Musclebound Necromancer?! Are You Kidding Me?

Chapter 34 – Her name is Xun Dong

"Brother Yu, get away from him! I can't use my skills for a sneak attack like this, I might accidentally hurt you."

Yang Xiangdi shouted anxiously from the side. With Qiao Yu and the Giant Scorpion locked in a brutal hand-to-hand fight, there was no room for him to intervene.

Hearing this, the Giant Scorpion almost coughed up blood in frustration.

You fat fool, can't you see I'm about to be beaten to death? And you still want to ambush me? Where's your sense of honor?

"Alright! I'll create an opportunity for you! This Giant Scorpion is incredibly strong, be careful!" Qiao Yu said.

The Giant Scorpion was about to explode internally. Who's the strong one here? Is there no justice?

Qiao Yu didn't give the Giant Scorpion a chance to question him. He seized the moment and activated the Skeleton King's Ring.

With a fifty percent power boost, his punch sent the Giant Scorpion flying, coughing up blood like a cannonball.

"Nice! Sand Binding!"

Seeing this, Yang Xiangdi happily cast a large patch of sand to cushion the Giant Scorpion's fall.

"Ground Explosion Technique!"

Boom!

The already severely injured Giant Scorpion was blasted to the brink of death, barely breathing, on the verge of collapse.

"Brother Yu, we're really something."

Yang Xiangdi walked over, grinning from ear to ear.

Meanwhile, Fang Xun and his two companions were dumbfounded. Were these two some high-level players smurfing to bully beginners?

That Giant Scorpion was so strong, yet it was almost killed without dealing any damage? Terrifying!

"I held back a bit to avoid killing it. This Giant Scorpion must know many secrets about the Ten Thousand Poison Den. We should interrogate it thoroughly!" Yang Xiangdi suggested.

Qiao Yu nodded and walked towards the heavily injured Giant Scorpion.

"Bah! You bunch of monsters, don't even think about it. Kill me if you want, but I'll never betray my tribe!" the Giant Scorpion spat venomously.

"Fine, then I'll have to use the most brutal punishment in the world on you," Qiao Yu said.

"Heh, go ahead. If I make a sound, I'll be your grandson!" the Giant Scorpion retorted, spitting out blood, eyes full of defiance.

A tough guy like him wasn't afraid of any torture.

"Alright, you said it." Qiao Yu turned to the still-shaken Fang Yuan. "Lend me a few strands of your hair."

"Uh, okay," Fang Yuan stammered.

Qiao Yu plucked a few long hairs from Fang Yuan's head, twisted them into a bundle, and walked towards the Giant Scorpion with a sinister smile.

The Giant Scorpion watched Qiao Yu's actions, filled with confusion and unease.

Wasn't he supposed to torture me? What's with the creepy smile and the hair?

A sense of fear crept into the Giant Scorpion's heart. The unknown was the most terrifying.

"Yang Xiangdi, help me restrain him!" Qiao Yu instructed.

"Got it!" Yang Xiangdi waved his staff, and several strands of sand transformed into ropes, binding the Giant Scorpion.

Now, the Giant Scorpion couldn't move anything but its eyelids and lips.

"What... what are you going to do? I'm telling you, I'm not afraid of you!" the Giant Scorpion shouted defiantly.

"Hehehe, you'll find out soon enough."

Qiao Yu gave a twisted smile, and the Giant Scorpion's Adam's apple bobbed as fear slowly took hold.

Qiao Yu slowly brought the bundle of hair closer to the Giant Scorpion's nostril, then gently inserted it. The hair entered the Giant Scorpion's nasal cavity.

With a slight flick of Qiao Yu's wrist, the hair twirled inside the Giant Scorpion's nose, moving back and forth, in and out, constantly rubbing against the nasal hairs.

"Hehehe, hahaha, hahahahaha!"

Ticklish!

An indescribable, uncontrollable ticklishness!

That was the only sensation the Giant Scorpion could feel now. Tears welled up in its eyes. It was laughing, but it looked worse than crying.

"Ah! Kill me, please kill me! Hahahaha!"

The unbearable ticklishness made the Giant Scorpion wish for death. It wanted to struggle, but its entire body was restrained by Yang Xiangdi, unable to move.

No wonder that kid said this was the most brutal punishment in the world. It was more unbearable than walking on knives or through fire.

How could someone come up with such a twisted way to torture people?

"Huh? You're quite the tough guy, aren't you?" Qiao Yu remarked.

"Fang Yuan, lend me a few more hairs."

Qiao Yu got a few more strands of hair, this time not sparing the Giant Scorpion's other nostril.

Double the torment.

The Giant Scorpion was caught in a living nightmare, unable to live or die.

Fang Xun and the others, just watching, felt their own nostrils itching, unable to resist the urge to pick their noses.

"Grandpa! Grandpa, I was wrong, I'll tell you everything hahaha! Please, kill me! Hahaha!"

Tears streaming down, the Giant Scorpion finally couldn't hold back and began to beg for mercy. The unbearable ticklishness was beyond human endurance.

"You should have done this earlier. Why wait until after being tortured to talk?" Qiao Yu said disdainfully, discarding the hair.

The Giant Scorpion was on the verge of tears, wanting to say, "Big brother, I didn't know you were this twisted!"

"Tell me, what was that ritual you were performing? What's the origin of that ancient bluestone well?" Qiao Yu asked directly.

"That was the Insect Ritual, a day when we offer fresh flesh and blood to the swarm. Our Ten Thousand Poison Den has a contract with the Insect Queen, requiring us to offer fresh sacrifices every month."

"The ancient bluestone well is where the Insect Queen resides and breeds."

The Giant Scorpion answered everything truthfully, fearing Qiao Yu would use the hair to torment its nose again.

"The Insect Queen..." Qiao Yu pondered for a moment. The Insect Queen must be the final boss of the Ten Thousand Poison Den dungeon, right?

It seemed this dungeon might be even harder than Nightmare Village, especially since Qiao Yu wasn't good at dealing with swarms.

Yang Xiangdi's Ground Explosion Technique was powerful and wide-ranging, but it needed time to recharge after each use.

Damn it, why doesn't the Inner World sell insect repellent?

"Brother Yu, I think I know why Xiao Dong's family helped us detoxify," Yang Xiangdi said through gritted teeth.

"They wanted to use us as sacrifices for the next Insect Ritual!"

Qiao Yu nodded and continued questioning the Giant Scorpion.

"Does the Insect Queen have any weaknesses?"

"Weaknesses..." The Giant Scorpion thought for a moment and shook its head slowly.

"I don't know. I've never seen the Insect Queen. The story of her living at the bottom of the well has been passed down by our chieftains for generations."

"One last question, why does Xiao Dong call the tribe the Ten Thousand Spirits Den, while you call it the Ten Thousand Poison Den?"

"Xiao Dong? Who's Xiao Dong?" The Giant Scorpion looked puzzled. "In our entire Ten Thousand Poison Den tribe, there's only one person with 'Dong' in their name, and that's our chieftain."

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"What's your chieftain's name?" Qiao Yu asked urgently.

"Her name is Xun Dong."