Before Su Nian could react, the man’s fingers nimbly slid through her hair, pulling out the red hairband.
“As expected…”
Chu Tian regarded the hairband in his hand with keen interest, his eyes sparkling with the excitement of discovering a new toy.
Su Nian’s heart plummeted.
She recognized it!
It was the [Magic Headband] she had obtained during a mission and redeemed from the System Shop.
Normally, this item disguised itself as an ordinary hairband, boosting one’s strength, but it had a weakness.
When equipped as an accessory… it reversed its effect, lowering the wearer’s power while increasing the efficiency of Humiliation Value gains.
But…
Su Nian didn’t understand how the Magic Headband, an item worn on the head, could suddenly become an “accessory.”
However, she would soon find out.
Before she could make any move, Chu Tian grabbed one of her wrists.
The cold, resilient hairband wound around it and instantly tightened.
“Hiss…!” A chill and sudden constriction radiated from her wrist, accompanied by the suppressive pressure of magic energy.
Her body tensed, instinctively trying to struggle, attempting to mobilize her magic in resistance.
Yet that strange red hairband wrapped tightly around her slender wrist, and with his other hand, Chu Tian quickly looped the other end around the cold, ornately carved metal bedpost, pulling taut to tie a seemingly simple yet magically charged knot.
Without missing a beat, he repeated the process on her other wrist.
In the blink of an eye, Su Nian’s hands were forced high above her head, bound firmly to the cold bedpost in an extremely humiliating posture.
This position fully exposed the curves of her chest.
Her sacred battle robe was mercilessly pulled taut, outlining a breathtaking silhouette.
Her snow-white, delicate skin and slender arms were laid bare, exposed to the air—and to the man’s aggressively hungry gaze.
“Ding dong! Detected change in equipment slot for [Magic Headband (S-rank)]. Current slot: ‘Accessory.'”
“Ding dong! Current accessory effect triggered.”
“Spellcasting power reduced by 50%.”
“Physical strength and speed reduced by 80%.”
“Humiliation Value acquisition efficiency increased by 30%.”
“Ding dong, Humiliation Value increased by 58,977.”
“Ding dong, host’s current status has changed. Please check.”
“[Current Status]: Recognize State Lv2, Mild Lust, Bound, Submissive Physique, Virgin”
Su Nian’s stunning eyes suddenly widened, filled with shock, shame, and an overwhelming sense of humiliation…
The cold restraint on her wrist, the magical suppression, and the System Notification’s icy tone struck her down to the lowest depths.
Her own magic tool… the [Magic Headband], usually enhancing her strength or serving as a pretty ornament, was now a shackle that stripped her power away.
Spellcasting power halved, physical strength and speed cut by eighty percent…
Not to mention resistance—it was unlikely she could even muster enough strength to twitch her wrists while restrained by the Horned Demon Bastard.
It was over.
Completely over.
She was like a small beast stripped of claws and bound limb to limb, forced to lie helplessly on this “altar” symbolizing humiliation, waiting for that Horned Demon Bastard to exact his willful “revenge.”
Despair…
Regret.
There was no room for resistance.
Could she only accept her fate?
The sudden turn of events extinguished the defiant fire in Su Nian’s heart.
The time-space anchor she gripped, ready to unleash at any moment, now seemed meaningless to release.
For a moment, she had been able to suppress the incense’s effects through sheer willpower and her thirst for vengeance.
She still had the mental space to contemplate resistance, to strategize.
But now, with her body completely bound and the thought of fighting crushed by reality, the strange burning heat ignited by the incense surged wildly inside her like a runaway stallion.
The sweet, cloying scent seemed magical, invading her nostrils, seeping into her blood, igniting a flame deep within.
Her cheeks burned fiercely, and even her neck and exposed shoulders flushed a tempting shade of pink.
Her breathing grew rapid and heated, each inhale drawing that lust-provoking fragrance deeper into her lungs.
A wave of indescribable tingling and emptiness rolled through her body, making her curl her toes lightly.
Her inner thighs rubbed together involuntarily, stirring a shameful, strange pleasure that made her want to scream.
Ugh…
Having been defeated by the Horned Demon Bastard so many times before, now completely suppressed and unable to move, Su Nian, who had always been “submissive only on the surface,” felt for the first time the thought of giving in entirely crossed her mind.
“Ding dong, current Spirit Road toughness 59%↓.”
Even more terrifying was that her mind… began uncontrollably imagining what might happen if she gave in.
No longer was it simple fear and rejection.
Under the dual influence of her cursed sensitive female body and the incense, a hint of curiosity—shameful and unfamiliar even to herself—mixed in.
There was even a faint… secret expectation…
She seemed to see the Horned Demon Bastard’s face with that cruel smirk looming larger, felt his hot breath misting her sensitive skin, imagining how he would possess and conquer her…
“Ah!” Su Nian snapped her eyes shut and violently shook her head, trying to drive those shameful, snake-like images out of her mind.
What was she thinking?
He was her mortal enemy!
The Horned Demon Bastard who had humiliated her countless times!
How could she… how could she have such… filthy, shameless thoughts about what he was about to do?
But… her body’s reaction made her want to cry.
‘Damn it!’
The burning heat intensified, like a flame blazing in her lower abdomen, spreading downward.
The humiliation crashed over her again like a monstrous wave.
But this time, alongside the humiliation came a reckless, despairing sense of powerlessness.
She couldn’t fight back…
If she truly couldn’t resist then…
A wild, daring thought flashed through her mind like lightning.
If she could not resist, then maybe… there was another way?
She clearly remembered the System’s rule.
Humiliation Value came from the depth of humiliation she felt inside.
Having once been a boy, now bound by her lifelong nemesis, completely possessed and conquered by the Horned Demon Bastard…
Undoubtedly, this would be the pinnacle of humiliation!
Once… once that kind of thing really happened the Humiliation Value she could gain would probably be astronomical!
And now, since she could not resist anyway for the sake of ultimate revenge, to break free from the Horned Demon Bastard’s control forever, maybe she could temporarily submit to him?
Exchange this extreme humiliation for the capital to fuel her revenge?