After dispelling the Snow Empress's phantom,
Tian Chen, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan found an inn at random and settled in.
With a thud, Xu Sanshi was thrown onto the floor, a rag stuffed into his mouth!
Tian Chen sneered, sharply tightened the lightning chains in his hand, then tossed them into the air, suspending Xu Sanshi.
Xu Sanshi let out a muffled groan, struggling violently against the chains, but he could not break free.
Tian Chen slowly walked up to Xu Sanshi. The whip formed from Blood Demon Heart-devouring Thunder swayed gently in his hand, crackling softly.
With a flick of his wrist, the Blood Demon Heart-devouring Thunder instantly became a streak of blood-red light that lashed savagely across Xu Sanshi's body.
Bound in chains, Xu Sanshi shuddered violently. Blood seeped from the welt, but with his mouth gagged, he could only let out muffled groans, unable to utter a single plea for mercy.
"Will you talk? Will you talk? Will you talk?!" Tian Chen kept swinging his whip, even unleashing five lightning-fast lashes in succession.
Xu Sanshi could not say anything at all. All he could do was whimper, "Mmph, mmph, mmph!"
No, hold on-what am I supposed to say? Ask me something! You just keep beating me and asking whether I'll talk. What do you want me to say?
Tian Chen suddenly stopped, then stepped forward, grabbed Xu Sanshi by the collar, and pulled out the rag. "Still keeping your mouth shut, huh!"
Xu Sanshi was barely clinging to life now. His body hung from the chains, blood continually seeping from his wounds, and he looked utterly feeble.
He raised his head and asked hoarsely, "Say... say what? Why don't you ask me something?"
Tian Chen suddenly paused, putting on a puzzled expression.
Looking at Xu Sanshi's