Cultivation by Trial and Error
Chapter 651: 644: Forcing a Confession
Chapter 651: Chapter 644: Forcing a Confession
Inside the Ten Thousand Mountains, within a certain mountain valley.
A bonfire blazed fiercely, and a Wolf Demon of the Demon Clan, covered in wounds and at death’s door, lay on the ground.
Nearby, strewn haphazardly, were the corpses of four or five demon beasts; some of the Demon Corpses were left with nothing but stark White Bone, their flesh meticulously stripped clean.
Wafts of meaty aroma lingered in the valley, and atop a simple rack above the bonfire, one of the Wolf Demon’s thighs was already roasted to a golden, dripping gleam.
“Speak, where has Demon King Chili gone? I don’t like to force others, so don’t make me do things I dislike!”
One of Chen Hai’s Avatars sat before the bonfire.
In his hand, the stick skewering the Wolf Demon’s thigh was occasionally flipped, ensuring more even heating on the Wolf Demon’s leg.
Among the seven or eight Avatars he had split off, this one sitting here was the strongest.
When they first entered the Ten Thousand Mountains, all Avatars were indeed cautious, only seeking to gather information, not wanting to provoke trouble.
However, as they delved deeper into the Ten Thousand Mountains, they found it impossible to hide their tracks.
After spending much time and energy, aside from learning that a Demon King named Chili indeed led the Demon Clan within the Ten Thousand Mountains, they managed to uncover nothing else.
As time ticked away, Chen Hai also began to grow anxious.
Not wanting to give up halfway, he directly ordered his Avatars to capture and forcibly interrogate captives.
The Wolf Demon, covered in wounds, lying on the ground with one leg severed and roasting golden and dripping over the fire, was a True-Level Demon Clan member that Chen Hai had finally managed to capture.
The whereabouts of Demon King Chili were unknown to those weaker, ordinary members of the Demon Clan.
Chen Hai had also thought of using the Heavenly Mechanism Technique to divine Demon King Chili’s location, but unfortunately, since Demon King Chili was much stronger than him, his divinations failed to yield any accurate results.
After entering the Ten Thousand Mountains, his many Avatars had already scattered.
This time, the many Blood and Flesh Avatars Chen Hai had split off lacked strength, only one or two of them were capable of capturing a True-Level Demon Clan alive.
Those demon corpses lying on the ground were the Wolf Demon’s companions; the information coerced from them turned out to be of little value.
Reducing a living Demon Clan member to nothing but Demon Bone, Chen Hai’s main purpose was solely to make an example of one to intimidate the others.
“Human, if you have the guts, just kill me. To hope I would betray Demon King Chili, you’re delusional. There’s absolutely no chance!”
In his eyes, filled with hatred and poison, the Wolf Demon glared at Chen Hai, roaring.
“Why do some people always reject a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit?”
“Unwilling to tell me Demon King Chili’s whereabouts, I guess you just haven’t eaten, not enough strength to talk to me!”
“No worries, I’ve always been kind-hearted, come on, let’s fill your stomach first!”
Grabbing the Wolf Demon’s thigh—which was now seven to eight parts cooked—Chen Hai stood up and walked in front of the Wolf Demon.
Tearing off a chunk of the thigh meat, he pried open the Wolf Demon’s huge jaw and forcibly stuffed the meat into its mouth.
As if worried the Wolf Demon could not swallow, he considerately squeezed its neck and forcefully patted its back several times.
Not until he was sure the large chunk of meat had gone into its belly did he finally let go.
“Beast, beast! Forcing me to eat my own flesh, there’s nothing you humans wouldn’t do!”
“If I manage to escape death by luck this time, I will annihilate your nine generations.”
After retching for a moment, the Wolf Demon howled in rage.
His eyes seemed ready to devour someone; if a glare could kill, Chen Hai would’ve been torn to shreds countless times by now.
“Your Demon Clan likes eating meat, don’t they?”
“Feasting on the flesh of our human race, you laugh; eating your own flesh, you protest. Where is the logic in this world?”
“You can still dine on this thigh for a while. My roasting skills should be decent; what do you think of the taste?”
“Reveal the whereabouts of Demon King Chili, and I’ll grant you a swift end. Otherwise, once the thigh is eaten, we still have arms, and I’ll make you watch yourself being eaten bit by bit!”
Without any rush, Chen Hai once again tore a piece of meat from the wolf’s leg, and from his stance, it seemed like he was ready to shove it into the mouth of the Wolf Demon.
“You want me to betray Demon King Chili, impossible, absolutely impossible!” The Wolf Demon roared repeatedly in anger.
An hour later.
“Lord Demon King has gone to Cang Mountain Territory, human, give me a swift end, kill me…”
The Demon Clan is ferocious and tyrannical, but they still have their limits of endurance. Watching as his own body was roasted by Chen Hai and then forcibly fed into his mouth, to be eaten bit by bit by himself.
The Wolf Demon before him finally completely collapsed and honestly divulged the whereabouts of Demon King Chili. Then, with a close of his eyes, he wished for nothing but death.
“He went to Cang Mountain Territory? No wonder I couldn’t find him inside the Ten Thousand Mountains despite searching for so long!”
Stunned, Chen Hai nodded his head.
As a man of his word, he didn’t continue to torment the Wolf Demon before him, and with a slap, he directly smashed his head.
…
In the ruins of a city adjacent to the Ten Thousand Mountains within Cang Mountain Territory,
a swarming mass of the Demon Clan occupied every corner of the ruins, with a dense scent of blood permeating the entire territory.
On the ground, broken corpses could be seen everywhere, with white bones scattered all around, the entire territory was largely stained with dark red by fresh blood.
Inside a palace that had collapsed to its half,
Demon King Chili sat in the chief position, his gaze sinister as it swept over several people below him.
“A bunch of trash, to be stalled here by a human Earth Immortal, unable to advance even an inch,” he huffed with discontent.
“Lord Demon King, that Zi Feng of the Earth Immortals has already been in the Perfect Realm for many years.”
“It is said that he once attempted to break through to the Heavenly Immortal level, but failed.”
“In terms of strength, to call him half a step into the Heavenly Immortal level wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all.”
…
The speaker had a sharp chin and was covered in black fur, though he had a human form, his behavior was much like that of a large macaque.
“Stop making excuses, incompetence is incompetence. That Earth Immortal Zi Feng you spoke of, where is he?”
“Coming from the Ten Thousand Mountains, I have been stationed here for almost half a month, and that Zi Feng, I haven’t even seen a shadow.”
“Who knows whether what you said is true or false?”
With a gloomy face, Demon King Chili sneered.
“Lord Demon King, that Earth Immortal Zi Feng must have already received news of your arrival and gone into hiding!”
“Yes, it must be so, otherwise, why would he, who used to show up every day, suddenly disappear without a trace?”
“Lord Chili is so powerful and dominating, we can’t begin to compare with you!”
Several Earth-level demons in the hall looked at each other and hurriedly spoke, explaining.
The news of this place being conveyed back to the Ten Thousand Mountains, the arrival of Demon King Chili was actually silent and unnoticed.
Even among the other demons who invaded the Cang Mountain Territory, apart from the few Earth-level ones in the hall, none were aware of his arrival.
The reason for this was that Chili was concerned that if those human Earth Immortals knew he was coming, they would flee and not show up anymore.
But now, his subordinates were actually saying that the news of his arrival had leaked…
With a cold snort, Demon King Chili was about to scold his subordinates.
“Demon King Chili, come out and meet your death!” Just at this moment, a roar thundered through the heavens.
That roar rolled like thunder, reaching the ears of everyone within the hall.