"I wouldn't dare take someone like you as a subordinate. Go keep Ziyue company for a while. She'll take good care of you. I'm heading out." As Gu He spoke, he lightly swiped his right hand, and an invisible chain locked Human Scorpion against the wall. He then tossed Zhao Ziyue a sharp longsword and left without waiting for Human Scorpion to respond.
Human Scorpion's cultivation had been sealed, leaving him only with his physical strength. At most, his body could display the strength of a Dou Zong, but now that Gu He had bound him, he could barely even use that much. With the sharp sword Gu He had given her, it was easy enough for Zhao Ziyue to injure Human Scorpion. Of course, Gu He also kept watch over Human Scorpion's condition, ready to save him whenever his life was in danger.
At first, Zhao Ziyue enthusiastically hacked at Human Scorpion to avenge her dead sisters. But whenever she cut him until he was barely alive and on the verge of death, Gu He would feed him a pill and save him again. After several rounds, Zhao Ziyue lost interest. Yet this torment brought Human Scorpion close to collapse. In the end, he could no longer endure it and finally begged Gu He to kill him.
Gu He had been waiting for those words. After making him state that he was asking to die of his own accord, he had Zhao Ziyue give him a quick death.
Killing Human Scorpion this way was somewhat troublesome, but it was also Gu He's stubbornness. Call it self-deception or pedantic foolishness if one wished, but a promise could not be broken.
After dealing with Human Scorpion, Gu He roughly sorted through the Scorpion Demon Trio's Rings, then prepared to select some