The City Lord's manor.
Several angels and wraiths were imprisoned in the void of space, unable to move at all.
The big shots of Void City were gathered around Fei Yue, currently interrogating these guys.
Gu Qing Shan and Buttercup both appeared from the void of space.
Crow also appeared from another part of the void and told everyone: "I can already foresee the Great Flood's arrival, but due to some sort of setback, it will take at least half a day before it appears in Void City"
Everyone's expressions relaxed.
Half a day is more than enough time to leave.
Gu Qing Shan's gaze swept through them, only to see that the angels were already dead without any signs of torture on their bodies.
When they were captured, the angels had already committed suicide.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "How could these angels be so stubborn that they killed themselves before even being interrogated?"
Fei Yue replied: "Because there is a Holy Pool within the kingdom of angels, after they die, they will return to the Holy Pool and turn back into angels"
Gu Qing Shan was surprised and turned to look at the wraiths.
There were still 3-5 wraiths alive, but from the wounds on their bodies, they had clearly been tortured.
Buttercup walked forward and raised a finger.
Her finger turned into a sharp bone spike that pierced through one of the wraiths' eyebrows, then muttered:
"Belonging to the bone, the servant of the soul, I order you to reveal the secrets of your heart"
Bam!
With a resounding crack, the wraith's head exploded like it was being sucked dry.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Buttercup was surprised.
A blind nun explained: "It's useless, their soul vessels have been restrained, as soon as they involuntarily say anything, they will immediately die"
Buttercup looked at this person and asked: "Even a master of the mind like yourself won't be able to do it?"
The blind nun replied: "Their soul vessels have been fused with some sort of object, unless you know the secret behind it, using force will immediately take their lives"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "What exactly was it that fused with their soul vessels?"
The blind nun turned to the wraiths and replied: "You'll have to ask them that themselves"
The wraiths all lowered their heads and said nothing.
At this point, Fei Yue casually said: "You'd better think it through. If you tell us, we might be able to rescue you from this situation of being controlled by others, spare your lives, and you won't need to be enslaved ever again"
An evil spirit sneered, "I don't need your mercy! Our Wraith realm has our own Immortal Craft that allows us to reincarnate, so we aren't afraid of your interrogation methods "
Fei Yue answered without changing her expression: "A Heavenly Art that can resurrect the dead requires over half of a Wraith Lord's power, as well as the full power of a Wraith Might. Furthermore, your war against the Eternal Abyss has only just reached its climax, so I'm guessing that no Wraith Lord would dare to waste their own power to save you at such a crucial moment, the same goes for Wraith Might"
The wraith was stunned.
Another evil spirit shouted in a low voice, "Don't be fooled! If you want to die, then die happily. Do you want to betray the Ghost Lord and have your soul fished out from the Yellow Springs to endure eternal torture and punishment? "
When the evil ghost heard this, he seemed to have thought of something. He shivered and quickly muttered something.
One breath.
After chanting the incantation, his body tilted and fell to the ground.
He was dead.
The other wraiths followed suit and silently chanted the incantation in their minds without opening their mouths.
They all fell to the ground at the same time, no longer breathing.
The big shots looked at each other and felt helpless.
Against someone who was actively seeking death and could die at any moment, no one had any good solutions.
At this point, only the last two wraiths were still alive.
The Hitman Guild's master sighed, then said: "It seems the wraiths were able to keep the secret of their world for so long without any problems"
"Let me give it a try?" a voice called out.
Everyone followed the voice, only to see Dragon King of Atrocity Jail standing next to Buttercup.
Buttercup asked in a low voice: "Are you confident?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "There's always another method, if I don't try it, I won't know if it'll work"
Buttercup turned to Fei Yue.
Flying Moon Duyue looked at Gu Qing Shan and nodded.
Gu Qing Shan smiled, then suddenly took out a large black pot from behind her back.
The big shots were puzzled when they saw that.
— — -this is supposed to be an interrogation, why did you take out a pot?
Buttercup reminded her in a low voice: "Oi, wraith meat isn't tasty, it's very sour"
She seemed to recall that scene and appeared disdainful.
Gu Qing Shan paused, then said: "Don't worry, I won't eat them"
He formed a hand seal to draw water, started a fire, and cooked a bowl of noodles with great familiarity.
In front of everyone, he carried the bowl of noodles to one of the wraiths and said: "Come, have some noodles"
The wraith appeared confused.
I'm about to die, and you're telling me to eat noodles?
Is there something fishy going on?
No, I definitely can't betray the Wraith Lord, otherwise I'll suffer endless torture after death.
The wraith stared at Gu Qing Shan, then hesitated for a split second.
— — -fine, death is the safest option right now.
The wraith silently chanted an incantation in his mind.
As soon as Gu Qing Shan saw the resolute expression on the other party's face, he immediately knew that things weren't looking good.
He set his Title to [Most Flirtatious Man] and activated his Title Skill: [That makes sense]
"Oi"
Gu Qing Shan quickly said: "Look, you're about to die, if you don't eat something before you die, what if you get hungry on the road to Huang Quan?"
The wraith was already halfway through his incantation, but as he heard him say that, he couldn't help but think.
That's right.
Once I die, I'll definitely be walking on the road to Huang Quan.
— — I'm already about to die, why would I have to suffer and become a hungry wraith?
The wraith glanced at Gu Qing Shan and muttered: "You're right"
Gu Qing Shan signaled to Fei Yue with her eyes.
Fei Yue's fingers loosened.
7-8 long black threads faintly appeared behind the wraith's back, then all loosened.
The wraith regained his freedom.
He took the bowl and chopsticks from Gu Qing Shan's hand of his own accord and began to eat the noodles.
"Hm, it's delicious"
"What exactly did you put inside? Why is such a normal bowl of noodles so delicious? "
While eating, the wraith asked Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said nothing.
Everyone else also remained silent, waiting to see what Gu Qing Shan was going to do next.
But Gu Qing Shan didn't do anything and simply watched as the wraith ate the noodles.
It wasn't until the wraith finished eating and was about to chant the incantation that Gu Qing Shan suddenly asked:
"What exactly are you wraith's souls refined with?"
The wraith appeared confused and replied: "Each of us has a soul-controlling Life Talisman inside our Thought Sea, as long as we're forced to reveal any secrets, or lose control of our soul vessel — — -"
Bam!
A clear cracking sound.
The wraith's head was split in half, the headless corpse fell to the ground.
The big shots were surprised.
— — -although he still died, they finally understood what the wraith were being restrained by.
「 Life Talismans … I know about them, among the wraith's many tricks, the Guise Incantation is guaranteed to hit, while Life Talismans are unpredictable, quick to activate and hard to stop 」 the Ominous Demon Tower's master said.
The blind female cultivator appeared sorrowful and said: "I've also studied the wraith's Life Talismans, unfortunately, I only understood one thing:"
"A Life Talisman is activated using life force, someone will definitely die when it's activated, unless — — -"
"Unless what?" Fei Yue asked.
"Unless someone is willing to sacrifice their own origin power to activate the Life Talisman" the blind female cultivator replied.
The Ominous Demon Tower's master coldly scoffed: 「 Hmph, who would sacrifice their own origin power for no reason? This is the most fundamental of powers! 」
A man carrying a 50-meter-long blade on his shoulder was reading a small booklet in his hand without looking up: "The wraiths have a strict hierarchy, it's usually the higher-ranked wraiths who use the lives of lower-ranked wraiths to activate their Life Talismans, so not only are Life Talismans hard to defend against, they're also extremely powerful"
Buttercup continued: "The wraiths have a strict hierarchy, strict discipline, and are willing to risk their lives in battle. So it's because their lives have already fused with the Life Talisman, disobedience means death"
Everyone felt a bit heavy.
If that's the case, there's no point in capturing a captive.
Unless Dragon King of Atrocity Jail acts again, they might still be able to ask something.
Everyone couldn't help but turn to the last wraith who was still alive.
The wraith had a shocked expression and immediately chanted an incantation.
— — -what kind of joke is this? Although I'm greedy for life, if I reveal the secret of the Wraith realm, I'll be tortured even in death, so I might as well die right now!
The blind nun suddenly appeared behind the wraith and lightly patted his shoulder.
The wraith's entire body turned into solid diamond, standing still without moving.
"With Dragon King of Atrocity Jail acting, we can still ask one more question, but we need to think carefully about what we want to ask" the blind nun said.
Everyone looked at the diamond figure and fell into thought.
Crow suddenly spoke up: "Everyone, although the Great Flood has yet to arrive, I can sense an ominous omen. This ominous omen originates from Void City itself"
Fei Yue shouted: "Crow, activate your fusion technique with me"
She reached her hand out and tossed a black thread to Crow.
Crow caught the black thread, coiled it around his hand, and quickly chanted: "With the power of Fate as the medium, manifest the ominous truth"
The black thread abruptly shot into the void of space and spread into a screen of light.
Within the boundless space vortex, several familiar figures appeared in the screen.
— — -these were the big shots of Void City.
They weren't under the wraith's control, but they had already pledged allegiance to the wraith.
Standing in front of this group was a white-haired old man wearing a yaksha mask.
He held a talisman in his hand and muttered an incantation.
"Activate!" the old man shouted.
Behind him, the others each held a talisman in their hand and triggered the power within their bodies.
In the void not far away from them, layers of fog gradually appeared and flew towards the direction of Void City.
Fog?
Gu Qing Shan felt tense.
The void couldn't handle power that was too powerful, so it could only manifest as fog, otherwise, the void would shatter.
From the looks of it, they seemed to be unleashing some sort of large-scale technique.
The Ominous Demon Tower's master shouted in a low voice: 「 They're unleashing an extremely powerful restraining barrier, unless our power surpasses theirs by 10 times, we won't be able to escape 」
Gu Qing Shan released her inner sight to observe and found that the entire Void City had indeed been enveloped by a layer of fog.
Fei Yue was a bit surprised, her gaze fell onto the white-haired old man and couldn't move away.
Buttercup walked forward and silently held her hand.
"I'm fine" Fei Yue casually replied.
At this point, the other big shots began to speak.
"Look! That's the master of the Bounty Hunter Guild "
"And the people from the Void Library, they're with the angels of the Church"
"The people from the Gem Association and the Mining Association aren't our people either"
"Hmph, I knew those bastards had pledged allegiance to the old — —"
The person who said this seemed to have realized something and abruptly shut his mouth, then instinctively glanced at Fei Yue.
Fei Yue's expression was pale, biting her lip. Although her gaze was calm, her hands were trembling.
Gu Qing Shan's eyes flickered.
Strange …
Why do these people all seem to know that wraith?
And what's with Fei Yue's reaction?
Before he could think any further, the old man on the screen seemed to have noticed something.
He abruptly turned towards the group and laughed: "Fei Yue, for you to be able to borrow other people's talents to pry into fate, you've truly grown"
Fei Yue coldly asked: "What are you doing here?"
The old man replied: "Why can't I come? After all, you're about to be married into the Wraith realm, to avoid any mishaps, I came here specifically to pick you up "
"Mishaps?" Fei Yue repeated himself, then lowered her gaze and said: "So the reason you've set up so many hidden pawns in Void City, as well as the large-scale imprisonment barrier around the City Lord's manor, was to pick me up and marry me into the Wraith realm?"
The old man chuckled: "You've managed Void City so well, and even managed to recruit a group of true Combatants, this has proven your capabilities. However, compared to your Fate talent, none of this is worth a single cent"
He sincerely persuaded her: "Fei Yue, your talent is truly rare, only the Wraith realm would be able to exert your power. For the past few years, I've done a lot of things to help you, all of which were actually for your own good. Even if you don't appreciate it now, I'll continue to do so"
Fei Yue calmly replied: "If I didn't have this Fate talent, if I was only a normal person, would you still have spent so much effort?"
The old man opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan was a bit doubtful and couldn't help but turn to Buttercup.
Sensing his gaze, Buttercup signaled him with her eyes.
A second later, her voice resounded in Gu Qing Shan's ears:
"I'll silently send my voice to you — — but it's enough that you keep this to yourself, don't tell anyone else"
Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded.
Buttercup replied: "That was Fei Yue's father, the former Void City City Lord"
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "What? Didn't Fei Yue say that her father died? "
"She hated him"
"— — the matters of her family are very complicated. In short, when Fei Yue displayed her Fate talent when she was young, the Wraith realm wanted to take Fei Yue away, but Fei Yue's mother didn't agree"
"The wraiths promised all sorts of generous conditions and countless benefits, finally managing to tempt Fei Yue's father"
"But Fei Yue's mother still didn't agree, believing that nothing could be used to exchange for her daughter"
"Later on, for some reason, Fei Yue's mother died, and the wraiths also retreated"
"But not too long after, the wraiths once again returned to Void City and sought out Fei Yue's father, proposing that after Fei Yue grew up, one of the three Wraith Lords would come and marry her, making her the most powerful woman in the Wraith realm"
"Did her father agree?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Not at first, but when the wraiths promised even more benefits, her father finally agreed"
"Fei Yue's mother was also a powerful Fate user — — - but she was already at the peak of her power, far inferior to the Fate talent that Fei Yue displayed"
"I once investigated and found that Fei Yue's mother had sacrificed her life to fight against the wraiths in order to protect her. After that, Fei Yue's father joined the wraiths and stayed in the Wraith realm for most of the time, leaving most of Void City's matters to Fei Yue"
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask: "Why didn't she escape?"
"I don't know either, but she most likely couldn't — — - when I arrived at Void City, I was spied on by the wraiths. Because I'm an extremely rare, unique monster, the wraiths wanted to capture me. At the time, I was alone, fortunately, Fei Yue and the Ominous Demon Tower's master helped me stop the wraiths, so Fei Yue and I slowly became closer"
"— — -that's basically it, just keep it to yourself, don't tell anyone"
Buttercup reminded her one last time.
"I understand" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He quickly observed his surroundings and thought of a solution.
— — -the Great Flood is coming, but Fei Yue's father has already surrounded Void City.
What's coming next is the moment that will decide everyone's life and death.
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan turned to Fei Yue.
As he looked at Fei Yue's resolute eyes, he roughly understood what was going to happen next.
This isn't going to be easy …
How can I escape this situation and find a way out?
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts quickly turned.
Suddenly, his gaze fell onto the diamond statue.
This wraith is being controlled by the Life Talisman, so he can only answer one more question.
Life Talisman …
Wait a minute, Life Talisman?
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