The world of painful humans.
This was the temporary name Lin Yu gave to this world, as his soul-searching revealed that this realm was perverted, liking to torture their own kind to gain power.
They worshipped the God of Pain, and received a response, possessing a sliver of authority over pain. Through tormenting living beings and inflicting suffering, they could draw forth the power of pain.
This authority was rare and peculiar, but undeniably potent.
However, after learning of the wretched state of the tormented from their memories, he could no longer smile.
To extract power more efficiently, the inhabitants of this world had invented thousands of tortures, the most famous being the Ten Great Tortures.
After reading about these tortures, Lin Yu felt his stomach churn with disgust.
Did such a civilization even have a reason to exist?
Entering this realm.
As soon as he appeared before the spatial gate, he swept his senses and his brow furrowed.
In a tent a hundred meters away, a man dressed as a general was torturing ten slaves.
Their arms were severed, revealing bleeding bone fragments. One eye was missing, leaving a hollow socket like a vengeful spirit. Their lower legs were cut off and hung suspended from a wooden stake.
Before them stood a general, cultivating with a smile. Streams of power flowed from the slaves and were absorbed into the general's body.
As the general cultivated, their screams never ceased. The louder they screamed, the more exhilarated the general became, for he gained more power.
Lin Yu's brow furrowed deeply, a sense of revulsion filling him.
This civilization had become twisted, no longer resembling human civilization. Calling them demons would not be an exaggeration.
Lin Yu raised his hand and commanded a clone to go forth.
"Kill them all!"
The clone nodded and flew over. Before it had gone far, Lin Yu added,
"Remember, leave no one alive!"
The general was still immersed in his cultivation when suddenly, a person appeared before him.
Upon seeing a complete human, he was not alarmed but delighted.
"It's been a long time since I've encountered a complete person. You must not have experienced the joy of pain yet. Come, let this general lead you into a world of blissful agony."
He laughed and lunged towards Lin Yu's clone.
Lin Yu's clone frowned and flicked a finger.
*Boom!*
A tiny beam of light shot from his fingertip.
The next moment, the general froze in place with an astonished expression, then fell to the ground with a thud. A moment later, blood trickled from the hole in his forehead, staining the ground.
The tortured individuals saw this and let out tragic laughter.
"Hehehehe..."
Their laughter was grating, like the cries of crows.
The clone walked over and raised its hand.
Those who were tortured beyond recognition smiled with relief.
*Boom!*
As the hand fell, they all found peace.
Simultaneously, a system prompt echoed in Lin Yu's mind.
At this moment.
Lin Yu's soul perception covered an area of several hundred miles. He discovered that this world was rife with execution grounds.
Lin Wu also frowned and said, "Main body, the civilization of this world has mutated. Both the tormented and the tormentors have inflicted pain on others; this is the source of their cultivation. Aside from a few humans who live in seclusion in the mountains, avoiding all this, the mortal world is a vast torture chamber!"
In his opinion, this world was beyond salvation.
Lin Yu nodded, Lin Wu's viewpoint aligning with his own.
"The mortal realm is rotten, so let us cleanse it!" Lin Yu sighed.
Lin Wu nodded, "There is no other way."
Lin Yu did not hesitate and immediately dispatched clones, scattering them outwards.
With his current soul strength, he had control within a radius of thousands of miles.
As the clones entered the mortal realm, Lin Yu and Lin Wu remained hidden.
Lin Wu half-closed his eyes, comprehending the sphere, while Lin Yu projected his consciousness into one of the clones, eager to witness the extent of this world's perversion.
In a great city.
The marketplace was quite lively, with people missing limbs and eyes, shouting with all their might.
"Top-quality torture instruments! Guaranteed to make you suffer to the point of death!"
"Customer, come and see my potion. One bottle, and your soul will writhe in agony, yet you won't die for three days and three nights. If paired with my instruments, it's double the pleasure for body and soul – a perfect match!"
"Everyone, come and see! The latest Pain Manual is out! All sorts of new torture methods, guaranteed to bring you a unique experience."
".........."
In the bustling marketplace, there were no vendors selling daily necessities like food or goods, but rather items like torture devices.
If the marketplace was relatively calm, then within the residential houses, unspeakable atrocities were occurring.
The common folk would lock themselves in their homes, torturing each other for cultivation.
Lin Yu felt a pang of discomfort witnessing this.
"They are both perpetrators and victims; almost no one is clean!"
He then looked towards the inner city where the nobles resided, and the situation was even more severe.
Commoners might torture two or three people at most at a time, often torturing each other for cultivation. But in the inner city, the nobles, with their authority, would capture slaves and torture dozens, even hundreds, at a time. Once they died, they would fetch another batch.
Brutal.
Lin Yu could barely stand to watch.
"Destroy it!" he closed his eyes and said.
What value did such a world have in existing?
To disgust people?
It certainly didn't align with his morals. Perhaps it suited the morals of those demon gods, but what did that have to do with him?
He would never understand the viewpoints of demon gods.
"Moon Devour!"
A black moon flew from between his brows, soaring towards the sky above the city center. It grew larger and larger, and by the time it reached the center of the city, it had become a colossal black moon with a diameter of ten thousand meters.
"This skill hasn't been used in a long time. Because it's essentially a rank nine skill, it has almost no effect on demigods. However, there are no demigods in this city, making Moon Devour the easiest skill for slaughter."
The Moon Devour hung in the sky, its black light spreading everywhere.
As soon as the Moon Devour appeared, everyone in the city showed looks of horror.
"What is that? Is it the Eye of the God of Pain?"
"No, I don't feel the power of the God of Pain."
"Such potent corrosive power! My arm is gone, it hurts so much!"
"Quick, quick, look at his pained expression; it's not fake. Let's quickly absorb the power of pain."
"........."
The black moon loomed in the sky, its black light enveloping the entire city.
The moment the potent corrosive power appeared, it caused many to exhibit expressions of pain.
This sensation was incredibly unique, more unique than any pain they had felt before.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, the black moon's light intensified, completely engulfing the city.
The next moment, screams erupted.
"Not good, this black moon isn't here to torture us, it's here to kill us."
"Quickly destroy the black moon! We can be tortured, but we cannot die."
"Go, destroy the black moon!"
"......"
Experts above rank seven confronted the black moon, but they did not know its true nature, or they would not have done such a foolish thing.
They were merely bathed in the black light, and they were corroded into ashes.