Chapter 703 (1/2)

Chapter 703: Giving a Promise and Denying it in Succession

Translator: Udeze Editor: Udeze

Grove Bear was not dead yet. He was still strong although his heart had been blasted since the Life Crystal Core in him was still intact. The dark energy inside it, however, was consumed at a very fast rate, and once its dark energy was completely gone, only death would await him at that time.

Amidst despair and desperation, regret birthed inside him.

Originally, he used his connections to mediate and ask an important figure in the Stygian Club to get the mission to hunt down Shanjenna. Certainly, the rewards he would get after accomplishing the mission were very handsome. But now, he had to wait for death to fetch him up, a feeling that seized him with regret.

Before coming to China, he had heard from that important figure in the Stygian Club that this distant mysterious oriental country had some people with terrifying strength residing there. And yet, he disapproved and did not take it seriously. Only now did he realize that everything said by that bigshot turned out to be true.

“What do you want to know?” Now, Grove Bear’s tone was no longer a roar but a weak inquire.

“Your status in the Stygian Club should be quite high given your strength,” said Tang Xiu slowly. “I want you to tell me intelligence information on the Stygian Club. I can spare your life if your information is consistent with the investigation obtained by the people I sent. If it is not, you can be sure that I’ll immediately treat you and then imprison you with some special means, then you can expect yourself to enjoy suffering and torment for days and nights that will make you want to die, hardly keeping your life and yet you can’t ask any of them.”

“I’ll tell you! Please spare me, Lord!”

The first one to beg for mercy was not Grove Bear, but the Wolfkin Beastman. At this time, he looked very wretched, the pain he felt from the torture had siphoned away his already weak willpower and finally breached his limit.

Grove Bear’s swept at him with a contemptuous look, though he immediately concealed it, and said, “I give you my word.”

Tang Xiu clapped and smilingly said, “Good. One who knows his situation is a wise man. You opted to treasure this opportunity, so some people will tell me whether what you will tell me is true or not.”

With that said, Tang Xiu’s feet landed on the lakeside, and he immediately took out the jade pieces to arrange a big Feng Shui array. After having laid out six containment arrays with a soundproof array, he immediately removed the Terra Celestial Bastille array and threw the six assassination agents inside the containment arrays separately.

“I’ve detained and contained you inside. It’s impossible for you to escape from it. Furthermore, I have laid out a soundproof array as well, so no one outside can hear anything you say inside. I will ask you the exact same information I sent my men to investigate on. You can be sure that your death will be very horrible if the answer you give me is different. But if you tell me some secrets my men did not discover, not only will I not kill you, I’ll also give you some benefits, and you can definitely leave the Stygian Club after you obtain them.” Tang Xiu stood in the middle of the six arrays and said with a smile.

Grover Bear did not trust Tang Xiu a bit. He tried to call the name of his comrades in the other arrays, but no one replied to him. Since things had gotten to this point, he had to remember and think clearly, for he would be found lying if he carelessly made up information.

On top of Mt. Lao.

Ji Mu lied amidst the rocks, holding binoculars to observe the valley a few kilometers below. He dared to swear that he had never thought that such a situation, whether fortunate or not, could happen in his life where he saw that there really were existences like celestial beings and monsters like in the legends in this world.

The most unbelievable thing for him was that he unexpectedly saw some someone he knew, an acquaintance, among that group of people. Someone whom he felt dread and was afraid of…. Tang Xiu.

“Brother Mu, you have been using the binoculars for nearly two hours. Shouldn’t it be my turn already?” Next to Ji Mu was a lean young man donned in an outlandish attire. Looking bored, he groaned at him. He had not seen the scene below from the beginning to the end, so he felt strange that Ji Mu kept observing that pitch-dark mountain valley.

“Did you forget what I told you?” Ji Mu whispered. “Do not speak without my permission. This night vision binoculars is too precious and you’ll be in trouble if you break it. Just stay still and shut your mouth. We’ll wait here and then leave later.”

The lean young man rolled his eyes at him and grunted in a low voice. Then, he turned around with a resentful expression and looked up at the black sky, silently thinking about his worries.

As a twilight appeared in the horizon, Jin Mu’s expression suddenly changed. He reached out to wake up the lean young man, and then said in a low voice, “Let’s leave this place and drive our car to the circuit. But remember, you have never accompanied me here tonight, and I slept at my place.”

The thin young man looked baffled and asked, “What the hell happened to you, Brother Mu? Did you get bewitched or something? We’re obviously…”

“Just promise me, will you? I’ll give you my Bumblebee sports car,” said Ji Mu sternly.

The young man’s complexion changed and he subconsciously turned his head to look at the valley, but he still couldn’t see anything. He then nodded and said, “Okay. I’m also sleeping at my home tonight and did not leave out of the door at all. Alright, Brother Mu, I’ll keep your word.”

“Sure!”

Ji Mu backed up a few meters and then climbed up from the ground and quickly disappeared on the other side of the hill with that thin young man.