"We have to—" But before he could finish his sentence, an immense pressure descended upon them, forcing all three to the ground, kneeling beside their dead teammate's body.
"Khuh!!"
"Argh!"
"So... Since you've watched enough of the drama... Care to tell this kind young man why you were targeting me... And what's that about your lord stealing from a spiritual mine of mine?" Long Tian coldly said as he narrowed his eyes at them.
"Khuh!... Do... what...ever you want.... But we'll... never... argh!"
"Tell you... Anything!!" The last man spoke with great difficulty, unwilling to betray the Hung family no matter what they faced.
"Ohhhh! So it's like that, huh!?"
"I guess we need some 'intimate' session before you open your disgusting mouth and throw away that disgusting loyalty of yours...!" Long Tian spoke in a chilling voice as he spread out even more of his pressure, approximately about 75% of his full power.
"...humph! You demon!... Do whatever you want... argh...but... But we'll never succumb to your threats!" The first man said while gritting his teeth, determined not to let even an ounce of anything out of him.
"Khuh!... Y..yeah!!!"
"Hm... Let's see... Ah yeah, doesn't a cultivator like you rely on your dantian core to exert power?" Long Tian said as he smiled, but to the two kneeling in front of him, it felt like the devil's grin, stretching wider as the moment dragged on.
"Heek!!" Both of them let out a surprised sound seeing Long Tian coming towards them, but they didn't... or simply couldn't run away. Their bodies were frozen in place by the weight of his pressure, their limbs too heavy to even twitch as they awaited the demon's touch.
Long Tian's smile right now could scare anyone, even himself if he ever saw it.
He then rushed his hand at the first man, covering it in Qi which made his already strong hand feel like it was vibrating with raw power, a hundred times stronger. His fingers pierced through the first man's dantian, the area just below the navel where the very essence of a cultivator's power was housed.
"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" As Long Tian's hand tore through the flesh, a shockwave of unbearable pain ripped through the man's body, as if a thousand molten needles were stabbing him from the inside. His muscles spasmed, his veins bulged, and his Qi went haywire, thrashing inside him like a cornered beast. The scream that followed tore through the forest, sending hundreds of nearby birds fleeing in terror.
"Hiekkk!!!" The last man, seeing his friend writhing in agony, blood gushing from the now gaping wound in his abdomen, turned pale, a horrified, dark look in his eyes as his own stomach churned. It felt like he could feel the pain too, each second of his friend's torment drilling into his mind like a hammer, the terror of what was coming filling him to the brim.
"Arghhhhhhhh...h... help... me... arghhhhhhhh.... Wang... ahhhh.... Chung!!!" The first man's voice cracked as his strength drained out with every drop of blood spilling from the wound. His body trembled uncontrollably, a pathetic mess as he begged his friend to help. But Wang Chung couldn't move, not even a muscle, his legs felt like they had been turned to stone by the oppressive weight of Long Tian's presence.
'W-why... did we... even accept this mission!? Fuck!!!'
'If we had known... that we would encounter a monster in human skin!!!! Fuckkaahh!' He screamed inside his mind, too paralyzed with fear to even whisper it aloud.
"Arrgghhhhhhhhhh!!!"
"Haha, so... how's it? Doesn't this feel nice? Knowing you could've evaded this whole freaking pain just by throwing away that useless loyalty?" Long Tian said while showing them a cruel smile, his eyes gleaming with sadistic delight as if he was truly savoring their misery.
"I'll...arghhhhhhhh!!"
"I-I-I'll tell you whatever you want to hear!!! So P-PLEASE JUST STOPPPPPP!!!!" The last man, unable to bear seeing his friend's body contorting and shaking in pain anymore, shouted in desperation, hoping this demon in front of him would have even a sliver of mercy.
"Oops!" Long Tian tilted his head, faking innocence as his eyes flickered with a playful glint.
"Ah, too late... I accidentally broke his dantian!" He said, striking his tongue out cutely while his hand twisted inside the first man's body. The first man's scream turned into something else, a primal, guttural howl, as if his soul was being ripped out. Blood poured from his mouth, his eyes rolling back as his Qi shattered like glass inside him, every fragment stabbing his insides with unbearable pain.
"Arghhgghhhhhhhhgghhhh!!!!" The sound pierced the air, clawing at the last man's ears until he thought he'd go mad from it. The sheer volume of the scream made his head throb, and his own breath hitched in his throat as he imagined his dantian being next.
Annoyed by the noise, Long Tian kicked the man's head, sending him crashing violently to the ground. The thud was loud, but the first man barely noticed it—his body was now a broken husk, leaking blood and Qi in equal measure. The pain in his head was a mere whisper compared to the excruciating agony of having his dantian destroyed.
'Ah... I guess I went a little too far. Oh well, accidents happen, don't they?' Long Tian thought with a playful smile, shrugging off the man's torment like it was nothing more than a minor inconvenience.
"So... Would you care to throw away tour loyalty and tell this kind, poor young man what he's asking for?" Long tian innocently said as he sat on the body of the dead second man, as he gestured the last man to sit down as well.
"Y-y-yes!!!" Seeing the gesture, he immediately understood what long tian wanted as he abruptly sat down, not wanting to be the next victim to his cruel act.
"So... Why were you here?"
"And... For what reason have you came to this forest? I believe that the long family has certainly out up a notice for the nearby city's and forbidding them from entering this forest?" Long tian said as he rest his head in his one hand, giving off a cool and chill persona which didn't reached the last man here because of what he was seen and what experienced he experienced from long tian.
"I...no.... We were... Ordered by the patriarch if the hung family... To kill you if we run into you..." The last man said.. speaking heavily while taking deep pauses in between as well as sweating bullets.
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