The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 526 - Revenge

Warning: This chapter contains graphic descriptions of torture.

A chapter summary can be found here[1], but can also be found at the start of the next chapter for those not wanting to risk accidentally skimming some paragraphs.

Additional Note: The translator, editors, and supervisors of this novel were all, in fact, harmed in the making of this chapter.

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The inmates went into a frenzy. The warden loved punishing them out of some sadistic satisfaction, but now the tables had turned.

The inmate walked out of his cell, the flames of vengeance burning bright in his eyes. He had hungered for revenge so terribly that he was even willing to sacrifice his own life for it. After all this time, he finally had the chance to make this desire a reality.

Staggering, he slowly approached the warden, laughing maniacally all the while. Chills ran down the warden’s spine at the sound.

“Get back to your cell or I will show you true hell!” he shouted desperately, used to being the torturer and assuming he could still intimidate them because of it.

Normally, the inmate would have retreated to his cell and cowered in fear, but he was different today. His eyes were bloodshot from his desire for revenge, his blood rushing through his veins like liquid magma.

“Hit him! Kill him!” the other inmates cheered him on.

Their words were akin to an adrenaline rush, fueling the inmate as he raised his fist and punched the warden hard. However, long-term starvation had left him weakened, and the strike failed to even injure the warden’s face.

“You dirty rat, how dare you hit me!” the warden snarled. “I—”

His voice was cut off as Han Wu pinned him down further using telekinesis. The warden could not even twitch a finger.

Exhilarated from the thrill of the first strike, the inmate continued to whale on the warden, though his punches were still weak. The warden kept up his threats in the beginning, but his confidence was gradually chipped away with every subsequent punch.

In the end, the warden could only silently glare at the inmate as he thought to himself, If I survive today, I’ll make sure to torture this inmate a thousandfold next time!

The inmate also noticed that his punches were too weak to harm the warden and started looking for tools to help inflict more damage. Soon, he found a knife on the corpse of the warden’s companion. Brandishing the knife with glee, he approached the warden.

Seeing the knife in the hands of the crazily smiling inmate, the warden started pleading desperately, even as tears streamed down his cheeks. “Wait! Don’t be rash. I’m sorry, alright? It’s my fault. I admit my mistakes. I won’t torture you anymore. Please spare me...”

With a wild fervor alight within him, just as the inmate was about to finish off the warden with the knife, Han Wu stopped him.

“Wait, it’s not time to kill him yet,” he said.

The warden sighed with relief. “He’s right, I can’t die yet—”

“There are still a lot of people who haven’t had their revenge,” Han Wu explained.

The inmate obediently put down the knife and glared at the warden. The warden’s heart grew cold when he noticed Han Wu’s eyes sweeping across the remaining cells.

All the inmates were clinging to their cell doors, crying out hungrily, clamoring to be released.

“Let us out! I want to beat him to death!”

“Let me do it too! Just one punch—let me punch him just once, and I will follow you for life!”

“I want revenge too! I have a big fist. I could at least punch a tooth or two out.”

Meanwhile, the warden, pinned firmly to the ground, begged helplessly, “Please... stop...”

Han Wu waved his arm. All the cell doors broke open. The inmates surged out, knuckles cracking as they closed in on the warden like a tidal wave. Their cuffs restricted their powers, but it didn’t stop them from attacking him physically.

They started punching and kicking the warden. Pained wails and fervent cheers echoed throughout the prison. Han Wu only stopped them after fifteen minutes.

He peered down at the warden with pity in his eyes. The warden’s body was mangled, but at least Han Wu had guarded his life. Glancing around, Han Wu noticed that the first released inmate had used the knife to pry open his cuffs while the others were beating up the warden. As he recovered his strength, Han Wu was surprised to find that the inmate was actually a Lord life form. While he wasn’t overly strong, he was still better than fodder on the battlefield.

“You should deal the final blow,” Han Wu ordered the first inmate.

At his words, the other inmates all faithfully stepped back. After all, if not for Han Wu, they would never have had the opportunity to exact revenge on the warden.

The chosen inmate nodded.

The warden’s low mumblings became clearer as the inmate slowly approached him. “I’ll kill you all. I’ll kill you...”

Shaking his head, he stabbed the warden, piercing his eyes as punishment for his arrogance, and cut off all his fingers in retribution for his sadism. The third strike sliced through the warden’s tendons, and the fourth speared his bladder... The inmate struck again and again, and the other inmates felt satisfied just watching him.

This brutal torture was truly agonizing for the warden. The warden’s threats to kill them soon bled into cries for mercy and pleas to end his life. He no longer even thought about escaping.

Surprisingly, the inmate didn’t kill the warden, instead cutting off his tongue before sheathing the knife.

“Why don’t you kill him?” Han Wu asked, puzzled.

“That’s too cheap. I want him to experience all the suffering in the world.”

Han Wu nodded in approval at the inmate’s brutality. The other inmates were also in agreement. Rather than killing the warden outright, they wanted him to spend an eternity living in agony as revenge for how he treated them in the past.

However, some of them wanted to take it another step further. Two of them unzipped their pants and urinated on the warden, covering him in a strong stench of urine. The warden longed for death, but pinned down with all his bones broken, he couldn’t kill himself even if he wanted to.

Excited by this turn of events, the other inmates joined in.

“Hey, that’s a good idea. Let me join in too.”

“Gotta show him how yellow our piss is from dehydration. Oh, wait, he doesn’t have eyes anymore.”

“Get away, you diabetic. Don’t let him taste your sweet piss.”

“Everyone, get lost. I’m going to let out a big one.”

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Han Wu didn’t halt their disgusting behavior, instead waiting further back until they were done. Night Terror, on the other hand, silently opened his cell door, walked toward the innermost cell, and locked himself in it.

After thirty minutes, the inmates were finally done. Han Wu stared from afar with disgust. The warden was buried under a pile of excrement. It was nauseating even from a distance.

Then, the inmates knelt in front of Han Wu and worshiped him.

“Boss, you’ve helped us exact revenge. You are our boss from today onward!”

“Boss, we beat up the warden. What’s next?”

“Boss, I’ll obey your every word! Even if you tell me to murder someone, I’ll do it.”

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Han Wu was satisfied, having accomplished his desired result. Examining the inmates, he noted that the weakest were Heroic life forms while the strongest was a King life form. Moreover, there were hundreds of them. This was a sizable force to reckon with.

Still in his cell, Night Terror mused to himself, Xu Hai, my old friend. It seems your student has grasped the essence of converting people into believers.

1. Chapter summary: Han Wu allows the inmates to torture the warden and makes no move to stop them, even when it turns vile. In return, he gets their undying devotion. ☜