"His gaze is wavering. We absolutely can't give him a chance to disperse his form and let his Primordial Spirit escape. Quick, use the Soul Stabilizing Beads!"
The woman in black armor acted as instructed. Thirty-six beads the size of longans flew from her waist with a clatter, forming an array and snapping onto Dark Abyss's back. These thirty-six Soul Stabilizing Beads had been enormously expensive, but their effects were outstanding. Like thirty-six dragon-suppressing nails, they firmly nailed his Primordial Spirit and Word Spirit body together, specifically countering self-dispersal and escape.
"It's done. Only the last step remains. Before he regains his senses, question him!"
The man roared inwardly, while the black-armored woman extended her slender white hand and hooked it around Dark Abyss's neck. Pink light radiated in all directions until it reached its peak, then converged and condensed into two pink laser beams that shot from her eyes straight into Dark Abyss's.
The seductive effect intensified again and again. She spoke softly, her voice like gauze seeping into the heart like poison, enough to throw any mind into confusion.
"Tell me, where is your true body?"
Dark Abyss struggled, his entire body writhing as though he wanted to break free. Yet the pink light bored into his heart, preventing him from focusing his mind or drawing upon his strength.
His mind resisted, but he had been caught in an ambush without warning. In the end, his eyes turned vacant.
"True body..."
Every detector was activated. All equipment was aimed at Dark Abyss; lie detectors, concealment detectors, everything that could be deployed was deployed. The man grew tense. "Where?"
"My true body is..."
The man leaned forward, staring at Dark Abyss on the screen with feverish intensity, practically wishing he could press himself against it. "Stop dragging this out!