The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 499 - 498: The Heart-Pounding Torment!

Chapter 499: Chapter 498: The Heart-Pounding Torment!

Lin Bai followed Zhao Rong into the shadowy mountain cave.

Before they began their journey, Lin Bai gently summoned the Devouring Sword Spirit, wiping out the energies of all the warriors present. However, the energy of these Martial Arts Ninth Level warriors was hardly sufficient, amounting to a pittance that could almost be disregarded.

The cave was damp and shrouded in darkness, filled with bats hanging from the ceiling, their red eyes curiously observing Lin Bai and Zhao Rong.

When they navigated to the bottom of the cave, they discovered an enclosed prison cell.

Inside the cell, there was only one "human".

If what remained could still be considered human, then he was indeed a human.

Lin Bai’s face contorted in pain and discomfort, glancing forlornly at the distressed individual imprisoned in the cell.

His body was caked in grime, with feces littering both the cell and himself. His eyes had been hollowed out, limbs amputated, Dantian disabled, and meridians extracted, leaving him utterly helpless and resigned to accept his fate.

His tongue was the only part of him that remained intact, allowing him to speak.

Zhao Rong had kept it untouched, needing him to reveal Lin Bai’s whereabouts.

"Zhao Rong, you poisonous woman, you have come again!" He did not have eyes, so he couldn’t see but could only discern from the sounds.

Having heard someone enter the cave, he immediately speculated that it must be Zhao Rong since no one else, except her who held a deep grudge against him, would dare approach this sickening pit to see him.

So he concluded right away that Zhao Rong had come.

Lin Bai, with his face expressing immense sorrow, found it unbearable to witness his mangled state.

Lin Bai vaguely recalls how Tie Feng was handsome and impressive when they had left Qingling Mountain. He was once about to confront him for the affection he held for his beloved daughter, Tiehai Tang.

All warriors of the Demon Slaying Alliance respected him, and under his leadership, the alliance walked the righteous path.

He was a stern father but loved his daughter immeasurably.

When Lin Bai had hurt Tiehai Tang’s heart, he was so angry he almost started a fight.

In a sorrowful voice, Lin Bai said, "Senior Tie Feng, it’s me ..."

"Ah? Lin Bai? Are you Lin Bai?" Tie Feng exclaimed excitedly upon hearing Lin Bai’s voice.

"Lin Bai, how did you get in? Run quickly, run! Zhao Rong, that poisonous woman, is the illegitimate daughter of the Five Poisons Sect Leader, she brought back skilled warriors from the Five Poison Sect."

"All the Demon Slaying Alliance’s warriors have been killed. Run! Run!"

Tie Feng continued frantically.

Lin Bai said, "Senior Tie Feng, don’t worry, I have Zhao Rong under my control."

Tie Feng, surprised, inquired, "Really? Is it true? That poisonous woman is no match for you! Hahaha, Lin Bai, I knew you would come back, I knew that bastard Zhao Rong could never be your match!"

Zhao Rong desperately pleaded, "I have brought you to see Tie Feng as I promised, I kept my word, can you please let me go? Please don’t kill me!"

Tie Feng, after hearing Zhao Rong’s voice, immediately bellowed in anger, "Kill her! Lin Bai, kill her!"

"Alright, don’t rush!"

Lin Bai shot Zhao Rong a cold, ruthless glance.

Even in the darkness of the cave, she could see the icy stare from Lin Bai.

"Ah!"

Scared out of her wits, Zhao Rong quickly got up and bolted toward the cave entrance.

"Flying Swords, go!"

With a command, Lin Bai sent his Flying Sword zipping through the air.

With a swift swoosh!

The sword penetrated through the back of Zhao Rong’s neck.

"Ah..."

Zhao Rong let out a terrible scream and fell into a puddle of her own blood.

Tie Feng quickly asked, "Is she dead? Is that bitch dead?"

Lin Bai nodded and said, "Yes, she’s dead, truly dead this time."

"Hahaha, Hahaha, warriors of the Demon Slaying Alliance, I, Tie Feng, have taken revenge for you!" Tie Feng laughed heartily, his face upturned to the sky.

Seeing Tie Feng in such a state, Lin Bai guiltily said, "I’m sorry, Senior Tie Feng, I came back too late."

Laughing deliriously, Tie Feng said, "Not too late, not too late, Lin Bai, your timing was just right."

"Did you know I was waiting for you?"

"Lin Bai, did you know I was waiting for you?"

Tie Feng laughed hysterically, "Zhao Rong, that bitch, no matter how torturous she was, I would never reveal your whereabouts to her, because I knew, you would surely come back, you would definitely return."

"She severed my hands and feet, drained my meridians, ruined my Dantian, and let them insult me, but I was determined to cling to life."

"Do you know why?"

Tie Feng said.

Lin Bai answered, "To wait for my return!"

Tie Feng laughed, "Hahaha, that’s right, waiting for your return. Lin Bai, the Demon Slaying Alliance is destroyed, it’s my fault, I can atone with my life, but there’s someone I can’t let go before that."

Upon hearing Tie Feng’s words, Lin Bai guessed who he was talking about and blurted out a name, "Tie Hai Tang."

Tie Feng’s face was filled with sorrow, "If it wasn’t for Hai Tang, I would have gone to Yama Hall with the brothers six months ago."

"Lin Bai, I am staying alive, waiting for you to return because I want to ask you a favor."

"Can you consider that once you were an unknown Warrior, once you were a weak Warrior, once you were despised by everyone, it was I, the Demon Slaying Alliance, Hai Tang, who gave you a path?"

Lin Bai replied, "Tie Feng and Tie Hai Tang’s kindness towards me, Lin Bai, will never be forgotten."

Tie Feng said, "Good, that’s enough with what you’ve said."

Lin Bai responded, "If senior Tie Feng has any orders for me, I, Lin Bai, will surely risk my life to comply."

Tie Feng said, "The one I can’t let go is Hai Tang. She is so young, only twenty years old, what will she do without me?"

"Her mother died giving birth to her, I have always treated her like a treasured pearl!"

"Lin Bai, she likes you, she loves you."

"I know maybe you don’t like her, don’t love her, but could you, for the sake of my past kindness to you, take good care of her, not let her suffer."

"Can you do that?"

Tie Feng pleaded.

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai was moved.

This was fatherly love.

Tie Feng had endured so many insults and tortures from Zhao Rong, yet he never gave away Lin Bai’s whereabouts or committed suicide.

He was hanging on to life, waiting for Lin Bai’s return.

Waiting for Lin Bai to return, so he could entrust his most precious daughter, his beloved gem, his love, his life, his Tie Hai Tang to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai asked, "Where is Hai Tang?"

Tie Feng responded, "After you left, Hai Tang went out to find you and hasn’t returned. Fortunately, if she had been in the Demon Slaying Alliance, she would have been tortured to death by that venomous woman, Zhao Rong."

"Lin Bai, can you help me find her? Can you take good care of her?"

Tie Feng pleaded.

Lin Bai solemnly replied, "Senior Tie Feng, I promise you, I will find Tie Hai Tang, protect her, and ensure she doesn’t get harmed or humiliated."

"This is a promise, as long as I, Lin Bai, am alive, no one can harm Tie Hai Tang!"

A smile spread across Tie Feng’s face, "Hahaha, at last, I have lived to see this moment."

"Lin Bai, remember your promise, if not, even as a ghost, I will come back to find you!"

After saying this, Tie Feng violently crashed his head into the stone wall.

"No!"

Greatly alarmed, Lin Bai blurred into action, his immense power shattering the prison gate as he rushed towards Tie Feng.

But Lin Bai was a step too late. By the time he reached Tie Feng, his head had already struck the stone wall.

"Lin Bai, I knew you would not wish for my death, so I committed suicide suddenly, rendering you helpless."

"Lin Bai, don’t save me; look at my current state—better dead than alive."

"Lin Bai, remember your promise."

Before his death, Tie Feng, smiling, departed from this world.