“Who am I?”
Upon hearing Shan Bu’s words, Ye Ling smiled faintly, and demonic energy surged from his palm into Shan Bu’s mind.
Instantly, Shan Bu felt a massive surge of spiritual energy flooding his mind, ravaging his spirit.
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Shan Bu let out a piercing scream, his voice immediately drowning out the sounds of other demons fighting in the square.
For a moment, the demons stopped their slaughter and all looked at Shan Bu and Ye Ling, stunned.
Nan Batian was also bewildered. He thought he had fallen into Shan Bu’s trap and was close to death. Now, two powerful figures had suddenly appeared, easily subduing Shan Bu and saving his life…
Moreover, seeing Ye Ling and Ye You’s appearances, Nan Batian was absolutely certain they were the ones who had instantly killed Xu Gui and the Great Peng Demon Saint in Mount Shu!
Why were they here?
Upon seeing Ye Ling and Ye You appear, Nan Batian’s joy of escaping death instantly turned into boundless fear.
“Town… Town Chief?” The other demons, seeing Shan Bu’s pained expression, exchanged glances, unsure whether to continue fighting or go to Shan Bu’s rescue.
Shan Bu, however, could not withstand the pain under Ye Ling’s spiritual energy impact. With a contorted face, he roared at the surrounding demons, “What are you all doing? Hurry up and save me!”
As Shan Bu spoke, the demons reacted. They all raised their weapons and charged towards Ye Ling, “Brothers, let’s go together and save the Town Chief!”
Ye Ling, with one hand still pressing on the struggling Shan Bu, didn’t have time to attack the other demons. Ye You, on the other hand, turned into an illusion and weaved through the crowd.
Within a few breaths, all the demons who had charged at Ye Ling were knocked to the ground, writhing in pain.
The other demons who hadn’t had time to attack, seeing the miserable state of their companions, all swallowed hard and involuntarily took a step back, no longer daring to advance.
Seeing this, a trace of despair flashed in Shan Bu’s eyes.
If his true body were here, why would he suffer such pain?
Although the body Shan Bu was currently in, held by Ye Ling, was merely a clone, this clone was connected to the true body’s soul.
While this connection was very weak, and even if the clone died, it wouldn’t affect the true body, the true body would still suffer any mental blow the clone endured!
Just as Shan Bu could no longer bear the pain inflicted by Ye Ling and was about to sever the connection with his true body, Ye Ling suddenly withdrew all his spiritual energy and released him.
“You… you…” Freed, Shan Bu collapsed weakly onto the ground, his body convulsing, unable to utter a complete sentence.
Nan Batian looked at Ye Ling and Ye You with a guilty conscience and said cautiously, “My lords…”
Ye Ling glanced at Nan Batian, instantly making Nan Batian stand at attention, extremely nervous.
Just being stared at by Ye Ling’s gaze, Nan Batian felt an unimaginable pressure.
Ye Ling asked, “Why did this goat demon want to kill you to silence you, to cover up what?”
Under Ye Ling’s direct gaze, Nan Batian swallowed hard and quickly knelt before Ye Ling, trembling, “Reporting to my lord, I truly know nothing!”
“You don’t know?” Ye Ling raised an eyebrow. “Do you think I’m easily fooled, or do you want to experience what this goat demon just felt?”
Hearing Ye Ling’s words, Nan Batian shivered and exclaimed, “My lord, spare me! I truly don’t know what Shan Bu was talking about. Perhaps he was just spouting nonsense!”
At this moment, Nan Batian felt truly wronged.
In the Ancient Demon Town, he had always been at odds with Shan Bu. The two mutually disliked each other and harbored deep animosity, wishing to devour each other alive.
Otherwise, Nan Batian wouldn’t have attacked Mount Shu without informing Shan Bu and the other residents of the town.
After all, if they had brought all the demons of the Ancient Demon Town to attack Mount Shu together, their chances of victory would have been greater.
“Oh? You truly don’t know?” Ye Ling asked Nan Batian again.
Nan Batian trembled, “I truly don’t know. I implore my lord to see the truth!”
Seeing Nan Batian’s terrified expression, Ye You couldn’t help but whisper to Ye Ling, “Brother, I think that tiger demon really doesn’t know anything. Could it be that the goat demon was just making things up?”
“Whether it’s made up or not, soul searching will tell.”
Nan Batian was one of the culprits behind the disaster at Mount Shu. Ye Ling showed him no mercy. With a wave of his hand, he directly pulled Nan Batian towards him.
Ye Ling grabbed Nan Batian’s head, and a large amount of demonic energy surged into his body, invading his soul.
“My… my lord, spare me… Ahhhhhhh!”
Nan Batian also let out an extremely piercing scream, which made the surrounding demons’ livers and gallbladders crack with fear!
Both Shan Bu and Nan Batian were top-tier great demons of the Ancient Demon Town, possessing peak seventh-grade, near eighth-grade strength. No demon in the Ancient Demon Town dared to provoke them!
Yet now, both Shan Bu and Nan Batian were like toys in front of Ye Ling, being tormented at will, without any ability to resist…
If even Shan Bu and Nan Batian were like this, the other demons naturally dared not act presumptuously. They all put away their weapons, fearing that Ye Ling would target them.
Soon, Ye Ling finished soul searching Nan Batian and frowned slightly.
Ye You asked curiously, “Brother, did you find anything?”
Ye Ling shook his head, “In Nan Batian’s cognition, there was nothing noteworthy. Even his sudden alliance with Xu Gui to attack Mount Shu was merely a whim…”
Ye You: “Then Shan Bu was just spouting nonsense?”
“Not necessarily.” Ye Ling released Nan Batian, who was foaming at the mouth, and looked at Shan Bu, who was lying on the ground. “Perhaps Nan Batian was deceived by someone without realizing it. Let’s investigate this mastermind further.”
Seeing Ye Ling’s gaze return to him, Shan Bu’s pupils contracted sharply. Before he could sever the connection between his clone and his true body, he was also sucked into Ye Ling’s hand, his soul invaded.
“Damn… damn it…”
Shan Bu’s expression contorted as he desperately resisted Ye Ling’s spiritual energy. However, the defenses he had constructed were utterly vulnerable before Ye Ling’s power, failing to delay him even for a moment.
Unimaginable pain assaulted Shan Bu’s soul, quickly causing him to lose his sanity and scream piercingly.
“Brother, did you gain anything?” Ye You asked after Ye Ling finished soul searching.
Ye Ling still shook his head, frowning, “No useful information.”
In Shan Bu’s memory, Nan Batian’s attack on Mount Shu was instigated by him. His current desire to kill Nan Batian was to distance himself from the Mount Shu incident and consolidate his position in the Ancient Demon Town.
Ye Ling already knew this information when he rescued Xu Lingzhi and Xu Changsheng, meaning he gained nothing from Shan Bu.
Moreover, Shan Bu was a clone of a True Martial realm expert. He had no reason to engage in deceitful schemes with a seventh-grade demon beast in this town.
Ye Ling released Shan Bu and said in a deep voice, “However… I feel something is not quite right.”
“What’s not right?” Ye You asked.
Ye Ling said, “In Shan Bu’s memory, there is no information about the people from the Shadow Hall. He doesn’t even know why he could control the demons to go berserk, simply taking it for granted.”
“It looks as if someone has altered his memory.”
“No… it’s not altering memories!” Ye Ling paused, then suddenly remembered something.
Ye You asked, confused, “Brother?”
Ye Ling’s heart stirred, and then he placed his hand on Shan Bu’s head again, his spiritual energy invading it, analyzing its structure.