Chapter 1036 - 1036: True Torment

"Candy?"

Hua Ling's eyes lit up immediately, "Where? Where?"

As she asked, she rudely reached her hand into Xiao Feng's pocket to search.

Xiao Feng simply took out the white pill, "No need to look, it's in my hand."

"Give it to me!" Hua Ling reached out to grab it, but halfway through, she pulled her hand back.

After all, as a little fairy, she still needed to show some restraint.

Thinking of this, Hua Ling opened her palm and extended it a short distance, "Let me taste it."

"No problem." Xiao Feng cheerfully handed the pill over.

He was not worried about any adverse effects on Hua Ling's body after swallowing the pill.

Because back in Jiuyou Town, it was confirmed that her "Immune to Hundred Poisons" physique was genuine.

Even if, worst-case scenario, Hua Ling's immune physique failed, he'd just have to quietly keep his promise not to go after Pang Tong.

Gazing at the "candy" in her hand, Hua Ling took a small bite, then pursed her pink lips, frowning, "Is this candy?"

"It is."

"If it's candy, why is there no sweetness at all?"

Xiao Feng solemnly explained, "This is a new kind of candy on the market with very low sugar content.

Eating too much sugar makes people gain weight.

For a little fairy like you, surely you can't accept imperfection in your figure, right?"

"Makes sense." Hua Ling slowly nodded, tossing the pill into her mouth and chewing it heartily.

After finishing it, Hua Ling displayed a satisfied smile, "Not bad, there is a hint of sweetness. Is there any more?"

But Xiao Feng and Pang Tong both turned and left.

Hua Ling stomped her little foot in anger, shouting, "Hey! Is this how you treat a little fairy?"

...

"Now, can we be at ease?" Xiao Feng asked.

Pang Tong nodded, heading toward the battlefield.

Xiao Feng, after some thought, followed.

Earlier, he stayed behind to watch, in case Pang Tong caused trouble, but now that concern was gone, it was time to help where needed.

At the forefront, they saw Gu Shi lying on his back, with the palms of both hands and the sole of his left foot pierced by the Soul-Sealing Nails.

The effect was quite clear—Gu Shi's arms and left leg were immobilized, significantly limiting his attack methods.

As it stood, Gu Shi could only rely on his right leg for offense and defense, occasionally spewing some black gas from his mouth.

Xiao Feng slowly circled behind Gu Shi, waiting for the right moment, then sprang forward, locking its neck with his right elbow while pressing down on its jaw with his left hand to prevent it from opening its mouth.

"Hurry!" Pang Tong urgently called, "Give me the Soul-Sealing Nail!"

After receiving the Soul-Sealing Nail, Pang Tong glanced at Gu Shi's erratically flailing right leg and realized that nailing it in would be difficult. So he shifted his attention to its head.

Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, sweat pouring down his forehead.

He was tempted to smack Pang Tong for his sluggish actions.

But he couldn't let go of that pent-up breath, because releasing it would mean losing control over Gu Shi.

At this moment, Gu Shi began to thrash violently, desperately shaking its head, and its right leg constantly kicked backward, forcing Xiao Feng to dodge.

Taking advantage of the moment Gu Shi raised its leg, Iron Wa grabbed its ankle, but was soon thrown off, landing heavily on the ground.

In desperation, Pang Tong steeled himself, approached Gu Shi's forehead, predicted its head's movement path, and hammered the end of the Soul-Sealing Nail with his palm.

"Bang!"

Gu Shi was kicked on the back, sent flying, crashing into the high platform that was previously built, spitting blood on the ground, seemingly unable to get up for a while.

With the Soul-Sealing Nail driven into its forehead, Gu Shi's eyes glazed over, and its leg-raising movements significantly slowed.

Xiao Feng released it, glancing at his left hand and the fabric of his right elbow, his eyes filled with indescribable disdain.

But now was not the time to care about such matters.

He took a couple of deep breaths and shouted, "Take a break if you're tired; we have plenty of time to wear him out now!"

Indeed, now that Gu Shi could only move one right leg, its threat level had plummeted, there was no need to trade wounds with it anymore!

Ten minutes later, the fifth Soul-Sealing Nail was embedded into Gu Shi's right foot's sole.

Tan Qizhi took the sixth Soul-Sealing Nail and planted it into Gu Shi's Dantian.

At this point, they only needed to find the seventh Soul-Sealing Nail and drive it into Gu Shi's heart to completely eliminate this threat.

"Where is the seventh Soul-Sealing Nail?" Xiao Feng asked slowly.

Gu Shi, all pitch-black, revealed no expression on his face, but his eyes betrayed a hint of mockery as he said, "Do you think I'll tell you?"

"Heavenly justice is obvious, you are already on a doomed path. Speak earlier, and you might still get a quicker, painless death," Tan Qizhi spoke with righteous determination.

"Heavenly justice?" Gu Shi seemed to have heard the funniest joke and suddenly burst into laughter, "Hahahahaha!"

When he was done laughing, Gu Shi spoke in a calm voice, "Back in the day, those bastards buried me alive to save themselves.

I wanted vengeance, is that also wrong?

Was it of my own volition, crying and begging, kneeling on the ground, asking them to turn me into this non-human, non-ghost form?"

The words, which seemed light, bore heavily on everyone who heard them.

Xiao Feng sighed, "Feeling wronged is understandable; wanting revenge is also reasonable.

But some things are beyond our control.

Like soldiers fighting fiercely on the battlefield, is it because they hold an undying grudge against each other?

Yet, kill they must, because if you hesitate to kill your enemy, they will end your life, and then turn their blades on your parents, wife, children, and brothers in arms.

And I'm stopping you from taking revenge, not for justice, but purely to safeguard my own interests.

As you mentioned before, after your revenge, you'll use Jiangcheng as a stepping stone to seize control of the entire world.

When that time comes, if I say I don't want to be controlled by you, will you let me go?"

Gu Shi snorted coldly, closed his eyes, with a look of "think of a way, or die trying."

Just then, Pang Tong hobbled over, grinning viciously, "You can refuse to say, but now you're immobilized, we can try every possible way to torment you."

"Torment?" Gu Shi dismissed, "Do you know what true torment is?

If not, let me tell you!

True torment isn't some cruel punishment, but endless, sunless isolation!

Before you dug me out, I spent decades longing for someone to torment me, but in vain, I got no response from heaven or earth.

To have someone to torment me would actually be a kind of happiness."

Xiao Feng pondered, "So, are you saying we should bury you back, letting you continue to experience that kind of sunless isolation you speak of?"

"It's useless," Pang Tong said, furrowing his brows, his expression heavy, "The Soul-Sealing Nail's effect is time-limited too. No one knows how long it can hold him down.

That's why after the Dry Bone Stake is buried, it must be dug up and destroyed after decades.

It may not grow powerful while buried, but if it does... well, the consequences need not be elaborated."