Chapter 1157: 698

Chapter 1157: Chapter 698

Without Spiritual Power on his body, lying on the snowy ground in the biting night wind, being interrogated like this, he couldn’t help but clench his teeth in hatred!

He vowed that if he could ever get out of this alive, the first thing he would do was kill these people!

He had previously thought these people were insignificant, with such low abilities that they couldn’t possibly catch him. Thinking back now, he realized how naïve he had been. It wasn’t that he lacked martial world experience, but years of unpunished crimes had made him complacent, arrogant, and blind to danger!

“Oh? Look at that glare! You want to kill me? Go ahead, go for it!”

Tang Feiyang noticed his junior brother growing tense but still mouthing off. At this moment, however, with the man captured and poisoned, and guilty of so many atrocities, a few insults didn’t matter much.

If it weren’t for his senior brother’s authority, even Tang Feiyang himself would have berated or even punished the man.

The righteous and the wicked cannot coexist. Once it was confirmed that this was an Evil Demon, even if he wasn’t a rapist, the murderous aura radiating from this man proved he had killed countless others. As for his other crimes, that would only come to light through interrogation.

Interrogating high-level criminals wasn’t a simple task. Soul-searching or using a Soul Search Spell wouldn’t work in this situation. The man had been poisoned and restrained, that much was certain, and he couldn’t use Spiritual Power. But being at the Nascent Soul Stage, his soul’s strength was beyond their control!

Any carelessness could lead to a counterattack by the man’s soul, injuring their own souls, or worse, making interrogation impossible!

Yun Duoduo understood clearly: dealing with criminals of this caliber was no easy feat.

Up in the sky, watching the struggling interrogation, she saw that due to their abilities being inferior to the criminal’s, they had no choice but to resort to certain tactics to make him confess his crimes and hopefully lure out his accomplices.

Unwilling to waste time, she used a spell through her Spiritual Pet, creating an Illusion Realm where the criminal would speak the truth without needing a Soul Search Spell, fully exposing his sins.

Tang Feiyang and his junior brother, realizing the sudden shift in the uncooperative criminal—who had previously remained silent, responding only with defiant glances—knew someone was helping them.

“Hahahaha! So what if you’ve caught me? Do you know how many women I’ve had over the years? With my cultivation techniques, I have no regrets in this life!”

The man in black burst into maniacal laughter, disdainfully glaring at Tang Feiyang and his guard-like junior brother.

Even as he confessed, arrogance and outrageous statements dripped from his lips. Yet, he was just a prisoner now.

“Hmph! So you admit it—you are the rapist everyone’s been talking about! You’ve committed so many immoral acts; you deserve to be torn into pieces!”

“Beat him! Beat him!”

“Yeah, hit him hard!”

His words fueled the anger of those present, though they only shouted their intentions without actually attacking.

“Hahahaha! Do you dare? Come on then, hit me! You losers, all you know is to bark, not bite. Worthless! All of you worthless! If it weren’t for help, you think you could catch me?”

The man’s defiant glare was laced with unwillingness. Failing to beg for mercy in front of these young people, being interrogated by individuals weaker than him—it was utterly humiliating. The Illusion Realm pulled the truth from his heart, exposing his arrogance and guilt in a way that confirmed his crimes.

“So you admit it? You’re the accursed rapist everyone’s been talking about, someone who targets both men and women indiscriminately?”

Tang Feiyang cut to the point, not wasting time on words. If this man was speaking truthfully, all the better. Without such admissions, Tang Feiyang wouldn’t have hesitated to kill him outright.

As law enforcers, their duty now was to extract both his crimes and the identity of his accomplices. A quick death would be too merciful.

“Hah! So what if it’s me? Don’t you know how amazing I am? As a man, to indulge in both men and women—isn’t that something you could only dream of? Hahahahaha!”

“Is it just you? Do you have accomplices? Were the women who were poisoned earlier your comrades? Did you help them escape because they were working with you?”

“Hmph, why would someone like me need accomplices to target flowers? It’s just me, no one else!”

Under the Illusion Technique, whether out of pride or spite, the man failed to expose any collaborators, admitting only that he acted alone.

“What sect are you from? How many people have you harmed over the years?”

Tang Feiyang tried another angle. If he could get the man’s sect, perhaps it would lead to uncovering possible accomplices.

“No sect! Your grandfather here is a genius! I stumbled upon a manual on Dual Cultivation! You little rookies wouldn’t understand—you’ve never tried it! Hahahaha!”

Tang Feiyang and the others flushed with anger at his vulgar words. From a distance, female cultivators overhearing the interrogation were equally incensed and humiliated.

Yun Duoduo was especially furious. She exchanged a seething glance with the women around her, glaring at the depraved criminal!

As a woman, Yun Duoduo found such people abhorrent. Their crimes, capable of shattering lives worse than murder, left her with no patience. This man didn’t just harm women but men too—truly leaving no wicked deed undone. A hundred executions wouldn’t suffice for him.

“Should we kill him?” Luo Yaxuan’s voice broke the tense silence.

Lai Jianlin found himself agreeing. There was no need to hesitate. Since the man was confirmed as the rapist, even if he did have accomplices, his refusal to reveal them posed a risk.

“It’s best to kill him. If we imprison him, he might escape,” Yun Duoduo suggested firmly. She wasn’t doubting her Spiritual Pet’s toxin, but rather eliminating a threat to ensure there were no future catastrophes. Someone guilty of such horrific crimes needed to be extinguished, for leaving him alive would make them complicit in future harm.

With an order, her elf executed a Fireball Technique, engulfing the man in blazing flames that left no trace of mercy.

“Ahhhh!”

The man screamed miserably as the roaring flames consumed his body. Watching him burn, none of the onlookers showed sympathy.

Instead, they laughed as his remains turned to ash, melting the snow in the surrounding area.

The man’s physical body was destroyed, but his soul—his Nascent Soul—attempted to escape!

Yun Duoduo had anticipated this. Given that he was at the Nascent Soul Stage, if his soul transformed into a Ghost Cultivator, he could eventually restore his physical form, leaving a lingering threat to weaker individuals around them.

She wouldn’t allow her team, or any innocents, to get hurt by her negligence!

As the black-clad man’s soul fled desperately, white elf insects sprang forth, biting into his soul, inflicting excruciating pain.

Unable to escape far, his Nascent Soul was consumed bit by bit by the ravenous insects.

For the elves, Nascent Soul-stage souls were potent nourishment. Although they rarely destroyed souls under their master’s orders, this instance was an exception.

Much like leveling up after defeating monsters, Yun Duoduo’s Moonlight Stone Elves gained significant benefits from devouring the man’s soul.

This time, she had specifically sent out newly bonded Spiritual Pets with lower abilities, helping them grow stronger by feeding them such powerful resources!

The team watched as Yun Duoduo’s Spiritual Pets not only destroyed the man’s body but extinguished his very soul, ridding the world of his evil completely!

Jealousy flickered in their hearts. A pet with such remarkable abilities was a treasure anyone would desire!

Liu Jiaojiao and Ding Ling, among the women present, were particularly envious.

Even Tang Feiyang, Luo Yaxuan, and Lai Jianlin’s team couldn’t help but wish for a similar Spiritual Pet, though they dared not voice their thoughts.

They could only hope that one day Jiang Tang, their Saint Master, might return and grant them such a gift!

This was a matter they couldn’t bring themselves to ask Yun Duoduo, their sister-in-law by rank.

With the man in black thoroughly destroyed, the team returned to their posts. Night had fallen again, and they all prepared to rest.

Meanwhile, Yun Duoduo dispatched more elves to continue investigating and tracking leads.

This operation had made some progress. They had caught and killed one rapist. Any future incidents of this nature would suggest the involvement of accomplices.

They now had a clue—the scent of cherry blossoms. They vowed to continue searching for this fragrance, following it to the very end.