"Don't think you can send word outside by screaming. I repaired the barrier before I came in."
Xu Taiping crooked a finger, his face expressionless, and summoned another slender, sharp flying spike. He wrapped it in Great Sun Golden Flame and sent it circling the white-faced Demonic Beast's head.
"I... I don't know anything... I was only following my lord's orders."
The white-faced Demonic Beast stopped screaming and answered meekly.
Although the pain of the flying spike piercing its body had not been enough to make it scream, it still twisted its expression and made its voice tremble incessantly.
"Who is this lord you speak of?"
Xu Taiping asked unhurriedly.
"I don't kno-"
Whoosh!
The white-faced Demonic Beast had barely spoken the word "know" when a flying spike burning with Great Sun Golden Flame pierced its pupil.
This time, it truly screamed in agony.
"I'll ask you again. Who is this lord you speak of?"
Xu Taiping raised a finger, holding a silver flying spike above its tip, and slowly guided the Great Sun Golden Flame from his fingertip onto the spike, little by little, until it was completely enveloped.
The Great Sun Golden Flame enveloping the spike this time was noticeably purer than before.
"My lord... my lord was once a disciple of Qingxuan too. His name is... his name is Jin Hezhi."
The white-faced Demonic Beast spoke in a trembling voice.
"It was him?"
Upon hearing the name, Xu Taiping first looked surprised, then understood.
Aside from Su Chan, Jin Hezhi was the only one in Qingxuan who had colluded with the Demonic Beasts.
Whoosh!
After receiving his answer, Xu Taiping did not continue questioning the white-faced Demonic Beast. Instead, he crooked his finger again and drove the flying spike into its nostril.
"Argh!..."
Caught completely off guard,