Soon after, Garcia Coleman started making preparations.


    Along with other Capital City Martial Arts Association staff, he headed to the prison holding Mason Raymond.


    When I saw these people approaching, a terrible feeling crept into my chest.


    "What do you want?" I said, my voice ice cold.


    Garcia Coleman gestured toward the device with his chin and smirked. "I''m nning to run an experiment on you."


    "This is all Alberto Sean''s idea, isn''t it?" I couldn''t stop myself from grinding my teeth.


    Garcia Coleman shrugged. "Sure is, but you should be grateful to Alberto Sean. At least this way, you get to stay alive."


    After he spoke, the heavy door creaked open slowly.


    Several people rushed forward and dragged me toward the device.


    Then they grabbed the tubes and started covering my body with them!


    I tried to fight back, but my body felt incredibly weak, and I couldn''t break free!


    I stared in horror as the tubes pierced into my body!


    One, two, three... In seconds, eighteen tubes had been shoved into my flesh!


    "Hmm, not bad, looks just right." Garcia Coleman stood outside the prison and chuckled softly.


    I red at Garcia Coleman with pure rage, struggling with everything I had left.


    But then I realized the tubes seemed to have some kind of technique that locked down the spiritual power in my body!


    Already weak physically, I became even more helpless to resist!


    "Only two people have used this equipment - you and Mabel Sean," Garcia Coleman said with a slight smile.


    I took a deep breath and stayed quiet.


    I had no clue what kind of agony I was about to face, or what kind of hell Mabel had gone through.


    Right then, Alberto Sean waved his hand, signaling to fire up the equipment.


    As the machine roared to life, the eighteen tubes stuck into my body suddenly zed with light!


    Instantly, my face twisted in agony!


    The pain shooting through every part of my body made me clench my teeth, wishing death would just take me!


    "Aaah!!!"


    Even though I''d been through countless torments, I couldn''t stop myself from screaming!


    This pain was beyond description and worse than anything I''d ever experienced!


    "Ah..."


    Because of the agony, my whole body started convulsing!


    "So... Mabel has been suffering through this torture..." I whispered, feeling even more fury building in my heart!


    I could barely handle it and it had just started, but Mabel had been strapped to this machine for a whole year!


    "Capital City Martial Arts Association... I''m going to kill everyst one of you!" My eyes bulged as veins popped across my forehead.


    I couldn''t tell if it was from the pain or the rage.


    Soon, I passed out cold from the agony.


    ——


    Outside the door, Garcia Coleman couldn''t help but p his hands. "Seems the rumors are true. This thing really is torture."


    Then he looked at the two people beside him. "You two stay here and watch him. When there''s enough blood, bring it to me immediately."


    "Yes, Young Master Coleman!"


    Garcia Coleman didn''t stick around and turned to leave the ce.


    Inside the prison, all the prisoners couldn''t help but sigh.


    "Mabel Sean once endured this same pain. Didn''t expect it would be Mason''s turn today," someone whispered.


    "They call us the most evil people, but turns out the Capital City Martial Arts Association is even more disgusting."


    "Sigh, no one who''s gone against them has had a good ending so far."


    ——


    After who knows how long, I finally came to.


    But the intense pain that hit me when I woke up almost knocked me out again.


    This agony was truly beyond what any human should endure!


    However, for me, the pain in my body was nothingpared to the pain in my heart.


    I couldn''t imagine how Mabel had survived this!


    A girl born into wealth, yet she''d endured this torture for an entire year!


    Thinking about this, my body shook slightly.


    "Mabel..." I whispered softly.


    The ache in my heart momentarily made me forget the physical pain I was in.


    Blood kept flowing from my body, but I had no idea where it was going.


    I knew my body was getting weaker and weaker.


    ——


    In a deserted area in the northwest.


    Originally, this ce had been t, but now a sect had been built here.


    At the sect''s entrance stood not people, but two white skeletons!


    "Not enough, nowhere near enough!"


    Inside the sect, Iris Darren suddenly opened his eyes.


    He slowly got to his feet and said coldly, "At this pace, it''ll take forever for me to get back to my peak strength!"


    Iris Darren''s expression was extremely dark, but there was a hint of evil mixed in with the gloom.


    He was cooking up a n.


    A n to devour every martial artist!


    "I''ll turn the human world into a bloody massacre!" Iris Darren said, narrowing his eyes.


    "Once my formation is finished, all martial artists will be my food!"


    But before that, Iris Darren had something else to handle.


    With his current condition, it would naturally be extremely hard to set up such a formation.


    So he needed to use the Capital City Martial Arts Association to boost his own power.


    ——


    Inside the Capital City Martial Arts Association.


    Iris Darren and Garcia Coleman sat across from each other.


    "What do you want?" Garcia Coleman asked.


    Iris Darren tapped the table and said, "I have a small request."


    "What is it?" Garcia Coleman looked irritated.


    Ever since the big spiritual stone mine had been taken over by Iris Darren, Garcia Coleman had grown more and more fed up with him.


    Iris Darren smiled slightly. "I heard the Capital City Martial Arts Association is holding many prisoners, right?"


    Garcia Coleman''s brows knitted together, and he said in a low voice, "What are you getting at?"


    Iris Darren said casually, "Since keeping them is just a waste, why not hand them over to me? They''re useful to me."


    "In your dreams!" Garcia Coleman exploded with anger!


    Hand over the prisoners to him? What would happen to the Capital City Martial Arts Association''s reputation then?


    Iris Darren wasn''t worried. He chuckled. "Young Master Coleman, think it over. I''m talking to you now, but in a few days, it won''t be a discussion."


    "Are you threatening me?" Garcia Coleman''s face went dark.


    Iris Darren snorted. "You can take it that way."


    "Do you think I''m a pushover? Are you looking down on me?" Garcia Coleman shouted furiously.


    Iris Darrenughed coldly. "You only have three Martial Saints with you, and besides Star, the other two aren''t worth mentioning."


    "I have dozens of people in my Skeleton Army!"


    "I was being polite bying to talk to you. If I wasn''t feeling generous, I could easily wipe out the Capital City Martial Arts Association without breaking a sweat!"