"Honored Lord Su, please have pity on my younger brother. He never truly meant to oppose you. He was just... just a little too playful." Shawa lay prostrate on the ground, completely naked, trembling slightly as she looked at the effeminate Longevity-Cursed Species before her, his long, snow-white hair hanging loose.
The "Lord Su" Shawa spoke of sipped tea from his cup, his expression inscrutable, not changing in the slightest at Shawa's nakedness. He had no interest in old women like her. "You mean that little fellow Sarendo Sakas? He certainly is a spirited lad. Giving him a Limb Regeneration Potion isn't out of the question. Cut off your own limbs. I think you'd be rather amusing without them... what do you think?"
Shawa's expression shifted slightly, and her body trembled even harder. Looking at her own face reflected in the exquisite tiled floor, she struggled to raise her head. "Lord Su, thank you for your grace. On behalf of..." But just as Shawa raised her head and made her decision, a flash of sword light streaked before her eyes. A moment later, "Lord Su," who sat with his legs crossed, was decapitated.
Shawa was initially somewhat dazed, but when she saw that the person who had killed "Lord Su" was Zhou Heng, she was utterly stunned. "Sarendo, how did you..."
Yet Zhou Heng, who was controlling "Sarendo Sakas," did not look at Shawa. After decapitating the Longevity-Cursed Species before him, he strode toward the courtyard behind him and soon obtained a special skill, "Greedy Abyss Devouring," from the treasury. It was a skill that could affect willpower. As the effects of "Greedy Abyss Devouring" increased, the willpower required to pass its check grew higher. Once one's willpower fell short, one would be controlled by the Abyss's "greed," becoming a