Chapter 1390: Trapped

The City Lord’s manor

Several angels and wraiths were being restrained in the void of s.p.a.ce, unable to move a single muscle.

The big shots of Void City were standing around Fei Yue interrogating these fellows.

Gu Qing Shan and Xiao Die appeared from the void of s.p.a.ce.

Crow also appeared from a different side from the void of s.p.a.ce and told everyone: “I was able to predict the coming of the Great Flood, but due to some sort of issue, it won’t arrive at Void City for at least half a day”

Everyone’s expression became relaxed.

Half a day was more than enough for them to leave.

Gu Qing Shan’s gaze scanned through, only to see that the angels were all dead without any signs of torture on their bodies.

The angels had already committed suicide right as they were captured.

Gu Qing Shan was surprised: “Were these angels so hard-boiled that they already committed suicide before being interrogated?”

Fei Yue replied: “Because the country of the angels have a Holy Fountain, after death, they would simply return to the Holy Fountain and be reincarnated into an angel again”

Gu Qing Shan then turned to the wraiths.

Several wraiths were still alive, but from the numerous wounds on their bodies, they had clearly gone through torture.

Xiao Die walked forward and pointed her finger forward.

Her finger transformed into a sharp bone spike and pierced through the forehead of one wraith as she lightly whispered:

“Being of bone, prison of soul, I order you to expose the secrets in your mind”

Bang!

With a loud noise, the wraith’s head imploded on itself.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Xiao Die was startled.

A blind nun explained: “It’s useless, their soul vessels are under restraints, whenever they unwittingly say something, they will instantly die”

Xiao Die looked at her and asked: “Even a soul and spirit expert like yourself cannot fix that?”

The blind nun replied: “Their soul vessels have been fused with something. Unless one understands the mysticisms involved, their lives would immediately be forfeited if we used force”

Gu Qing Shan asked: “What exactly had fused with their soul vessel?”

The blind nun turned to the wraiths and replied: “You will have to ask them yourself”

The wraiths lowered their heads without saying a word.

At this time, Fei Yue calmly said: “You need to think carefully. If you talk, we might be able to save you from this restrained state and spare your lives, you will no longer be enslaved”

One of the wraiths scoffed: “I don’t need you to spare my life! Our Wraith realm has Immortal Crafts that can resurrect us, we aren’t afraid of your forced interrogations”

Fei Yue continued without changing her expression: “A resurrection Immortal Craft requires half of a Wraith Lord’s power, and the full power of a Wraith Might, but your war against the Eternal Abyss has only just entered into a desperate stage. I a.s.sume that there isn’t going to be any Wraith Lords who’d be willing to waste their power to save you, nor would any Wraith Might”

The wraith froze.

Another wraith grunted: “Don’t fall for it! If we die, we die. Or do you want to betray the Wraith Lord and get your soul fished up from Huang Quan to endure eternal torture and punishment?”

Hearing that, the wraith seemed to have remembered something and started trembling, then hurriedly muttered something.

One breath’s worth of time later.

After he finished chanting his incantation, his body tilted to one side and collapsed.

He was dead.

Several other wraiths had also copied him, but didn’t open their mouths and only chanted it in their minds.

They all collapsed without uttering a sound.

The big shots exchanged glances, feeling a deep sense of helplessness.

Against a target who wished to die and could commit suicide at any moment, no one really had any good solutions.

Only two wraiths remain.

The Hitman Guild’s master sighed and said: “Seems like there’s a reason why the wraiths had been able to consistently protect the secrets of their world”

“How about I give it a try?” someone called out.

When everyone turned towards the voice, they saw that it was Dragon King of Atrocity Jail who stood next to Xiao Die.

Xiao Die whispered and asked: “Are you confident?”

Gu Qing Shan replied: “It’s just another method, without testing, I can’t guarantee either”

Xiao Die turned to Fei Yue.

Fei Yue glanced at Gu Qing Shan, then nodded.

Gu Qing Shan smiled, then took out a large black pot from his Inventory Bag.

All the big shots were very confused when they saw that.

——you’re supposed to interrogate them, what are you taking a pot out for?

Xiao Die advised him in a low voice: “Hey, you can’t eat wraith meat, it’s really rotten”

Apparently recalling when she did that, she appeared full of disdain.

Gu Qing Shan paused a bit before telling her: “Don’t worry, I’m not eating them”

He used a hand seal to draw water from the air into the pot, lit a fire under it, then skillfully made a bowl of noodles.

In front of everyone, he took the bowl of noodles to the wraith and said: “Here, eat”

The wraith appeared confused.

I’m going to die soon, and you’re telling me to eat noodles?

Could there be something wrong with it?

No, I can’t betray the Wrath Lord, or I’m going to undergo endless torture after I die.

The wraith stared with his eyes wide at Gu Qing Shan and hesitated for a split second.

—–yeah, it’s best that I just die right now.

The wraith began to silently chant his incantation.

Seeing the other party’s resolute expression, Gu Qing Shan understood what he was doing right away.

He changed his equipped t.i.tle to [Reality’s Most Amorous Man], then activated the t.i.tle Skill: [That makes sense].

“Hey”

Gu Qing Shan quickly spoke: “Look, you’re going to die either way, if you don’t eat something before you die, what if you get hungry on the road to Huang Quan?”

The wraith was already halfway through his incantation, but couldn’t help but stop to think when he heard that.

That’s true.

When I die, I’ll be heading into Huang Quan.

—–if I’m going to die either way, why should I stay a hungry ghost?

The wraith looked at Gu Qing Shan a bit and muttered to himself: “That makes sense”

Gu Qing Shan winked towards Fei Yue.

Fei Yue’s finger slightly loosened.

Behind the wraith, 7-8 black threads all let go at once.

The wraith regained his freedom.

He actively took the bowl from Gu Qing Shan and began slurping the noodles.

“Hm, it tastes so good”

“What exactly did you put into this? How did a normal bowl of noodles get this tasty?”

While eating, the wraith asked Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan just smiled without saying anything.

The group also remained still, waiting for Gu Qing Shan’s follow-up measures.

But Gu Qing Shan didn’t do anything, he only watched the wraith eating noodles.

It wasn’t until after the wraith was done and prepared to chant this incantation that Gu Qing Shan suddenly asked:

“What kind of thing was refined into you wraiths’ souls?”

The wraith’s expression became blank briefly before answering: “Each of our Thought Seas contains a Life Talisman that controls our soul, as soon as we are forced to spill any secrets, or if our soul vessels lose control——”

Bang!

Another loud noise.

The wraith’s head was ripped apart, the headless body collapsed on the ground.

The big shots’ expressions all jerked a bit.

—–although he still died, at least we now know what they’re being restrained by.

「 Life Talisman… I know about these things. Among the many means of the wraiths, Guise Hexes are infallible, while Life Talismans are sneaky and undetectable; they also activate extremely quickly, so it isn’t easy to stop 」the Ominous Demon Tower’s master explained.

The blind nun also appeared regretful and added: “I’ve also studied the Life Talisman of the wraiths, unfortunately, I only understood a single thing:”

“Life Talismans require vitality to activate, someone will definitely die as they are used, unless——”

“Unless what?” Fei Yue asked.

“Unless someone is willing to use the origin power of their soul to activate these Life Talismans instead” the blind nun replied.

The Ominous Demon Tower’s master scoffed: 「 Tch, who’s going to uselessly expend the origin power of their own soul like that? This is the most basic of powers! 」

A man carrying a 50-meter tall blade on his shoulder examined the small book in his hand and spoke without looking up: “The wraiths have a strict hierarchy of rank, usually, higher-ranked wraiths use the lives of lower-ranked wraiths to utilize Life Talismans, which makes them not only hard to defend against but also extremely powerful”

Xiao Die commented: “The wraiths are known to have a strict hierarchy, iron discipline, willing to easily lay down their lives in battle, so the reason for that was that their lives had already been fused with a Life Talisman, disobedience would also mean death”

Everyone’s expressions felt heavy.

If that’s the case, there wouldn’t be any use to capture prisoners.

Unless Dragon King of Atrocity Jail acted again, maybe he would be able to pry something else.

Everyone couldn’t help but turn to the last remaining wraith.

The wraith’s expression was fearful, immediately preparing to chant his incantation.

—-don’t be ridiculous, I don’t want to die, but revealing the secrets of the Wraith realm would only subject me to torture even in death, I’d rather just die right now!

The blind nun suddenly appeared behind the wraith and lightly tapped his shoulder.

The wraith’s body turned into solid diamond and froze completely still.

“With Dragon King of Atrocity Jail’s method, we can ask one more question, now we need to think of what we actually need to ask” the blind nun said.

The group glanced over the human-shaped chunk of diamond and fell into thought.

Crow suddenly said: “Everyone, although the Great Flood hasn’t arrived, I have an ominous premonition, this premonition is coming from Void City itself”

Fei Yue shouted: “Crow, trigger the joint technique with me”

She reached out her hand, throwing a black thread to Crow.

Crow caught the thread, coiled it around his hand, then quickly chanted: “With the power of Fate as catalyst, reveal the ominous truth”

The black thread flew into the air and formed a screen of light.

Many familiar figures appeared in the boundless s.p.a.ce vortex within the screen.

——–they were all big shots of Void City.

They were not under the wraith’s control, but they had willingly pledged their allegiance to the wraiths.

The one who stood in front of this group was a white-haired old man wearing a yaksha mask.

He held a talisman in his hand as he muttered something under his breath.

“Activate!” the old man loudly shouted.

The others behind him each held onto a talisman as they each emanated power from their bodies.

From the void of s.p.a.ce in front of them, layers of fog slowly appeared and drifted towards Void City.

Fog?

Gu Qing Shan’s heart began to clench tightly.

The void cannot handle powers of too high of a level, so they could only manifest in the form of fog, lest the void of s.p.a.ce would collapse.

From the looks of it, they seem to be unleas.h.i.+ng some sort of large-scaled technique.

The Ominous Demon Tower’s master grunted: 「 They’re unleas.h.i.+ng an extremely powerful restraining barrier. Unless our powers are 10 times stronger than theirs, we cannot escape from this restraining formation 」

Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight and found that Void City as a whole had indeed been enveloped by a layer of fog.

Fei Yue was startled, her gaze focused on the white-haired old man without moving away.

Xiao Die walked forward and silently held her hand.

“I’m fine” Fei Yue calmly replied.

The other big shots were already beginning to discuss among themselves.

“Look! That’s the Bounty Hunter Guild’s master”

“And the people of the Grand Library as well, they’re standing with the angels of the Church”

“Even the ones from the Mining a.s.sociation aren’t on our side”

“Tsk, I knew those guys have already joined the old——-”

This person seemed to realize something and instinctively shut his mouth, then habitually glanced at Fei Yue.

Fei Yue’s complexion was pale as she bit down on her lips, although her eyes were as calm as water, her hands were clearly trembling.

Gu Qing Shan’s eyes flickered a bit.

Strange…

Why do all these people seem to know that wraith?

And what’s with Fei Yue’s reaction?

Without giving him more time to think, the old man on the screen seemed to have realized something.

He suddenly looked straight at everyone and laughed: “Fei Yue, for you to be able to borrow the ability of another to peek at Destiny, you’ve grown”

Fei Yue coldly asked: “Why did you come here?”

The old man replied: “Why couldn’t I? After all, you’re going to be heading to the Wraith realm soon, so to prevent any misgivings, I specifically came here to pick you up”

“Misgivings?” Fei Yue repeated those eyes, then lowered her eyes and commented: “So the reason why you prepared so many hidden p.a.w.ns and even unleashed a large-scale restraining barrier towards the City Lord’s manor was purely to pick me up in order to take me to the Wraith realm?”

The old man smiled: “You’ve managed Void City very well and even got a group of true Combatants to stand on your side, this has proven your capabilities. However, compared to your Fate talent, all of this isn’t worth a single penny”

He sincerely spoke: “Fei Yue, your talent is the rarest in this Reality, only the Wraith realm can fully exert your power. Everything I’ve done over the past few years, I’ve done it for your sake, it had all been for your own good; even if you won’t recognize my efforts now, I would still continue to do so”

Fei Yue calmly responded: “If I did not have this Fate talent, if I only had mundane talents, would you still have spent so much effort?”

The old man opened his mouth wide, but couldn’t say anything.

Gu Qing Shan felt very confused and couldn’t help but turn to Xiao Die.

Xiao Die sensed his gaze, so she snuck a glance at him.

A second later, her voice sounded by Gu Qing Shan’s ear:

“I’ll explain to you through sending my voice——- but keep this to yourself, don’t tell anyone I told you”

Gu Qing Shan slightly nodded.

Xiao Die explained: “That’s Fei Yue’s father, the previous City Lord of Void City”

Gu Qing Shan was surprised: “What? Didn’t Fei Yue say that her father was dead?”

“She hates him”

“——Her family matters are complicated. In short, when Fei Yue displayed her Fate talent at a young age, the Wraith realm wanted to take her away, but Fei Yue’s mother didn’t let them”

“The wraiths promised numerous conditions as well as countless benefits, finally tempting Fei Yue’s father”

“But Fei Yue’s mother continued to reject them, as she wouldn’t trade away her daughter for anything in Reality”

“Later on, Fei Yue’s mother died of unknown causes, and the wraiths also backed down”

“Not too long later, the wraiths came to Void City again, seeking an audience with Fei Yue’s father. They made the offer for Fei Yue to get married to one of the three Wraith Lords when she grows up, making her the most authoritative woman in the Wraith realm”

“And her father agreed?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Not in the beginning, after the wraiths promised even more benefits, is when her father finally agreed”

“Fei Yue’s mother was also a powerful Fate Technician—— but her strength had already peaked, which pales in comparison to the talents that Fei Yue had displayed”

“I once personally investigated and found that to protect her, Fei Yue’s mother had to give up her life in order to drive the wraiths off. Later on, then Fei Yue’s father surrendered himself completely to the wraiths and took up long-term stay in the Wraith realm, many of Void City’s matters were left for Fei Yue to manage”

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “Why did she not flee?”

“I don’t know either, but most likely it was because she couldn’t——- when I came to Void City later on, I was discovered by the wraiths. Because I was a rare unique monster even among the ominous demons, the wraiths wanted to capture me; I had no one to rely on at the time, but I was fortunate to receive Fei Yue and the Ominous Demon Tower’s master help, which was why I gradually grew closer to Fei Yue”

“——-That’s the basic gist of it, it’s fine if you know, but definitely don’t spread it”

Xiao Die reminded him once again.

“I understand” Gu Qing Shan replied.

He quickly observed their surroundings and silently prepared a countermeasure.

——-the Great Flood is coming, but Fei Yue’s father has trapped everyone in Void City.

What comes after this would be the moment to decide everyone’s survival.

With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan turned to Fei Yue.

He saw Fei Yue’s gaze that was full of resolution to end everything, he understood her upcoming intentions.

This won’t be easy…

How am I supposed to break this situation and find a path to survival?

Gu Qing Shan’s thoughts quickly turned.

Suddenly, his gaze landed on the diamond statue.

This wraith had been restrained by his Life Talisman, the most he’d be able to do is answer one question.

Life Talisman…

Wait, Life Talisman?!