SWNOVELXO Chapter 75 Sword Cultivator
After a massacre, only "Mao Rabbit" and "Wu Horse" from the "Twelve Xiao" had survived and were captured alive.
The rest of the core members were all executed!
Thus, the "Twelve Xiao," this top-tier assassination team, was effectively annihilated, leaving only some peripheral members responsible for intelligence.
Li Fei personally took charge of the interrogation.
He was not a professional interrogator, but possessing the "Gate of Dream Realm," he could enter the "Dream Realm" and extract intelligence directly by exploring others' subconscious.
Martial masters at the Qi Change Stage had a huge gap in spiritual level compared to Li Fei, and even on their "home ground," they struggled to resist Li Fei's probes.
As for Mao Rabbit and Wu Horse, who were at the Tao Foundation Stage, Li Fei had already left a deep psychological scar in them both!
In their hearts, Li Fei was like a Great Demon King that could not be defeated!
So when this Demon King suddenly appeared in their subconscious, they could hardly muster any resistance and were quickly breached by Li Fei, who took what he wanted from their minds!
Li Fei wanted to find out who the employer behind the scenes was through these two men, but even Chen Long, their leader, had no idea about it, and neither did Mao Rabbit and Wu Horse.
Li Fei was not surprised by this.
How could someone audacious enough to hire assassins against an Imperial Envoy be easily traced?
However, through Mao Rabbit and Wu Horse, Li Fei learned that the payment for this mission had been made through three different channels.
"Are three forces trying to kill me?"
Li Fei quickly made sense of the situation.
Following these three payment channels could reveal some clues, but obtaining concrete evidence was clearly impossible.
The mastermind wouldn't be foolish enough to leave any evidence behind.
Li Fei could almost guess which three forces wanted him dead.
After confirming that no more information could be retrieved from Mao Rabbit and Wu Horse, Li Fei decisively killed them both.
Both had seen his "Blood Demon State" in action, so he decided not to leave any survivors.
He hadn't expected to accuse anyone based on these people's testimonies anyway, and since they deserved death, Li Fei saw no need to let them live even a second longer!
Li Fei was occupied until past three in the morning.
At that time, they suddenly received intelligence from the Daluo Sect:
The fleeing True Master might pass through Ming Family Town this morning!
"Sir, you just went through a major battle, there's no need for you to continue fighting, we've already achieved great acclaim by eliminating the 'Twelve Xiao', and even if we don't stop that True Master from the Daluo Sect, the court won't blame you."
After learning of the intelligence, Lv Wenxing immediately advised Li Fei.
The "Twelve Xiao" had amassed numerous horrific deeds and were wanted in many provinces.
Li Fei leading a team to eradicate such an assassin team definitely counted as a great achievement!
So even if they fail to stop the True Master next, it would be enough to cover for their past faults.
However, Li Fei didn't plan to approach this passively.
The emergence of the "Twelve Xiao" made him realize his enemies were growing impatient.
Although this trip to the Daluo Sect had earned many merits, it wasn't certain if it would suffice to reopen Shangguan Xiao's case.
Therefore, Li Fei wasn't willing to pass up any opportunity to accrue merits.
Moreover, facing a True Master was relatively safer than confronting a Martial Arts Master.
The Myriad Blood Pearl could transfer all direct physical damage, but the situation was twofold for mental aspects:
Direct mental damages could be transferred.
Other mental effects, like those caused by Tao Power—auditory illusions, hallucinations, hypnotism, sensory distortion, suppression, sealing, etc.—could not be transferred by the Myriad Blood Pearl.
But if these mental effects were caused by Magic, Li Fei could nearly become completely immune, relying on the Myriad Blood Pearl!
Back when he first participated in the real combat monthly test at Xing City Martial Arts Hall, he encountered a hypnotism Magic at an altar, and he resisted it using the Myriad Blood Pearl.
Later, while tracking a person from the Calming Sect alone, he also ignored the confusing array left by the other side, thanks to the Myriad Blood Pearl.
In the battle this early morning, the "Curse Formation" activated by Xu Dog using the Blood Vengeance Skull was likewise ignored by Li Fei.
As long as the mental aspect was Magic, regardless of whether it was direct attack-type or not, the Myriad Blood Pearl could defend against it!
Previously, Li Fei hadn't understood the difference, but now that he was engaged in Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts and had read Lin Tianyi's notes, he had a better grasp:
Void Thought externalizes, Spiritual Power internalizes, Magic causes all effects related to another's spirit, directly eroding it to some extent, and thus the Myriad Blood Pearl could transfer such damage.
In a sense, owning the Myriad Blood Pearl, Li Fei could be regarded as a "Warlock Killer"!
"I want to try and intercept that True Master."
Li Fei told Lv Wenxing.
With the Myriad Blood Pearl to counter, and considering that the opponent was already gravely injured, he might stand a fighting chance.
Lv Wenxing sighed, knowing he couldn't persuade him otherwise.
Fortunately, Li Fei was not the kind of leader who let his subordinates face all dangers; thus, Lv Wenxing was not too worried about his own safety.
He just worried that the powerful figure he had finally decided to rely on might accidentally break here.
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As dawn began to break, many villagers, riding on ox carts and mule carts, were preparing to go to Ming Family Town for the early market.
Honk—
Suddenly, a car horn sounded from a distance.
The villagers on the road hurriedly moved to both sides.
Soon, a black sedan passed by these villagers.
Sitting in the front passenger seat was an old man in a gray robe.