Right in the Deyue Mansion, the Suomo disciples were still chatting about Lin Xiao, though he had left for half an hour.

"How is the stupid lad now? Take a guess?" one asked, ill-intentioned.

"Undoubtedly, Yan Hui must have scared him to death," another guy responded, sneeringly.

"As far as I'm concerned, he is dumber now," the third said.

"That goes without saying! Our Fiendish Blockade Method is known for its ability to derange people. Not to mention him, even a better warrior will end up..." the fourth was about to blabber on when he struck his eyes wide open and stared at the gate.

The others followed suit and went startled as well the "stupid lad" returned, safe and sound.

"What the hell is that?" they wondered, utterly baffled by the sight of him. And Lin Xiao explained that right away.

At the entrance of the Deyue Mansion, Lin Xiao stopped and asked loudly, "Please tell me who Zou Qiang is? The dude sent for him."

A black-dressed youngster soon stood up and laughed, "Haha, Yan Hui seems to be a grateful guy. It was I who recommended him to our sect."

For Zou Qiang's part, he believed that Yan Hui intended to let him consume the silly lad's spiritual energy. A second-level Refining Divine Realm warrior as Lin Xiao was, his modest spiritual energy was better than none. However, he failed to sense that it was actually a trap. Since the Suomo Town was sole under the control of the Suomo Sect, there hadn't been any Taixuan disciples venturing to get in the town since the great Taixuan-Suomo war ended one year ago. And routes to the Tiaxuan Sect for people attending the enrolment examination had been altered times without number just in a bid to steer clear of the Suomo Town.

Right after the two got out of the Suomo Town, Zou Qiang plunged an abrupt grasp at Lin Xiao and lifted him up in the air. Then he dashed into the bush.

A moment later, three heads popped up in the grass nearby and said, "Oh no!" With a wave of rapid rustles, the three figures soon came closer to the bush they were certainly Wu Gui, Wang Di, and Wang Manyun.

As a matter of fact, they'd long come out of the Suomo Town. They intended to find Lin Xiao in the bush but failed as he was back to the Deyue Mansion back then. The did a thorough search and found the corpse of Yan Hui.

Wu Gui was fairly well-informed about the Suomo disciples because of Li Xuan. Hence, it rejoiced him the moment Yan Hui's corpse came into his sight, as he was aware Yan Hui's martial capacity was superior to Lin Xiao.

Nevertheless, he didn't get carried away with that, for he failed to find Lin Xiao after all. Then he decided to head back to the Suomo Town.

However, hardly had he departed when he heard a strange sound. After that, they witnessed Lin Xiao get captured. The second Wu Gui recognized Zou Qiang, he immediately went ghostly pale.

As a domestic Suomo disciple, it was worth noting that Zou Qiang's practice of the Fiendish Blockade method had already reached the third stage, with his martial capacity standing at the fourth level of the Refining Divine Realm.

The one-stage gap between Zou Qiang and Yan Hui was nothing to be sneezed at. It actually made a substantial difference as the first two stages of the Fiendish Blockade Method were merely a warm-up session. And an astounding fiendish spiral force would come into being inside the bodies of warriors who had reached the third stage. Once the ghastly force started running, it would enable the warrior to consume the spiritual energy of his opponent.

Lin Xiao's martial capacity only reached the second level, much inferior to Zou Qiang who already seized him, undoubtedly, the odds were against Lin Xiao. Thinking of that, Wu Gui almost swooned with fright. However, Lin Xiao was in the dark about Wu Gui's situation, be it Wu's anxiety for him or Wu's exertion to rush to his rescue.

Hanging in Zou Qiang's hand, Lin Xiao was not flustered at all. He already made a fool-proof preparation for the confrontation with Zou Qiang right after he killed Yan Hui, with every detail taken into consideration.

Nevertheless, as they reached the opening where Yan Hui stayed, Zou Qiang failed to find Yan. He tightened his grasp at Lin Xiao out of suspicion and asked, "Where is he?"

"Right there in the cave. Can you release me? I feel quite unwell," Lin Xiao pled in a polite tone, pointing at the cave.

"Haha! You're indeed a silly bloke! Don't worry, I'll soon let you go," Zou Qiang laughed, looking at the cave.

Zou was certainly aware of the whereabouts of the cave, which was exactly the place where the Suomo disciples conduct their martial cultivation by means of their "preys".