The moment Katos, the cardinal of the Beasley Duchy, saw Sky Knight Nahum Betch brutally killed by Han Shuo, fear drove him to retreat without stopping.
Glancing at Katos, Han Shuo moved at high speed. Before Katos could react, Han Shuo was already before him. His large hand shot out like lightning, seized Katos by the neck, and lifted him straight into the air.
"Cough, cough! Damn you, what exactly do you want?" Katos gripped the hand clamped around his neck with both hands, kicking his legs as his face flushed red and he struggled to shout.
"Where is Blount?" Han Shuo asked coldly, one hand clamped around Katos's neck.
"Ugh... I don't know... really..." Suspended in midair, Katos twisted desperately, but unfortunately could not break free of Han Shuo's grip.
"Heh, you think I have no way of finding out if you refuse to talk?" Han Shuo sneered. Then his free left hand abruptly pressed down on Katos's head. Amid Katos's piercing scream, Han Shuo exerted force with his five fingers and drove them straight into Katos's skull.
Han Shuo unleashed the Demon Gate Secret Technique, Great Soul-Seizing Hand. Five wisps of dark smoke flowed along the fingers of his left hand into his meridians, and through his divine sense, he obtained the memories stored in Katos's mind.
Cardinal Katos, the target of the technique, struggled madly, letting out bloodcurdling wails as though suffering the most terrible pain in the world. Those cries made anyone who heard them shudder.
Once unleashed, the Great Soul-Seizing Hand did indeed inflict unbearable pain on its target. As he searched Katos's soul, Han Shuo's five fingers constantly churned inside his head. Such stabbing agony was beyond what any normal person could endure.
As Han Shuo used the secret technique to obtain the memories