The men's bodies trembled uncontrollably, their eyes filled with extreme fear as they looked at Lin Xiaotian, feeling as though the person before them was a terrifying entity.
The twig in Lin Xiaotian's hand struck them more than ten times with incredible speed.
Everyone present immediately felt a heart-wrenching pain spreading from all over their bodies. However, before they could even let out a scream, Lin Xiaotian had already sealed their mute acupoints.
"Let me see what time it is, still howling and wailing here. You're disturbing the peace like this."
"So it's better for you to be quiet for a while."
The men trembled uncontrollably from the pain, like sieves shaking violently. Their hearts were filled with extreme fear, for they knew that escaping their fate today was likely impossible.
Lin Xiaotian's smile grew brilliant. "Little master has given you a surprise, are you satisfied?"
The few men almost cursed him aloud. Was this what he called a surprise?
They felt as if they had descended into the eighteenth level of hell, and the suffering would be no worse than this. This was truly a fate worse than death.
Lin Xiaotian said with a smile, "This pain is merely the beginning. Don't be too surprised by this little appetizer. You'll soon know what it truly means to be worse off than dead."
"Don't rush, we have plenty of time to play slowly."
"As little master told you earlier, your actions have crossed my bottom line. What you will endure next is true suffering."
"I hope you have strong bones and can play with me properly for a while."
These words struck the men's hearts, making their livers and hearts tremble. Fear had completely enveloped them.
If they were given another chance, they would never have appeared before Lin Xiaotian. Even if they had only a few seconds before encountering Lin Xiaotian, it would have been enough for them to end their own lives.
Now, they would rather die than continue to endure this. Every passing second felt like an eternity.
Lin Xiaotian saw the expressions in their eyes and his smile became even more radiant.
"Regretting it?"
"But it's too late to regret. Since you've already done those things, you must pay the corresponding price."
"Little master has long seen that you guys don't have much useful information. You probably only know who your boss behind you is."
"And although you all have decent strength, you are no match for me."
Their current pain had reached its peak. It was not just the agony from the poison, but more so the amplified pain from Lin Xiaotian's twig strikes, magnified almost a hundredfold. This pain had reached its extreme, and a few of them could not bear it and died from the agony.
Lin Xiaotian shook his head with a look of pity. "We've just started playing, and you can't take it anymore. Your physical condition is too poor."
"Now I'll give you an opportunity. If you honestly confess, perhaps I can let you leave this world painlessly. If you continue to be stubborn, I don't mind giving you an unforgettable lesson that will make you remember it in your next life."
"And you might not even be able to be human in your next life, after all, your hands are stained with blood. In your current state, if you go to hell, you'll likely be directly cast into the eighteenth level of hell, never to reincarnate."
After speaking, he casually waved his hand, and the twig in his hand broke into more than a dozen pieces, which he then inserted into their acupoints.
At this moment, the pain lessened significantly, and a look of relief involuntarily appeared on their faces.
Lin Xiaotian directly stepped on one of their faces and asked with a smile, "Tell me who your boss is, why are you looking for trouble with me, and what do you want to get from me?"
As he said this, the man trembled and replied, "Today, I only know that our boss's surname is Zhao. I don't even know his full name. I was just tricked into coming here."
"He said that if we could help him with this task, he would give us great benefits, including cultivation resources..."
Lin Xiaotian suddenly applied force with his foot, and the man's voice abruptly stopped, followed by the sound of bones breaking.
The man's eyes widened completely, and he died with a look of bewilderment.
Lin Xiaotian's smiling gaze turned to another person. From the beginning, he had recognized this person as the leader among them.
The previous actions were just him playing around.
"He didn't provide me with any useful information, just spouted useless nonsense. Little master was too lazy to listen. Now I'm giving you a chance. Are you going to tell me something? Preferably not the same thing as him."
"Don't worry, I absolutely won't kill you, because you are the leader of all of them, and you know the most information."
"If you don't want to answer now, that's fine. I'll come back later to ask slowly."
The leader appeared to be in his forties, with a ferocious scar on his face. His eyes were filled with extreme terror.
If Lin Xiaotian were to come back later and ask, he would definitely not let him lie peacefully on the ground like this. He would likely use the same methods as before to make him wish he were dead.
At this moment, he said with a trembling voice, "I say, our boss behind us is Zhao Feipeng. He usually provides me with resources for my cultivation, and any problems that cannot be solved are handled by me."
"And all these people around me are my friends whom I gathered. They are all acting tonight for another matter."
"As you should know, we want to take away the woman beside you, mainly to exchange for something you have. I'm not too clear about what it is, Zhao Feipeng didn't tell me. He just ordered me to do it."
"If tonight's task is completed, we will all be happy and go to cultivate with more resources. If it fails, we might face even greater trouble. I don't know who is behind Zhao Feipeng, but I know he has a powerful expert by his side, at least at the legendary realm."
"Therefore, I can't make any waves in front of him and can only obediently do as he says."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaotian's eyes narrowed slightly. The name Zhao Feipeng was quite familiar to him, as he had heard of this person before.
"Although you are very cooperative, the information you've given me is very limited. What do you think I should do with you next?"
"How about I give you a choice!"