Chapter 112
Chapter 112: Why Don’t You Just Ask?!
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“Young lady, what exactly do you want us to say? Why don’t you just ask?!”
The two werewolves who had been beaten bloody were sprawled on the ground, their blood-stained fur disheveled and messy. Their originally fierce wolf eyes were now filled with terror, afraid that the girl in front of them might move the stick in her hands again.
“Eh? Xiaotao, didn’t I ask just now?”
Lin Muyu turned her head to look at Xiaotao, who was standing to the side trying hard to suppress her laughter, her tone carrying a few traces of deliberately feigned confusion.
The fire poker in her hand casually tapped against the ground, causing the werewolves on the ground to shudder again.
“You asked! Of course you asked!”
Xiaotao quickly nodded in agreement, even though she could see clearly that her master hadn’t asked anything at all just now.
But she just wouldn’t expose her, only going along with Lin Muyu’s words. These bad wolf demons could only pray for their own luck.
And Lin Muyu had indeed deliberately not asked, wanting to use this as an excuse to beat up these two werewolves first.
Having just heard their conversation, she could almost confirm that these two guys had definitely eaten people before. Giving them a beating was actually being lenient.
“Young lady, please ask quickly! No matter what you ask, we’ll answer everything, just please give us a quick death!”
The two werewolves cried with tears and snot streaming down their faces, their rough claws scratching several shallow marks on the ground.
Even now they couldn’t understand how that seemingly thin and small fire poker could hurt so much when it hit them.
The pain wasn’t just on the surface of their skin and flesh, but felt like countless fine needles drilling into their bone crevices, even their spirits ached along with it, completely unbearable.
Actually, Lin Muyu hadn’t used much force at all, she had just casually used some techniques from the Dog-Beating Staff Technique.
Probably because these two werewolves looked too much like dogs, she subconsciously treated them as dogs to discipline.
And this technique happened to have bonus effectiveness against dogs.
“Fine, then I’ll ask.”
Lin Muyu pointed the fire poker in front of the werewolves, her tone instantly becoming several degrees harder.
“Speak quickly, how many demons are there in your cave in total? Besides you two, what other wolf demons are there?”
“In-including our boss, there are 12 in total!”
The werewolf closest to the stick quickly spoke up, his voice trembling.
It was afraid that if it answered too slowly, that stick would fall down like rain again.
The few hits it took just now still hurt to the bone.
“What about their strength?”
Lin Muyu didn’t stop, continuing to press for answers.
“Our, our boss is at the early Demon Transformation stage, the remaining 11… are like us, all around the middle Demon Entry stage.”
The other werewolf also quickly added, afraid of falling behind.
“Early Demon Transformation stage?”
Lin Muyu frowned, her fingertips rubbing against the fire poker.
Early Demon Transformation stage corresponded to the early Foundation Establishment stage for human cultivators, plus 11 wolf demons at the Demon Entry stage (equivalent to the Qi Refining stage).
This group of wolf demons wasn’t weak at all.
If they were placed in an ordinary human town, such a group of demons would be enough to easily slaughter an entire town. Even a small city might not be able to withstand them.
Only those large cities with Foundation Establishment stage cultivators stationed there would they not dare to provoke.
Looking at it this way, this group of wolf demons indeed had some capability.
“But to have a Foundation Establishment stage demon hiding in Qinglan Sect’s territory… they must have come from somewhere else.”
Lin Muyu murmured quietly.
Qinglan Sect controlled this area, so threatening demons like those at the Foundation Establishment stage should have been driven away already.
Hearing Lin Muyu’s words, the werewolves on the ground didn’t dare deny it, only shrinking their necks:
“We, we were indeed driven here… it’s not very peaceful outside now, we really had nowhere else to go.”
“You guys are the biggest source of unrest, aren’t you?”
Lin Muyu rolled her eyes, that expression was clearly somewhat charming, yet it made the two werewolves even more afraid.
In Qinglan Sect’s territory, it was indeed much more peaceful than outside.
But this group of wolf demons was quite human-like. Could it be that eating too many people had caused their intelligence to evolve as well?
“Stop talking about useless things.”
Lin Muyu changed the subject, asking the crucial question, her tone instantly turning cold, and even the surrounding air seemed to grow heavy.
“Where are the people you captured being held?”
“Uh… this, this…”
The two werewolves immediately began stammering, their eyes darting around, not daring to look Lin Muyu in the eyes.
“Speak quickly!”
Lin Muyu’s brows furrowed, the fire poker in her hand lifting slightly, looking like it was about to fall down.
“We’ll tell! We’ll tell!”
The two werewolves were so frightened they quickly begged for mercy, their voices becoming distorted.
They were truly afraid of that stick. Getting hit once hurt worse than being struck by heavenly lightning, and they never wanted to experience it again.
“They, they… most of them… have already gone into our bellies…”
The werewolf’s voice grew quieter and quieter, until it was almost inaudible at the end.
“What?!”
Lin Muyu’s face instantly darkened. Her originally somewhat cute little face now looked terrifyingly gloomy, with a layer of coldness spreading in her eyes.
The fire poker in her hand trembled slightly, clearly showing she was truly angry.
“P-please, don’t be angry!”
One of the werewolves saw things going badly and, with his survival instinct at maximum, quickly shouted:
“Th-the few people who were just brought in yesterday haven’t been eaten yet! Don’t kill us, we can take you to find them!”
“No need.”
Lin Muyu’s voice was as cold as ice. As soon as she finished speaking, the fire poker came down.
This time she didn’t hold back, striking directly at the heads of the two wolf demons.
With a light sound, the two werewolves didn’t even make a sound before collapsing straight down.
Only a small dent remained on their heads, which didn’t look too serious, but if anyone dared to lift their skulls, they would find that the brain tissue inside had long been pulverized by the spiritual energy fluctuations of the Dog-Beating Staff Technique.
“Master, killing them like this… wasn’t it too merciful?”
Xiaotao walked to Lin Muyu’s side and asked quietly.
She could tell that her master had been truly angry just now, but these two wolf demons had committed countless evil deeds. Just dying like this seemed not quite satisfying enough.
“No time to waste on them, let’s go save people first.”
Lin Muyu put away the fire poker, her tone decisive, the coldness in her eyes still not dissipated.
As for why she didn’t have them lead the way.
With the intelligence of these two demons, they could definitely figure out that their final usefulness was to lead the way to find people. Once the people were found, they would have completely lost their value and would inevitably be disposed of.
Since they were going to die either way, whether they led the way or not, they would definitely deliberately take detours and delay time, waiting for their boss to come back and rescue them.
Since that was the case, it was better to search herself.
She didn’t believe that this wolf demon’s cave could be so large that she couldn’t find the people.
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On the other side, in the forest, Lin Xiaoyun had just emerged from the illusion.
“Well, well, if it isn’t the little cat demon who stole my fruit? I didn’t expect you could actually escape the tracking of those stupid hunters?”
A rough, hoarse voice rang out, accompanied by heavy footsteps. A giant werewolf slowly walked out.
It was nearly twice as tall as the previous two werewolves, with shiny black fur all over its body, wolf eyes flashing with fierce light, and carrying the unique pressure of the Demon Transformation stage.
What was most distinctive was the giant gold ingot on its head.
Lin Xiaoyun’s pupils suddenly contracted. Without thinking much, she turned and ran in the opposite direction.
But she was just a small cat demon who hadn’t even reached the Demon Entry stage. No matter how fast she was, how could she outrun a wolf demon at the Demon Transformation stage?
“Why are you running?”
The werewolf grinned, revealing sharp fangs, his tone full of mockery.
“Such a pretty little cat demon, why not stay and become this king’s wife! Hahahaha…”
Before the laughter ended, Lin Xiaoyun suddenly felt something tighten around her waist, as if something had wrapped around her.
She frantically turned back and was so frightened her soul nearly flew away.
That wolf demon’s tail could actually extend through the air like a black whip, firmly wrapping around her waist, making her unable to move.
“It’s over… Sister, save me…”