Why Do You Think I'm Not Human?

Bang!

Su Qingyang casually tossed the dying Demon Ghost onto the ground. Looking over, he saw that the creature's mangled body was actually wriggling, its flesh and blood slowly repairing its wounds.

"What a terrifying monster."

Liu Qingni frowned. She had never imagined that anything could possess such tenacious vitality. It was already in this state, yet it still refused to die.

Su Qingyang said nothing. He walked over to the Demon Ghost and kicked it awake.

The Demon Ghost abruptly opened its eyes.

It looked around, a vicious expression appearing on its face. It still tried to struggle, but a foot was already planted on its head.

A crushing pressure bore down on it, as though it would be stomped apart alive the very next moment.

Su Qingyang said, "I ask one question. You answer one question."

"Hehehe..."

The Demon Ghost let out a strange chuckle. Grinning, it said indifferently,

"You want to get some information out of me, don't you? Let me advise you not to waste your effort. Why not just stomp me to death cleanly and decisively?"

"Hehehe..."

"I don't mind telling you that Lord Jiedushi has already set his sights on your world. Soon, he will come in person."

"Destruction is your destined end!"

Although the Demon Ghost's words were baffling, Su Qingyang still caught the strange term Jiedushi from its mouth.

What, could it be that these Demon Ghosts, like humans, had positions such as Jiedushi?

"Arrogant and ignorant, you know neither the height of heaven nor the depth of earth!"

Liu Qingni said coldly, "A mere aberration dares to spout such madness. The Grandmasters of Great Jin are unfathomable. How could they be matched by so-called Jiedushi like yours?"

Hearing this, the Demon Ghost laughed even more wildly.

"What Grandmaster bullshit? Did you think yourselves invincible merely because you defeated this general?"

It did not mind bringing even more fear to these ignorant mortals, so it simply continued,

"This general is merely a Thousand Army. Above me are Ten Thousand Army, and above us are True Generals and King Generals.

Yet even such beings are nothing but ants that Lord Jiedushi can crush with a lift of his hand."

Liu Qingni froze. Her willow brows furrowed, and disbelief finally appeared on her face.

Naturally, she understood the terrifying implications behind those titles.

Even this Demon Ghost before them had surpassed the Innate Realm and could rival a Third Qi-Blood Breakthrough.

Following that logic, wouldn't the Ten Thousand Army above it be capable of matching Grandmasters? And those True Generals and King Generals—could they possibly stand above Grandmasters as well?!

Not to mention the Jiedushi it revered as a god. What kind of terrifying existence would that be?

"See that? The ants have begun to feel fear!"

Seeing the change in Liu Qingni's expression, the Demon Ghost burst into unrestrained laughter.

"You lowly Lower Lifeforms, when facing us noble Human Race, should..."

Before it could finish its noisy rambling, Su Qingyang impatiently kicked it in the mouth. "You're Human Race? Then what are we?"

"Mmgh...!!" The Demon Ghost struggled, its words unclear.

"Don't let its words scare you. You're only frightening yourself!" Su Qingyang turned to Liu Qingni, seeing through her worries at a glance.

"The so-called Thousand Army and Ten Thousand Army are, at most, differences in strength within the same rank. They may not necessarily be able to cross their inherent boundaries."

"As for True Generals and King Generals, the same principle applies. Whether they can even touch the Grandmaster realm remains uncertain. There is an enormous gap between ordinary martial artists and Grandmasters. Even among Grandmasters, the disparity in strength can still be vast."

After saying that, Su Qingyang's gaze returned to the Demon Ghost beneath his foot. He said calmly,

"I hope you can give me some useful information next. Otherwise, I don't mind letting you have a taste of my methods."

The Demon Ghost's six pitch-black pupils kept turning. It shut its mouth and spoke no more, only releasing low, threatening growls from deep within its throat.

Revealing part of their hierarchy earlier had already been its limit. As for deeper secrets, it would rather die than explain them.

Leaning against the side, Ning Qingqing suggested softly,

"Young master, it looks like it has made up its mind not to say anything more. Should we use some methods and force an interrogation?"

Su Qingyang nodded faintly, his eyes narrowing.

"Mmgh!!"

A golden blaze, like the Sun True Flame, suddenly descended upon the Demon Ghost's body. It linked the four poles and burned the eight wildernesses, even slightly warping the empty air.

Yet it also contained terrifying vitality.

Thousand Slave's flesh was continuously charred and burned away beneath the Golden Flame, only to be restored in an instant by that life force.

Endless, repeating torment swept through its entire body. It let out uncontrollable roars, filled with boundless terror and despair.

Su Qingyang quietly watched it. He thought of how Su Huai had died back then and wanted to test his Blood-Qi True Flame.

He had not expected the results to be this good.

The Demon Ghost kept roaring and shrieking, struggling desperately as though trapped in hell.

Su Qingyang merely stood on its body, completely unmoved.

Ning Qingqing was so frightened that she took half a step back and quietly covered her eyes. Though the gaps between her fingers were wide, it was clear that she was trembling with fear.

When milord said he would do it, he really did it!

His methods were even crueler than she had imagined!!

"Stop! Stop burning me! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

The Demon Ghost, which had just been willing to die rather than yield, could no longer endure it and began begging frantically.

"Already can't hold on..."

A trace of mild disappointment colored Su Qingyang's tone. The Golden Flame stopped burning. He had actually wanted to try several other methods all at once.

Hearing this, the Demon Ghost shuddered. Looking at Su Qingyang as if he were an evil ghost, it had clearly understood what he meant.

"What's your name?"

"Thousand Slave!"

"Where did you come from? How many more creatures like you have come into the human world?"

Thousand Slave shook its head. "I don't know!"

"Hm?" Su Qingyang frowned.

"This general truly doesn't know. At the time, I was fighting on the front lines when I was inexplicably shoved into this body."

Thousand Slave said in terror,

"But there should be one more. The one I was fighting should have been thrown in as well."

"What exactly are you? Why do you call yourselves the Human Race?"

"???"

Thousand Slave was stunned. In disbelief, it said, "We are humans! Why do you think we aren't human?"

"???"

Su Qingyang tilted his head and looked over its mangled, twisted, four-armed body. Why did he think that? What part of its appearance looked human?

"You're human? Then what are we?" Liu Qingni could not hold back and asked coldly.

"You?"

Thousand Slave's pupils contracted slightly as it blurted out, "You are naturally lowly... Lower Lifeforms!!"