Chapter 1683: Shen Yuan Lin An

"Bring him in."

As Lin An's emotionless voice rang out.

The stone door opened on its own.

Almost the instant it opened, Hei Di caught a whiff of a bloody-sweet scent rushing over him.

(Such a strong smell of blood...)

Instinctively, he raised his head to look at Lin An.

In the darkness, only under the core illuminated by the Exchange Light Orb did Lin An stand alone.

He wore a mask, and his feet were covered in flesh and blood fragments.

Specks of shattered crystal powder reflected a blood-red light that swirled around him.

At a glance, it actually reminded him of a special being he had once seen.

Especially after carefully discerning the bloody smell in the air, Hei Di's pupils contracted, and he instantly realized what was in the blood.

(That... is the aura of Shen Yuan...!)

(And... a curse!)

(What is he doing?)

Shocked, astonished.

Not daring to reveal his thoughts, Hei Di hastily lowered his head and dared not look further.

He had long suspected that Lin An came from Shen Yuan!

"Lin Emperor, are you interrogating them? Perhaps I can help you.."

With the intention of gathering information, Hei Di simply repeated.

As the restriction's end drew nearer, he grew curious about what Lin An would do. For him, figuring out any detail would make his subsequent plans more secure.

Especially, he suddenly sensed a hint of unease. As a Star-Destroying Level being, he placed great importance on his sixth sense!

He said nothing.

Lin An silently watched the respectfully bowed Hei Di, and with his intellect, he naturally saw at a glance what Hei Di intended by personally bringing someone in.

The two were like tacitly probing each other; Lin An didn't know what this old fox actually knew, but he knew what Hei Di wanted to do.

Help? He doesn't need help.

He wasn't interrogating these captives for information at all.

As for the sacrifice, he couldn't let Hei Di witness it.

But..

"I can only sacrifice these captives one by one... and I'll need this old fox to bring more later."

"Just chasing this guy away, I also need a reason..."

"Or rather, let these guys not dare to pay attention to me over this..."

He remained expressionless.

Lin An's mind raced, trying to find a suitable excuse to drive Hei Di away, or else scare off this old guy.

At the very least, he couldn't let Hei Di guess what he was doing, to prevent accidents.

Unlike Lin An's current calculations, when Hei Di saw him merely looking at him coldly, he mistakenly thought he had misspoken.

Only seeing the Hei Di who had brought the captives in, he hurriedly lowered his head even deeper and spoke again with heightened sincerity:

"Lin Emperor, I am not questioning your methods."

"These captives are merely the fodder chosen by the Star-Destroying Level beings; they had already prepared themselves for being caught by us."

"Each technique has its specialty; I possess a spirit-torturing ability that might be able to help you with something..."

Raising his head, Hei Di looked at Lin An with a sincere expression.

He wanted to make an excuse to stay here; he wanted to see what Lin An was up to with the Exchange Light Core!

Wanting to make an excuse to stay here, he wanted to see what Lin An was up to with the Exchange Light Core!

Their eyes met instantly; Lin An looked at that sincere face and his heart jolted.

As expected, this old fox intends to linger here and not leave!

His thoughts raced.

With time already pressing, Lin An silently clenched his right hand, his mind forming another resolution.

In an instant, Lin An's gaze turned violently fierce; almost simultaneously, an invisible repelling effect erupted, directly locking onto the captive beneath Hei Di's feet.

"Hum!!"

The invisible repelling effect exploded.

What is this!?

Mistakenly thinking Lin An had suddenly attacked him, Hei Di's expression changed; he only felt a strange rule smashing toward him!

Although not strong, he could only tell for a moment that it was some special effect of a rule!

Instinctively, he hurriedly flared a black light around himself, protecting himself at great speed!

However, unlike his instinctive self-protection, as an extremely bizarre rule force erupted, in an instant Hei Di heard a miserable scream beside his ear.

Beside him, the Fifth Stage captive who had been dragged in had his left arm shatter as if blown apart; his entire forearm instantly exploded, turning into a mist of blood that burst around him!

Blood sprayed.

Just like firecrackers.

Before he could even process his shock, the captive immediately let out a piercing scream, repeatedly exploding right before his eyes.

From hand to foot, from lower body to head.

Under the 'detonation' of the repelling rule, this Fifth Stage captive seemed as if a bomb had been buried in him, and in the blink of an eye he was blown to pieces!

It looked like a skeleton torn apart by a chariot.

Watching this incredibly cruel scene before him, Hei Di's expression changed instantly, feeling that Lin An was basically massacring this guy.

What the hell is he doing!?

In his perception, he felt no energy attack at all, nor any spatial fluctuation.

He only felt a brutish force rampaging inside the captive's body, then from inside out, violently bursting the flesh apart.

How cruel!

Before Hei Di could think further, the next second he heard Lin An's brutish voice sound beside his ear.

"Do you need my help?"

"Interrogate them? Use mental control?"

"Nonsense! Pain can make these worms talk just as well..."

As his words fell, Lin An gave a cruel grin, like a violent-tempered pervert, and raised his hand into the void.

With the repulsive force erupting again, in Hei Di's shocked gaze, that Fifth Stage captive, already miserable beyond misery, felt as if his brain were flooded with ten thousand tons of pressure; his two eyeballs shot out under the repulsive force's rejection with a bang, smashing into the distant wall.

Accompanied by a bone‑extracting, brain‑splitting shriek, the poor Fifth Stage captive bled from all facial orifices, even brain matter spraying from his ears, and instantly collapsed unconscious.

No one could endure the pain of brain matter spraying from the ears, especially after being crippled; even a Fifth Stage could not withstand such injury.

Within the black light domain, Hei Di's face turned slightly pale as he watched Lin An's massacre performance.

Around him, large amounts of squeezed‑out flesh and blood formed a red curtain that wrapped him.

His heart trembled.

He wasn't afraid of the scene, nor was he frightened.

But Lin An's conduct reminded him of something else.

Realizing what Lin An was actually doing, Hei Di quickly spoke up.

"Subordinate, taking my leave!"

"I certainly did not mean to disturb you!"

After hastily taking his leave, Hei Di suppressed his shock, not daring to linger even a second, and directly exited the exchange point.

There was no other reason.

He simply realized that Lin An kept having them bring people in, and just now created such a huge commotion—basically he was a psychological pervert, enjoying torturing these captives for fun. His methods were almost identical to the Abyssal creatures he knew!

Interrogate? Playing tricks!?

No!

It's pure mental distortion, a psychological pervert!

At the same time, seeing Hei Di so easily scared off by himself, Lin An blinked slightly, and his heart also relaxed a bit.

He wasn't quite sure what Hei Di had thought of; he was just forcing himself to 'explain' what he was doing.

However, the effect seemed good? That old fox probably just filled in the blanks himself.

Dealing with this kind of old guy is actually quite convenient...

He lightly exhaled, Lin An hurriedly closed the stone door again, then quickly dragged the unconscious captive over.

His luck wasn't bad.

If Hei Di stayed longer, he wouldn't know how to keep up the act.

If he stayed longer, he even planned to scoop out brain matter and eat a few bites right in front of Hei Di...

But neither the departing Hei Di nor Lin An noticed this at the moment.

A faint, undetectable bead of blood silently adhered to Hei Di's feet.