Though it was the three of them, they didn't face any discomfort inside the tunnel. The tunnel was almost twice their size and wide enough to let the three of them pass even if they walked side by side.
There were no bats suddenly appearing in front of them. The ground beneath them, too, was carved perfectly. There wasn't any mud sticking to their shoes or any small insects. The entire place felt surprisingly clean and maintained.
"...." Yang Ze looked around him in nervousness. The calmer things were, the more he felt at unease. He had a feeling that things weren't going to end on a pretty note. He wanted to warn the two of them and even wanted to suggest they turn back, but before he could even open his mouth, Lin Yue shut him down.
"Don't even think about escaping from this place or turning around."
"Sigh..." Yang Ze could only sigh in response as he made his way further into the cave.
Though there were some twists and turns, the three of them ultimately managed to reach the end of the path.
"Err, guys..." Looking at the bronze door in front of him, Yang Ze took a step back. "Perhaps it isn't such a good idea."
With every passing second, the feeling of dread in him only increased. And now, facing the door that would lead them inside the sect, Yang Ze's heart trembled for a moment. He didn't want to enter and risk his life for someone who took advantage of him. Coupled with the fact that everything around him felt out of place, he had a feeling that they were walking towards their doom.
"MOVE." How could Lin Yue listen to him now? They were about to enter the sect and rescue Wan'er. How could she give up at this moment?
Pushing him aside, Lin Yue took a deep breath, placed her hands on the bronze door and slowly pushed it.
*Creeck
With an ear-piercing sound, the entire bronze gate was pushed open, and what came into their view was the view of a farm.
"What the... Where are we?" Looking at the small house in front of her that was surrounded by lush green plants and vegetables, Lin Yue was stunned.
She took out the map and, under the moonlight, double checked it. But no matter how hard she looked, this wasn't the place they were supposed to arrive.
"Damn it." Looking at her frantic expression as she looked at the map, how could Yang Ze not understand what was going on?
He turned around, completely disregarding the two of them and wanted to rush into the tunnel to escape, but before he could move a muscle, he felt an immense pressure descending upon him.
'Fuck.' What he feared most finally happened. Their so-called plan was a joke.
"Where... where are we?" Completely oblivious to Yang Ze's situation, Lin Yue was frantically looking at the map, trying to discern their current position, while Xiao Ruolan was standing there with furrowed brows.
And just when the two of them were in doubt, they heard an old voice softly speaking in their ears.
"No need to look. You have come to the right place."
The moment this voice came, Lin Yue dropped the map and took out her sword, followed by Xiao Ruolan, who was already in a battle stance, waiting to make her move.
In front of them was an old woman in her late seventies, standing there with a gentle smile on her face. Just from a glance, she looked like a kind neighbourhood grandma, but all three of them knew she was anything but a simple person.
"Senior..." Lin Yue's mind was working at a rapid pace as she was trying to come up with an idea, but no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't come up with one.
Xiao Ruolan, on the other hand, wasn't any better; she wasn't the kind of person to think in the first place. So, facing such a situation, her first instinct was to fight.
Only Yang Ze, who felt the pressure on his body disappear, turned around with a smile and stepped forward before giving the woman a respectful bow.
"Senior... During our exploration into the Ruins, we accidentally discovered a tunnel and somehow ended up in this place. Can you please tell us where we are?"
Listening to his words, Lin Yue's eyes went wide with disbelief, but at the same time, she felt a sense of relief. At least this guy wasn't completely useless.
"Oh!" The old woman took a look at him in amusement.
"The very same ruins that we made up?"
She then let out a chuckle before focusing back on the two women in front of her.
"Young Lady of the Lin family, Lin Yue."
"And you must be the Young Lady of the Xiao family, Xiao Ruolan."
*BANG
The moment she finished speaking, Yang Ze felt his vision go dark. With these words, everything became clear.
The three of them walked right into a trap.
Yang Ze was desperately searching for a way out, but couldn't come up with any plan.
Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan, on the other hand, both had pale expressions. They too understood that they had fallen into a trap.
The two of them exchanged glances before rushing towards the old woman in front of them, wanting to take her down. Once they manage to take her under control, they could just escape from this place. As for rescuing Wan'er... she would have to wait for a while.
Looking at the two of them rushing towards her, the old woman just shook her head before raising her left hand and tapping the air in front of her. The moment she did it, an invisible shockwave spread around before passing through Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan.
The two of them didn't even have time to react before their bodies lost momentum as they fell down, completely unconscious.
*Gulp...
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Yang Ze let out a smile that was uglier than crying.
If the two of them were unable to escape, then it was even more impossible for him to do so.
From the moment the old woman appeared, he already knew that escaping was a pipe dream; after all, he had seen her personal panel.
[Name: Su Qingli]
[Age: 230]
[Realm: 1st Cycle Soul Tempering]
[Physique: None]
[Talent: Overlord(White), Murderous Aura(Green), Nurturing Life(White), Darling Of Nature(Purple)]
[Evaluation: Congratulations, you are fucked.]
Looking at her realm and age, Yang Ze almost fainted in fright. He didn't dare to imagine what kind of monster this old lady was.
He wanted to speak, hoping to say a few words, but the old woman just waved her fingers, and with that, he too lost consciousness.
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Yang Ze didn't know how long he was unconscious for.
When he opened his eyes, he felt his hands and legs tied up with thick chains. He hurriedly patted his face and, only after making sure that his face mask was still there, let out a sigh of relief.
He then focused his gaze on the scene in front of him and, for a moment, was stunned by what he saw.
In front of him, more than fifty women, all wearing the same black robe with golden sleeves, were standing there, pointing fingers towards him while whispering amongst themselves.
For a moment, Yang Ze's heart almost leapt out of his chest. It wasn't until he turned around and saw Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan, whose hands were bound with a chain, that he let out a relieved sigh.
It seemed that the women weren't talking about him.
Just when he was wondering what was going on, he saw a new group of people coming towards them.
At a glance, there were a handful of people in chains like the three of them. Though the majority of them were men in their teens. The youngest one was eighteen, while the oldest amongst the group was twenty-two.
They were soon grouped together with them before the woman who brought them there walked in front of the crowd and looked at them with a sneer on her face.
"Divide amongst yourselves." The moment she spoke, the women behind her immediately stepped forward one by one, starting from the strongest.
The first woman who stepped forward gazed at the men and, after looking for a while, picked the one with the most delicate appearance before pulling him towards her.
"I will take this one." With a laugh, she finally stepped aside.
Soon, the rest of the women began to choose, leaving behind the figure of Yang Ze and the two women who had finally regained consciousness.
Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan wanted to struggle, but felt their entire body were out of strength.
"These three..." The woman in charge pointed at them before letting out a heart laugh.
"These three infiltrated our sect and wanted to break out an offender."
With every word, her voice grew cold as she spoke further...
"Let's make sure they never forget how we treat people like them."
With a cold snort, she stood in front of Lin Yue and spoke in a loud voice.
"This here is Lin Yue... The Young Lady of the Lin family from Yuyang City."
After giving her introduction, she grabbed Lin Yue's robe and, with force, tore it down, revealing the scenery underneath.
"YOU..." Lin Yue's eyes went wide with disbelief and anger. She couldn't believe someone would do such a ridiculous thing to her. She wanted to fight back, but how could the current her be an opponent of someone like that woman? She could only struggle in vain as the woman, with another hand, tore off her underwear, revealing the scenery underneath.
"Woooo..."
"HAHAHAHAHAH."
"LOOK AT THE COW." The moment she was stripped naked, the women there began to shout and laugh at her. Most of them were already jealous of her good looks, and now that they saw her being humiliated like this, their excitement was through the roof.
The woman in charge then glanced at Xiao Ruolen, whose face had turned frightening pale.
"And this woman is the most talented person in Yuyang City..."
"The Young Lady of the Xiao family... Xiao Ruolan."
Xiao Ruolen wanted to struggle, but how could she?
With the sound of clothes tearing, she too was soon left standing there with no clothes on her body.
Both Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolen were desperately trying to hide their naked bodies, but with their hands chained, how could they?
They could only sit down, hoping to protect what little dignity they had left. But this didn't stop the women standing there who were now laughing even louder than before.
The two of them felt like the sky had fallen. Since childhood, they have been treated like princess, everything they wanted was at their disposal. People like the women in front of them were their servants. And yet now...
They felt their mind had stopped working.
Ignoring their feeble attempt to fight back, the woman just licked the corner of her lips before walking in front of Lin Yue, before grabbing her hands and pulling her up.
In that moment, her prized body, which even the maids of the Lin family hadn't seen, was on public display. Her perky breasts and her sacred cave... everything was out in the open.
Lin Yue couldn't even understand what was going on or how she ended up here when she felt an intense pain in her nipples and just above her vagina.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Screaming in pain, she wanted to struggle, but to no avail.
The woman had put rings around both her nipples and clitoris and attached them to a chain.
She then pulled the chain, and with that, Lin Yue screamed once again before falling down.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA"
The laughter only grew louder and louder as the woman stood in front of Xiao Ruolan and, within moments, put rings in both her nipples and clitoris along with a thin chain.
She then pulled both chains towards her with a smile as Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan both fell to the ground like animals, screaming in pain.
"Crawl." With another yank, the woman ordered them to crawl, but how could they? The two of them were the young ladies of the most powerful families of the Yuyang city... they were the most talented and the future leaders of their respective families. How could they act like that?
They were still in a daze, trying to process everything that was happening around them, but were still in shock. Everything happened so fast, so suddenly, that they didn't even have time to react.
Looking at them struggling, the woman just sneered before pulling the chains once again, almost ripping out their nipples and clitoris.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH"
"AAAAHHHH"
Even the usual cold and arrogant Xiao Ruolan, who never showed any expression, were screaming in pain like a pig being butchered.
If someone from Yuyang City were present here, they would have fainted in shock.
The Young Lady of the Lin family and the Young Lady of the Xiao family... both were being treated this way.
This was a scene that no one dared to imagine even in their wildest dreams and yet... Yet this scene was playing out here in the open.
"I SAID... CRAWL."
In the end, the two of them had no choice but to do as they said. The two of them could only stick their butts up and walk slowly like obedient puppies.
On the other side, the men who were just picked up by the women weren't in any good shape either.
After watching such excitement, how could the women there leave them?
Immediately, they too followed their senior sister's footsteps and stripped the men naked.
But unlike their senior sister, they pierced their nipples with metal rings and put a medium circular ring around their penis, which was attached to a thin chain, before pulling them with it like dogs on a leash.
It was as if they had performed this act countless times before.
Under the constant screams of pain and laughter, one of the women stood in front of Yang Ze with a smile as she spoke the most haunting words that Yang Ze had ever heard.
"Welcome to One of the Demonic Overlord Sects."
"Welcome to the DUALITY SECT."