Ethereal World: Vicious Cannon Fodder's Immortality Road

In the end, both of them were taken to the prison.

The young Demon King didn’t say a word to help Di Xiuyu.

The prison dungeon in the Demon Realm was dark. Only dim lights flickered, but the darkness remained. The walls and floor were made of special stones and metals found only in the Demon Realm.

The air was cold and heavy, and the silence was eerie. Chains hung from the walls, rusted but strong. Shadows danced as the weak light flickered, making the place feel even more haunted.

The scent of blood filled the air, accompanied by endless screams of tormented souls. The cries were deeply unsettling. Even after closing their hearing senses, they could still feel the pain of those suffering inside the prison. The hallways were dim, with only a few lanterns hanging in front of each prison cell.

"Ahhh! Let go of me! I can’t take it anymore!"

"Please, I beg you! Don’t pull out my bones!"

"My tongue, my eyes, nooo!!!"

Endless screams echoed, disturbing anyone who heard them. Those sent here either perished under the torture of the prisoner demon guards or lost their sanity to the oppressive, nightmarish atmosphere.

Shenlian Yingyue and Di Xiuyu were escorted by several demon guards.

As they walked, a bloody hand suddenly grabbed the edge of Shenlian Yingyue’s robe. The grip was so strong that she couldn’t move forward.

"Please, save me!" The voice was weak and desperate. The face hidden in the dark was unrecognizable, and the scars and wounds on the hand were terrible.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Before she could react, blood splattered everywhere—on her skirt, on the floor, on the walls. The hand that had stretched out from the prison cell was severed in an instant. The scene was fresh, brutal, and horrifying.

Then, from out of nowhere, a shadowy figure emerged. It devoured the prisoner inside the cell. The screams stopped.

Silence returned.

Shenlian Yingyue’s eyes darkened.

The others who had been screaming suddenly fell silent, as if they had never made a sound. If they hadn’t seen the fresh blood on the floor, they might have doubted whether that prisoner had ever existed at all.

"Get in!" The demon guards were about to push them inside, but both Shenlian Yingyue and Di Xiuyu walked into the cell themselves.

The demon guards: "..."

"Don’t make any noise if you don’t want to die quickly." Seeing their unusual behavior, the guards didn’t bother paying them any more attention. They simply gave them a cold glare and left, leaving behind a final warning.

Shenlian Yingyue ignored Di Xiuyu. Instead, she relied on her sharp instincts and divine sense to assess the situation clearly.

It turned out that none of the prisoners were actually screaming. They were chained to the walls, blood dripping from their bodies, but their eyes were dull, soulless.

The screams they had heard earlier weren’t from the living.

They were the lingering cries of tortured souls, remnants of those who had been tormented from life to death. Their resentment and hatred trapped them in this place, forever screaming in agony.

"Why didn’t he help me?" Di Xiuyu clenched her fists and struck the wall. Her strength was significantly greater than when Shenlian Yingyue had last seen her in the Human Realm.

However, despite her power, the special material of the wall remained undamaged. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Blood gushed from Di Xiuyu’s knuckles, and her bones seemed injured, but she didn’t care. She frowned and mentally communicated with the system, {System, didn’t I already increase his Affection Points? Last time I checked, it had risen to 40%.}

{The Affection Points have now returned to 0%.} The system replied.

"What did you say? How did his Affection Points drop to 0%?" Di Xiuyu’s face paled. She was so shocked that she accidentally spoke out loud. A blue screen appeared in front of her, listing all the protagonists from whom she needed to gain Affection Points.

The system then explained, {After the appearance of the vicious cannon fodder, Run Chu, the Affection Points disappeared.}

{Check Run Chu’s identity and her relationship with him now!} Di Xiuyu’s expression darkened.

Meanwhile, Shenlian Yingyue took out a soft cushion to sit on, distancing herself from Di Xiuyu, who seemed to be losing her mind.

She didn’t know what Di Xiuyu was talking about, but she could make a bold guess.

Perhaps Di Xiuyu’s mission was to gain Affection Points from all the male leads and powerful figures.

But 0%? Was she referring to that young Demon King? Thinking back, Shenlian Yingyue understood why.

That young Demon King’s name was Run Jue. Run Jue was the younger brother of Run Chu. Both had been cannon fodder in the novel, but their fates were different.

At first, Run Jue had been a minor character, but after helping the heroine achieve her goal, his fate changed. However, the novel never specified whether he had a happy ending with the heroine.

It only described, "Run Jue left after he saw her happily embraced by her husbands on their wedding night. No one knew where he went, but everyone knew that behind her back, there was always a shadow guarding her. He never left her side."

The reason he never married the heroine was simple, he couldn’t marry the person who had ruined his beloved’s life.

At first, he had liked the heroine because of her personality. But in truth, it was only a fleeting emotion. His deepest obsession, his twisted love, was reserved for Run Chu, his blood-related sister.

A forbidden love. But they were of the demon race, so he didn’t care. Yet, no matter how much he loved her, he could never replace Shen Xian in her heart. When he heard that Run Chu had married Shen Xian as a concubine, he was filled with jealousy and madness.

Desperate, he wanted to kill Shen Xian. But how could a Demon King ever defeat the Demon Emperor?

He failed. He nearly died at Shen Xian’s hands, but the heroine saved him. Even though Run Chu pleaded for his life, she still chose Shen Xian.

Over the years, Run Jue buried his love for Run Chu deep within his heart and forced himself to cherish the heroine who had given him hope.

But no matter how much light he received, he still yearned for the darkness. To him, Run Chu was an irreplaceable existence.

When the heroine injured Shen Xian, Run Chu lost her mind. She led an army to destroy the Human Realm, only to be killed by the cold-blooded heroine, Huang Bai Xing.

Run Jue was there when she died. He didn’t stop her. Because Run Chu had accused him of betraying the Demon Realm. Because she wanted to kill him and everyone on the heroine’s side to avenge Shen Xian.

In the end, he stood there and watched her die. He loved her. But she wanted him dead. So he let her go. Despair consumed him for years. Yet, the heroine stayed by his side.

Now, however, the heroine had changed. The new heroine was Di Xiuyu. So Run Jue, who was supposed to appear later, had now shown up.

Shenlian Yingyue pondered deeply. Although the novel described that Run Jue later fell in love with the heroine, the fact that he chose not to marry her proved that he still had Run Chu in his heart.

Sigh, love was both a sin and a blessing.

As Shenlian Yingyue pondered deeply, Di Xiuyu finished her conversation with the system. Her expression turned solemn after knowing that Run Chu was Run Jue’s obsession.

Just as both women were lost in thought, they heard footsteps. They lifted their heads, only to see Run Jue approaching.

"Hello. How have you been?" He squatted down, leaned close to the prison cell, and flashed a sunny smile.

Everyone: "..."