The so-called severe torture by the aboriginals wasn't severe, it was just plain torture.
These guys weren't able to have such fancy ideas.
In the Sixty Thousand Mountains, they had to contend with Heaven and Earth in order to live, They had no time or energy for such things.
To them, killing people was no big deal. Just kill if they found someone obnoxious. There was no need to think of fanciful ways to torture people.
Even if they left the mountains and built a country, it would last less than a few decades as they were so poor and surrounded by hostile countries that they would still never come up with these cunning ideas.
He picked up the scaly whip and shook it after dipping it into salt water, causing the scales to puff up. A lash of this whip would directly tear away a strip of flesh.
Even an aboriginal, let alone an ordinary person, would have to rest in bed for a few days after receiving three lashes.
