Save you?

"L-Little Servant? You were captured too?"

The Maid was extremely surprised.

But it made sense upon further thought.

This Little Servant had offended that dog yesterday.

It was normal for him to be caught and brought here.

But suddenly, the Maid felt something was wrong.

"Wait, you're not under guard? Heavens, you didn't run in here on your own, did you?"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

The Maid was speechless.

"Are you crazy? Listen to your elder sister, run quickly before the Sea Tide patrols find you!"

Zhou Ziming frowned.

"What about you?"

The Maid was silent for a moment.

Then she said, "Don't worry about me. I actually have a backer. That backer's name is Zhou Ziming. I've already contacted Zhou Ziming, and he will come to save me. Oh, just don't worry about me and leave quickly!"

"Rest assured, I'll be fine! My backer is very powerful!"

Zhou Ziming: "..."

Wait.

You contacted me?

When?

How come I didn't know!

But soon, Zhou Ziming understood what this girl meant.

She didn't want him to feel burdened?

The key question was, how did this woman even know his name?

Could this be another mess caused by the Original Owner?

Zhou Ziming thought for a moment.

He also said, "Rest assured, since I could come here, I naturally have my ways. I can likewise get out alive!"

Maid: "???"

"Is what you're saying true?"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

The Maid looked at the top of Zhou Ziming's head.

The word 'Truth' was written there.

The Maid felt much more relieved.

"Fine, be good. No matter what you came here for, you absolutely must not stay long!"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

"Okay!"

Then, holding the soul lamp once more, he went to find Shangguan Xiaorong.

Before long.

Zhou Ziming finally found Shangguan Xiaorong.

However, upon seeing Shangguan Xiaorong,

Zhou Ziming couldn't help but frown.

Because at this moment, Shangguan Xiaorong was not the Tree Demon.

It was the real Shangguan Xiaorong.

But she was in a miserable state.

Shangguan Xiaorong's eyes were currently lifeless.

She was hung up, her body covered in wounds.

Furthermore, blood was dripping from her lower body.

However, inside Shangguan Xiaorong's body,

that little Tree Demon was still in a state of deep sleep.

"The Tree Demon chickened out!"

Zhou Ziming couldn't help but shake his head.

*Clack~*

Zhou Ziming opened the prison cell.

Then he walked in, carrying the soul lamp.

Hearing the movement, Shangguan Xiaorong suddenly snapped back to her senses.

She glanced at Zhou Ziming.

Shangguan Xiaorong moved her lips.

She wanted to speak,

but she couldn't make a sound.

Zhou Ziming pinched Shangguan Xiaorong's face.

Only then did he see,

that all of Shangguan Xiaorong's teeth were gone.

Moreover, a fishy, foul stench emanated from her mouth.

Zhou Ziming sneered.

"Heh, you've been treated as a toy!"

"Tsk tsk, a fate worse than death!"

Shangguan Xiaorong hoarsely squeezed out a single word: "Water..."

*Clang~*

Zhou Ziming hacked through the chains.

Then, grabbing Shangguan Xiaorong by the hair, he pushed her head directly into a nearby water vat.

*Gurgle gurgle...*

Bubbles continuously rose in the water vat.

When Zhou Ziming saw it was about enough,

he let go of Shangguan Xiaorong.

Shangguan Xiaorong slid down from the edge of the vat like a puddle of mud.

Then, Shangguan Xiaorong gasped violently for breath.

Her eyes were already bloodshot.

"Who are you?"

Having regained a bit of strength, Shangguan Xiaorong looked at Zhou Ziming and asked.

Zhou Ziming shook his head and sighed.

"You don't need to worry about who I am. Right now, I only want to know if you can be obedient?"

Shangguan Xiaorong no longer had any arrogance left.

She had even become quite submissive.

"I will be obedient!"

Zhou Ziming chuckled.

"If I remember correctly, you used to be quite quirky, and even a bit wicked!"

"Look at you now; your status isn't even equal to a dog by the Young Master of Haichao's side!"

Shangguan Xiaorong remained silent, like a walking corpse.

Zhou Ziming then looked at the Tree Demon inside Shangguan Xiaorong's body.

That Tree Demon refused to wake up even if it meant death, and even hid itself away.

Zhou Ziming was speechless.

"Previously, I thought you were so capable and expected you to make a name for yourself in the Central Continent!"

"And this is the result?"

Zhou Ziming was very disappointed.

Right at that moment,

an old man suddenly appeared at the cell door.

His eyes looked at Zhou Ziming with a gloomy expression.

"How did you get in!"

Zhou Ziming looked at this old man with his transcendent air and said with a calm face,

"I just walked in normally!"

At that moment, a third eye on the old man's brow suddenly snapped open.

That eye emitted an eerie light.

The light shone entirely onto Zhou Ziming.

Strangely enough, Zhou Ziming felt no discomfort, nor did he feel any harm.

The old man was shocked.

"Why is there not a trace of demonic or bestial nature on your body!"

"This is impossible. You absolutely cannot be this kind of person. How on earth did you do it?"

Zhou Ziming didn't understand what this fellow was talking about.

Zhou Ziming directly took out a handful of leaves.

Then, Zhou Ziming gave them a gentle puff.

The leaves instantly fluttered and flew.

The old man was shocked.

He hurriedly took out a flag.

The flag instantly grew in size.

Then the old man violently waved the flag, and a tornado swept directly toward those leaves.

But following that, the old man became even more terrified.

The leaves tore straight through the tornado and continued to drift toward the old man at a steady pace.

"What kind of thing is this!"

The old man turned around to run!

But the moment he turned around,

he saw countless leaves falling from the sky once again.

"No, wait... Ah..."

*Puff puff puff puff...*

Those leaves were like a series of knives,

slowly tearing away the old man's flesh.

This process was like undergoing death by a thousand cuts.

Moreover, it was the agonizing torment of being able to move, yet not daring to move.

"No, mercy, mercy~"

The old man felt his Immortal Mark being torn apart as well.

He was truly afraid now.

No one is not afraid of death.

Immortals are no exception.

The old man knelt down,

continuously kowtowing to Zhou Ziming.

The leaves all fell to the ground.

The old man still had one breath left in the end.

But at this moment, the old man was already shivering uncontrollably.

Because he completely failed to understand Zhou Ziming's cultivation level or his methods.

The young man before him was simply too terrifying.

A flicker of light also returned to Shangguan Xiaorong's eyes.

"I beg Senior to save me!"

After saying that, Shangguan Xiaorong knelt down.

Zhou Ziming narrowed his eyes.

"Save you? What are you thinking, lady!"

Shangguan Xiaorong prostrated herself again.

"As long as Senior can save me and get me out of here, I am willing to do whatever Senior asks!"

Zhou Ziming shook his head.

"I don't have that kind of ability. However, although I can't save you, I can let you have your revenge!"

"For instance, whoever turned you into this state, I can make that person die before your eyes!"

Shangguan Xiaorong was stunned for a moment, then she slumped back onto the ground.

"Why is it like this, why is it like this!"

Zhou Ziming then asked,

"However, if you do as I say, you might be able to survive!"

Hope flared up once more in Shangguan Xiaorong.

Meanwhile, Zhou Ziming laughed inwardly, 'If I don't give you hope, I'm really afraid you won't cooperate properly. But don't worry, when the time comes, I'll let you die with some dignity!'