Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 851: Survival of the Fittest

As night fell, the miners finally got a chance to rest.

After distributing the food, the overseer left, completely unconcerned about the chaos such actions would cause among the "prisoners."

Indeed, terms like distribution based on needs or labor are just empty words here.

——Strength is king.

No matter how high one’s cultivation was before, here it doesn’t matter; what matters is physical strength.

Because of this, those focused on Body Cultivation naturally had an advantage, as well as those who were "young and vigorous."

Of course, "young and vigorous" is relative — an eighty-year-old Soul Nurturing cultivator is definitely considered old, but at eight hundred years, one Ascending to the Saint Position is in the prime of life.

Here, a few prisoners were recognized leaders.

No other reason than this: they had trained their bodies and could fight ten or even a hundred men at once through sheer strength.

Tao Yangbo had just picked up his food to start eating — despite being in the Saintly Position, with his cultivation bound and unable to refine the energy of Heaven and Earth, he still felt hunger, though he would never starve to death — however, a large, black hand suddenly reached over, snatching the food from his hands.

To be honest, Tao Yangbo wouldn’t normally care about such crude food, but who was he?

A mighty warrior of the Saintly Position!

To be rudely robbed of food, how could he endure this?

"You—" he stood up furiously, glaring at the person who had taken his food.

The opponent was only in his forties, extremely robust, with muscles twice the size of Tao Yangbo; seeing Tao Yangbo glare at him, he immediately slapped him.

Smack, Tao Yangbo fell to the ground.

Pitiful, even being in the Saintly Position, he hadn’t trained his physical strength much, so it was quite limited.

Tao Yangbo was furious inside; to be beaten by someone who was likely in the Soul Nurturing realm!

If this got out, how could he show his face again?

"Do you know who I am?" he shouted angrily, really like a tiger that hadn’t shown its power, yet being taken for a sick cat.

"Pfft, here we’re all prisoners, who cares who you are!" the burly man sneered, not the least bit concerned.

"I hold the Saintly Position; once my cultivation is restored, killing you would be as easy as flipping my hand!" Tao Yangbo continued to threaten.

Smack!

He was kicked again, unable to lift his head.

"Yo, that sounds real scary!" the burly man deliberately acted frightened, which made everyone around burst into laughter, "New here, aren’t you? Still haven’t calmed down! I’m telling you, for the next ten years, you’re just a bitter miner here. So, don’t act haughty with me!"

"If I want to crush you, I’ll crush you. What can you do about it?"

"If you still don’t wise up, I’ll beat you to death!"

Tao Yangbo said nothing; he was actually quite vigorous too, but unfortunately, the other had trained their body, so he was no match.

He secretly hated it in his heart; when he regained his cultivation, he vowed to grind this rude brute’s bones to dust!

For now, he had to swallow his pride.

He lowered his gaze and no longer provoked the burly man, choosing to protect himself wisely.

Sure enough, the burly man only gave him a few more kicks, mumbled some curses, and no longer paid attention to him.

——Killing was out of the question, as being found out the next day would result in dreadful punishment.

The burly man’s gaze fell on Shi Hao, the corners of his mouth curving into a smile, "Pretty boy, you’re quite sensible!"

In front of Shi Hao lay untouched food.

Shi Hao smiled slightly, "If you beat him up a bit more, the food is yours."

Damn!

Tao Yangbo nearly jumped up in anger at those words.

This pretty boy was too vicious.

The burly man was also taken aback, then shook his head with a laugh, "This food should anyway be allocated by me; who are you to offer it to me? However, if you sleep with me for a night, I might consider it, since you’d already belong to me!"

Everyone around burst out laughing at this, and some even showed lecherous expressions.

Here, women were untouchable, only to be seen, never dared to be touched, or the punishment would be terrible, possibly even death.

But with them working hard physical labor every day and seeing women around, unable to release their desires, they naturally turned their attention to attractive men instead.

Tao Yangbo could not help but snicker, oh pretty boy, you previously benefited from being noticed by those female perverts, but now, you’re in big trouble.

Serves you right for being good-looking.

Shi Hao sighed, "I wanted to solve this peacefully, but since you insist on courting death!"

"Pretty boy, you’re talking like you mean business, but do you believe my one arm is stronger than both your legs?" The burly man said, reaching to grab Shi Hao.

Shi Hao casually flicked his wrist, and with a slap, caught the man’s wrist.

He hadn’t forcibly broken through the bindings; he had initially trained in the Tyrant Body Technique and later refined his body with the Nine Deaths, reaching the third level, making his physical body extraordinarily powerful.

Moreover, he had absorbed some Gold Element Energy, the advanced energy only Golden Immortals could harness, making even a tiny bit incredibly terrifying for his realm of the Great Sacrificial Heaven.

In all honesty, Shi Hao’s physical strength didn’t lose to an ordinary first Sacrificial.

If this still couldn’t handle an ordinary Body Refinement man, he might as well buy a piece of tofu to kill himself.

The burly man froze, desperately trying to struggle free, but Shi Hao’s grip was like cast iron, impossible to move an inch.

This!

He never expected this pretty boy to have such immense strength.

Crack!

Shi Hao applied a little force, and the man’s wrist was twisted and broken, causing him to scream in agony.

The pain was intense, piercing deep into his heart.

"Learned your lesson?" Shi Hao asked coolly.

The burly man nodded quickly; this pretty boy was terrifying, his strength indescribably powerful.

"Go, and give that guy a beating." Shi Hao pointed at Tao Yangbo.

At that moment, Tao Yangbo’s mood was indescribably terrible.

Who would have guessed Shi Hao had trained his body to such an astonishing level?

What to do? What to do!

His mind was in turmoil, but the burly man had no qualms.

He never minded beating someone, and after suffering at Shi Hao’s hands, he needed an outlet — thankfully, Tao Yangbo became his punching bag.

Shi Hao ordering him to beat someone perfectly matched his intentions — if not for the pain in his broken wrist, all would have been perfect.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He raised his foot and stomped heavily on Tao Yangbo.

"Ugh!" Tao Yangbo continuously let out muffled grunts, but even after dozens of kicks, he remained unscathed.

——His cultivation was sealed, but his body, tempered by the power of Heaven and Earth, could not be broken by just any strongman.

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