Chapter 996 - Fight with Pain (1/2)

Chapter 996: Fight with Pain

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…

A long time.

But full of pleasure.

She felt as if she had returned to the battlefield from 400 years ago. But this time, she didn’t need to worry about the pain of failure or watching her friends die in her arms. She was free from the heavy burden of responsibility.

Best of all, both she and the demon could feel pain.

The pain made the fighting real.

“Female… I have to say you’ve done a good job,” Kabradhabi said as it threw Zooey’s severed arm on the ground. “Although you’re a bug, you’re much stronger than most of your kind. I really didn’t pick the wrong person. Your performance pleases me!”

“Really?” Zooey answered vaguely, then spat a piece of flesh from her mouth, “Unfortunately, your flesh tastes disgusting.”

Was this the fifth day since the battle began…or the seventh day? It was difficult to estimate the passage of time without the sun, moon, and stars, so she could only roughly estimate it based on her body’s natural reactions. Time here should be fixed in a cycle. For example, thirst and hunger would suddenly disappear when they became apparent and then reset. It was sensible to regard this cycle as a day. Otherwise, it would be impossible for people to fight for years. They would lose strength and be unable to move within days.

She felt a sharp pain from her arm where it had been cut off. It was obviously an unfair battle. The demon could create a long sword with its magic power, while she only had her arms, legs, and teeth.

But Zooey did not care about whether it was fair or not.

Because victory or failure was not important.

On the battlefield of old, she had to kill the enemy and protect herself, but not here. Here, the severed limbs would regenerate. No matter how severely she was wounded, she would not lose consciousness. Without death, the pain became eternal.

It was not necessary to use a sword to cause pain.

She noticed that this was the first time that the demon took the initiative to slow down the pace and talk.

“But your persistence is meaningless,” the Senior Demon said, as it pressed on its wounded shoulder. The bloody wound quickly recovered. “Attacks like this are nothing to me. If you want to beat me with your teeth, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed. I’ll knock out your teeth one by one and then make you swallow them. Get ready for it!”

“But you still feel the pain, don’t you?” Zooey gasped and watched her arm recover. “By the way, I’d like to ask one more thing. Is that pain particularly familiar?”

“Female, what do you mean?”

No, I have to be patient. I can’t let it see my intoxication, as it’ll reduce the fun—

In spite of this, she still couldn’t help chuckling. “When you were half dead, you should have felt it every day…” She pointed at the shoulder blade, “Being stabbed here and having your flesh cut away. With how much your body was shaking, you must have felt not so good. Ah, I forgot to tell you. The person who cared for you along the way was me.”

“Bug—!”Kabradhabi was furious and lifted his sword, snarling, “I’ll crush you!”

…

The sixteenth day, or maybe longer.

The dark ground was covered with blood, mostly reddish-brown, and some black-blue.

In addition, broken limbs, internal organs… and of course, teeth, were scattered everywhere. Although the lost parts would regenerate before long, the blood and scattered parts would not disappear. In this environment, they accidentally slipped again and again. But because of this, Zooey got two weapons— one of her thigh bones and half of the demon’s spine.