Free Web NovelChapter 426: Chapter 428: A Savage Beating
The ghost in the well was pelted by a relentless barrage of stones from Su Nian. Just as the ghost was about to get back up, another stone smashed down, knocking it flat again.
He lay at the bottom of the well, his body nearly flattened into a thin sheet, yet he tenaciously glared up at Su Nian with a vicious gaze.
He tried to intimidate Su Nian with his aura, to show he wasn’t to be trifled with, but the truth was, Su Nian just wanted to laugh.
Unfortunately for him, he’d miscalculated. Su Nian simply grabbed the wide-mouthed female ghost.
From the moment she’d met this ghost, Su Nian had noticed her peculiar talent: her body was like rubber, capable of stretching to incredible lengths—just like her mouth, which could split open exceptionally wide.
Su Nian grabbed her by the feet, shoved her entire upper body into the well, and issued a command.
"Get him out of there for me!"
The female ghost was stunned by the order. She was extremely reluctant, but she was also afraid of Su Nian beating her up.
She had already witnessed Su Nian’s methods. If she wanted to Stay Alive and be left in peace, she had to obey. Thinking this, she could only force a smile.
"Alright, Boss! Don’t you worry, I’ll handle this perfectly!"
As she spoke, she put on an expression of someone marching to their doom. Su Nian, without any hesitation, lifted her by the feet.
And with one swing, she plunged her toward the bottom of the well. Su Nian knew what she was capable of.
The female ghost moved like a snake as Su Nian lowered her down. Down there, she found him—the strange gecko ghost, pounded by stones until his whole body was a sticky mess and covered in horrifying scars from being burned by lime.
Even for a ghost, the sight was unnerving, and the female ghost felt a surge of panic.
But a flash of resolve hardened her heart. ’I’ve already picked a side, so there’s no room for hesitation.’
The Heavenly Dao of the past had never imagined someone could cause this much chaos. It thought it had offered these ghosts the deal of a lifetime, believing they would act exactly as it had envisioned.
They were supposed to wait for it here peacefully. But a random piece of prey, Su Nian, had flipped the script in this paradise, turning the very ghosts it had placed here into her slaves.
The gecko ghost was hiding, pinned under the stones, but he could clearly see the woman who had just dropped down.
Having experienced what happened with those chunks of flesh, he knew this female ghost was no good either. His body tensed, and he instinctively tried to flee.
But the female ghost was clearly in a different league from the scarred male ghost. She was incredibly agile, and when she opened that huge mouth of hers, it looked like she could swallow him whole.
The gecko ghost scrambled upward in a panic, but in his haste and pain, his hand slipped, and he fell back to the bottom of the well.
But that hardly stopped the female ghost. Her arm stretched out like real rubber and snatched the gecko ghost in one go.
Then she began to haul him upward, determined to deliver him into Su Nian’s hands. After all, she had already witnessed how terrifying Su Nian could be.
’If I don’t get him to her,’ she thought, ’it’s entirely possible Su Nian will just let go of me up there.’
She shivered at the thought. She was considered a powerful ghostly being in her own right—otherwise, she wouldn’t have been specially recruited to this place. But who would have thought she’d end up in such a predicament?
Peeking through the cracks between the stones, the gecko ghost could clearly see her long arm reaching for him again.
The gecko ghost estimated that, with her body’s elasticity, she would be able to grab him on the next try.
His breath hitched in his throat. He prepared to dodge the instant her hand shot down!
He kept his eyes glued to the female ghost’s hand, but she was already prepared.
In that moment, not only her other hand but also her hair, nose, and ears began to stretch, becoming incredibly long and elastic.
The gecko ghost was so scared by this display he nearly pissed himself. ’I could barely handle her before, and now you’re going full-on battle mode?!’
Sweat beaded on his forehead. For the first time, he felt that the afterlife was so damn hard. He thought he was prepared, but when the attack truly came...
The gecko ghost’s body, coiled with stored energy, lurched forward with inertia. He stumbled and fell to the bottom of the well. His skin was so slick that his entire body ended up plastered against the wall.
Before he could regain his balance, the female ghost used her momentum to kick him flat on the ground. Then, she used her hair to bind him tightly, even giving Su Nian an "OK" sign.
The gecko ghost’s ordeal had been brutal. He’d been flattened, dragged out of the well, and had his power weakened. He felt awful all over and wondered if he was actually going to die for real this time.
But Su Nian wasn’t about to let him go. Her pocket was like a treasure chest.
She pulled out a bottle of alcohol and poured it all over him.
’With that sleazy face of his, he must have done plenty of disgusting things in his past life. To think he could still live so peacefully at the bottom of a well after death... Well, let me give him a little ’help’.’
The ghost, covered in wounds, was doused head-to-toe with alcohol by Su Nian. The excruciating sting was a sensation only he could appreciate.
"AHHH—! AHHH—!"
The gecko ghost writhed on the ground, curled into a ball of pain. The alcohol felt like it was seeping into his skin, like countless ants gnawing at him.
The other ghosts saw that the gecko ghost hadn’t even been on the scene for three minutes and had already been tortured to the brink of death twice by Su Nian.
Watching Su Nian torment him so relentlessly, even while he was in the well, made them feel both scared and anxious.
They were scared she might be crazy enough to turn on her own people. And they were anxious because his fate was just too miserable to watch.
The scarred male ghost was the first to react. He quickly said, "Boss, you’re amazing! You’re so well-prepared, you have everything! You’re truly incredible!"
Su Nian gave an arrogant smile. The look she gave the scarred male ghost, however, made him shudder. "Well, what are you standing around for? Stuff him in."
The scarred male ghost immediately straightened up the suit jacket, which was already stuffed full with three other ghosts. He pushed the old woman and the man-in-a-suit ghost further inside, managing to squeeze out a tiny bit of space.
He took out a lighter; after all, one had to be prepared with basic tools and weapons to escape.
The gecko ghost, half-dead on the ground, was truly baffled. He looked around and saw that basically all the ghosts with any real power in this "zoo" were here. The problem was, why weren’t they on his side?
Su Nian saw his expression and was filled with disdain.
’When I recruit ghosts, I look at their character from when they were alive.’ A ghost like this gecko ghost, Su Nian couldn’t even be bothered to look at. Seeing his resentful, indignant expression, as if he wanted revenge, Su Nian glanced at the match in her hand and raised it.
This time, without any prompting from Su Nian, the gecko ghost scrambled into the jacket on his own. The flame hadn’t touched him yet, but just looking at it was enough to imagine what would happen.
The moment that flame touched his skin, it would engulf his entire body, and he would become a living torch.
