Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#255 - Chapter 255: That’s how it works, right?

Li Chenqiu revealed a bright and warm smile, looking at Zhou Hai and instructing, "Pin him to the cross for me."

"Yes, sir."

The soul soldiers said in unison.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hai completely panicked, straining his voice and shouting loudly, "No, no, I beg you, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

But no matter how Zhou Hai shouted and begged, Li Chenqiu's expression remained unchanged.

Bang!

Zhou Hai was roughly pressed onto the cross by the soul soldiers.

"Jiang Huaijin, I was wrong, please, have mercy and let me go!"

Li Chenqiu ignored Zhou Hai and walked to the iron bucket placed directly in front of the cross.

Inside the iron bucket were thick steel nails, a long whip covered in barbs, and an unheated branding iron.

Li Chenqiu bent down, took out a steel nail, and before Zhou Hai could react, casually flung the nail.

Shoosh!

The steel nail cut through the air, piercing Zhou Hai's left eyeball like a bullet.

Pfft—

Red blood mixed with stringy, unidentified liquid splattered out.

"Ah!!!"

Zhou Hai's neck veins bulged, wriggling like earthworms, his face twisted and terrifying.

"Is this how you play, right?" Li Chenqiu picked up a few more steel nails from the iron bucket, tilting his head as he asked.

Zhou Hai clenched his back teeth, shouting resentfully, "Jiang Huaijin, you were the one who attacked first. I injured you and imprisoned Xiang Nanzhi, it's all your own fault, what does it have to do with me? Why are you treating me like this?!"

Li Chenqiu nodded in agreement: "Indeed, all of this was caused by my incompetence. What you did wasn't wrong either, but what does that have to do with my current actions? Does an elephant need a valid reason to crush an ant?"

Shoosh, shoosh, shoosh—

Several steel nails were forcefully thrown out by Li Chenqiu, the piercing sound of them cutting through the air rapidly amplified in Zhou Hai's ears.

Pfft, pfft, pfft—

"Ah, ah, ah!"

Zhou Hai's screams echoed in the room, lingering for a long time...

...

Deep within the Man-Serpent Tribe, a thirty-meter-high artificial mountain stood proudly.

Clear lake water surrounded the artificial mountain, the water flowing with the wind, crashing against the rocks, creating a pleasant "splashing" sound that was refreshing.

Zhu Le led a few people to the vicinity of the artificial mountain under the cover of darkness, looked around and, seeing no one, made a hand gesture, then jumped into the water with a "plop", swimming towards the depths like a fish, the others following closely behind.

In less than half a minute, Zhu Le led the others to the bottom of the lake, arriving at a stone wall.

Zhu Le's eyes narrowed slightly, he stretched out his hands and pressed them tightly against the stone wall, using his waist and hips to exert force and push it to the left.

Rumble, rumble—

The stone wall moved to the left like a sliding door, dense bubbles floated upwards, and a doorway appeared in front of the group.

This was where Li Chenqiu was imprisoned—the underground secret chamber!

Zhu Le led the others into the doorway, went through some complicated procedures, and arrived inside the passage.

The screams, no longer muffled by the lake water, were clearly transmitted into the ears of the group, the bloody smell permeating the passage, entering their nostrils with each breath.

Corpses with terrifying faces lay on the ground, embedded in the walls, rotten flesh sticking to the dimly lit light bulbs, adding a touch of blood to the light.

The tragic scene was extremely shocking, imprinted on the minds of the group.

Zhu Le took a few deep breaths, stiffly taking a few steps forward: "What... what's going on here?"

The others stood there like fools, not saying a word.

The silence lasted for a few seconds, a slightly hunched man walked to Zhu Le's side with a terrified expression, reaching out and tugging at his arm: "Bo-boss, the underground secret chamber has also been attacked, the enemy came prepared, let's get out of here quickly!"

"Boss, don't worry about what's going on, saving our lives is the priority, let's retreat!" Someone else advised.

"Okay, let's retreat."

Zhu Le nodded in a panic, and was about to turn around and leave when a voice came from the corner at the end of the passage.

"Where are you planning to retreat to?"

This voice seemed to have some kind of magic, the moment it sounded, the actions of the group seemed to be paused, frozen in place.

Tap, tap, tap...

The sound of footsteps echoed in the empty passage, affecting everyone's nerves.

In addition to that, there was also a rustling sound similar to dragging heavy objects.

Zhu Le stiffly turned his neck, looking in the direction of the sound.

Under the reflection of the blood-colored light, a slender figure walked out from the corner.

His face was stern, his upper body was naked, dots of scarlet adorned his well-defined muscles, and his fluffy, messy white hair, this person was Li Chenqiu.

In addition to that, Zhou Hai, who was being held in Li Chenqiu's hand, was also completely exposed in front of the group.

At this time, Zhou Hai was gray-haired, his muscles were as shriveled as dead tree bark, sharp steel nails were stuck all over his body, eyes, ears, mouth, neck, chest... densely packed, extremely miserable, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a hedgehog.

Li Chenqiu smiled at Zhu Le: "It's you, what a coincidence!"

"Jiang... Jiang Huaijin?" Zhu Le's pupils trembled, subconsciously taking a step back, his eyes full of disbelief: "Who... who did this?"

"I'm standing in front of you, holding your man, and you're asking who did it." Li Chenqiu lifted Zhou Hai up, smiling as he asked, "Do you still recognize him?"

Zhu Le turned his gaze to Zhou Hai, his eyes full of confusion.

Li Chenqiu shook his head in disappointment: "You don't even recognize your driver, Zhou Hai?"

Saying that, Li Chenqiu threw Zhou Hai in front of Zhu Le like trash.

"Zhou Hai?"

Zhu Le's expression shook, looking at Zhou Hai, who was lying at his feet, in horror.

After Li Chenqiu reminded him, he realized that the old man in front of him was very similar to his driver, Zhou Hai, in some ways.

Realizing this, Zhu Le immediately squatted down, carefully helping Zhou Hai up.

When he saw Zhou Hai's miserable appearance up close, Zhu Le's eyes turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, his hands slowly clenched, making a "crackling" sound, and an unspeakable anger grew in his heart, burning brighter and brighter!

Since Zhu Le became an adult, Zhou Hai had been his full-time driver. The two went out together, fought enemies together, ate and lived together on the endless wilderness for nearly thirty years.

In Zhu Le's heart, he had long regarded Zhou Hai as his own big brother. Now that Zhou Hai was tortured like this, how could he not be angry.

"What are you still standing there for, come over and pull out the steel nails for Zhou Hai, feed him blood!" Zhu Le shouted almost hysterically.

Those people stood in place hesitating for a while, then looked at each other, suppressing their fear and executing Zhu Le's order.

Li Chenqiu stood in place, quietly watching this scene, not stopping it.

Now was not the time for him to go out, he had to wait a little longer, waiting for an opportunity to destroy the Man-Serpent Tribe in one fell swoop. Before that, it seemed good to use these people to pass the time...