Once he had confirmed that his body was fine, Chu Feng turned his gaze to the cage formation in his hand.
"Oh ho, this freak actually tried to escape?"
"Good thing I woke up in time, or this freak would've gotten away."
Looking at the formation in his hand, a cold smirk curved the corner of Chu Feng's lips.
That was because Chu Feng had discovered that although Jiang Kongping was trapped, the guy hadn't been idle — he had been trying to find a way to break the formation the entire time.
And he had already found a method to do so. Had Chu Feng not awakened when he did, given a little more time, Jiang Kongping would have not only broken through Chu Feng's cage formation, but also freed himself from Chu Feng's restraints.
At that point, the one in trouble would have been Chu Feng himself.
So Chu Feng crushed the cage formation without hesitation, then flicked his sleeve and tossed Jiang Kongping onto the ground.
"Brother, let's talk this out nicely — please don't hit me."
"Actually, have you ever considered that you might have the wrong idea about me?"
"I know you might not believe what I say, but I still have to tell you."
"I do indeed have certain peculiar hobbies that are hard for ordinary people to understand, but those dead guys weren't good people either."
"They were all terrible criminals who had committed heinous acts. I captured them to punish them — I was carrying out justice on behalf of heaven."
"I was using my own special methods to punish the wicked and promote the good."
Once Jiang Kongping had been thrown out, he immediately began begging Chu Feng for mercy, and his attitude was thoroughly polite — nothing at all like his previous arrogance.
Though that was understandable.
He might be a Dragon Transformation level eight Spirit World Master, but his injuries were far too severe, and on top of that he was restrained by Chu Feng. In his current state, he had virtually no fighting power left against Chu Feng.
"Take a good look — do I look like a fool to you?"
Chu Feng pointed at his own face and asked.
"Brother, it's precisely because I can see how brilliant and mighty you are that I'm telling you the honest truth."
Jiang Kongping gave a sheepish grin.
"Is that so?"
Chu Feng let out a cold laugh.
Then he clenched his right hand, and as the power of the barrier surged forth, a barbed whip materialized in his grip.
"I don't care about those dead people. You tried to break my formation and escape — did you think I didn't know?"
With that, Chu Feng swung his arm.
Crack, crack, crack—
He lashed out at Jiang Kongping with a flurry of strikes.
And these were no light blows — each lash of the whip left a ghastly wound across Jiang Kongping's body.
After so many strikes, Jiang Kongping was quickly reduced to a bloody, mangled mess, flesh torn open in every direction.
"Brother, I was wrong! I was wrong! I won't dare do it again — I'll never try to escape again, just please spare me!"
Jiang Kongping screamed in agony, crying out between pleas for mercy.
And after his round of begging, Chu Feng did indeed stop.
"Jiang Kongping, let me make this clear — if you want to keep suffering, then behave yourself. When I ask you something, you answer honestly."
"Of course, of course, brother! As long as you don't hit me, anything goes — ask me whatever you want and I'll tell you everything," Jiang Kongping said, his voice dripping with grievance. He was practically a different person from before.
"That man in black — who is he?" Chu Feng asked.
The reason Chu Feng was curious about the man in black was that he suspected the man wasn't from the Alchemy Dao Immortal Sect.
But the man in black had used bizarre techniques, and his combat power — capable of fighting three full levels above his own — was truly astonishing. Chu Feng very much wanted to know where he came from.
"That man in black?"
"Brother, what if I told you I don't know him — would you believe me?" Jiang Kongping said.
"Not telling the truth?"
Even as he spoke, Chu Feng swung the whip once more, cracking it hard against Jiang Kongping.
"Don't hit me, don't hit me! I really don't know! I swear on my entire family if I'm lying!" Jiang Kongping grimaced through the pain, and to prove his innocence, he even swore a vicious oath invoking his family.
From the look on his face, it seemed he truly didn't know who the man in black was.
So Chu Feng stopped.