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"When did you heat up that branding iron?"

When Liuli presented the torture implement with such casual grace, Yino's previously villainous smirk turned to an awkward sweat.

Because what Liuli brought was far too extreme.

At most, Yino had planned to use some evil mark for control over his enemy. But that glowing red branding iron in Liuli's hands looked like it could sear bloody scars deep into Yuebai's belly.

This was genuinely frightening - Yino was just a pervert, he had no interest in actually torturing his enemies!

Though Liuli normally acted like a frail, quiet girl, this evil cult's Holy Maiden had just as many twisted interests as Yino beneath the surface! Come to think of it, many of the Full Moon Cult's strange evil runes in the original game were created by this evil marks prodigy Liuli. When it came to interrogating captives, she had far more experience than Yino!

"Master, this is no ordinary branding iron."

The red-robed Holy Maiden smiled gently. Though she held an instrument of torture, her demeanor remained elegant and humble as she explained. She stepped forward, comparing the iron to Yuebai's forcibly exposed belly.

"Look Master, this branding iron burns at nearly a thousand degrees, easily burning through physical defenses... but that's merely the first step!"

"As the flesh melts away, the evil marks at the iron's base will begin radiating outward. The evil mark's high-temperature rays can precisely inscribe dark magic deep within the target's body from a distance."

"Normal evil marks can only be inscribed on skin, but with this branding iron burning through flesh, the high-temperature rays can embroider evil marks directly onto internal organs."

"And Master need not worry about the victim dying from blood loss, as this iron bears the Mother Goddess's life-preserving curse. No matter how deeply it burns, the curse will rapidly heal any wounds. Once the torture ends, the wounds will quickly close up, sealing those evil marks embroidered on the organs inside the body!"

"At that point, neither medicine nor holy light can help, as they only affect the body's surface. Evil marks carved directly into organs are extremely difficult to remove unless one can pierce their own flesh and internal boundaries to purify them!"

Liuli described it all with passionate detail, her heterochromatic eyes gleaming with a predatory light like a mad scientist from a movie.

As she finished speaking, not only did Yino feel his scalp crawl, but even the fox girl bound tightly by vines had gone deathly pale.

The extreme terror left Yuebai unable to even beg for mercy, only managing muffled whimpers of despair in her throat. Meanwhile, Jinyue also looked troubled.

Though she hadn't betrayed Yino, she felt that if he agreed to Liuli's proposal today, she'd need to be much more careful in dealing with him in the future. After all...

This was truly horrifying, completely beyond normal moral boundaries.

"N-no... please..."

At some point, Yuebai caught her breath and began shaking her head slightly at Yino, her expression filled with terror.

At the same time, Yino sighed:

"Liuli, your sister is still over there... let's... let's put this away first..."

To be honest, Yino also found this too disturbing.

Beside him, Liuli blinked. She first cast a slightly disappointed look at Yuebai, then turned to glance at the demonically possessed treegirl in the distance. Her fanatic gaze gradually cleared, and she reluctantly hid the branding iron behind her back.

Seeing Yino soften, the white foxgirl let out a long breath.

She had nearly fainted from fear earlier.

Due to prolonged stress response, Yuebai's body now felt weak, and her racing heart made her head spin. But just as she started to relax, her body suddenly spasmed uncontrollably—

Drip... drip...

The soft splash of water seemed to come from beneath her skirt.

"--?!"

At this moment, not only did Yino and the others cast strange looks, but even Yuebai herself hadn't processed what was happening.

Her face flushed crimson with shame.

Her teeth clenched her lip hard as every muscle in her body, even her nine tails, strained with all their might to try controlling herself. But sometimes consciousness can't fully control the body. After being in a prolonged state of terrified tension, Yuebai's body had been wound extremely tight. Now that she finally relaxed, her body emerged from that stress response as unprecedented exhaustion washed over her.

This meant that the more the foxgirl struggled, the more the splashing beneath her skirt turned to a steady stream.

"Don't... don't look at me..."

Meeting everyone's awkward stares, Yuebai felt helpless, only able to shake her head in despair.

At the same time, several crimson vines shot up from the ground. The red-robed Holy Maiden tactfully used them to shield the fox spirit girl.

But what embarrassed Yuebai even more was that while the vines blocked everyone else's view, they seemed to deliberately leave Yino right in front of her.

"Hey, I didn't ask for this..."

In the vine-enclosed circle, Yino and the foxgirl stared at each other, the atmosphere growing strangely awkward.

But the splashing continued. Though Yino could be cruel at times, faced with the girl's pleading, desperate expression, he couldn't bear to watch and turned away pretending nothing was happening.

However after turning around, Yino could clearly hear the flow grow stronger.

From a trickle to a steady stream...

When the sound finally stopped, Yino turned back to look.

He first glanced at the floor, then back at the foxgirl. As the heat left her body, Yuebai's delicate form shuddered again. Even her alluring gaze had lost much of its previous sharpness when she looked at Yino.

Yuebai remained silent, just biting her lip, face red, carefully watching Yino's expression.

"What, trying to play pitiful again?"

In their small enclosed space, Yino suddenly said.

At his words, Yuebai's body trembled. She had no strength left to resist, and no energy to argue with Yino. She just lowered her gaze, her pupils gradually growing dull and lifeless.

Yino observed her carefully, but after nearly being killed by her, no matter how pathetic Yuebai looked now, he wouldn't trust her again. Experience more content on empire

"Let's take this opportunity to discuss a private arrangement."