I Can Devour Spirits

Jiang Zhe’s face darkened. He hadn’t expected that the scrawny, decrepit old man before him was indeed a member of the Filthy Blood Sect. Judging by the deep crimson hue of the blood threads squirming all over this person, it seemed the realm of the Filthy Blood Divine Skill wasn’t low.

Duan Rong looked at Yang Zhen and said, ”Chain him up with iron chains and lock him in the dungeon.”

Xu Dongyang, seeing himself exposed, collapsed like a pile of mud in utter defeat.

When he was captured outside the city by those Iron Cavalry Soldiers, he still held a sliver of hope in his heart. Because he had hidden himself fairly well, even though this major case had been uncovered, it wouldn’t necessarily lead to suspicion falling upon him.

But he never thought that the guy named Duan Rong in front of him seemed to have him completely pegged.

Now that he’s been exposed, the outcome is undoubtedly fatal.

Yang Zhen found some iron chains and securely tied Xu Dongyang up, then shoved him toward the dungeon.

After Yang Zhen left, Duan Rong looked at Jiang Zhe and said, ”Senior brother, since your injuries are no longer a problem, you should take charge of the investigation.”

Duan Rong naturally noticed the slight displeasure that had just flashed across Jiang Zhe’s face.

Recalling Xu Dongyang’s incident just now, Jiang Zhe smiled, ”Duan, my junior brother, I think we should handle it together. After all, I’ve just arrived here and don’t know Xianggu County’s situation very well. When handling the case, some things might be misjudged.”

Duan Rong felt slightly moved. This remark from Jiang Zhe already seemed like a self-critique of his previous judgment on Xu Dongyang. This person wasn’t arrogant or conceited.

Duan Rong said, ”Alright then. I’ll just assist you!”

Jiang Zhe patted Duan Rong on the shoulder and said, ”Junior brother Duan, you just said we should start from the County Government Office, right?”

Duan Rong nodded and said, ”Yes. Strike at the snake’s vital spot. The County Government Office is where filth gathers the most!”

”Good! Then we’ll start from the County Government Office.” With that, Jiang Zhe, along with Duan Rong and Yuanye, headed toward the County Government Office.

Bai Yuan and Lu Jin were still channeling Qi to heal wounds by the large pit in the street, while Shen Mizi and Liu Shushan were merely there to watch.

Ximen Kankan, on the other hand, followed the crowd, heading to the County Government Office to watch the commotion.

The entire County Government Office had already been tightly surrounded by iron cavalry clad in heavy armor.

Everyone in the County Government Office, including clerks, constables, government constables, maids, and the ones doing miscellaneous tasks, were all detained on the open ground in front of the main hall, crammed together. Under the light of the torches, one could see nothing but a mass of black heads.

Jiang Zhe, Duan Rong, and Yuanye entered through the main gate of the County Government Office.

Looking at the dense crowd of people, Jiang Zhe said, ”Junior brother Duan, with so many people, how should we conduct the investigation? Do you have any ideas?”

Duan Rong smiled faintly and suddenly started walking along the dense crowd.

He stopped at one point, pointed to someone in the crowd, and said, ”You, come out!”

The person hesitated for a moment but sluggishly stepped out of the crowd and stood aside.

This person who came out was none other than the clerk who welcomed Wei Ziyan.

Duan Rong took a few more steps and pointed out another person. This was Ding Xingxing, the Chief Constable from the County Government Office and Sun Qian’s confidant from Prefecture City.

Previously, Sun Qian tasked Ding Xingxing to investigate Duan Rong and Xiao Yu’s social connections. He had seen portraits of Duan Rong, and he recognized Duan Rong at a glance.

However, he couldn’t have anticipated that Sun Qian, Xu Dian, Bai Rong, and others were all killed by this person. According to the information he gathered, this person was only in the Great Success Realm of the Inner Breath Realm three years ago. How could it be that in just three years, he had achieved such terrifying power?

Then, Duan Rong pointed out two more people.

Now there were four people standing outside the crowd.

Duan Rong had been surveilling the County Government Office daily for these past few days, and he suspected these four individuals.

Jiang Zhe and Yuanye looked at the four standing outside the crowd with peculiar expressions. They didn’t understand why Duan Rong singled out these four immediately.

Duan Rong stood there, looking at the four, and coldly said, ”I advise you to confess on your own accord! Spare yourself some suffering!”

All four lowered their heads and remained silent. Ding Xingxing even had a layer of cold sweat on his forehead. But at this moment, the clerk raised his head, looked at Duan Rong, and said, ”I don’t know what Master wants us to confess?”

Duan Rong sneered a bit. Among these four, he was most certain about this clerk, yet this person was still pretending at this point.

”Do you really think I don’t know what you are?”

As soon as Duan Rong finished speaking, he drew the Minghong Saber from his waist, and with a flash of cold light, he slashed horizontally at the clerk’s neck.

The cold light erupted! In that rushed moment, the clerk had no time to react.

Suddenly, blood threads around him burst out, writhing and converging towards the blade.

The gathered blood threads disintegrated upon contact with the blade. The blade slashed at the clerk’s neck, breaking half of it!

Duan Rong’s blade merely grazed the clerk’s neck before abruptly turning. With a flash of light, it slashed at Ding Xingxing standing beside the clerk.

In just an instant, with four flashes of light, Duan Rong’s blade had swept past the four in front of him!

The clerk’s neck was half shattered, but around the wound, densely packed blood threads twisted and entangled. In a few breaths, the wound healed visibly.

However, the clerk’s face was ashen, his eyes filled with fear!

Among the remaining three, two had writhing blood threads like the clerk.

But there was one who collapsed to the ground, holding his neck, blood continuously gushing out from between his fingers, his eyes filled with terror, his body convulsing uncontrollably.