The hooks pierced through their chins, making them look like salted fish hanging from ropes. They were completely unable to move.
They were arranged in neat rows, creating a horrifying sight.
I slowly closed my eyes and said painfully, "I can't hold on after only a short while. How did you manage to endure five thousand years?"
"A lot of people's minds have already collapsed. I can barely hold on a little longer." Dao Venerable looked at me and asked tentatively, "Why don't we chat for a while?"
"No problem," I said.
In such despair, I probably wouldn't be able to hold on either if I didn't talk.
So we began chatting. Dao Venerable seemed to be a chatterbox, speaking endlessly. Still, I could understand his reservations.
Dao Venerable told me about his past. Naturally, it had been an era in which he had dominated the world. He had been the strongest human of his time.
When I mentioned that the Sword Emperor had been the strongest, Dao Venerable snorted disdainfully.
"A mere Sword Emperor was only a junior in front of me. I once fought him. He was indeed a peak expert in the Sword Dao."
"But he was only at the peak, not at the pinnacle. In my eyes, he wasn't particularly difficult to deal with."
"He even lost to me countless times. I nearly killed him countless times. I only spared him because I valued his talent."
Hearing this, I was dumbfounded and couldn't help asking, "Are you really that powerful? Then, could you defeat the Sword Emperor at his peak?"
"Even at his peak, I could still grind the Sword Emperor into the ground." Dao Venerable's face was full of pride as he said this.
"Then that's strange. Why would someone as powerful as you end