Chapter 589

"……"

Su Yang sat up from the blanket.

Pain, sharp as tearing, returned to his buttocks and waist.

He gasped heavily, and the pain began to fade again.

Liu Mengyun held the dagger, not knowing what to say at all!

Peng Xiangming walked over, staring at Su Yang—his entire body blackened, save for a pink patch on his abdomen—and didn't know what to say either.

The other nine Starlight-level experts also trudged over, heads hung low.

All ten of them were Starlight-level experts.

And one Sovereign-level expert!

Yet none of them could overpower Su Yang!

The only silver lining was that their deputy squad leader was among them.

Otherwise, they truly wouldn't know where to hide their faces!

Liu Mengyun looked at Peng Xiangming: "Can we add more people?"

"No, ten is already the limit!" Peng Xiangming shook his head. "More than that, there's no room to stand!"

"Deputy Squad Leader Peng, I'm sorry!"

Without Liu Mengyun cutting herself, Su Yang had already recovered.

Peng Xiangming sighed helplessly: "No need to apologize—it's not your fault, it's ours."

None of the other nine Starlight-level experts blamed Su Yang.

Su Yang personally faced the Shoushi Sect's elite squad, including three Sovereign-level Beastmasters, saving them from certain death—he had saved their lives.

Moreover, they understood Su Yang's reaction.

Who could endure being carved slice by slice?

It was no different from lingchi!

"But, Lieutenant Su, your injuries may be untreatable for now!" Peng Xiangming said awkwardly. "I'll send experts to escort you back."

Su Yang fell silent.

He thought of his large-scale military mission.

It had already been rated "Excellent+."

Just one step away!

One step away from a perfect evaluation.

Seeing his charred thigh, imagining he'd spend the coming weeks bedridden, fearing he might be permanently scarred, Su Yang's resentment and fury surged.

He didn't want to fail at the final hurdle.

He didn't want the Shoushen Sect to win!

He needed to regain mobility in a short time!

"Deputy Officer Liu, continue!"

"But no one can hold you down!"

"Continue—I'll try to endure it!"

"Alright!"

Liu Mengyun didn't know what to say.

She could only obey Su Yang's order.

Liu Mengyun began slicing again.

Pain surged once more; Su Yang clenched his teeth tightly.

He stared wide-eyed, bloodshot veins crawling across his sclera, determined to pin himself to the bed with sheer willpower.

Peng Xiangming and the other Starlight-level Beastmasters stood silently beside him.

All the Beastmasters present watched Su Yang lying in the pit.

Watching Liu Mengyun swing her dagger, scraping off chunks of dead flesh from Su Yang's body.

Liu Mengyun's dagger was razor-sharp—it could slice through Su Yang's flesh and skin with ease.

She gritted her teeth, her blade moving like a whirlwind, cutting and scraping away necrotic tissue.

Until healthy, pink, moist skin was exposed.

Drops of bright red blood dripped from Su Yang's wounds.

But Liu Mengyun ignored the bleeding—she knew Su Yang's physiology.

The faster she worked, the less pain he would endure.

She continued scraping toward other areas.

Su Yang bit his teeth so hard his jaw ached, fists clenched tight, enduring the agony of lingchi!

To have sharp blades carve and grind into your flesh—it was like a nightmare!

Su Yang felt he was about to lose control again.

"Think of your family," Liu Mengyun whispered. "Do you want to return like this—neither human nor ghost? You'll terrify them."

Su Yang shut his eyes tightly.

Tears squeezed from the corners of his eyes, streaming down.

It was just… pain!

The pain of lingchi!

At that moment, Su Yang heard the whisper of the Earth Bear.

He seemed to see the cub.

The cub had watched its brother being pecked into a skeleton by the demonic sparrows.

He saw it swinging its Xiong Zhang, angrily swatting down one demonic sparrow after another.

He saw its flesh and blood growing thinner and thinner…

He saw a demonic sparrow peck out one of its eyes.

He saw it pull its intestines back in and keep fighting…

"If the Xiong Zhang can do this, so can I!"

Su Yang said in his heart.

The remaining intact muscles all over Su Yang's body tightened together!

Like stone!

Yet even with such pain, he did not move again.

Nor did he cry out once!

Blood, sweat, and yellow pus mixed together and flowed from beneath Su Yang…

Many battle-hardened Beast Tamer present silently left.

They did not want to look again.

What a ruthless man!

This was everyone's unanimous evaluation of Su Yang!

Liu Mengyun worked with extreme speed; ten minutes later, she let out a long breath.

Her forehead was also covered in beads of sweat!

Su Yang suffered, and she was equally tense!

Looking again at Su Yang lying on the blanket, his entire body was pink, with missing muscle tissue and exposed bones.