Watching Liu Yang walk toward her with two fingers extended, Taozi panicked.
Having been tormented for hours, her body still burned with pain.
Looking at him-having just regained his composure-he was already reaching for her again with those fingers!
If this kept up, she was going to be tortured to death!
"Don't come any closer! Don't come near me!" she cried out in terror. "I can't take any more! Please let me go! If this continues, I'll really break ♡! I'll die ♡! I'm really going to die ♡!"
Liu Yang continued his slow approach.
Taozi wanted to run, but her body was completely immobilized. Her eyes brimmed with tears of pure panic and utter despair.
Then, Liu Yang simply placed his fingers on her forehead.
"Huh??" Taozi froze.
A look of complete confusion washed over her.
Liu Yang sneered. "From that look on your face, you seem disappointed. What did you think I was going to do with my fingers? Don't tell me after several hours you still haven't had enough?"
"I... I have not!" Taozi insisted stubbornly.
Liu Yang chuckled coldly. "Heh, keep acting tough. I wonder who was crying out so enthusiastically earlier that your companions outside couldn't take it anymore. Didn't you see that bearded loyal follower of yours, Nakata, weeping until his throat went hoarse?"
Taozi's face flushed crimson instantly.
She was well aware her four companions were listening right outside.
At first, she had intended to grit her teeth and silently endure his torment without making a sound. Who could have known Liu Yang was so overwhelmingly powerful? She hadn't even lasted a second.
The deep humiliation of being shamed by the enemy, combined with intense physical sensations she had never experienced before, had left her mind completely dazed. She couldn't even remember what shameful, frantic things she had gasped out over those hours.
She only knew that Nakata's cries outside had grown raspy and heart-wrenching.
And hearing him cry out had only amplified her shame.
When it finally ended and she saw Liu Yang reaching out with his fingers, panic had naturally overtaken her. Now that she realized he had only pressed them against her forehead, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Curious, she asked, "What are you trying to do? Why are you touching my forehead?!"
Liu Yang replied casually, "You'll know soon enough. I'm going to turn all of you Little Sun bastards into my loyal servants."
"Dream on!" Taozi barked. "Either kill me now, or accept that even if you force yourself on me a million times, I will never submit to you! Let alone become your servant!"
Taozi and her crew had undergone strict professional training and indoctrination in the Little Sun Empire.
In her heart, the empire's interests far outweighed her own life.
To protect her nation, she was ready to die.
Though she had begged for mercy under the relentless storm of Liu Yang's power, she would never truly betray her empire-and certainly never become his servant!
Liu Yang smiled faintly. "I hope you're still this stubborn five minutes from now."
"Hmph!" Taozi snorted disdainfully.
Five minutes later, a system prompt sounded in Liu Yang's mind:
[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Soul Chain successfully cast! Ability User Taozi has become your most loyal servant!]
The moment the notification cleared, the stubborn spark in Taozi's eyes dissolved, replaced by absolute submission.
Just looking at her gaze, Liu Yang knew she was completely conquered.
He dispelled the ice bindings holding her down and commanded, "Kneel."
Thump!
Taozi dropped directly onto her knees before him.
Liu Yang smiled, deeply satisfied with the result.
Soul Chain really was incredible-an ability that directly dominated the soul!
No matter how stubborn she had been, once the skill succeeded, she had no choice but to become his thrall.
Perfect. Now it was time to use it on the rest of them outside.
Liu Yang walked toward the door.
Creak.
The door swung open, and Liu Yang stepped out.
Nakata, Inoue, and the others recoiled in terror.
Seeing Liu Yang emerge was like watching a demon god step out from hell.
Now that Captain Taozi had been broken, was it their turn next?
Tears streaming down his face, Nakata roared, "You bastard! How dare you do that to Captain Taozi! Even as a ghost, I won't let you off! Captain Taozi... my Captain Taozi! Waaaah!"
Before he could finish his tirade, Taozi stepped out behind Liu Yang.
Her expression was calm and thoroughly submissive.
Nakata's rage turned to bewilderment and even greater fury. "Captain? Captain Taozi! What happened? Did this evil monster break your legs?!"
Taozi turned a ice-cold glare on Nakata. "Shut up, you useless trash! How dare you speak to Lord Liu Yang like that?!"
"Ah?!" Nakata froze, his mouth hanging open in sheer shock.
Captain Taozi just called him trash...
And she referred to Liu Yang as... Lord?!
Did he hear that correctly?!
Captain Taozi called Liu Yang 'Lord'?!
After tormenting her for hours, he actually tamed her?!
What kind of terrifying power did this man hold? How on earth did he do it?!
Taozi was an elite powerhouse ranked in the top 200 of the Earth Ranking-a true prodigy cultivated specifically as a pillar of the Little Sun Empire.
Her devotion to the empire was unquestionable.
Yet a woman so fiercely loyal had spent a few hours behind closed doors with Liu Yang and now served him as her master?!
Nakata and the others felt their entire worldviews shatter into pieces.
What terrifying ability did this Divine Dragon Empire user possess to make Captain Taozi submit so completely?
They couldn't comprehend it. All they knew was that something fundamental inside them had broken.
Nakata in particular felt his heart shatter as he watched his goddess serve as Liu Yang's thrall.
Observing their shocked and enraged faces, Liu Yang let out a icy sneer.
"This is the price for invading the Divine Dragon Empire," Liu Yang declared softly. "Now... it's your turn."