I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch
Chapter 605 - 605: 573. Lord Yeli Dong's Humiliation Plan

Lord Yeli Dong had also sought the Dragon Heart Flame for over a hundred years, scouring a myriad of rivers and mountains across the Empire, to no avail.

Unexpectedly, what he once considered a troublesome thing, the Shame Spirit Curse, now brought him hope.

The only thing that disgusted him was,

that only by completing eight tasks he considered most shameful could he obtain the Dragon Heart Flame.

Sirius... If Sirius were still alive, he wouldn't rest until he had chopped him into a human swine, thrown him into a pigsty, and tortured him day and night; he couldn't clear his thoughts otherwise.

"Mr. Dongjun means, you're prepared to complete eight shameful tasks?" Jinyang Hong asked in surprise, "How many have you completed so far?"

Lord Yeli Dong glanced at the middle-aged man with his different-colored eyes and spoke indifferently, "Five."

Great achievers don't dwell on trifles.

For the ultimate goal, he could endure some hardship and filth; after all, every founding emperor from the past had experienced destitution and suffering, demonstrating steadfast resilience.

And he, Lord Yeli Dong, since birth, to his current position of power and influence, had always been patient.

And there was never anything he couldn't obtain.

Before the dawn broke, he didn't mind laying on firewood and tasting gall, lurking in darkness like a ferocious tiger, silently awaiting the moment to pounce on his prey.

However, of the five shameful tasks completed in secret, only Sword Heart knew the specific contents.

Three remained.

The issue now was that after completing those five, the tasks that he could consider shameful enough to affect his dignity were becoming increasingly difficult to bear.

One of them, undoubtedly, was his wife, Freya.

Though only a wife in name, who had escaped on their wedding day and disappeared for a decade, she had returned to Litian City yet had never met him face-to-face, at most, they had a brief video call.

Her attitude, as always, was cold.

Nevertheless, Freya was his one true love, the object of his admiration since his youth, and the woman Lord Yeli Dong was determined to possess.

Freya had long been regarded by him as forbidden fruit.

Naturally, he was unwilling, nor was it possible, to cuckold himself in order to complete a shameful task.

But after the five shameful tasks, Lord Yeli Dong had figured out a loophole in the rules of the Shame Spirit Curse.

The Curse deemed a task complete when the host believed the shameful act had occurred, and the associated feelings of shame peaked, turning into extreme fervor.

Meaning, the event didn't need to actually happen in reality.

The only point to note was, if the host later realized that 'the shameful task previously believed to have occurred' was fake, then the number of tasks completed would be reduced back.

That's what happened during his fifth shameful task.

Already having succeeded by exploiting a logical loophole, but realizing it was fake afterward, he turned the fifth into a failed attempt and, in the end, he had to truly complete the task.

Although the fifth attempt failed, it allowed Lord Yeli Dong to understand the loophole thoroughly, and he had thought of an even more perfect plan.

He planned to exploit the loophole and complete the 6th, 7th, and 8th shameful tasks in one fell swoop!

The first step of this plan was to "fake kidnap Freya."

Ten minutes later, he would have Sword Heart use her power to split his personality into two: one, the "Inner Self" who knew the specific plan and loophole; the other, the "Outer Self" that knew nothing of the plan or the loophole.

The Outer Self would then take control of all his thoughts and actions.

Afterward, a threatening letter from the Evil Cultist who faked the kidnapping of Freya would arrive; if he did not comply with the Evil Cultist's demands, the villain would violate Freya and send him a video recording.

In reality, however, that Evil Cultist was just a Puppet orchestrated by Lord Yeli Dong, not real. It merely had the face of someone he remembered and despised, a contemptible vermin, to heighten the sense of shame.

Thus, the unaware persona would feel extreme humiliation and would then complete the sixth shameful act.

After the eighth was finished and the Dragon Heart Flame acquired, the inner self hidden deep within the soul would emerge and regain control.

During this time, the intricacies of how to keep the persona unaware would need to be managed by Sword Heart.

Lord Yeli Dong had six trusted aides, among whom Sword Heart had always been by his side, and was the most trusted lieutenant, steady in handling affairs, never making a mistake.

He trusted Sword Heart to take control of the plan and arrange everything properly.

"Jinyang Hong, the specific details of the plan are inconvenient to disclose. As for what you need to do, my subordinates will inform you,"

With Lord Yeli Dong's indifferent voice, a man like a towering iron pagoda emerged from the darkness, draped in black and red interlaced Dragon Scale armor, with thick eyebrows, a broad face, full of valor.

Jinyang Hong naturally recognized this man, named Ba Ji, who was once a renowned genius of the same era as Lord Yeli Dong. After being utterly subdued in several battles with Lord Yeli Dong, he inexplicably became one of Lord Yeli Dong's closest aides, with astonishing combat prowess.

The handsome young man in the wheelchair gave the towering man a fleeting glance and ordered, "The plan is about to commence, take Lord Jinyang Hong with you."

"Yes!" bellowed the towering man, his voice deep as a bell, as he respectfully made a fist with one hand and covered it with the other.

*

Nightfall.

Xia Feng hurried through the pitch-black forest, his figure flashing and disappearing rapidly as he moved forward.

Soon, a towering cliff loomed into view.

He stood atop a treetop, gazing into the distance, and noticed what seemed to be a cave on the cliff.

According to the pull of the Pale Seal, Ms. Fu was inside the cave.

Xia Feng couldn't help but wonder why Ms. Fu would be out here in the wilderness in the middle of the night?

Something was off.

Feeling uneasy, he once again entered the Holy Knight Space and rapidly approached the high cave.

Through the Eye of Decompilation, he saw two people in the chilly cave.

One, cloaked in a black robe and hood, stood motionless at the entrance, head bowed low, their features unclear.

The other, dressed in a loose white martial arts robe, with a black belt cinching her slender waist, wine-red hair coiled into a side ponytail hanging over her left shoulder, the majestic presence of Lei Ya reflected in the graceful slant of her eyes, was none other than Freya.

Freya stood casually against the stone wall, arms crossed holding a scabbard, her beautiful yet cold countenance with long eyelids half-closed, seemingly dozing.

Xia Feng grew even more puzzled; he had suspected that Ms. Fu was kidnapped, which was why she ended up in this desolate place.

Therefore, he had hastened here with all his might.

But the scene before him didn't seem to fit that theory.

Just as Xia Feng was contemplating this.

The strange cloaked figure, like a robot, seemed to receive some command, abruptly looking up at Freya.

Xia Feng's heart skipped a beat, his scalp tingling, because the face of the cloaked figure was... disturbingly identical to his own!

The cloaked figure cleared his throat as if tuning his voice, gazing at Freya, softly saying, "Ms. Fu..."

"Bang—!!" Before the cloaked figure could finish speaking, his head flew off, instantly shattered by a sudden assault from Xia Feng with a couple of heavy punches.

Damn it, how dare someone impersonate me! Xia Feng couldn't contain his anger and stomped fiercely on the figure a few more times. The head and body instantly exploded into wooden splinters.

Wooden splinters?

Xia Feng was confused; why was it made of wood? Could it possibly be a wooden decoy technique?

With this thought, Xia Feng immediately let the Blood Beast spread from underneath his shadow, swallowing up all the splinters to prevent them from being restored!