Nie Ying tilted his head and looked at Wen Wen with confusion. Hadn't he just interrogated her?
"Shua!"
Wen Wen, without hesitation, pricked Nie Ying's thigh with a steel needle, making a sound effect with his mouth. Su Dan Novel Network.
"Hey, that was just an appetizer. Tell me, who sent you?"
Nie Ying shook her head in pain. She had no loyalty to Feng Gui Shen, but she couldn't betray him.
A ferocious ghost resided within her, clinging to her heart. Any act of betrayal would result in her heart being devoured by the ghost.
"Heh, a stubborn one, it seems."
Wen Wen flicked his hand, and the steel needle transformed into a branding iron. He sneered grimly, feeling no need for tenderness towards someone who sought to trouble him.
Half an hour later, Nie Ying's hair was disheveled, and her body was covered in wounds inflicted by Wen Wen.
Her spirit was on the verge of collapse. She desperately wanted to reveal everything she knew, but as soon as the thought formed, she heard a disturbance near her heart. Thus, she swallowed the words back.
Wen Wen raised an eyebrow. He had also sensed the entity within Nie Ying. He snapped his fingers, transforming into his Calamity Jailer form.
Seeing Wen Wen in this state, Nie Ying's already shattered psychological defenses completely crumbled.
What had she done to deserve this? How could she escape one Calamity only to fall into the jaws of another?
However, Wen Wen, in his transformed state, gave Nie Ying no chance to speak. He immediately launched a move called "Black Tiger Steals Heart."
This was not a cheap trick, nor was there any advantage for Nie Ying to gain.
It was a genuine "Black Tiger Steals Heart." Wen Wen's upper arm was positioned at Nie Ying's heart, his palm piercing through her back. In his hand, he held her heart and the ghost.
The ghost, suddenly struck by this immense change, let out a piercing wail. As it tried to bite Nie Ying's heart in its dying moments, it was instead crushed into powder by a dark force.
Then, Wen Wen withdrew his arm, returned Nie Ying's heart to its rightful place, and dropped a universal pill into her mouth.
Under the effect of the universal pill, the blood vessels and muscles around Nie Ying's heart rapidly healed. In less than a second, Nie Ying was out of mortal danger.
With Wen Wen's current strength, the universal pill had little effect on him, so using it to save Nie Ying's life was quite worthwhile.
Wen Wen's entire sequence took only a few seconds. Nie Ying, from being stunned to facing death and then being saved, experienced a drastic turn of events from life to near-death and back.
In fact, after sensing the ghost, Wen Wen had considered using gentler methods.
However, after a moment's thought, he abandoned those ideas. In Nie Ying's current state, only a crude method could free her from the ghost's control.
Furthermore, upon learning that Nie Ying was being controlled by the ghost, Wen Wen had a general idea of who had sent her to find him. It seemed Feng Gui Shen had also set his sights on him.
Wen Wen looked at Nie Ying. "The threat to you is gone now. You should answer my questions honestly, after all, I am your savior."
Nie Ying nodded vigorously, agreeing to whatever Wen Wen said.
After torturing her for so long and so brutally extracting her heart, he had the nerve to call himself her savior?
He was a complete pervert...
Wen Wen straightened his posture and looked at Nie Ying expectantly. "First question, you said 'little eyes are not good-looking.' That was a coerced statement made under the ghost's threat, wasn't it?"
Nie Ying froze, a look of despair crossing her face. Why were they circling back to this topic?
...
After questioning Nie Ying, Wen Wen sat in his room, looking up at the sky. Without the ghost's coercion, Nie Ying immediately confessed everything without any integrity.
The good news was that Feng Gui Shen was not yet aware of this matter.
The bad news was that Feng Gui Shen seemed determined to obtain Yin Tianzi Luo Feng, and would inevitably seek out Wen Wen sooner or later.
However, Wen Wen wasn't particularly panicked. He was now in a state where he had too many debts to worry about and too many lice to feel itchy. With too many powerful enemies, the mere presence of Feng Gui Shen no longer created any sense of urgency for him.
Could Feng Gui Shen defeat En Suk Gu Shen? If not, he should just stay out of the way.
Facing these powerful enemies who surpassed his abilities, Wen Wen actually had no good solutions, other than to try his best to improve his own strength.
When the power of his 'Black Body' reached the True Order realm, he would be able to withstand the power of the Calamity Jailer and walk in the real world with that Calamity-level strength. Only then would he be truly safe in the Federation.
Tao Qingqing, lulled to sleep by the mysterious snoring, had not yet woken up. Wen Wen, growing impatient after less than half an hour, forcibly woke her up. Using his connection with San Zai'er, he brought her back to their accommodation.
When they returned, everyone in the tour group was cooking hot pot. Spicy red oil bubbled in the pot, with slices of beef, lamb, and sea fish arranged on the side.
Wen Wen contributed a squid tentacle and joined the hot pot feast. San Zai'er swam around the pot, preparing to drink the hot pot broth after everyone had finished eating and drinking.
Drinking the hot pot broth now was not forced by Wen Wen; it was a peculiar habit developed from eating too many strange things.
However, Wen Wen was not entirely unrelated to this.
The hot pot meal was incredibly comfortable and leisurely. Halfway through, the dark night sky suddenly lit up. Waves of green light, like ripples, appeared in the sky, swaying gently in the night like a dream...
For the next two to three days, they continued to visit and explore the small town of Mosman. However, the town had few attractions, and the group had already visited everything on the first day. Therefore, these days were spent in free activity.
But in such a small place, even with free activity, there was nowhere to go. The town's pace was very slow, with a small permanent population and no cases to entertain Wen Wen.
Yet, in this rhythm, Wen Wen found a long-lost peace.
He ate when he wanted, slept when he wanted, and occasionally spaced out without thinking about unfinished tasks. He spent his days in a leisurely and lazy manner, yet without feeling like he was wasting time.
In this relaxed state, Wen Wen shed some of his burdens. When the day of departure arrived, he surprisingly discovered a slight increase in his strength.
For Wen Wen, this was an unexpected joy.
As he boarded the bus and watched the small town gradually disappear in the snow and wind, Wen Wen actually felt a pang of regret.
Now, Wen Wen understood why the Hunter's Association had chosen this place as a tourist destination.
In this clean small town, there was no scheming or wicked strife. There was only pure living, allowing demon hunters to truly set aside their arduous work and achieve a complete cleansing of their souls.