Chapter 243: The Girl's Service Leaves Her Master Utterly Shocked?

Su Nian felt as if her mind exploded with a thunderous “boom.”

Pervert!

She had just lowered herself, voluntarily offering to heal and wash him—already the greatest compromise and “performance” she could muster!

Yet this guy actually dared to push his luck even further, making such… demands!

He was rotten to the core!

“Hm?” Chu Tian noticed Su Nian’s body stiffen, her beautiful sky-blue eyes widening like a startled little deer, as his lips curled into an even deeper, mocking smirk.

His low, deep voice carried a lazy sort of oppressive force, as if it was physically pressing down on her.

“My little Nian’er, is it that… you’re unwilling? Or is it that this tiny request of your Master has left you so troubled?”

He reached out unhurriedly, his distinct, bony fingers gripping with irresistible strength as he gently lifted the girl’s delicate chin, forcing her to meet those abyssal eyes of his.

In his gaze, the warning was clear as day: “Just try saying no, and deal with the consequences.”

Su Nian’s heart sank inch by inch, as if she were plummeting into a freezing abyss.

But she forced herself to stay calm, her mind whirring faster than ever.

‘Resist.’

There was no way she could resist.

This damned Horned Demon’s perverse behavior… honestly, it wasn’t entirely outside her expectations.

After all, she’d already experienced firsthand the depths—or rather, the bottomlessness—of this guy’s lack of limits.

Thinking back to how she’d knelt in defeat in the canyon, her pose was one of such utter humiliation… compared to that, wasn’t this current situation actually a little easier to bear?

At the very least, this time they were inside a relatively private tent.

And right now, she had neither the means nor the right to resist.

Su Nian was perfectly clear: if she truly angered him now, who knew what new, more torturous methods this moody, twisted Horned Demon would devise to “punish” her.

By then, she’d only suffer greater humiliation and it wouldn’t be worth it at all.

Most important of all… doing this sort of thing would definitely earn her a huge amount of Humiliation Value from the System!

And judging by her previous experience, humiliation of this degree would never bring a meager reward!

She might even trigger some hidden “achievement”!

The moment she thought of all those gleaming Humiliation Value points, the gap to her one-billion goal closing by another huge step, Su Nian’s mood inexplicably improved quite a bit.

That’s right, it’s all for the Humiliation Value!

For freedom in seven months, for ultimate apotheosis, for erasing all negative states, and for trampling this damned Horned Demon ruthlessly under her feet!

Such a sacrifice… was nothing!

“Mas… Master… your command, Nian… your slave… dares not refuse.” Su Nian forced her voice to sound meek and obedient.

Finishing her words, it was as if she’d used up every ounce of her strength.

Her already flushed face burned even brighter, as if blood would drip from it, as she lowered her head in resignation.

Her long lashes quivered like frightened butterfly wings, hiding the desperate resolve in her eyes.

Chu Tian’s lips curled in satisfaction, his smile tinged with the joy of victory and an unabashed possessiveness.

He released her chin, leisurely settling into a more comfortable position, crossing his arms as he awaited the girl’s next move with keen interest.

Su Nian slowly, with incredible difficulty, reached out her delicate hands—hands once proud to wield the holy sword, to cast Divine Magic to save countless people.

Her fingertips trembled from nerves and shame, every breath burning hot.

Her cheeks were already as red as a blazing sunset, even her small earlobes were so hot it seemed they could fry an egg.

The very person she ought to loathe, even wishes to cut down with a sword…

“Ding dong, Humiliation Value increased by 23,538.”

“Ding dong, absorbing humiliation emotion, Annoyance Value +23,538.”

As the System’s cold prompt echoed in her mind, Su Nian’s taut nerves relaxed a bit.

As long as she could endure, it was all worth it.

Ever since she’d felt that suffocating sense of impending death when the Horned Demon strangled her, she understood more than ever: life was most important.

Eternal Life—of course, that was her highest pursuit now.

“Oh, right,” just as Su Nian was beginning her task, preparing to use water elements to condense fresh water, Chu Tian’s lazy voice rang out again.

“I don’t like that cold, magical water. For this, use a purely natural method to clean me.”

Su Nian’s actions abruptly froze.

She looked up, her dewy eyes full of confusion and disbelief.

‘Did he want mountain spring water, or maybe a clear stream?’

But this thought vanished in a flash, ruthlessly suppressed.

Su Nian quickly weighed the pros and cons in her heart.

With her understanding of this twisted Horned Demon, his request definitely wasn’t so simple.

If she really went out now, painstakingly searching for clean water, then came back and carefully, properly washed him, at most she’d complete the task and maybe get a bit of Humiliation Value, but it’d never satisfy his deeper, more depraved tastes.

He might even decide it “wasn’t enough fun,” or that she “wasn’t sincere,” and come up with even crueler ways to torment her.

No, that would be too passive, merely treating the symptoms, not the cause.

But if she… if she took the initiative and chose a level of “submission” beyond his wildest expectations—even a “willing fall”…

Su Nian’s breath quickened, her heart skipping a beat as if an invisible hand was gripping it tight.

Would that bastard Horned Demon be utterly shocked by her?

Would he believe she’d finally been broken by him, so much so that even something like this—something he didn’t even dare imagine—she’d “willingly” do?

Would his attitude toward her ease up in the future?

Would the “punishments” and “training” from this Horned Demon Master be lessened or even… lightly brushed over?