Soul Search!

"How could this be!" The figure beneath the black robe suddenly stiffened.

The scene before him had surpassed his understanding!

The sword in his hand might not have been a treasured blade forged by some master, but it had still been tempered a thousand times over. A trace of meteoric iron had even been added during its forging, making its edge incomparably sharp!

Withered, slender branches like these—let alone one, even a whole bundle of them—should not have been able to impede it in the slightest.

But what was this supposed to mean?

Moreover, Xiao Tianci's incredibly swift reaction had far exceeded his expectations.

He had always been extremely confident in his ability to conceal himself.

Yet even so, Xiao Tianci had still noticed him.

Just what kind of monster was he?!

A bead of cold sweat uncontrollably formed on his forehead before dripping down.

Suddenly, he sensed an ordinary-looking branch before him erupt with a terrifying aura.

Under that sword aura, the black-clad figure's body could not help trembling.

The next moment, the branch vanished.

Excruciating pain flared through his limbs!

Bang!

The tendons in all four of his limbs had been severed, and the black-clad figure collapsed helplessly to the ground.

Driven by inertia, the hood concealing his head slipped off at that moment as well.

What appeared before Xiao Tianci was the face of a completely unfamiliar middle-aged man.

Pain had twisted the man's features together, making him look incomparably vicious. His eyes were filled with shock and fear.

Clearly, Xiao Tianci's movements just now had been so fast that he had not even been able to react, leaving his heart filled with terror.

Although Xiao Tianci had already seen the man's face through his divine sense, he thought for a long while and still could not recall ever meeting him.

However, he was certain that this man was not from Soul Hall. After all, the people of Soul Hall were not this weak.

This middle-aged man had clearly undergone special training. Even with the tendons in his hands and feet severed, only a pained expression appeared on his face. He gritted his teeth and endured it without saying a word!

"Oh? Your endurance is pretty impressive." Xiao Tianci casually tossed the branch in his hand onto the middle-aged man and clicked his tongue in amazement.

Feeling the impact against his body, the middle-aged man was even more horrified.

He could now be completely certain that this was an ordinary branch!

Who the hell spread the news that Xiao Tianci had no talent?! With strength like this, he was fucking terrifying!

More importantly, he had never seen methods like this before. That aura just now had been incomparably sharp, making him feel as if all things between heaven and earth could be cleaved in two!

However, despite the immense terror in his heart, the middle-aged man tried his best to maintain a tough exterior. He merely snorted coldly and said nothing more.

"Now that I've severed the tendons in your hands and feet, tell me. Who sent you?" Xiao Tianci crouched in front of the middle-aged man, a faint sneer on his face as he spoke casually.

"You want to know?" The middle-aged man sneered at Xiao Tianci.

"Then tell me, who have I offended recently?" Xiao Tianci raised an eyebrow and replied noncommittally.

"Pah. I'm not even afraid of death, so there's no way I'll betray my master!" The middle-aged man spat lightly, then directly closed his eyes. "Kill me or torture me as you please. Go ahead and see whether I'll tell you anything!"

People like him had been trained as deathsworn from childhood and had endured who knew how many hellish trials.

Thus, ordinary torture could never pry anything from his mouth.

Xiao Tianci merely smiled faintly. "Torture you? I can't be bothered."

The middle-aged man's expression did not change in the slightest. "Do it. I've long been prepared to die!"

Yet Xiao Tianci did not make a move. Instead, he raised an eyebrow. "I have countless ways to make you talk, but I choose the most direct one!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strand of divine sense shot out from his mind at high speed.

"What are you doing?!" The middle-aged man froze. Seeing the amused expression on Xiao Tianci's face and recalling Xiao Tianci's terrifying strength from before, intense unease rose in his eyes.

Xiao Tianci did not answer. His divine sense charged directly toward the middle-aged man's brain!

Boom!

In an instant, the middle-aged man felt as though his brain had been struck viciously by a spiked club!

The spiritual force in his mind was being crushed at that very moment.

Pain enough to drive anyone insane erupted within his mind.

The middle-aged man's body suddenly stiffened.

The middle-aged man, who had not cried out even when the tendons in his hands and feet were severed, suddenly howled in agony.

The sound was so shrill that anyone unaware of the situation would have thought he was being subjected to some inhuman torture.

"I'll talk, I'll talk! Please, I'll tell you right now!" The middle-aged man no longer dared to put on a tough front. He howled as he spoke.

He truly did not want to experience even the slightest bit more of this pain. It was far more terrifying than any nightmare!

"Too late." With a casual wave of Xiao Tianci's hand, his divine sense sealed off the room, and the middle-aged man's wails could no longer escape even a fraction.

After all, they were still within the Xiao Clan. It would not be good if someone heard them.

Having done all this, Xiao Tianci directly activated the Soul Search Method!

The pain from the Soul Search Method was countless times more intense than before!

In an instant, the stench of urine filled Xiao Tianci's room.

This specially trained middle-aged man had actually been tortured into losing control of both his bowels and bladder!

"This guy..." A look of disgust appeared on Xiao Tianci's face.

However, through the Soul Search Method, he easily learned the full truth.

This middle-aged man was actually a deathsworn sent by the Jialie Clan!

"The Jialie Clan really moves fast. I only provoked Jialie Ao this afternoon, and they were already sending someone to retaliate tonight?" Xiao Tianci narrowed his eyes as killing intent surfaced within them.

He had not even said he wanted to kill Jialie Ao, yet the Jialie Clan had taken the initiative to come after him?

"Y-you, kill me." At this moment, the middle-aged man finally came back to his senses. His eyes had turned somewhat vacant, and his mouth kept repeating the same words.

"Kill me, please kill me. Stop torturing me. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you!"

"If you knew it would come to this, why did you do it in the first place?" Xiao Tianci rolled his eyes.

Still, he had no hobby of torturing people.

Powerful soul force surged forth, condensing into Soul Fire that enveloped the middle-aged man.

Very quickly, the middle-aged man's body vanished without a trace, directly annihilated by Xiao Tianci!

Before he died, however, the expression on the middle-aged man's face was one of relief.

"Jialie Clan, Jialie Ao, Jialie Bi—you've lived long enough." A flash of anger appeared in Xiao Tianci's eyes.

However, the next moment.

Xiao Tianci's expression suddenly changed. "Not good!"