"AAAAHHHHH!!!"
The scream echoed through the inheritance cave of the Barbarian Queen, bouncing off ancient stone walls carved with the scenes of battles and glory of the past.
But it wasn't a scream of agony.
It was ecstasy.
Ma Li hung suspended on a massive wooden cross shaped like a huge 'X,' her arms and legs spread wide and bound with chains of dark iron.
The cross itself was positioned at the intersection of four torments. Each torment was different from the other. They were designed to push a cultivator beyond their limits and into madness.
In the direction of her left hand, roaring flames licked at her skin; the heat was so intense her skin was slowly becoming charred.
The fire was burning strangely.
It was not just physical heat, but something inside it stirred the qi within her meridians, setting her entire cultivation base ablaze from within.
"Ahhhnn~" Ma Li was not just suffering in vain. 'I am becoming stronger; I can feel it.'
