"Are you going to talk?"
"Smack!"
"Ah!"
"Are you going to talk?"
"Smack!"
"Ah!"
"Pfft. What am I supposed to say? You haven't even asked me anything!"
While Lumine and Paimon went to save Nahida, Lin Tian took out a creation just like the cross Jesus himself had experienced, only the material was different.
Yes, it was magma block.
The kind that would burn skin on contact. It could be said it was giving Azar a heavenly enjoyment.
Pucci: Did someone say they want to go to heaven? Can I join?
Azar: Brother, come on. I'll move over. We can go to heaven together.
At this moment, Azar was in an extremely miserable state. He was naked, the skin on his back was severely burned, his head was completely bald, and his body was covered in countless small cuts. Two silverfish hung from his waist, gnawing on his constantly regenerating kidneys.
To his right was a standard four-by-four pit filled with pool water that emanated an aura of life. A tube was inserted into Azar's neck, with the other end connected to the pool. Pink bubbles were constantly rising from Azar's body.
Hearing Azar's words, Lin Tian paused. The whip in his hand reflexively struck out. "Smack!"
But after saying that, Azar seemed to have already lost consciousness. Even when Lin Tian's whip struck him, Azar didn't cry out again.
"Hm? Passed out? Are you worthy of passing out?"
Seeing Azar unconscious, Lin Tian switched the whip to his left hand and took out a small glass bottle with his right. There was a label on it, but Lin Tian didn't look closely, simply pouring the potion inside into the pool.
In less than a minute, Azar groggily woke up. The burning sensation from the fire on his back, the stinging pain from his rear, the gnawing at his waist, the cuts from thorns all over his body, and the faint feeling of neural excitement from within him gradually brought Azar back to full consciousness.
"What did you inject me with?!"
"Awake? Since you have the strength to talk, let's continue."
"This time, let's play something different."
With that, Lin Tian took out a milky-white potion bottle. Ignoring Azar's struggles, he pulled out a syringe, drew the crystal-like liquid from the bottle, and injected it into Azar's body.
"This is! You monster! You're not even human!"
Soon, Azar felt the discomfort spreading through his body. As someone who had used it before, he immediately knew what Lin Tian had injected him with! And this energy was a hundred times stronger than last time!
"Hehehe, enjoy it slowly. I'm stepping out for a bit. I hope you like the gift I'm leaving you."
Lin Tian used obsidian to imprison Azar, then put a few boars inside. Afraid Azar wouldn't like it, he also put up several photos of women on the surrounding walls, thoughtfully cutting out the holes to leave large openings.
If Azar couldn't resist and went for those photos, he would definitely find out what true hell was.
Finally, Lin Tian took Azar down from the cross, bound his lower body tightly, and left the obsidian house.
"Goodbye now, hope you have fun!"
As the last trace of light disappeared, Azar despaired.
"No!!!!!"
Lin Tian didn't know what Azar was doing. He had just discovered a new toy.
"Scaramouche, hello. You don't really think you can beat me with this toy, do you?"
Looking at the Gundam as it stood up, Lin Tian waved, as if greeting the person controlling it from inside.
"Insolent insect, how dare you spy on the majesty of a god!"
Scaramouche controlled the mecha, spread his hands, and condensed a purple energy ball the size of the mecha, blasting it toward Lin Tian.
He had just seen with his own eyes how Lin Tian treated Azar. And he wasn't an idiot like Azar. Someone who could expose the entire lab to the sky with one punch was no simple character. Even his own bastard creator would have to use their full strength!
"Sigh. It seems a child with no one to teach him is just disobedient."
Watching the energy ball grow larger, Lin Tian shook his head. It seemed he still needed to be taught a lesson.
"Pat."
As if swatting a balloon, Lin Tian casually slapped the energy ball aside. The violent explosion destroyed all the rock and metal it hit, kicking up a huge gust of wind and a sky-obscuring dust cloud.
Suddenly, a fierce wind blew the dust away. When the view cleared, Lin Tian was already floating at the chest of the Shouki no Kamo. A large hole was smashed in its chest, and Scaramouche, with a ferocious expression, was bombarding Lin Tian with various elemental attacks.
"You bastard! Get away from me!"
"Don't come near me!!!"
"Really, no need to be so shy. Come, let me see."
Lin Tian walked up to Scaramouche and yanked him up. Perhaps the manufacturing materials were poor, as Scaramouche's arm was torn right off.
"..."
Scaramouche didn't care about the broken arm. It was mechanical anyway and could be replaced at any time.
"Aiya, I told you not to be shy. Look! Your arm got torn off."
Lin Tian reached out, grabbed Scaramouche by the ankle, and dragged him toward the obsidian prison protecting Azar.
...
"Don't worry, Nahida. Lin Tian is a good person. He doesn't have any ill intentions toward Sumeru or you. He just purely despises that disgusting guy, Azar."
Lumine led Nahida in Lin Tian's direction. Along the way, Lumine kept comforting Nahida, afraid she would be nervous about meeting Lin Tian.
"Mm, I understand. Thank you, Lumine!"
Nahida nodded her small head, seriously memorizing every word Lumine said, terrified she might offend a top-tier expert like Lin Tian by forgetting something.
Paimon, however, floated lazily behind them, eating snacks without a care in the world. She didn't pay any attention to what Lumine was saying.
In her eyes, Lin Tian was the best person in the world. Every time he saw her, he gave her lots of delicious food. So how could he possibly give a hard time to Nahida, who was just as cute as her?
"We're almost there, just about..."
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!"
Lumine was just about to say they had arrived at Lin Tian's location when a blood-curdling scream came from that direction. The sound was so mournful and prolonged, it was like someone who had been imprisoned, just regained their freedom, and the next second was discovered by their master, who then broke their legs and even forced them to eat five live mice.
"Er, it's fine, it's fine. Lin Tian is probably just teaching someone who deserves it a lesson. It's nothing."
"Let's hurry, don't keep him waiting!"
Lumine gave a nervous laugh, grabbed Nahida, and flew off, leaving Nahida with a completely bewildered expression.
"Eh?"
"Mph! Lumine! You forgot me! Wait for me!"
Paimon, who was still chewing a cream bun with her eyes half-closed, heard Nahida's cry and slowly opened her eyes. Seeing Lumine fly off with Nahida, she instantly panicked and hurriedly shouted for Lumine to wait, almost getting taken out by a small bun in the process.
...
With the ability of the Swiftness Ring, traveling was much faster. In no time, Lumine, Paimon, and Nahida arrived at the large pit.
Around the pit on the surface, Tighnari, Alhaitham, Cyno, and other high-ranking officials from Sumeru were gathered, all staring grimly at the scene inside the pit.
Obviously, they were still hesitating whether to go down. If they didn't, it would be a dereliction of duty. After all, Azar was a member of the Akademiya, and now he was being treated like this. They were obligated to intervene.
But just now, Lin Tian had effortlessly deflected the giant robot's attack and even dragged the pilot out directly. He was clearly not a simple person. Rushing in to provoke him could bring an unimaginable disaster upon Sumeru.
This left everyone in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat. They also wanted to know: What was that robot? Who was the pilot inside? And why did that expert hold such intense malice toward the Grand Sage?
"Everyone, make way, make way! The little Lord of Grass is coming through!"
Hearing the voice from the sky, everyone present jolted and quickly looked up.
"Lord... Dendro Archon?"