Chapter 167 Dual Blades, Icy Brilliance in the Martial World (36)

Bai Tang also noticed a pile of food around the person’s face and feet. Judging by this, she speculated that the one delivering the food was directly force-feeding this person.

After gathering some information, Bai Tang’s clear voice rang out, “The former Blood Devil Cult’s leader has fallen to such a state?”

Of course, she didn’t know if this person was the former leader of the Blood Devil Cult, but it was a reasonable assumption. Let’s test him a bit and judge based on his reactions.

Suddenly hearing a voice that wasn’t cold and indifferent, the person’s murky eyes contracted abruptly. Lifting his head, he could only make out a vague figure.

From the voice, it was a young woman. Judging by the figure, she was slender.

“Who are you? How did you get in? How did you learn that I’m imprisoned here?”

The former cult leader’s voice was like a tearing sound, uncomfortable to the ears.

Bai Tang raised an eyebrow lightly. It seemed like he was indeed the former cult leader.

“Oh, how did I get in? Why should I tell you?”

With a playful look in her eyes, Bai Tang said, “Do you hate this current cult leader? Well, I happen to have a grudge against him.”

The former cult leader narrowed his eyes, observing the young woman in front of him. Even in this environment, the former cult leader could distinctly feel the difference between this young woman and their usual captives.

After a while, Bai Tang said, “If you don’t want to talk about it, I’ll leave.”

Rescue was impossible.

Seeing Bai Tang turn away, the former cult leader finally spoke, “I hate him.”

Bai Tang turned back with a smile, sitting on a rock. “Tell me.”

“I am indeed the former Blood Devil Cult’s leader, Shuang Hua. He sucked away my internal energy, severed my meridians, and the one who imprisoned me here is the current Blood Devil Cult leader, Qi Jiayan. I spent my days fighting geese, never expecting to be pecked in the eye by one.”

“Oh? Tell me more about this Qi Jiayan. If I’m satisfied, I might agree to one request of yours, aside from setting you free.”

The former cult leader’s murky eyes flashed with a dark light. “Qi Jiayan was originally a beggar with decent aptitude, a martial arts prodigy. My people brought him in and trained him. However, within a month, he killed the other nine members of his group, becoming the sole survivor of the ten. I placed poison on him to control him, kept him by my side to guide him. However, he secretly practiced a method to absorb people’s internal energy. Taking advantage of my severe injury, he absorbed my internal energy, seized the token, and became the new cult leader. I was then imprisoned here, subjected to extreme humiliation.”

Bai Tang chuckled and said, “The so-called guidance, your kind of guidance might not be a good thing, right?”

“Who hasn’t come this way? He betrayed his teacher and annihilated his ancestors.”

“You didn’t die, did you? It doesn’t count. Your way of thinking is typical—when you suffer, you want others to suffer the same fate. No resistance, no complaints. It’s all been like this.” Bai Tang sneered.

Disliking Qi Jiayan didn’t mean Bai Tang would take pleasure in his suffering.

“Don’t you have a grudge against him? Aren’t you going to kill him?”

Bai Tang lazily replied, “Grudges are there, but if I believe everything you say, wouldn’t I appear foolish? In my opinion, neither you nor him should be alive, and this place called the Blood Devil Cult… can go to hell. Only those who still have a trace of goodness left can be saved. What do you think?”

Bai Tang stood up, drew a blade from her waist, and said, “I’m not satisfied with your answer. The Blood Devil Cult has committed countless atrocities. Both you, the former cult leader Shuang Hua, and the current cult leader Qi Jiayan, are deeply sinful. Therefore…”

Bai Tang struck the hilt with her palm, driving the blade into Shuang Hua’s heart.

The former cult leader Shuang Hua, imprisoned for several years, died just like that.

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