Chapter 706 - 636: Stepping onto the Peak 45 (4,000 Words)_2
Perhaps it was because Tan Shuangshuang had saved them twice in a row that Qian Mu and Ling Zhan developed an inexplicable admiration, instinctively staying close to Tan Shuangshuang and looking at her expectantly, hoping she could come up with a solution.
The pressure from their gazes felt like a mountain on Tan Shuangshuang. She pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a simple and direct solution: to use martial force to subdue and imprison everyone they encountered, then hand them over to the sect after the Secret Realm opens in three years.
Although Tan Shuangshuang’s method was simple and straightforward, it wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision, but one made after careful consideration.
Firstly, although the Secret Realm is a closed small world where people inside cannot leave, the suppressive effect of the Secret Realm has one advantage: the intruders’ cultivation won’t exceed the Grand Martial Master Level.
Due to her practice of the third transformation of the Body Sculpting Technique, Tan Shuangshuang’s physical strength was comparable to that of Magic Beasts. Although she was at the Fifth Rank of the Martial Master Level, her combat ability could definitely withstand enemies at the Great Martial Master Realm.
Tan Shuangshuang could challenge across a Great Realm, which would be an unexpected variable for those masquerading as members of the Wuji Sect and Li Tian Sect. Tan Shuangshuang thought she could take advantage of this by pretending to be weak to strike down those people unexpectedly.
As for Fei Hu’s combat ability, there’s no need to mention it. Being a Magic Beast, it is inherently combative and powerful. When Magic Beasts and cultivators of the same level fight, the Magic Beasts always overpower the cultivators. Only in rare cases, like Tan Shuangshuang’s situation, can a cultivator defeat a Magic Beast of the same realm.
Not to mention that Fei Hu had once trained diligently with Tan Shuangshuang in Hurricane Valley, further honing its physical strength. Although it’s a Level 10 Magical Beast, its combat ability surpasses Level 10.
Tan Shuangshuang was confident that the combined combat strength of her and Fei Hu could sweep through everyone in the Secret Realm. However, despite her confidence, she did not plan to directly confront everyone, to avoid alerting the opponents and causing several Grand Martial Masters to besiege her and Fei Hu.
No one knew how many Grand Martial Masters the opponents had brought in. Even though Tan Shuangshuang could handle enemies at the Grand Martial Master Level, it didn’t mean she could manage easily if surrounded by a group of Grand Martial Masters and ensure she wouldn’t be taken down by them.
The current situation could be described as the enemy being in the dark and us in the light. Although extremely dangerous, there was still hope, as our side knew the opponent’s conspiracy.
In such a scenario, Tan Shuangshuang could totally pretend not to know the opponent’s conspiracy, play the fool, and reverse the situation by catching the opponents off guard.
Of course, before making this decision, Tan Shuangshuang also considered interrogating the two who impersonated the Li Tian Sect, such as finding out how many people they had or how they confirmed their identities after disguise. If these pieces of information could be forced out, the opponent’s position would be entirely known.
Unfortunately, those two were tough nuts. They refused to talk even after Tan Shuangshuang smashed their Spirit Mansions, and one of them, after regaining some strength, bit into a poison pouch hidden in his collar, dying instantly and dissolving to the bone, leaving a large area polluted.
With this lesson, the other man impersonating the Li Tian Sect was stripped completely for safety while unconscious, searched thoroughly from head to toe by Qian Mu and Ling Zhan. They even shaved his head bald to ensure there were no hidden dangers on him.
After confirming there were no dangerous items on him, Qian Mu and Ling Zhan randomly put one of their own clothes on him. Only then did Tan Shuangshuang, who had turned her back, use spiritual power to wake the man up from his stupor.
However, even though the man didn’t use poison to commit suicide, and Tan Shuangshuang had confined his spiritual power to prevent him from self-imploding, neither her nor Qian Mu and Ling Zhan could make him talk about his companions and how they recognized each other despite using every method.
Tan Shuangshuang and Qian Mu’s methods were simple: ask, if no response, hit; ask again, no response, hit again; ask once more, no response, keep hitting. Ling Zhan had more tricks up his sleeve. Although silent, he turned out to be from the Law Enforcement Hall, well-practiced in interrogation tactics.
Regrettably, despite Ling Zhan exhausting all his methods, they failed to get any information from the man’s mouth. In the end, they could only tie up the barely breathing man and throw him aside, resorting to Tan Shuangshuang’s simple and direct method of beating everyone unconscious and locking them away.