A burly man wearing a closed, barrel-shaped helmet slowly walked towards Hu Jiu.
He wore a red cloak, carried a long sword, and his footsteps were firm and powerful.
"Outsider, stop right now! How dare you vandalize the church! I'll make you wish you were dead!"
Hu Jiu immediately increased his output, a clear sneer on his face, "I won't!"
The burly man raised his sword, pointing it at Hu Jiu: "Then don't blame me for being impolite! Evernight values talent and would like to recruit you, but you really don't know what's good for you."
The longsword thrust towards Hu Jiu.
Hu Jiu remained calm and simply reached out and gripped the sword. "It seems you know who I am."
"Actually, I've always been curious about where your kind of organization gets the confidence to just barge into someone's private home and act so arrogantly and overbearingly when you want to recruit them."
"You think you can get away with anything just because you're a large organization with a lot of people and power, and that no one will dare to retaliate?"
The burly man tried to pull back his longsword to continue slashing, but found that Hu Jiu's hands were incredibly strong, and he couldn't budge them at all, though his words remained forceful:
"The Eternal Night Organization is condescending to recruit you; that's giving you face. If you refuse, then you're in the wrong!"
Hu Jiu's face turned cold. "Fine, fine, you dare to be more arrogant than me?"
Unable to withdraw his sword, the burly man clenched his other hand into a fist and pounded it towards Hu Jiu's head.
Hu Jiu slightly turned her body and kicked the burly man in the chest, sending him flying.
The longsword fell into Hu Jiu's hands.
The burly man got up, coughed lightly, and stretched out his hands. His red cloak gleamed behind him, making him appear imposing, as if he were preparing some kind of move.
Unfortunately, Hu Jiu didn't give him a chance to make a move.
He kicked her again.
The overwhelming force caused the burly man to lose his balance and crash into the church wall, smashing one section of it.
Bang bang--
Hu Jiu lunged forward and unleashed a furious beating on him.
"You're so weak. You're much weaker than that guy named Geheluos from before."
The burly man seemed to be provoked by Hu Jiu's words and struggled and resisted desperately.
"I won't allow you to say that! How could Ares possibly be weaker Gekros!"
"Oh, so your name is Ares?" Hu Jiu feigned sudden realization. "What an insult to that name."
"Do the higher-ups in your organization all use divine names as their pseudonyms?"
"Ugh, shameless!"
"How thick-skinned do you have? Have you even looked in a mirror? Do you even deserve the title of God of War?"
Hu Jiu has a slightly sarcastic and biting tongue, but only a tiny bit.
But Ares's heart was too fragile to withstand such a gentle blow; he clenched his fists and howled madly.
Hu Jiu lightly slapped him twice more, wondering if this time she could lure out the mysterious leader of the Eternal Night Organization.
As Ares wailed, the first thing to change was surprisingly the statue in the church.
The statue's surface was covered with numerous tiny, spiderweb-like cracks, and the outer shell peeled away little by little, revealing... Fierce Ghost hidden within!
Ares shifted his gaze elsewhere, his expression twisted and manic. "Haha, you've released the demon from the idol! You'll die here today!"
"Oh," Hu Jiu replied calmly with a single word.
Ares's eyes widened in fury. What did "Oh" mean? What kind of attitude was that? Wasn't it a bit too disrespectful?
Hu Jiu pierced Ares's waist with his longsword, pinning him to the ground.
Then he looked at the Fierce Ghost that had crawled out of the statue.
Strangely, this ghost neither emits light nor sprays mist.
When it appeared, several nearby residents collapsed and died.
Hu Jiu observed for quite a while.
"How can you see it directly?" Ares's shocked voice came from behind.
"Why can't I see it?" Hu Jiu retorted.
Ares closed his mouth, but disbelief still lingered on his face.
The ghost moved very slowly, approaching Hu Jiu like a snail.
The Fierce Ghost's movements were so slow that Hu Jiu momentarily doubted whether it was only a D-class.
Hu Jiu casually stuffed the ghost into a sack. He kicked Ares on the ground. "What's this ghost's killing pattern?"
Ares refused to communicate.
"Confess and you'll be punished severely; resist and you'll be punished even more severely. If you insist on remaining silent, then I'll have no choice but to resort to some special measures." Hu Jiu shouted like a vicious villain.
Ares continued to refuse to communicate.
Hu Jiu sneered and, to Ares's astonishment, pulled out a small leather whip covered in barbs.
They then took out bright red chili oil, emerald green medicated oil, and added alcohol, fine salt, and amplified pain to subject Ares to inhumane beatings.
"Ah--"
"Ah~ Ahh~"
It's quite remarkable that Ares, such a strong man, could groan so tenderly.
But he still refused to say anything.
Hu Jiu gradually lost patience. "Looks like we'll have to get serious now!"
Ares, pinned to the ground, panicked for a moment, instantly conjuring up dozens of inhumane forms of torture.
This time, however, there was no unbearable pain or humiliation, but Ares felt a deep-seated fear.
The Fierce Ghost within him is being slowly stripped away!
Damn! I almost forgot, this guy stole one of Geheluos's eyes!
"What did you do to me!" Ares struggled violently.
He was not afraid of being whipped, nor of physical pain. Even if his hands or feet were cut off, he could find a way to recover.
He thought he possessed an iron will and was unafraid of torture, but as it turned out, when the enemy struck his weak point, he was truly afraid.
Once he lost the Fierce Ghost within him, he couldn't even imagine what he would become!
Even if he is still alive then, he will have lost his value, Evernight will definitely kick him out without hesitation!
Hu Jiu grinned, "I can pluck out all the ghosts you control, one by one. Believe me, in less than ten minutes, I can turn you back into an ordinary person."
"I'm so kind. You offended me so much, yet I'm still willing to give you a chance to return to a normal life. Another day of being moved by my own actions. How are you going to thank me?"
Upon hearing this, Ares panicked terribly, his eyes filled with pleading. "No, no! Absolutely not!"
"If I think it's okay, then it's okay. If you dare to nag again, believe me, I'll make some minor modifications to your body~" Hu Jiu's tone was extremely nasty.
Ares's defenses crumbled, and he looked utterly defeated. "Stop! I'll tell you everything!"
"If only you had been this sensible earlier." Hu Jiu stopped what she was doing and leaned down to pat his face.
"The first question..."