CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 50: HUMILIATION

As if he had discovered something amusing, the curve of Lucius’ lips gradually widened, and a trace of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

He wanted to mock, but just then Ku Jia and his group returned to the cave.

Seven or eight injured males followed the fat Beastman. As they approached, blood dripped onto the ground, and the tree hollow gradually filled with a strong smell of blood.

"Chief, we’ve lost three Beastmen again, and now there’s only us left..." The young male with lighter injuries spoke hoarsely.

He lowered his eyes, a trace of sadness appeared on his handsome face, "But they managed to distract the Blood Beasts, that group of tracking beasts has headed east."

While speaking, the male unabashedly glanced at Wen Shu, his expression filled with hostility, but upon seeing her face covered in blood, his sharp gaze hesitated for a few seconds, and he silently looked away.

Lucius naturally noticed his discontent. This trip away from Beast City was meant to negotiate with the Sea Clan, yet it turned out to be full of twists and turns.

First, they encountered that Bai Qiao female and were chased by a Giant Corpse Beast due to her foolish actions, and later they met this female.

Losing so many subordinates to capture her was indeed not worth it, however...

Lucius lightly glanced at Wen Shu, grabbed her collar, and dragged her to the bonfire, throwing her to the ground.

He smiled gently, waved to remove the spider silk from the female’s feet, and said to the standing males, "Sit down, let her heal you."

Unprepared, Wen Shu was forcefully thrown, landing hard on her tailbone again. She bit her lip in pain, suspecting her tailbone might have cracked.

Her hands were still tied, so she could only prop herself up. She glanced slightly at the males and found their injuries were severe.

The male on the left had a mouthful of blood, clearly injured internally, while the male next to him was worse, with a branch piercing through his lung and protruding completely from his chest...

Looking around, the first male who spoke had the lightest injuries, but even he had a broken arm, and his shoulder was burned through by a superpower!

To heal them all would cost her life.

Seeing the female hesitate, Lucius’ smile deepened a few degrees as he said eerily, "What are you hesitating for?"

As soon as his voice sounded, a huge force came from Wen Shu’s back, forcing her to fall to the ground. Before she could react, a sharp pain came from her ankle!

A crisp "crack" sounded, and it felt like the bone in her ankle was forcibly torn apart. The pain whitened Wen Shu’s face as she looked back.

She saw Lucius smiling, his foot viciously stomping on her ankle, pressing hard, "A command from the master, you only need to execute."

Never in her past life nor since her transmigration had Wen Shu been so humiliated!

A surge of anger flared in her heart, her hand supporting herself clenched into a fist, nails digging deep into her palm.

But she was no match for Lucius, and the cave was full of his men. If she wanted to escape successfully, she would have to endure! Endure!

A fierce blaze of defiance flashed in Wen Shu’s eyes as she clenched her teeth and replied as calmly as possible, "I will heal..."

She forcefully withdrew her ankle, staggering to stand up despite the pain, but before she could stabilize herself, another heavy kick landed on her back.

Caught off guard, she lunged forward toward the bonfire, the scorching flames licking her face. She shut her eyes tightly, rolled on the ground, narrowly avoiding them.

The pull on her broken ankle caused a cold sweat to break out on her forehead. Looking down, she saw Lucius’ form was right in front of her.

His light-colored robe fluttered as he pinned her dodging hand with his foot, grinding it with his toe.

The pain in her palm could not cover the humiliation in Wen Shu’s heart. She stiffened her hand, shooting an icy gaze at Lucius, but received harsher treatment.

Lucius lifted his foot, controlling the force to stomp hard on her finger bones!

"Ugh—"

Piercing pain shot from her fingertips, and in a single moment, Wen Shu’s face turned deathly pale, losing control over her fingers.

All five of her fingers had been broken!

Breathing heavily through the pain, she stared fiercely at the grinding foot with sweat-blurred vision, her whole body shaking violently.

She couldn’t tell if it was from anger or pain when Lucius’ indifferent voice reached her again, "Is this the attitude a Forbidden Slave should have? And you dare call yourself ’I’?"

In a world where females reigned supreme, the males around showed no ripple on their faces as they watched Lucius treat a female this way. They were long accustomed to it. After all, this wasn’t the first time the chief attacked, and if the female was useless, her hand would likely have been cut off and thrown into the bonfire!

Seeing Lucius’ eyes grow darker, Ku Jia feared he might really ruin the female and lose an asset, so he smiled and said, "Didn’t the chief give you a new name, female?"

New name...

Wen Shu angrily bit her lip. Many times, she could bend and endure, but she couldn’t tolerate such humiliation!

However!

Scorching rage surged in her chest, burning her eyes hot, but she must endure... endure...

She took a deep breath, closing her eyes hard, and uttered in a dry and weak voice, "Yes, Lan obeys..."

Seeing her finally submit, the smile in Lucius’ eyes became more profound. He graciously lifted his foot and slowly stepped aside.

In Wen Shu’s sight, he slightly raised his chin, speaking as if ordering a dog, "Go, Lan, and I’ll reward you with rest after you finish healing."

"Yes..."

Pale-faced, Wen Shu exposed her raw-ringed fingers, slowly pushing herself up, never once looking up.

She limped towards the males beside the bonfire, starting to heal from the left under Lucius’ watchful eye.

Endless white light shone and faded in the cave. By the time she reached the fourth male, Wen Shu was almost at her limit, but she wanted to escape and absolutely couldn’t let herself pass out.

After healing the fourth male, she glanced at the next one, the male who just showed pity.

Wen Shu lowered her eyes, a trace of calculation flashing in them. She grasped the male’s wrist, her strength pretending to be weak, her eyelids flickering, and her fingertips’ glow faint and flickering.

In the male’s eyes, she looked as if she might pass out at any moment!

The handsome male pursed his lips, his eyes flickered as he sat opposite the female, finally realizing how pale she looked.

The female’s features were gentle, beautiful like flowers in spring, the scar drawn by the chief on her face added a layer of fragile beauty, stirring one’s heart with pity...

The females the chief usually punished were all vile, but he really couldn’t see how the female before him would be such a femme fatale.

As he pondered, the light in the female’s hand suddenly went out, and her frail body wobbled, leaning towards him.

The male acted without thinking, reaching out to hold her tightly, and in that instant, his heart seemed to fall into a soft swamp.

His breath paused for a second as he lowered his head to look at the female in his arms. At that moment, she opened her amber eyes, gazing at him with confusion. Her long lashes fluttered, and she softly said, "Sorry, I didn’t mean to..."

Sensing the softness in the male’s eyes, Wen Shu relaxed her tightly grasped hand, avoided his gaze, and weakly pushed herself up, "Thank you."

Her polite and gentle words made the male feel even more pained.

He supported the female’s arm, intending to help her stand firm. However, Lucius’ teasing voice came from across the bonfire, "Solon, do you like her?"

Solan was stunned, exchanged a glance with the female, and his cheeks suddenly reddened.

He understood the chief’s implication, tried to deny it, only to hear Lucius regretfully say, "When we return to Beast City, I’ll lend her to you for a few days."

His malicious gaze swept over the frozen Wen Shu and then glanced at the remaining males, "It’s a pity we didn’t bring the Magnetic Chain, otherwise you could all have a good time relaxing."