I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 549: Chapter 448: Interrogation and Illusion Infiltration (Double-Length)

Crack, crack.

Yasan’s hands were bound behind him with specially made Spiritual Energy chains by members of The Shadow Division. The faint blue glow from the chains suppressed his Spiritual Energy, gradually sapping his strength to struggle.

He looked up at the group of people in white before him, his eyes filled with terror—their speed was too fast, their aura stealthily eerie. He had never encountered such a force on Mingwang Planet.

Li Qi crouched halfway down in front of Yasan without immediately asking questions. He just stared into Yasan’s eyes, his gaze as cold and sharp as a blade, as if he wanted to dissect his inner thoughts completely.

Under this gaze, Yasan was on edge, instinctively wanting to dodge, but his head was pressed down by a member of The Shadow Division beside him, leaving him unable to move.

After a long silence, Li Qi finally spoke, his voice calm but carrying an irresistible pressure: “I need to know who you refer to as the ’Commander,’ how many troops your battle group has, their strength, particularly the number of High Tier combatants, and your true purpose for seeking the Ice Crystal Phoenix.”

With each word he spoke, Yasan’s heart contracted slightly.

He was well aware that this man before him was absolutely no easy mark. If he dared to conceal even half a word, he feared he’d die a more gruesome death than his fallen subordinates.

Yet at the thought of the Luoho Clan’s methods, he couldn’t help but hesitate. If he confessed, not only would he be doomed, his family might also be implicated.

Li Qi seemed to see through his thoughts, a faintly cold smile tugging at the corner of his mouth: “You may choose not to speak. But I must remind you, I have a hundred methods to make you spill everything you know, and the process will be more painful than you can imagine. Of course, if you choose to cooperate, at least you can die a quicker death.”

As his words fell, Li Qi motioned with a lift of his hand.

The Shadow Division member beside him immediately retrieved a small metal box from his pocket. After opening it, several vials glowing with dark green light were revealed, and a pungent smell pervaded the air.

Upon smelling this odor, Yasan’s face instantly turned ashen. He recognized it as “Mind Devouring Potion,” the notorious coercive potion of the interstellar black market. Once injected, it causes the sensation of the heart being gnawed, leading to a mental collapse.

“Now, have you decided?”

Li Qi’s gaze fell back onto Yasan, laden with a chilling pressure.

Yasan looked at the vial of dark green potion, and recalling the gruesome death of his men just moments ago, his heart trembled uncontrollably.

He knew full well he had no choice. In the face of such torture, he wouldn’t be able to hold out for long.

Rather than endure endless pain before confessing, he might as well speak the truth now and suffer less.

“I… I’ll talk!” Yasan finally gave up resisting and said despondently, “We are the ’Xue Dao Battle Group’ under the command of the Luoho Clan. The commander is named Karon, a Tier Six, Star 7, Silver Bloodline Spiritualist…”

Ten minutes later, Li Qi had all the information he wanted. Under Yasan’s desperate gaze, he slit his throat with a single stroke.

“Xue Dao Battle Group.”

Li Qi squinted his eyes. From Yasan’s description, this battle group’s strength wasn’t weak. Their numbers exceeded 1000, with two Tier Six Spiritualists serving as commander and deputy commander, four captains at Tier Five, sixteen squad leaders at Tier Four, and the rest mostly between Tier Two and Tier Three.

Of course, he couldn’t fully trust Yasan’s words; he still needed to corroborate the intelligence with that obtained by the other two teams.

What was certain was that, whether through the Poisonous Widow’s toxins or the old Ghost’s soul hypnosis, they could extract sufficiently credible intelligence from these people.

Thump, thump, thump.

At this moment, heavy footsteps came from afar.

Terreda led the fully armed Barbarian Warriors in a quick march. Though their physiques were formidable, they were still not as fast as the Night Demon Bloodline of The Shadow Division. Each of their battle armors was thick with snow, and the sweat on their foreheads froze into frost flowers upon emergence.

Terreda immediately noticed the several headless corpses in the snow and a smile of excitement spread across his face.

He knew that with Li Qi’s means, the key intelligence must have been secured, so he didn’t beat around the bush. Carrying the Zhanshou saber, he stepped forward and asked: “Li Qi, what exactly is the strength behind these scum? Can my brothers and I have a good battle?”

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but flex his wrists, joints cracking audibly.

Over the past few months settling near the Imperial Capital’s planets, due to the strict local control, they couldn’t even engage in high-intensity training, let alone actual combat. He felt his body was about to rust with all the pent-up strength.

Now, finally facing an enemy, he and the Barbarian Warriors behind him could hardly hold back, eager for a thorough, unrestrained battle to activate the belligerent factors in their bloodline.

“Rest assured, you’ll definitely get your fill!”

Li Qi gazed into the distance, his eyes exuding a hint of coldness.

…

“I’m a captain of the Xue Dao Battle Group,…”

A man with a brown stubbly beard spoke in a flat tone, eyes vacant as he recounted everything he knew. Opposite him, the old Ghost’s eyes glimmered with an eerie black light. With his Tier Six Spiritual Mind Master abilities, he could easily hypnotize a Tier Five Spirit Martial Artist to obtain the most reliable intelligence.

A few minutes later, the stubbled man’s vacant eyes regained clarity. Remembering what had just transpired, fear instantly surfaced in his eyes: “You… you…”

Before he could finish his sentence, a member of The Shadow Division behind him thrust a blade through the back of his head.

“Xue Dao Battle Group.”