Jue lowered his head, holding his breath and concentrating, doing his best to minimize his presence.
Perhaps Wang Liren himself didn't realize that he had completely ignored Jue, who was kneeling beside Huangban Changyi.
As an assassin hidden in the shadows, Jue had been trained from a young age on how to remain undiscovered. Even if a mission failed and he accidentally fell into enemy hands, as long as he could buy enough time, he could escape from any desperate situation!
In Jue's opinion, he had been in more dangerous situations than the current one, so he was able to maintain his composure and was not very panicked when he fell into Ye Ling's hands.
Although Jue believed he still had trump cards, unfortunately…
He had encountered Ye Ling and had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation.
Ye Ling glanced at Huangban Changyi and Jue, then chuckled, "It seems someone still hasn't listened to my words and wants to make a move under my nose."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Huangban Changyi thought Ye Ling was looking for an excuse to deal with him and was immediately startled, quickly saying, "Emperor, Emperor Lord, I haven't done anything, don't wrongly accuse me!"
Ye Ling said, "I didn't say it was you."
Jue, standing beside them, felt his pupils constrict slightly, realizing that his subtle actions had been exposed. He could no longer afford to gather strength and immediately left his body, his soul escaping and fleeing rapidly out of the room!
Although Jue abandoned his body with eighth-grade cultivation this time, as long as his soul remained intact, even if his body was destroyed, he could rebuild a new body with the help of the forces behind him in the future!
But if his soul were lost here, there would be no hope at all!
Jue calculated this account quite clearly.
Seeing Jue's soul escaping, a flicker of disappointment crossed Ye Ling's eyes. He sighed, "It seems your trump card, which you were secretly preparing, was this golden cicada shedding its shell… I actually had some expectations for you."
Ye Ling's disappointed voice reached Jue's ears, causing his soul to tremble. The fear he had suppressed in his heart began to surge!
This was a monster! He had to escape quickly!
Jue's mind was filled with only this thought. He couldn't care about anything else, and even began to burn his own soul, using the fastest speed of his life, just to escape this room!
Ye Ling in this room was a demon!
Just as Jue poured all his strength into his soul escaping the private room, a giant claw condensed from demonic energy surged out of the private room, easily catching up to Jue's soul and trapping him tightly.
"Damn it!" Caught by the demonic claw, Jue's face changed dramatically, and he struggled frantically.
But no matter how he struggled, it was useless. The demonic claw tightly bound his soul!
In the blink of an eye, Jue's soul was recaptured by Ye Ling and returned to his body.
Although the process from Jue's soul escaping to being recaptured by Ye Ling seemed long, it actually took less than a second.
From the moment Jue began to act until his actions failed, Huangban Changyi and Wang Liren in the private room did not react.
Seeing his soul return to his body and himself still kneeling before Ye Ling, despair welled up in Jue's eyes. He glared at Ye Ling and said, "What did you just do?"
When his soul was entangled by demonic energy, Jue felt an unprecedented coldness and fear!
Ye Ling's power was beyond his imagination!
"I didn't do anything," Ye Ling chuckled and beckoned to Jue.
Immediately, Jue felt an inexplicable force pulling his body, causing him to float uncontrollably to Ye Ling's front, suspended in mid-air.
Dark demonic energy surged from Ye Ling's body, forming chains around Jue and tightly wrapping around his neck, gradually constricting.
Ye Ling said indifferently to Jue, "I already gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
"Some things, after making the wrong choice once, cannot be regretted."
Jue, suspended in mid-air by Ye Ling, kicked his legs wildly and stared intently at Ye Ling, saying with difficulty, "Let… let me go…"
He could feel the demonic energy from the chains constantly eroding his brain, his mental defenses… were completely unable to block Ye Ling's power!
Kneeling behind them, Huangban Changyi watched Jue struggling in mid-air, his body trembling violently, even his pupils quivering.
He was completely consumed by fear!
Jue's strength was far greater than his, but even so… Jue was still suspended in mid-air like a dog, completely unable to resist…
Ye Ling had not been joking when he said he would search their souls if they didn't cooperate!
Wang Liren, who had been smiling merrily, dared not speak after seeing Jue's miserable state. He stood frozen in place, holding his breath, afraid of offending Ye Ling.
At this moment, Wang Liren was immensely grateful that he was on Ye Ling's side.
Although Ye Ling had a smile on his face, looking like a kind older brother next door, to Wang Liren and Huangban Changyi, Ye Ling now appeared more terrifying than a demon!
Soon, Ye Ling's demonic energy completely eroded Jue's brain and took control of his soul.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Even as a top assassin who had undergone rigorous training, Jue let out a piercing scream under the erosion of Ye Ling's demonic energy.
The pain caused by Ye Ling's demonic energy eroding the soul was simply unbearable for a human.
Jue's screams made Wang Liren and Huangban Changyi's hearts tremble, and they dared not breathe deeply.
Huangban Changyi lowered his head, clenching his pants tightly with both hands, his body trembling violently, fearing that it would be his turn next.
Although he was not the one suffering, the more miserable Jue's screams were, the more painful Huangban Changyi felt.
His spirit was tormented without respite.
Fortunately, the screams did not last long, and Ye Ling finished soul-searching Jue.
Throwing Jue, who was foaming at the mouth, to the ground, Ye Ling then said to the stunned Wang Liren, "Everything has been clarified. Qi Tan and the high-ranking officials of the Huang Department were all killed by Jue, and Nie Yi was one of the people who hired the assassin."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Wang Liren snapped back to reality, pursed his lips, and looked at Jue, who was convulsing on the ground, with disbelief.
He could hardly believe that the top assassin who had been stirring up trouble in Yang Country recently was lying before him, like Jue having an epileptic fit!
Ye Ling continued, "Jue has a killer organization called Wu Shi behind him, which seems to be secretly planning to replace the Huang Department and the Long Department. For this purpose, they have been making various moves. Recently, they have also sent some assassins into our Huaguo, so you had better notify the Long Department to be careful."
Wang Liren quickly nodded, "Understood, understood…"
Ye Ling said, "With Jue as a witness, Nie Yi can also be brought to justice. The key now is to integrate the strength of the branch and help it recover its vitality as soon as possible. These matters do not require my involvement."
Wang Liren continued, "I will definitely handle this matter as quickly as possible and will not delay the Emperor Lord's affairs!"
After all, the Long Department branch had very few people, and both Qi Tan and Nie Yi were the soul figures of the branch.
Now that Qi Tan was dead and Nie Yi was guilty, the branch's vitality was severely damaged, and the branch would inevitably be in a state of panic.
More importantly, Wang Liren did not believe that Nie Yi would surrender obediently. A person's counterattack before death was often the most terrifying.
However, Ye Ling was no longer concerned with all of this. His task was to help Wang Liren capture the assassin.
Now that Jue had fallen into their hands and the whole story was clear, the next step was to secure evidence and bring Nie Yi down.
Wang Liren could handle the rest on his own, and Ye Ling did not need to worry.
What was important to Ye Ling now was to deal with the Huang Department and make it serve him.
Ye Ling looked at Huangban Changyi, who was still full of fear, and chuckled, "Old man, in Jue's memory, those dead high-ranking officials of the Huang Department were all invited by you to do it."
"What exactly are you thinking? Tell me."
"I, I…"
Huangban Changyi's face turned ashen, and he looked at Ye Ling in terror, knowing that no one could save him now. He completely gave up resisting and kowtowed to Ye Ling, "I'll confess everything… I only beg Emperor Lord to spare my life."