1435 Unhinged (18+)

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"You can escape if you want, but you'll have to leave behind this helpless woman…" Tian Xian spoke in a nonchalant voice as he calmly gazed at Mo Ru, who was trembling so violently one might mistake it as an ongoing seizure.

"EVIL GOD, YOU SON OF A BITCH! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU HURT EVEN A SINGLE HAIR ON HER BODY, I WILL–" Mo Ru roared at the top of his lungs, causing the entire world to shudder.

However, he was quickly interrupted by Tian Xian, who reached for the silky hair on the woman's head with his hand, grabbing a handful of it before viciously ripping it directly out of her scalp, tearing away a chunk of skin on her head and causing it to gush with blood.

"AHHHHHH!" The beautiful woman in Dong Ye's grasp screamed in pain and squirmed like a fish out of water.

"DONGMEI!" Mo Ru cried out loud as he subconsciously flew at her, but he was quickly stopped by Dong Ye, who casually pressed his sword on the woman's throat, threatening to cut it if Mo Ru got any closer.

Seeing this, Mo Ru could only halt his movements and hover in the air with a helpless look on his face, not daring to move a single muscle in fear for the woman's life.

'How?! Why is Dongmei in their hands?! She should be protected by–' Mo Ru suddenly recalled that he had been removed from the position of Supreme General, so it was only natural for the Celestial Emperor to stop all support for him and his family.

A moment later, Tian Xian moved closer to Mo Dongmei, who was shaking nonstop with tears constantly flowing down her face. Despite being a powerful Golden Immortal cultivator, she was akin to a mortal before Dong Ye, who was a True Immortal.

"Please… let me go… I will do anything you want…" she pleaded.

Tian Xian lifted his hand and gently caressed her soft cheeks, causing her to shake even more violently.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER WITH YOUR FILTHY HANDS, EVIL GOD!" Mo Ru released an enraged shout, but he didn't move a muscle.

Tian Xian halted his movement and shifted his gaze from the terrified woman to Mo Ru.

"How long have you known each other?" he suddenly asked.

"Why the hell are you asking such a question?!"

"Ahhhh!" Mo Dongmei started screaming again when Tian Xian suddenly swung his sword, slicing off a piece of her face that he'd just caressed, creating a hole in her right cheek.

"Dongmei!" Mo Ru clenched his fists to resist the urge to pounce on Tian Xian, squeezing so hard it bled.

"How long have you known each other?" Tian Xian calmly repeated the same words he just uttered without the slightest change to his expression, clearly unfazed by his actions.

"O-one hundred and eighty thousand years! We have known each other for one hundred and eighty thousand years!" Mo Ru could only respond to his question, fearing what refusing might do.

"180,000 years, huh? I wonder how it would feel to lose someone you've loved for so long… I suffered unfathomable pain when I lost my wife and we haven't known each other for even a small fraction of your time together, so I cannot imagine. Would you be kind enough to share your experience with me later, Supreme General?" Tian Xian asked as he stared into Mo Ru's eyes.

"D-don't you dare, Evil God! Please, I will do anything you want! Just spare her!"

Mo Ru's will to fight had completely dissipated, leaving behind only a profound sense of despair and powerlessness, emotions he had never before experienced in such intensity.

Yet, Tian Xian remained unhinged, and as if to reflect his existence, the golden aura slowly turned black and red.

"You will do anything I want…? Then I'd like you to bring my wife, Xiu Mei, and our child back from the dead." Tian Xian requested.

"T-that's impossible! Not even the Celestial Emperor can bring back the dead!" Mo Ru exclaimed.

"Ahhhh!"

In response to Mo Ru's response, Tian Xian grabbed two of Dongmei's fingers and yanked them, tearing them right off her left hand, bones and all.

"You claimed you'd do anything, but you immediately proved to be a liar." Tian Xian sighed, shaking his head in a dejected manner.

'T-this unhinged son of a bitch! He'll definitely kill her at this rate!' Mo Ru gritted his teeth.

Tian Xian suddenly narrowed his gaze and yanked three more fingers off Dongmei.

"W-what was that for?!" Mo Ru exclaimed.

"I didn't like the way you were looking at me just now," he calmly responded.

"W-what?!" Mo Ru was speechless.

However, despite her seemingly fatal injuries, Mo Dongmei was far from death's grasp, thanks to her high cultivation, which continuously regenerated her body.

Tian Xian stopped paying attention to Mo Ru and turned to look at Mo Dongmei, who immediately looked down when she sensed his gaze on her.

"Hey, woman, look at me." Tian Xian called out to her, but she continued staring at the ground.

Seeing this, Tian Xian grabbed her by the chin and forced her to stare at his face. Then, with his other hand, he gouged her eyes right out of their sockets.

"AHHHHHH! MY EYES!!!" Mo Dongmei shrieked like a ghost.

Tian Xian ignored the screaming right beside his ear and looked at the two eyeballs in his bloodied grasp, muttering, "If you're not going to use them, I might as well take them from you."

"EVIL GOD! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?!" Mo Ru could no longer endure it and roared.

"If you're going to torture someone, torture me instead! I was the one who killed your wife! Not Dongmei! She has nothing to do with this!"

Tian Xian shifted his gaze back to Mo Ru and surprisingly chuckled, "Nothing to do with this?"

"My wife, Xiu Mei, also had nothing to do with my fight with the Celestial Emperor, yet you targeted her just because she was my wife."

With a swift movement, Tian Xian clenched his grasp and destroyed the eyeballs, creating a weird sound.

"As for torturing you… don't worry, you'll definitely get your turn later."

After saying such words, he returned to looking at Mo Dongmei, who was still screaming hysterically, almost as if she'd gone insane.