With a bang, Yin Kuang threw Redwood onto the ground. By now, Redwood had been beaten black and blue by Yin Kuang. Earlier, Yin Kuang had subdued Redwood using a rather unsophisticated method, then interrogated him. However, Yin Kuang's interrogation techniques were clearly no better. After half an hour of effort, all he got was a pair of hate-filled eyes. Having lost his patience, Yin Kuang sent out the assembly signal and brought Redwood to the meeting point.
"Pah!" Redwood spat a mouthful of bloody saliva onto the ground. "Just kill me. Don't think you'll get any intelligence out of me." Looking down at him, Yin Kuang smiled. "Perhaps my 'service' wasn't satisfactory enough for you. But it's fine. Someone more professional will be here soon to 'serve' you. I guarantee you'll give them a five-star review!" Redwood deliberately lay back on the sand with a relaxed look. "You really don't know when to give up."
In truth, Redwood was extremely frustrated and worried. He had thought he had caught a little mouse, only to discover it was actually a "big cat." Redwood knew that once Blood Thorn and the others arrived, he would be in for a miserable time. All he could do now was pray that Blood Banner would arrive before Blood Thorn's group did—though, to be honest, Redwood was uneasy. He had no idea whether Blood Banner would come to that Gobi wasteland to meet him after seeing his message.
"Achoo!" In a military tent somewhere, Blood Banner sneezed, rubbed his nose, and chuckled. "Wonder which beauty is thinking about me now."
Redwood looked outwardly like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, but Yin Kuang did not miss the flickers of fear in his eyes. He only felt more disdain. Who had said that once one