Gu Qigu Li clearly didn't believe Zhang Wei's skills and insisted on experiencing it himself.
With Zhang Wei's current craftsmanship, let alone three thousand six hundred cuts, even adding another zero would be fine.
Starting from the severed lower leg, slices of flesh were peeled away inch by inch. Each cut was excruciating pain, but after a hundred cuts, only two jin of flesh had been removed.
"Avoid the vital organs, and you can withstand tens of thousands of cuts. Tell me where Mo Du is early, and I can give you a quick end!"
"Yun Guo... Yong... Si... Si... Fu..."
Under the severe pain, Gu Qigu Li's consciousness was already very blurry, but he still clung to his belief.
Although Zhang Wei disliked the so-called Yun Guo, his subordinates were loyal.
"He's truly a tough guy!"
Zhang Wei reluctantly gave up on the lingering death punishment. Those who could endure a hundred cuts would not be different from enduring thousands. This punishment was originally for deterrence, and it had little effect on people with faith.
Perhaps, sparing his life was also an option; he might be useful in the future.
Zhang Wei waved his hand and directly threw Gu Qigu Li into the right side hall, where time was frozen, preventing him from dying from excessive blood loss.
Zhang Wei came outside the building and looked up, seeing corpses everywhere!
Whether it was the Northern Wolf Soldiers or the Black List, they had all been defeated! Only scattered resistance was still ongoing.
Rows of prisoners were tied up and thrown onto the Giant Winged Skylarks.
Looking up, the sky was filled with skylarks carrying prisoners. They were all heading in the same direction, presumably back to the Cloud Kingdom.
"The number of people is too large. Was Mo Du in one of them, or has he already been taken away?"
"This is troublesome, I need to find a way."
"Judging from the previous actions of the True Monarch of the Clouds, their goal should be the chefs from the north... This means that Tang Zhihun and the others are also gone, it seems they were captured too."
The geographical conditions of the Cloud Kingdom provided natural barriers, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to enter.
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei suddenly had an idea!
In a corner...
Wolfgang was tied up with an artistic flair. The slender grass ropes were exceptionally strong, and even with Wolfgang's astonishing strength, he couldn't break free.
But this did not affect Wolfgang's output!
"You ugly freaks, let me go! If you have the guts, fight me one on one!"
"Damn it, I'll beat all you ugly losers!"
"No martial ethics, you ambushed me!"
A mutated person was extremely annoyed by Wolfgang, but the noble status of a chef prevented it from acting rashly.
The mutated person seemed to have thought of something and walked towards Wolfgang with a sinister grin.
"You... what are you doing?"
The mutated person pulled off his scabbed, smelly sock and, in Wolfgang's horrified eyes, stuffed the smelly sock into Wolfgang's mouth!
Tears of humiliation flowed immediately. Wolfgang had never endured such treatment...
Uz, the head chef of Dili Fresh and a fellow captive, saw this and burst into laughter: "I say, Wolfgang, you're still so arrogant even when captured, who else would they deal with if not you?"
"Exactly, exactly..."
A sudden voice sounded behind Uzi, startling him.
Turning around, Zhang Wei had appeared at some point, also covered in grass ropes.
"Yo, isn't this the King of Northern Chefs? When did you get captured?"
Zhang Wei chuckled: "By chance, I could have escaped."
"Your ropes are a bit loose."
Zhang Wei rolled his eyes. He tied them himself, so why wouldn't they be loose?
This was already a display of great skill!
Zhang Wei coughed lightly and casually explained: "Perhaps the person who captured me was not very skilled."
The captured prisoners numbered in the tens of thousands this time, including contestants from the Black List and the North, their assistants, and a large number of spectators.
Among the spectators were many apprentice low-level chefs and high-ranking officials from various factions, all of great value.
With such numbers, the scene was chaotic, and Zhang Wei managed to blend in smoothly.
...
The skylark spread its wings and soared upwards!
Looking at the cloudscape in the sky, Zhang Wei felt a sense of anticipation.
The skylarks were enormous, with a speed of about eighty kilometers per hour. After flying for two days, Zhang Wei arrived at a majestic mountain peak.
"Where is this..."
Uzi, standing beside him, said, "Lieyang Mountain!"
"I've heard of it, it seems to be on the border of the North."
Uzi responded, "This is the highest peak in the North. The cliffs are steep, and it's difficult for ordinary people to reach. When I was an apprentice, I followed my master's orders and climbed this mountain with my bare hands!"
Climbing training?
What a bizarre teaching method. Zhang Wei found it incomprehensible.
Uzi suddenly asked, "How do you think we should enter the Cloud Kingdom?"
"Fly up?"
"According to ancient texts, the world above the clouds is strange and unpredictable. To enter, one must pass through many trials. How could it be so simple? If one could fly up, with so many people having flying beasts, wouldn't they be able to step into the Cloud Kingdom easily?"
Zhang Wei thought about it and found it reasonable.
Fortunately, he hadn't acted rashly, otherwise, it would have been difficult to get in.
...
At the summit of Lieyang Mountain, there was a large celestial pool where many mutated beings were busy working.
Numerous skylarks landed, eating and resting. The prisoners were confined in cages.
"It seems we will soon know the method to enter the Cloud Kingdom."
Under the watchful eyes of Zhang Wei and Uzi, staff members pushed cages and threw them, one by one, into the celestial pool.
Sounds of distress kept coming, and bubbles never stopped appearing on the water's surface.
"Pfft~"
This operation shocked everyone, and their discussions were filled with fear.
"They're capturing people just to sink them? Are they crazy!"
"Damn it, I don't want to die!"
"Could it be some kind of cult ritual, sacrificing chefs?"
"Maybe there's a water monster in the lake..."
"Wuwu~ I don't want to die yet."
Soon, it was Zhang Wei and the others' turn.
Before the cage entered the water, Zhang Wei took a deep breath. With Zhang Wei's lung capacity, he should be able to hold on for half an hour.
The lake water submerged everyone's bodies.
The lake water was very clear, and it was fine even to open one's eyes.
Everything in the water had a sapphire blue hue, with swimming fish and aquatic plants, creating a beautiful spectacle.
The iron cage descended rapidly. Unlike the calm surface, the water flow at the lower levels was extremely fast!
Spiral vortices clung to the cage, causing immediate dizziness and confusion!
Everything around them instantly became blurry and dark, and they were sucked by the vortex to an unknown location.
In an instant, the sky and earth brightened.
Zhang Wei actually saw a clear blue sky!
Looking around, the cage was tumbling in the sky, and next to it was a rising, giant column of water, like a fountain!
"I was sucked in by the vortex just now... and now I've been spit out by the spring water?"
"Could this be an underground world?"
Looking at the cloudless sky, Zhang Wei shook his head and dismissed this idea.