627: interrogation

The Mad Extreme Demon Lord's eyes flashed as he set down his wine cup, his voice carrying a hint of gravity and a well-timed warning.

"Brother Duan, forgive my bluntness... but I have heard of that Yao Delong!"

"His true combat power is definitely not as simple as it appears at Late Stage Soul Transformation!"

"In my estimation, I fear... he has already reached the realm of Void Refining Perfection!"

"Your Junior Brother is only at the Void Refining Early Stage; being able to escape from such a figure... is truly too bizarre!"

"There might be something fishy about it, or even a trap!"

He deliberately pointed out Yao Delong's terrifying strength both to warn Permanent Nothingness to be on guard and to use Permanent Nothingness's hand to probe Old Black Mu's true situation!

Permanent Nothingness's withered fingers twisted the skull prayer beads as his sickly green pupils contracted slightly.

The Mad Extreme Demon Lord's words had struck exactly upon his greatest suspicion! Void Refining Perfection?

This was even higher than he had estimated! Old Black Mu being able to escape back... was indeed full of suspicious points!

He said in a deep voice, "The Demonic Lord has a point. I also intend to 'question' him thoroughly!"

Just as the two of them were harborring their own thoughts amidst the thick clouds of suspicion—

Creak!

The heavy bone gate was pushed open.

Old Black Mu walked in with a powerful stride, his face covered in an exaggerated, "sincere" smile that carried a sense of having survived a disaster.

"Hahaha! Senior Brother Duan! I've finally seen you!"

"I almost died in that godforsaken place in the Hegemonic Summer Dynasty and never saw you again, Senior Brother! I missed you to death!"

He opened his arms enthusiastically as if to give Permanent Nothingness a hug, his coarse demeanor the same as ever.

Permanent Nothingness's withered face remained expressionless, but his sickly green gaze was like a physical probe, instantly scanning the two black-robed followers behind Old Black Mu!

The person on the left (Yao Delong) had a steady aura, radiating a pure and cold Mid-stage Soul Transformation Evil Qi.

He was expressionless with hollow eyes, the standard look of a Demonic Path guard.

The person on the right (Luo Tianying) had a slightly fluctuating aura with clear demonic cultivation ripples, also at the Mid-stage Soul Transformation, and kept her head slightly lowered as if somewhat restrained.

'A Mid-stage Soul Transformation Evil Cultivator guard and a Mid-stage Soul Transformation ordinary female demonic follower...' Permanent Nothingness's internal vigilance relaxed slightly.

The aura and cultivation of these two followers were unremarkable in his eyes and posed no threat. He was more concerned with Old Black Mu himself!

"Hmph, enough with that!" Permanent Nothingness snorted coldly, his voice icy.

"Junior Brother Mu, tell me! What exactly happened that day at Myriad Flower Spring Outing Valley? How did you escape from that Yao Delong?"

"Tell me everything in detail! If there is even half a lie..."

One of the skull beads in his hand suddenly let out a shrill wail, filled with threatening intent!

The "excitement" on Old Black Mu's face instantly turned into "lingering fear" and "shame." He rubbed his hands together and began to act with a mix of truth and lies.

"Sigh! Senior Brother, don't even mention it! It's all because I was careless and underestimated the enemy, suffering a huge setback!" His voice was full of immense regret.

"At the time, I saw that kid named Yao was only at the Late Stage Soul Transformation and thought such an ant would be easily captured."

"I was going to use him to establish my prestige! Who knew... who knew that fellow's combat power was simply Heaven-Defying!"

"Damn it, just a few moves! It only took a few moves, Senior Brother!" Old Black Mu had a look of "terror" and "disbelief."

"My Body Refining physique and Void Refining Early Stage cultivation were like paper before him! He snapped my arm like it was nothing!"

"I was just about to activate the space fixing talisman you gave me to call for help, but that fellow was too fast and ruthless. He directly crippled both my arms and sealed my entire cultivation!"

The details he described were extremely vivid, especially Yao Delong's terrifying close-quarters combat ability.

Hearing this, Permanent Nothingness's expression shifted slightly, and the Mad Extreme Demon Lord nodded slightly; this was exactly the style of the Yao Delong he knew!

"And then what?" Permanent Nothingness pressed, ghost-fires dancing in his eyes.

"Afterward... I had no other choice!" Old Black Mu looked "helpless" and "clever."

"I could only feign submission, kneeling and begging for mercy, staying by his side like a servant just to keep my life!"

His tone was filled with "humiliation." "I endured that shame for several days until finally!"

"I caught an opening when that kid was fighting someone else and his mind was distracted!"

A look of "survival" joy appeared on his face.

"I immediately disregarded everything to forcibly trigger the 'Life-Protecting Soul Talisman' that our Senior Martial Uncle gave me deep within my Primordial Spirit!"

"Fortunately! Senior Martial Uncle sensed it! He tore through space, crossing ten thousand miles to save me from that Devil Head!"

"Senior Brother, if not for Senior Martial Uncle, my life would have truly been lost there!"

He spoke with earnest words, even squeezing out a few crocodile tears of "excitement" as he brought up the existence of their Senior Martial Uncle.

"Senior Martial Uncle?!" Permanent Nothingness's body jolted as his sickly green pupils suddenly lit up!

He subconsciously reached for his own chest, where there was also a soul talisman given by their Senior Martial Uncle!

Their Senior Martial Uncle traveled abroad year-round, mysterious and elusive, with unfathomable strength that had long since reached Void Refining Perfection!

Only a figure like Senior Martial Uncle could possibly save someone from a fierce person like Yao Delong!

This explanation from Old Black Mu, combined with the existence of the Senior Martial Uncle's soul talisman, instantly caused most of the suspicion in Permanent Nothingness's heart to dissipate!

Logically, it was almost perfect!

"Then where is Senior Martial Uncle? And... that fellow Yao Delong, did Senior Martial Uncle happen to kill him?"

Permanent Nothingness asked urgently, his voice carrying a hint of excitement and anticipation. If they could use Senior Martial Uncle's hand to eliminate that major threat, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Old Black Mu's face immediately changed to an expression of "lingering fear" and "regret."

"Sigh! Senior Martial Uncle did come, and he did take action! But that Yao Delong... is too damn abnormal!"

"He actually... he actually managed to fight back and forth with Senior Martial Uncle!"

His tone was incredibly exaggerated. "What is Senior Martial Uncle's cultivation? Void Refining Perfection! That kid actually withstood Senior Martial Uncle's offensive!"

"Later, Senior Martial Uncle was forced by necessity to use a certain Forbidden Secret Technique that burns one's Lifespan."

"He forcibly boosted his combat power to the Half-step Integration Stage, only then managing to heavily injure that kid!"

He paused, his tone carrying "regret."

"What a pity! It looked like he could have finished the kid off, but that fellow used some kind of Wicked Escape Technique."

"He burned his essence blood and turned into a streak of blood-light, vanishing without a trace in an instant! Even Senior Martial Uncle couldn't lock onto him!"

"Because Senior Martial Uncle used that Forbidden Secret Technique, his Origin Qi was severely damaged, and he had to find a place to enter seclusion to recover."

"I was afraid Yao Delong would recover and seek revenge, so how could I dare stay?"

"I fled back to our Xuan Ye Dynasty without stopping, thinking I should hurry to find you, Senior Brother, to discuss a countermeasure!"

As he spoke, he patted his chest with "lingering fear."

The entire process was full of ups and downs—Senior Martial Uncle's intervention, Yao Delong's Heaven-Defying combat power, the Forbidden Secret Technique,

the heavy injury and escape, Senior Martial Uncle's damage... it was all so tightly knit that truth and lies were hard to distinguish!

Especially the setting of Yao Delong at 'Void Refining Perfection' being able to trade blows with Senior Martial Uncle at 'Half-step Integration Stage' and escape while heavily injured,

perfectly explained the 'rationality' of Old Black Mu being able to escape back and also corroborated the Mad Extreme Demon Lord's previous words.