"You want to know? Does that mean I have to tell you?"
"Chu Feng, who do you think you are?"
"So what if you have the Totem Dragon Clan backing you? So what if you kill me today?"
"I've already destroyed the Golden Dragon Flame Sect. Even if your grandmother is truly still alive, she must be suffering a fate worse than death."
"You've been clawing your way through life like a stray dog, all for the sake of revenge. And while you were scrambling to survive, I, Jia Lingyi, enjoyed every last bit of wealth and glory this world had to offer. My life has already been worth it, hahahaha…"
Jia Lingyi threw her head back and laughed, her attitude utterly brazen.
Watching her like this, even the bystanders were gritting their teeth. Jia Lingyi was truly despicable.
Yet Chu Feng's expression remained perfectly calm, as though everything Jia Lingyi had said had nothing to do with him.
"This Chu Feng — to possess such composure at his age, few young people could match it."
Watching the composed Chu Feng, Long Suqing's gaze grew ever more admiring. She knew it wasn't that Chu Feng felt no anger, but rather that he kept it buried deep within.
Anyone would feel rage, especially when facing an enemy. But the ability to conceal that fury within — that was true skill. Few among the older generation could manage it, let alone someone of the younger generation.
"Jia Lingyi, you've been running your mouth, but all you really want is a quick death. Do you think I, Chu Feng, would grant you that wish?"
Suddenly, the power of a barrier surged forth, and a formation gradually took shape in the air.
It was Chu Feng laying down a formation.
The formation was pitch black, and before it was even complete, everyone could feel that it was far from ordinary.
Even the still-brazen Jia Lingyi felt the corner of her mouth twitch involuntarily. She knew what Chu Feng was about to do.
Before long, the formation was complete. It stood like a platform of punishment beneath Jia Lingyi.
Clank, clank, clank—
Black chains materialized, bristling with countless barbed needles. The mere act of binding Jia Lingyi with these chains had already left her drenched in blood.
After Jia Lingyi was locked in place, numerous objects continued to rise from the formation — all manner of torture implements beyond counting, and even a host of venomous insects.
And then, under Chu Feng's command, these formation-wrought instruments and creatures alighted upon Jia Lingyi's body one by one.
Though Chu Feng's cultivation was far below Jia Lingyi's, the presence of that monstrous evil creature meant that Jia Lingyi was fully restrained, allowing Chu Feng's methods to take complete effect.
Chu Feng had never been one for mercy, especially when dealing with Jia Lingyi.
No matter how tough Jia Lingyi tried to act, under the torment of those formation instruments piercing through her flesh, screams of agony poured out of her without end.
"Who would've thought — for someone so young, Chu Feng sure knows his way around the art of torment."
Watching Jia Lingyi, reduced to a barely recognizable state, even Long Suqing and the others, who had been seething with fury, felt much of their anger dissipate.
But Jia Lingyi's stubbornness was real. Even after being tortured until her body was in tatters, barely recognizable as human, and with almost no strength left to even cry out, she still refused to break.
"This one — turns out she's quite the loyal type. Mouth tighter than I'd have guessed," the Queen remarked with pointed sarcasm.
"She's not being loyal. Someone like her couldn't care less about others. She knows her death is certain. Even if I don't kill her, the Totem Dragon Clan won't let her go. She's simply trying to spite me before she goes. She knows I want the identity of that woman, so she's determined not to tell me," Chu Feng said.
"Is that so? How truly despicable."
"Chu Feng, let me out," the Queen said indignantly.
It was obvious she wanted to personally take over the torture of Jia Lingyi.
"She's at her limit. If you take a turn, she'll die," Chu Feng said.
"So what if she dies? Wasn't the plan to kill her anyway?" the Queen replied.
"No. I've changed my mind. If she feared death, I would kill her. But since she doesn't fear it, I intend to let her live," Chu Feng said.
"Live?" The Queen faltered for a moment at those words.