Chapter 40: Interrogation (1/2)
”This is impossible! You're only at the mid-stage Qi Refinement realm! How can you have such great strength!”
The older brother of Twin Devils of the Thorn River had his shoulder shattered by a single slap from Jiang Li, and he knelt on the ground while his knees were covered in blood. His body had suffered heavy injuries, and he was unable to stand up for a long time.
[Name: Wu Jiang, Gender: Male, Class: Cultivator, Level: Late-stage Qi Refinement, Danger Level: Medium]
[Name: Wu He, Gender: Male, Class: Cultivator, Level: Mid-stage Qi Refinement, Danger Level: Low]
(After removing the pill poisoning's suppression, his strength would increase and the danger rating would decrease accordingly.)
Jiang Li had just launched a sneak attack from behind and released his spiritual qi. Due to his limited ability to conceal himself, he was discovered by his elder brother Wu Jiang immediately. Naturally, he recognized his Qi Refinement cultivation immediately.
Wu Jiang actually had the ability to dodge, but the Twin Devils of the Thorn River were a pair of brothers who had a very good relationship.
Wu Jiang saw that his younger brother, Wu He, was on the verge of death, and he noticed that Jiang Li's cultivation was limited, so he intended to take Jiang Li's attack head-on and seize the chance to rescue his younger brother.
The plan was wonderful. Their brotherhood was touching.
However, following that, the abnormal force on Jiang Li's palm stunned him. He was instantly heavily injured and lost the ability to resist.
”Heh! One is at the mid-stage of Qi Refinement while the other is at the late-stage of Qi Refinement. You dare call yourselves the Twin Devils of the Thorn River?”
Jiang Li sneered. With a shake of his hand, a chain flew out from beneath his black robe.
The chains slithered around nimbly like long snakes, binding Wu Jiang in an instant.
Jiang Li grabbed the chained Wu Jiang and walked to the black zombie's side. He stretched out his palm and pulled out the six nails that had shot into the black zombie.
Zombies had almost no sense of pain, and their reaction to physical damage was much slower than humans. A few lousy quality nails could only deal limited damage to them.
On the other side, the younger brother of the Twin Devils of the Thorn River had already been sucked to near death by the black zombie's fangs.
Jiang Li forcefully controlled the black zombie to stop sucking blood and spared Wu He's life, trapping him under the zombie's armpit.
The man and zombie did not stop at all, continuing to run in one direction, quickly disappearing into the cover of the darkness.
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[Consumed the Experimental Mad Strength Pill. Added Status: Muscle Stiffening]
[Status: Muscle Stiffening has been removed.]
[Consumed the Experimental Mad Strength Pill. Added Status: Mad Strength. After the effect ends, enter a state of weakness.]
[Mad Strength: Temporary Strength +5, Temporary Constitution +2, Base Strength +100%. Duration: 10 minutes] (− +)
[Overdose of the Mad Strength Pill. Added Status: Blood Bursting Force. After the effect ends, heart failure will occur.]
[Blood Bursting Force: Temporary Strength +10, Temporary Constitution +4, Base Strength +250%. Duration: 10 minutes] (− +)
This was the origin of Jiang Li's inexplicable burst of strength.
The ”Mad Strength Pill”, which was still stuck at the experimental stage, was refined using Jiang Li's useless pill formula.
It could be said that this time, the Twin Devils of the Thorn River had lost without any injustice.
Firstly, the black zombie attracted their attention and endured the sneak attack, turning his passive situation into an active one.
On the other hand, Jiang Li's strength could not be considered to be weak. This was the ten minutes of enormous explosion strength he gained after paying the terrifying price of 'heart failure' after the status ends.
Fighting a minor realm above him was not considered a challenge to begin with. Furthermore, this was a sneak attack, so they were taken down in one go.
Of course, these ten minutes would never pass, and the price of 'heart failure' would never come.
Jiang Li had originally come here to train his body before. Coupled with the immense brute force augmented by the Mad Strength Pill, how could an ordinary Qi Refinement cultivator stand a chance against him once he got close?
The Twin Devils of the Thorn River were the best example.
Jiang Li did not leave the city directly. He brought the black zombie and made many turns in the alley. After making sure that no one was following him, he jumped a few times and silently entered the death row prison of the Southern Seal Kingdom.
A handful of medicinal powder that could not even be considered a medicinal pill was scattered. It could only be used against mortals, and soon, the dungeon, which had wailing sounds incessantly, slowly quieted down.
Bang! Bang!
The Twin Devils of the Thorn River were roughly thrown to the ground. In the dungeon, the excrement mixed with blood dried on the soil. The stench was shocking.
Wu Jiang and Wu He were thrown to the ground with their faces covered in dirt. It took a lot of effort for them to barely roll over and let their mouths escape the fate of continuing intimate contact with the excrement.
”Hey! You two! Stop pretending to be dead! It's your bad luck to have met me! Hand over everything you have and recite all the cultivation methods and spell techniques you know! Perhaps I can spare your lives!”
Jiang Li returned the words that they had said to him in exactly the same manner, causing the faces of the two rogue cultivators to turn pale.
He urgently needed to know what had happened in the vicinity of the Southern Seal Kingdom and what the situation was like. Was the Scripture Storage Valley's elders and disciples here?
This was related to their future operation and their safety. Now that two rogue cultivators had delivered themselves to his door, it gave him a way to obtain information quickly.
However, there were always some people who were unwilling to cooperate obediently.
”Hmph! Those who commit dangerous acts will eventually get caught. Make your move! If we, the Twin Devils of the Thorn River, frown, then we're not real men!”
”That's right! Make your move! Brat, you have only cultivated for a few years in the sect? You want us to be afraid of you? Impossible!”
Contrary to Jiang Li's expectations, the Wu brothers were extremely unyielding in their words. No matter how he tried to coerce them, they would not relent.
Being captured by him, knowing that death was at hand, not only did they not have the slightest awareness or attitude of a captive, they were even shouting all kinds of vulgarities.
They probably wanted to infuriate Jiang Li and kill them so that they would not suffer before they died.
Jiang Li frowned and took out the black nails that they had used before. He shook his hand and directly shattered their kneecaps.
This was also a technique taught by the elder in the Cultivation Hall.
It was true that the effect of shattering the patella was not as effective as the lute bones, and it was also inferior to just piercing through the Qi Sea.
However, it created a lot of pain. This method could force a cultivator to endure even more pain while awake.
The injuries on their bodies caused them immense pain.
Elder Brother Wu Jiang's body trembled in pain, but he gritted his teeth and did not make a sound.
His younger brother, Wu He, was rolling on the ground in pain, but he did not beg for mercy. Instead, he kept swearing non-stop and started cursing Jiang Li's eighteen generations of ancestors.
”You guys are really tough.”
Jiang Li stabbed the remaining long nails into their bodies. The two of them rolled their eyes in pain, but they still looked like they would not speak no matter what.
Jiang Li looked at their performance and realized that his interrogation method was indeed too low-level.
Outlaws like them were bloodthirsty people who were ready to die at any moment.
After determining that they were going to die, a person's stubbornness would often be greater than they imagined. Since they were going to die anyway, they definitely could not let their enemies gain any more benefits.
Jiang Li understood this feeling.
Perhaps it would be more effective to give them some hope when dealing with such people.
Jiang Li quickly thought of an idea.
He smiled, suddenly looking impressed.
”You know, I really admire you two brothers.”