682- Skin_ 1
Once the slave master on the wooden stage saw that male, he immediately rushed up eagerly.
"Young Sir Shangguan, what brings you here today?"
When the group of buyers noticed that male, they instinctively made way.
The male before them was called Shangguan Rui. His father was the Nine Nights Dynasty's Dragon-Tiger General and had a large number of troops under him. He was one of Qin Long's trusted subordinates and was regarded highly by Qin Long.
Shangguan Rui was the only son of the Dragon-Tiger General. Although he had an honorable identity, he was born with many flaws. Not only was his appearance extremely hideous, but he also had a nauseating smell on his body since birth.
Because of his flaws and the fact that his father was a general who controlled a massive amount of troops, he could do anything he wanted in the entire Nine Nights Dynasty, and even normal influential ministers had to give in to him.
Shangguan Rui glanced at the slave master and then at the girls on the wooden stage who were barely clothed. An evil glint shone in his uneven eyes.
"I heard that there are quite a few new arrivals today. I'm here to take a look."
"Yes, yes, yes. They all came not long ago and are all inexperienced. Do take a look, Young Sir Shangguan." The slave master responded obsequiously with an arched back as he rubbed his hands.
Shangguan Rui nodded slightly and walked up to the wooden stage with his guards. He stood before those trembling girls frivolously and looked at those terrified girls as though he was scanning through livestock. When he saw the girl whose clothes was torn by the slave master previously, his brows were raised slightly. He stretched a hand out and grabbed on the girl's hair as she was looking down, forcing her to look up.
It was a fair and exquisite face. Her pretty facial features were filled with fear and despair. Large teardrops slipped out from the corner of her eyes as she trembled in fear.
"Her looks are not bad." Shangguan Rui took a glance of that girl and subsequently nodded at the slave master.
The slave master immediately followed him and laughed. "We brought this girl from the eastern region. She is quite young. Just fifteen."
"Please... Let me go... I beg you..." The girl whose hair was tugged on by Shangguan Rui trembled in fear. Her tears were like jewels from a broken pearl necklace that dripped down continuously.
"This beauty is really good-looking when she cries." Shangguan Rui narrowed his eyes. As he looked at her terrified behavior, his twisted lips suddenly curled up, and he pulled the girl closer. "Don't be afraid. I will not harm you. Don't worry... Am I not here to save you now?"
Shangguan Rui's voice was extremely soft, but there was something bloodcurdling in his tone. On top of his unusually ugly face, such close distance caused the girl to be even more frightened.
Yet in this despair, the girl seemed to have a straw to clutch at when she heard Shangguan Rui and looked at him imploringly with eyes wide open.
"Will... will you really save me?"
"Of course. You're so good-looking. How can I bear for you to suffer here?" Shangguan Rui's smile was increasingly sinister. "You just need to listen obediently, and I will not harm you. Understand?"
The girl nodded staggeringly.
However, just as she thought she seemed to have found a straw to clutch at, a cold glint suddenly flashed across Shangguan Rui's eyes. He raised his hand and threw that girl to his followers.
"Skin her."
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683- Skin_ 2
"What?!" The girl did not dare to believe what she just heard as she landed in the hands of those followers.
Those followers received the orders immediately and held the girl.
The girl simply had no time to react. All she saw was that a man had already walked to her with a flaying knife in his hands. The sharp blade slit her soft skin open, and blinding red blood spouted out immediately!
"Arh!!!"
"How do you do things?" Shangguan Rui frowned suddenly. "She is too noisy. Pluck her tongue out first."
"Yes!"
A horrifying wail rang throughout the black market loudly. A bloody tongue was plucked out from the girl's mouth. A raspy and distorted scream was forced out from her lungs, but the people who grabbed her did not release their grip at all.
The flaying knife touched the girl's skin, slowly skinning the warm human skin off from her body.
In just the blink of an eye, the girl who initially had a gentle and beautiful appearance had turned into a skinless bloody human, while the beautiful skin was handed directly to Shangguan Rui.
As Shangguan Rui looked at the beautiful skin that was dripping with blood and still had a lingering warmth, a twisted smile immediately emerged on his hideous face. Satisfied with the outcome, he gently rubbed it against his cheeks to feel the lingering warmth. An intoxicated expression filled his face.
"Indeed. A girl's skin is still the smoothest and most tender. Keep it and bring it back. After processing it, place it in my Beauty Pavilion." Shangguan Rui took a deep breath of the bloody smell and subsequently threw the beautiful skin to his subordinates.
The intense smell of blood filled the surroundings. The buyers who were initially interested in buying female slaves were horrified by Shangguan Rui's violent methods. When they saw the skinless girl who collapsed on the ground, their hearts could not stop quivering.
Shangguan Rui was born ugly. He had a strange smell and a few defects on his body. In addition, his father pampered him a lot. Thus, his personality was exceptionally twisted and violent.
Shangguan Rui's greatest hobby was to collect the skin of the beauties in the world. Moreover, it was by skinning the beauties alive, and the skin would be stored after processing it. He even specially built a Beauty Pavilion in his residence which was used just to store his "collections."
The regulars in the black market were already no stranger to this.
If those girls who were waiting to be sold were in despair and fear previously, when they saw their previous companion being skinned alive, only an insane fear remained in their hearts.
They would at most be humiliated if no one bought them, but if they landed in Shangguan Rui's hand, it would be worse than death...
The skinned person would not die immediately, but without the protection of skin, as long as anything came into contact with the wounds, it would cause heart-wrenching pain. This torture was a hundred times more miserable than death.
At this moment...
Those girls were already frightened out of their wits. They even pleaded for someone to buy them away quickly as they were unwilling to land into Shangguan Rui's monstrous hands no matter what.
However... Who dared to snatch with Shangguan Rui? The buyers at the side had already retreated to a side quietly. Even if they witnessed everything, no one dared to utter a word.
Shangguan Rui's eyes landed right on the remaining girls on the wooden stage.
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684- Skin_ 3
"I want these few too. What other fresh stocks do you have? Just bring them all up. Don't bring some unpresentable ones to fool me, or I'll remove your skin." Shangguan Rui scoffed coldly and looked at the slave master. His words threw those girls into utter despair.
A chill ran down the slave master's spine as he said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes. I'll go look for you right now."
Then, the slave master immediately led a few people towards the other cages as the girls on the stage were kidnapped away by Shangguan Rui's followers.
A girl looked directly at the wealthy businessman who wanted to buy her and pleaded. "I beg you. Please buy me... I'm willing to do anything... Please... I beg you!!"
However, that wealthy businessman did not dare to say anything at all. Although he did fancy this girl's beauty, he did not dare to snatch with Shangguan Rui no matter how bold he was. He fled hurriedly under the girl's pleas.
While the wealthy businessman had his eye on the girl's appearance and wanted to buy her, he completely dropped that thought with Shangguan Rui here.
Weighing his priorities between women and his life, the wealthy businessman obviously could distinguish which was more important.
When the girl saw the wealthy businessman leaving the place, expressions of despair filled that girl's face, and her body shook violently.
More people gathered in the surrounding, wanting to watch the fun.
In this black market, those with money and power were the bosses. No one could dream of overstepping this rule.
This was especially so for Shangguan Rui, a regular in the black market. He had an extremely bad reputation in the monarch city and committed all sorts of crimes, yet he had extremely powerful forces behind him, so no one dared to offend him at all.
Although those slave masters found it a pity when their "goods" were destroyed like this, they did not dare to utter a word in front of Shangguan Rui.
"Why? Anyone wants to snatch with me?" A cold glint flickered in Shangguan Rui's eyes as he glanced at the wealthy businessmen in the surroundings.
However, everyone whose Shangguan Rui's eyes swept across lowered their heads successively, not daring to speak.
In this monarch city, they and even sect disciples usually did not dare to casually offend people of Shangguan Rui's level.
"Hahaha, Young Sir Shangguan, you call the shots in this city. Who would dare to snatch with you?"
"That's right. Unless someone doesn't want his life anymore and dares to snatch these slaves with Young Sir Shangguan."
Many onlookers chimed in and laughed immediately.
People in the black market were more or less clear of Shangguan Rui's style and no longer found it strange. Moreover, it was only a few slaves, and the onlookers had never seen them as humans in the first place.
Shangguan Rui was in a good mood after hearing what everyone said and nodded in satisfaction. He scoffed coldly. "It can't be said that way. This black market has its rules. I'm someone who respects rules fully. If anyone wishes to bid, I am happy to compete fairly. However... it's a little risky to compete with me..."
After hearing what Shangguan Rui meant, those wealthy businessmen who initially wanted to compete gritted their teeth and eventually did not dare to say anything.
"What a joke. Do you think you can dictate things here in the monarch city?"
At this moment, a young man in white scoffed and walked out from the crowd in great strides.
Everyone was astounded and could not help but size up that young man.
"Rest assured, ladies. I am definitely taking care of this matter today." The young man shot a look at Shangguan Rui and then told the girls in the cage.
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685- Skin_ 4
"Please, Young Sir. Save us from here... I'm willing to be a slave for you..." A girl hurriedly spoke.
However, before the young man said anything, the slave master took large steps forward and said, "Brother, you aren't a citizen here, are you?"
"So what if I'm not?" the young man said.
"Haha..." The slave master shook his head and laughed. "Brother, it's better if you don't stand up for them. This Young Sir Shangguan Rui's father is the Dragon-Tiger General of Nine Nights Dynasty..."
"WHAT?!"
After hearing that, the young man was appalled, and he looked at the hideous Shangguan Rui in surprise.
The Dragon-Tiger General had the most influence in the Nine Nights Dynasty. He had many armies under him and was a trusted subordinate of the current premier, Qin Long!
"Why? You want to snatch with me?" Shangguan Rui looked at the young man with interest.
"Uh..." After knowing of Shangguan Rui's identity, the young man broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly said, "Young Sir Shangguan... This... This is a misunderstanding..."
If it was anyone else, the young man would not have bothered and still dared to contend. However, he was facing the son of the Dragon-Tiger General, and there was no way would he dare to offend him!
"Oh?" Shangguan Rui looked at the young man with a teasing expression. "You don't wish to compete with me anymore?"
"Young Sir Shangguan... This is a misunderstanding. I've never thought of snatching with you!" The young man immediately made clear his stance, deeply afraid that Shangguan Rui would continue to misunderstand him.
"Misunderstanding?" Shangguan Rui scoffed coldly. "How boring is that..."
As he spoke, he looked at the guard beside him and said emotionlessly, "Where's the knife?"
The guard immediately took out a gleaming dagger without saying anything and handed it to Shangguan Rui.
Shangguan Rui received the dagger and walked towards that young man with a harmless smile.
The young man was a little nervous at the sight.
Swoosh!
In the next second, the dagger in Shangguan Rui's hand was stuck into the man's stomach instantly.
"Arh!"
In just a moment, blood surged out and dyed the young man's white clothes crimson.
The young man screamed in agony. His face turned white, and large beads of sweat dripped down from his forehead. It was as though the unbearable pain wanted to consume him entirely.
"That fellow was really reckless and actually dared to provoke Young Sir Shangguan."
"Tsk tsk. An outsider did not know the situation and casually stood up for the slaves in the black market. He was really courting death."
The onlookers scoffed coldly.
In their eyes, Shangguan Rui's stab perfectly avoided the vital organs, making it seem like he only wanted to torture this young man.
"Oh... I'm really sorry. I injured you by accident. This is a misunderstanding. You won't mind right?" A sinister expression emerged on Shangguan Rui's hideous face.
"Mis... misunderstanding... Young Sir Shangguan... Spare my life..." The young man withstood the pain and pleaded for mercy desperately.
However, in the next second, the dagger in Shangguan Rui's hand stirred crazily in the young man's stomach.
"Arh!!!"
The young man died there and then almost instantly.
Shangguan Rui then kneeled down to remove the dagger from the man's stomach and measured the young man's neck.
Before everyone returned to their senses, the dagger waved, and he immediately slit the young man's neck.
Large gushes of blood spouted out from the young man's neck and spattered all over Shangguan Rui's face.
A cold glint twinkled in Shangguan Rui's eyes as he grabbed the young man's head and started to cut the neck area with the dagger.