Lin Xiaotian's smile never faded from his face, his gaze filled with mockery. "You've told me so much, yet in the end, it feels like you've revealed very little useful information."
"But if you think about it carefully, you'll realize how many loopholes are in what you've said."
"You're subconsciously telling me that you can't make the final decision on this matter, that you're just cannon fodder, and that you don't want me to trouble you, just wanting to end it quickly."
As he spoke, Lin Xiaotian's smile grew more pronounced. "In fact, I know you must still hold many secrets, but these matters concern your very life."
"Naturally, you wouldn't tell me easily. But have you ever considered one thing?"
"What thing?" the middle-aged man asked instinctively.
Lin Xiaotian smiled faintly. "Have you considered the severe consequences of insulting my intelligence?"
"I'll dismiss everything you've said so far as nonsense. I'll give you another chance to organize your words. If you continue to speak like this, don't blame me for being impolite."
After a slight hesitation, the middle-aged man shook his head. "I've said everything I can. Even if you use any means to pry my mouth open, you won't get any more useful information, because I genuinely don't know anything else, and what I've said is the truth."
Lin Xiaotian said with a half-smile, "Then you truly won't shed tears until you see the coffin. But it's alright, I'll show you what regret feels like."
After saying this, he flicked out several silver needles, which pierced the man's body with extreme speed.
Heart-wrenching pain surged through him. At this moment, he understood the consequences of betrayal. No wonder he had been sold out so easily.
He could only endure for a few seconds before he couldn't bear it any longer. He was just an ordinary person, not a martial artist with such strong willpower.
Lin Xiaotian said with a smile, "Now I know you're eager to say something, but I won't give you the chance. I'll wait slowly until your mind completely collapses, and this pain will accompany you the entire time."
Although most of what this guy said was a lie, he could still glean some useful information from those lies. If the other party truly knew nothing, he wouldn't have put on such an act before.
Honestly, if he hadn't understood the nature of the people in Tianluodiwang, he might have actually been fooled by these guys. Their disguise was too convincing.
Lin Xiaotian didn't say anything further. He waited there for over ten minutes, watching the middle-aged man completely break down before he pulled out a silver needle.
Trembling, pleading sounds came from the middle-aged man's mouth, his eyes filled with deep despair.
"Do you have anything else you want to say to me now? If not, you can continue to endure this pain. I don't mind playing with you slowly."
"I have plenty of time anyway."
Lin Xiaotian stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, a faint smile appearing on his face.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but tremble. His eyes were filled with fear. He no longer wanted to hold on. He had guarded those secrets before in hopes of a chance to live.
But he never imagined that Lin Xiaotian would bring him such agonizing torment, making him realize that a fate worse than death truly existed.
"I'll tell you..."
"From the very beginning, our Tianluodiwang had planned everything. A large portion of the people sent to you before were merely cannon fodder, specifically designed to help us eliminate our rivals."
"The reason we've been targeting you is because what you possess has been coveted."
"And I am merely a member of the Diwang. Above us, there is the even more powerful Tianluo. I don't even know the identities of those people, nor do I have the qualifications to find out."
"But I know their strength is incredibly formidable, reaching terrifying levels. You might not be able to make any waves in front of them. If you were to appear before them, you might die directly."
"They wouldn't come to this land because there are guardians here, and those guardians are extremely powerful. They have already driven them away. That's why they have to use small figures like me to deal with you."
"It's just that they never imagined your strength would be so formidable. In my eyes, you are comparable to an immortal."
"And the information I know only pertains to these minor figures. Even if you obtain this information, you can only round up these small fries. You won't be able to touch the foundation of Tianluodiwang."
Lin Xiaotian listened to the man's detailed narration, forming a general impression in his mind and understanding why Tianluodiwang was named as such.
There were even more powerful experts above them, but for some reason, those experts were blocked overseas. This made him very curious, because as far as he knew, those powerful experts were ancient beings who rarely emerged.
Even people of his master's caliber often found a place to cultivate in seclusion and rarely concerned themselves with worldly affairs.
And this man said he was driven overseas by someone. How powerful would that person have to be?
This also sounded an alarm bell in his heart. If those people were truly terrifyingly strong, what if they decided to target his loved ones later...
His eyes narrowed slightly, a chilling killing intent flashing within them. "Tell me the whereabouts of those people."
"How would I possibly know their whereabouts? I've already said, I'm just a small figure. I wouldn't dare to look them in the eye. I've even heard more than once that their information is the true secret of Tianluodiwang, and I can't access those core details. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been sent here to be cannon fodder."
He smiled wryly, his eyes devoid of any will to survive. His voice trembled, "I've truly told you everything I know. And I've put the list in this phone. You can check it yourself. Now, if you want to find people to deal with them, you still have a chance to catch them all."
"There's no need to waste any more time on me, because I've told you all the information I know. These people were just pawns I set up in advance."
"It's just that you've now uprooted them all."