You Still Have Me as Your Father

"Mu She? How were you here?" Ignoring Mu She's threat to torture her to death, Su Luo was greatly surprised by his appearance.

"Hehe, otherwise? It should be more surprising that you showed up here. I only used a few little tricks to lure over several Second-Order Magical Beasts. Who knew you already seemed to be planning to leave the group?"

"As expected of people from a great family. You actually found such a hidden cave. If I weren't naturally suspicious, you really might have fooled me."

"But this is even better. The resources on you, along with everything in this cave, will all be mine in the end. And not just the resources, either."

As Mu She spoke, his lecherous gaze swept over Su Muyue. Once the foremost beauty of Luo City in the Star Luo Empire, Su Muyue possessed peerless looks. Although she had given birth to Su Luo, her status as a Soul Master meant she would not age so quickly. Combined with her young age and the Su Family's resources for maintaining her appearance, her beauty was still a crushing advantage over the women of Qingshan Town.

"Come to think of it, I've never slept with a woman from a great family before. I wonder what that feels like."

"You!"

Anger appeared on Su Muyue's face, but that anger only made Mu She more excited. Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid represented the strength of Dou Qi practitioners, while he was a Fighter. He possessed absolutely crushing power over those at the Dou Qi level, so Su Muyue's anger only stirred his desire to conquer her.

"Madam, I advise you not to resist. I don't want to ruin such a fine body, after all. Besides, your son is an Alchemist. A son of an Alchemist is quite rare."

"Believe me, as long as the two of you behave, I definitely won't make things difficult for you. Especially your son—if I'm not mistaken, something must have happened to your family, and you were sent here because of it."

As Mu She spoke, his eyes left Su Muyue and landed on Su Luo. "It's just you mother and son, without even a single grown man accompanying you. Your father must already be dead, right?"

Mu She spread his arms. "Don't worry. Although you no longer have a father, you still have me. You can completely treat me as your father."

Su Luo's brows twitched violently, yet he suppressed his rage and sensed his surroundings as carefully as possible. Su Muyue's abilities could not be seen by others. Otherwise, it would be difficult for Su Luo to remain here. The Mo Family of Yancheng was far away, but who knew whether the Mo Family was an isolated case? What if another family was also researching strange things? Unless they could crush everything absolutely, Su Muyue would be in danger.

Therefore, anyone who saw Su Muyue's abilities had to be dealt with. Not a single survivor could be left behind. It was better for others to die than for his mother to be endangered.

Yet even as Su Luo used his soul perception to probe the surroundings as thoroughly as he could, he never sensed anyone besides Mu She. He did not even sense Mu Li's presence.

"Hehe, your hostility seems quite strong. That won't do. It seems this father of yours will have to teach you a proper lesson, along with your mother."

"Don't count on anyone coming to save you now. I made ample preparations for this day. Even if you scream your throats raw, no one will hear you. Before coming here, I repeatedly made sure I had shaken everyone off and that no one had seen me. With only the three of us here, your identity as an Alchemist won't be much use."

Hearing Muse's self-assured words, Su Luo froze. "What did you say? Only the three of us? What about Mu Li? Even without your subordinates, your son would at least listen to you, wouldn't he?"

Mu She sneered. "Heh, a seventh stage Dou Qi burden. Do you think I'd bring him along for something this important and give you an extra chance to survive?"

"Stop dreaming. Not only did I not bring him here, but so what if I had? At worst, I could just have your mother give me another son. Once I have your cultivation techniques and Dou Skills, would I still lack children?"

At that, Mu She looked at Su Muyue. "Don't worry. Even if I take countless concubines, as long as you behave, you'll still be my principal wife. I'll raise him as my own son too."

"But if you don't behave..."

A cold glint flashed through Mu She's eyes. "Hehe, I have plenty of ways to discipline women. So don't make me use force—hand over the things, and you'll suffer less. After all, you wouldn't want to be kept here by me and go hungry so often that you can only eat rats, would you?"

"Mom, do it. Just cut off his hands and feet. I have just enough Blood Coagulating Powder to seal his wounds. Keeping him here and letting him slowly search for rats to eat sounds pretty good too."

"Alright." Five Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and one black—appeared around Su Muyue. Before Mu She could react, her fourth Soul Ring lit up. Countless vines emerged from the summoning gate, wrapping around Mu She at extreme speed. Then the vines, which possessed intense corrosive properties, tightened around his hands and feet.

Mu She wanted to resist, but with his limbs bound by vines, he could not break free unless there was a clear difference in cultivation realms. Yet as merely a One-star Fighter, he had no ability to crush Soul King-level Su Muyue. In fact, he was the one being crushed.

The vines' venom rapidly destroyed his clothes and suppressed the Dou Qi Gauze Robe that had only just formed, allowing the corrosive venom to touch Mu She's skin.

The skin and muscles on his body were gradually corroded. The intense pain made Mu She scream uncontrollably, causing Su Luo to frown.

"If he screams that loudly, it'll be bad if the sound gets out."

Su Muyue nodded in understanding, then took off her sock and stuffed it into Mu She's mouth.

Su Luo, who had wanted to cut out Mu She's tongue: "..."

Although he very much wanted to slowly torture Mu She, staying here for too long was not an option. The Blood War Mercenary Group would surely search hard for Su Luo, an Alchemist, so Su Luo did not intend to remain here for long.

In the end, Su Luo merely cut out Mu She's tongue, gouged out his eyes, sliced off his ears, nose, and limbs, casually crippled his dantian, and pierced his Pipa bone with iron chains to limit his range of movement. After that, Su Luo did nothing else to Mu She.

After confirming that there was no mechanism in the secret chamber that could be opened from the inside, Su Luo lit three sticks of incense for the skeleton seated on the stone chair.

"Senior, thank you for your gifts. I have nothing to leave for you, so I'll leave you someone to accompany you in death."

Mu She: ********