyes shut, his lips bitten until they bled, his body trembling violently, yet he still didn't make a sound.

"Not bad, not bad, you have some endurance! I admire you!" Su Xuan looked at Xiao Chen with appreciation.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen immediately felt a glimmer of hope. After all, whenever a villain in a novel said such words, he usually had a high chance of escaping.

Su Xuan sneered, then grabbed the third finger.

"Crack!" "Crack!"... A series of bone-cracking sounds continuously echoed in the dim dungeon, each one like a death knell.

Xiao Chen's face grew paler and paler, his breathing becoming rapid and heavy, but he still stubbornly held on with his unyielding willpower.

When Su Xuan broke Xiao Chen's eighth finger, Xiao Chen's consciousness began to blur, and the scene before his eyes became hazy.

He felt as if he was in endless darkness, surrounded by sharp pain, every breath feeling like it was tearing at his Soul.

Xiao Chen's nine fingers were twisted beyond recognition, hanging at an odd angle.

Currently, only one normal, intact finger remained before Su Xuan.

And Xiao Chen, with astonishing willpower, remained silent.

"Hehehehe! I didn't expect you to have such perseverance!" Su Xuan couldn't help but applaud. Xiao Chen was indeed the Destined Protagonist; Su Xuan admired his resilient perseverance.

Just as Xiao Chen thought he was saved, he discovered with horror that his hand was slowly recovering at a visible rate.

Immediately following was Su Xuan's somewhat eerie smiling face.

"Now... the game restarts!"

"No! No! No! You're cheating! Cheating!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen exploded, his entire demeanor plunging into madness.

However, although Xiao Chen's fingers recovered, the pain from before did not disappear; instead, it intensified!

The immense pain left him without the strength to do anything, even if he wanted to.

"So tired! Can't live anymore! Might as well die!" At this moment, only despair remained in Xiao Chen's eyes. He desperately wanted to die, but he couldn't even do that now.

"Ding! Detected that the Destined Protagonist Xiao Chen's mental defenses have broken, rewarding 500,000 Villain Points! Xiao Chen's Luck Value has decreased by 50,000!"

"Ding! Detected that the Host has played with the Destined Protagonist Xiao Chen, rewarding 100,000 Villain Points! Xiao Chen's Luck Value has decreased by 10,000!"

"Now, I'll give you one more chance. Are you going to hand over the item or not? If not... hehehehe!" Su Xuan's expression grew more cunning.

"I'll hand it over... I'll hand it over, alright..." Xiao Chen was truly terrified. The Su Xuan before him looked more righteous than a protagonist, yet his actions were more terrifying than a demonic cultivator!

Demonic cultivators merely slaughtered, but rarely tortured, while Su Xuan, he was pure torment!

"A wise man submits to circumstances! Brother Xiao, I admire you!" Su Xuan was very pleased.

Name: Dao Heart Demon Seed Grade: Divine Description: As long as the demon seed is planted within someone's body, that person will be 100% loyal to the planter. Even a Great Emperor cannot escape its influence.

This was one of Xiao Chen's biggest trump cards in the original plot, besides his System.

It was precisely because of the Dao Heart Demon Seed that he was able to slowly gain control of the entire Haoyue Sect.

"This is a good item! Hehehehe!" This item was much more useful than his own slave contract, which couldn't control cultivators above the Saint Realm unless they were controlled before they rose to power.

"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully intercepting a major Opportunity from the Destined Protagonist, rewarding 1,000,000 Villain Points! Xiao Chen's Luck Value has decreased by 100,000!"

"Awesome!" In just two days, Su Xuan's wallet had accumulated an unknown amount of Villain Points!

Indeed, to truly reap rewards, one must do so from the Destined Protagonist!

"Detected a Divine-grade Cultivation Technique, Dao Heart Demon Seed. This System has recorded it. The Host can spend Villain Points to upgrade it!"

"Use the cultivation technique upgrade card!" Su Xuan directly spent four cultivation technique upgrade cards, immediately maxing out the Dao Heart Demon Seed.

Now, he could control Great Emperors.

"Indeed, I still have some gap with the protagonist. You know, this Cultivation Technique was directly maxed out on Xiao Chen!" Su Xuan sighed.

Then, Su Xuan tried to plant the Dao Heart Demon Seed in Xiao Chen as well, but the System informed him it was not possible.

"It seems this thing doesn't work on the protagonist!" Su Xuan frowned slightly.

However, that would also make it less interesting.

"Can you let me go now?" Xiao Chen's attitude was very humble, and his tone was pleading.

"Yes, but you have to complete a few tasks for me first!" Su Xuan smiled sinisterly, then whispered to Xiao Chen.

"You... you're crazy?" Upon hearing Su Xuan's words, Xiao Chen was shocked.

Because Su Xuan actually told him to kidnap Chu Chen, the young master of the millennia-old Chu family!

Xiao Chen had naturally heard of the name Chu Chen; he had been quite famous recently.

However, after being defeated by Su Xuan of Tianwu Holy Land two months ago, he had been in seclusion at the Chu family.

It was precisely because of this that Xiao Chen thought Su Xuan was crazy!

That was the main branch of the Chu family! Not to mention a bunch of Great Emperors inside, just the Saint Realm cultivators alone were not something he, a person not even a Quasi-Supreme, could deal with!