Center of Baishi Town.
The towering structure was riddled with holes, swaying as if about to collapse, and the Holy Flag of the White Lotus Sect on top had been shattered.
In the vast and breezy main hall at the base, the original nine masters had dwindled to only three.
These were the leader of the Red Emperor Army, a burly middle-aged man suspected to be a "Dragon Elephant." It seemed that each five-member team of Holy Knights was led by someone whose cultivation had reached the Third-tier Middle Stage Dragon Elephant.
The other two were a young beautiful woman with a rabbit mask hanging at her waist, and a man with a tiger mask, whose eyes were unusually sinister, and who had a large hole in his chest revealing his beating heart.
The former also had Third-tier Middle Stage cultivation, while the latter was the strongest present, at least Third Rank Late Stage.
All three were tied up by Xu Shu.
Two of them had their limbs twisted and bound with iron chains, turning them into something resembling a wrapped rice dumpling; the other was subjected to Turtle Shell Binding, with ropes tightening her cheongsam until it embedded into her flesh, exaggerating her already formidable bosom.
Who was bound with which method? This required no further explanation.
Besides, six others had all fallen under the relentless scourge of the "Life-taking Mantra," unable to withstand it, and were instantaneously killed by the curse. This included four Holy Knights, and two with chicken and horse head masks hanging from their waists.
With this, the battle was settled.
"Humph, if you want to kill us, just do it. Capturing us like this, what do you mean by it? Trying to humiliate us?"
The captain of the Holy Knights of the Red Emperor Army gazed at Xu Shu with anger, gritting his teeth, as if he couldn’t wait to take a bite out of Xu Shu.
His direct talk made the tiger-masked man and rabbit-masked woman tense up, but they thought for a moment and said nothing, similarly taking on a ’steadfastly unyielding’ demeanor.
Xu Shu chuckled and said, "Interesting, then I won’t humiliate you."
Without waiting for a retort, he abruptly twisted the Holy Knight’s head off.
The action was clean and swift, the blood spurting three zhang high, reaching the ceiling.
"Do you two have the same spirit?" Xu Shu politely asked.
Seeing the head of the Holy Knight, whose eyes were wide open in regret, placed on the floor like a teapot, the scent of blood reached their noses, and the two were in shock, clearly intimidated by Xu Shu’s overwhelming killing intent.
Xu Shu’s eyes gleamed as he continued, "Actually, there’s not much grievance between us. After all, they attacked first, not you. I don’t really blame you. How about this: Tell me what’s really going on here, what is the Fearful God? Who are your people? Explain it, and I can let you walk away. Heh, I’m Liu Yuan, a person of the righteous path, not some murderous demon."
"..."
The two looked at Xu Shu, whose face was covered with a red cloth, swallowing their breath, thinking: You just killed seven people in one go, if you’re not a murderous demon, then who is?
Wait... Liu Yuan?
"You are Liu Yuan? That Liu Yuan?"
"Impossible! Liu Yuan has long been dead... Are you from the Liu Family?"
The middle-aged man and the young beautiful woman widened their eyes almost simultaneously, looking at Xu Shu in disbelief.
Xu Shu’s expression froze slightly, feeling a bit awkward inside.
Oh, almost forgot, these two also came from the outside real world, not the suspected "locals" frozen in the relics a few centuries ago.
Given their age, if they were from Penglai, it would make sense for them to know ’Tiger Head Card Chief Liu Yuan.’
Xu Shu cleared his throat and didn’t dwell on it, smiling as he lowered his voice, "Heh, have you two decided? Actually, I’m a victim here, isn’t it normal to ask why you attacked me?"
His voice brimmed with allure, and after hearing it, the young beautiful woman’s fair skin broke into goosebumps.
After all, Xu Shu had just twisted a man’s head off while smiling!
Her small mouth opened and closed a few times, clearly wavering, and was about to say something.
Suddenly, the middle-aged man with the tiger mask moved his mouth slightly, communicating secretly, "Idiot, don’t talk yet! He still needs information from us. If you tell him everything, you’ll be of no value anymore, and if you’re of no value, you’ll die. Look at his methods, do you really think he’ll let us go?"
The woman’s face went pale instantly as she realized what was being said, her heart pounding, "Boss, then what do we do?"
The man said, "Endure! Be cautious, use some lies to deceive him. As long as we hold on, as long as that person comes, we still have a chance to live!"
The two exchanged a glance, instantly exchanging plenty of information.
The woman was about to confirm their story with the man when suddenly both were struck by Xu Shu, each getting a cheek slapped, swelling half of their face.
"Talking in secret right in front of me? Do you take me for blind?"
Xu Shu sneered, "Damn, I’ve been watching you two murmuring for a while now, whispering about something? Did you not hear my question?"
"..." The young beautiful woman was stunned, vaguely feeling like his words were incredibly familiar.
The man forced himself to suppress his inner anger and the thought of breaking free of the chains and escaping—these chains actually had little effect on him. Even though his body was almost punched into two, he still had at least three methods to instantly break free and flee this place.
What he truly feared was this seemingly young man in front of him, with his mysterious and unfathomable mental control techniques!