Her fingers turned into razor-sharp blades. With just a swipe of her ten fingers, she carved out streaks of bloody gashes—like steel plates being torn apart. As Jill Young’s arms flexed, the skin over The Divine’s chest was ripped open, peeled off bit by bit with a crackling sound.
"Aaaahhh—!" The Divine screamed in agony. He couldn’t care less about toxins or anything else; he just wanted to escape Jill’s clutches in his natural form. But Jill Young clenched her teeth and fingers, yanked hard at his chest, and suddenly smashed her forehead into The Divine’s head with a loud thud. Golden blood gushed out instantly, leaving The Divine dizzy and unable to focus.
"Shouldn’t have started with the head... Dizziness just numbs the pain..." Jill Young gritted her teeth, her voice squeezed out between clenched jaws, spitting pure fury: "Fine then, let’s make it interesting!"
With a sharp shout, her right hand suddenly exerted force, and in a chorus of screeching rips, swathes of steel-like skin were torn away. The entire left side of his body—from chest to waist—was ripped off in one brutal piece.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!" The Divine’s forehead bulged with veins, his body arching like a shrimp, golden blood spurting out and instantly turning into evaporating clouds the moment it hit the ground.
"Tell me... tell me... how did you torture her?!" Jill’s left arm exploded with strength again—creak, crack—the right side of The Divine’s body was ripped open entirely.
But this time, something felt different.
"Oh?" Jill glanced at the skin in her hand—the tough yellow glow had faded away.
The Divine stopped channeling the yellow light, dropping his powerful defense. Gritting his teeth, he swung his remaining left hand—not at Jill Young, but at his own head. But in the next instant, with a crack, that arm was stomped down by an iron foot, the elbow shattering and breaking off miserably.
The Divine howled, but then his twisted face was grabbed in a single slap, his entire upper body yanked off the ground and lifted right in front of Jill Young’s eyes.
"Want to die? Want to piece yourself back together and escape?"
If he were just a formidable adversary—if he fought only for ambition—no matter how badly he’d beaten her before, Jill Young would at least grant him a quick death.
But he’s not. He’s not.
He’s not just an enemy.
He’s a nemesis!
Right now, the biggest nemesis is Adam Zade, but the second worst—right behind him—is The Divine!
"I always keep my word. If I say I’ll skin you alive, then not a single detail gets skipped. You want to bail early? You want to skip the suffering? You gotta be kidding me! Did my friend get to bail? Did she get to suffer less? I don’t know how much she went through, but I can imagine it—so you don’t get one ounce less! I’m going to use my cruelest methods, make you repent in the deepest pain!"
She raised her right hand—a shimmer flashed, and a ring appeared on her finger.
It was the Ring of Water.
Borrowed from Teacher Yang.
Teacher Yang isn’t here right now, but with the Ring of Water as a conduit, she could channel his energy and unleash some special abilities.
For example—crack! Jill Young drove her right hand deep into The Divine’s chest, fingers piercing muscle and gripping his breastbone. Innate yin energy poured from the Ring of Water, mixing with Jill’s Supreme Skill, swirling together into a raging vortex—the Grand Refinement Technique!
"Aaaahhhhhh—!!" The Divine thought he could handle any pain, but he’d never faced anything like this. It was agony from every tissue, every cell, every nerve—even the very essence of his life.
"Let me die! Let me die!"
"What the hell makes you think you deserve to die!" Jill Young stared at The Divine’s pathetic screams. In a flash, countless faces appeared before her eyes—her aunt, Fran, Zade, and so many others. Her rage exploded, with nowhere to vent it. Her reason burned away. "You’re going to swallow every bit of this pain—down to the last drop!"
The Divine tried to struggle again, but Jill Young opened her mouth and bit down on his shoulder. Her sharp teeth tore muscle and tendon in an instant. With a savage shake of her head—rip!—she tore off a huge chunk of flesh and skin.
Ptooey—a chunk of flesh and skin was spat aside, sizzling and smoking.
Another bite! Like a prehistoric beast, Jill ripped off The Divine’s other trapezius muscle with a single savage tear.
Jill Young’s brutality utterly terrified The Divine. The hellish scene above and behind her grew more terrifying, and the silhouette of the demon god became ever clearer.
The third bite—crunch! She bit into something strange. Looking down, The Divine’s body had gone limp and silent. It was unclear whether he’d died from the Grand Refinement Technique or used some special trick, but he was now just a broken corpse. Jill’s mouth glowed red—she’d bitten through a red Gourd Leaf, shattering it with a single bite.
In a flash, the crimson glow seeped into Jill Young’s body, like a waterfall pouring down from the heavens and flooding her limbs and bones. The Five Dragons Ascend didn’t even need to be activated—they appeared instantly, roaring and cheering, as if welcoming a transformation. The fragments of Meat Pill she’d swallowed long ago but couldn’t digest now suddenly blazed with light, colliding with the red glow in an instant.
Boom—a violent explosion erupted inside Jill Young.
This time, the explosion wasn’t imaginary or hallucinatory—it was real. With a deafening bang, a shockwave blasted from Jill’s skin in all directions, blowing away the heavy rain around her.
"Ah—!" Jill Young howled, collapsing to the ground.
Using the crimson energy as a catalyst, a trigger, a key, a mysterious transformation unfolded inside Jill Young. The last immature Phantom Dragon Force finally matured, dropping from her heart and swimming energetically into her body.
At last, her limbs and torso each possessed their own dragon force—a swelling sensation surged up, as if her body refinement had reached its absolute peak, with nowhere left to go.
But then—boom! Another shockwave erupted from deep within her blood, sweeping through every corner of her body and blasting far outward.
Buzz—the shockwave seemed to wash her entire body clean, leaving a crystalline glow that seeped into her skin and muscles. This wasn’t just the effect of the crimson light or the Meat Pill fragments. It was proof that her physical cultivation had reached a whole new level—the natural result of all her hard work, finally coming to fruition.