"who?"
Upon hearing the sound, Feng Wei and the other two were startled.
It was so sudden.
Despite their perfected innate divine senses, the three of them felt absolutely nothing.
Feng Wei instinctively became wary and began searching for the source of the sound.
He didn't notice.
At this moment, Cai Hong and the other woman's faces turned deathly pale, their lips trembled, and their eyes were filled with extreme fear.
"you……"
Only half a breath had passed.
Feng Wei noticed something was wrong and looked at Cai Hong and the other woman. Seeing their expressions, he immediately made a guess.
then.
Feng Wei's expression changed drastically, his body stiffened, and he even unconsciously swallowed.
Feng Wei said tremblingly, "Brother Lu...?"
"What? Didn't you want to see me? Why are you so afraid?"
Lu Tao flashed and landed in front of the three of them, looking at them calmly.
Feng Wei stiffened, and said with an apologetic smile, "Brother Lu, you've misunderstood. We...we were just joking."
call--
As soon as Feng Wei finished speaking, Lu Tao raised his hand and gently patted him.
With a soft "poof".
Feng Wei shattered instantly, exploding into a cloud of blood mist, leaving only a wisp of gray divine consciousness floating intact in the air.
"No, Brother Lu, spare my life! I know I was wrong, please..."
Feng Wei felt a chill run through his body; even his spiritual body felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
That was incredibly powerful. That slap, seemingly casual, was something even someone with his perfect innate cultivation couldn't resist.
even.
At that moment, he frantically tried to dodge and resist, but his body seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move an inch.
It was so light and airy, yet it was shattered with a single slap.
This moment.
He seemed to see his deceased master.
"Shut up."
Lu Tao glanced at Feng Wei indifferently, then looked at Cai Hong and the other woman, and said coldly, "I kindly invited you onto the ship, but you two ingrates betrayed me in the blink of an eye."
"Did he sell his asshole to you, or did he save your lives? How could you be so ungrateful as to betray me?"
Lu Tao was indeed very angry.
He considered himself a very kind person, not some heinous villain, but these two bastards didn't remember his kindness at all and turned around and sold him to the Soul Palace.
"Brother Lu, it's a misunderstanding. It was Feng Wei who forced us to do it."
Cai Hong cried out that she was wronged and hurriedly said, "The people of the Soul Palace are extremely vicious. They have many ways to torture people's souls. We dared not hide anything under their coercion."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Lu Tao raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "But from what I heard you talking just now, it doesn't seem to be the case."
"...In front of Feng Wei, we can only say what he wants to hear."
Cai Hong bowed deeply in apology, cold sweat pouring down her face.
Upon hearing this, Feng Wei was so angry that his mind began to boil, and he wished he could tear Cai Hong apart on the spot.
He hurriedly said, "Brother Lu, they told me about that on their own initiative; I didn't force them."
Feng Wei still clung to a sliver of hope.
He hoped to atone for his sins and have Lu Tao spare his life, since the riot he had planned earlier had not caused any harm to Lu Tao's men.
Cai Hong explained anxiously, "Brother Lu..."
Bang!
However, just as Cai Hong opened her mouth to speak, she saw Lu Tao lightly throw a punch at her from mid-air.
With a single, gentle punch, he shattered instantly.
Not only the physical body, but also the divine consciousness exploded, and the soul and spirit were completely destroyed.
One moment a person is perfectly fine, the next they turn into a cloud of blood mist and slowly dissipate.
“Brother Lu… Brother Lu, it has nothing to do with me. It was all Cai Hong’s doing. I have never betrayed you.”
at this time.
The other person, who had remained silent, frantically begged for mercy, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
Lu Tao glanced at him indifferently, deciding not to kill him for the time being, but also not to let him go.
Lu Tao took out the Soul-Capturing Pearl and aimed it at Feng Wei.
"No, have mercy..."
The moment Feng Wei saw the Soul-Capturing Pearl, he was gripped by immense terror, and any lingering hope vanished instantly.
"Lu Tao, the Soul Palace will not let you get away with this."
Seeing that Lu Tao remained unmoved, a ruthless glint flashed in Feng Wei's eyes, and he decisively chose to self-destruct.
only.
What terrified him was that his attempt to self-destruct had failed.
Feng Wei was stunned.
I don't know what happened.
Before he could react, a powerful devouring force emanated from the Soul-Absorbing Pearl, instantly sucking him into the pearl.
The next moment.
"Ah...no...let me go...get away from me..."
A terrible scream came from inside the Soul-Capturing Pearl.
at the same time.
Amidst the screams, there were also faint tearing and swallowing sounds, as if some monster was devouring Feng Wei.
In response to this.
Lu Tao remained indifferent.
And the other person.
Originally thinking there was a chance of survival, upon seeing this, his face instantly lost all color and was filled with terror.
Buzz!
This person wanted to take advantage of Lu Tao's control of the Soul-Seizing Pearl to self-destruct and die, rather than endure the torment of being devoured by the Soul-Seizing Pearl.
pity.
He failed.
"Young Master Lu... I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have betrayed you. Please let me die. I'm willing to atone for my sins with my life!"
The man was terrified. As he spoke, he kept glancing at the Soul-Capturing Pearl. Hearing Feng Wei's shrill screams, he trembled all over and wished he could die right now.
Lu Tao remained calm and ignored it.
"Ah... Lu Tao... you'll die a horrible death!"
Feng Wei's screams grew weaker and weaker, and after a few breaths, they disappeared completely.
then.
Dan Yu's voice rang out from inside the Soul-Capturing Pearl, saying, "Master, the reason Feng Wei was able to get those people to board the ship and launch the attack was mainly because he used their families as leverage to force them to do it."
Lu Tao nodded in realization.
No wonder those people were so stubborn; they didn't betray Feng Wei even until their deaths.
It turned out that their family members had already been controlled by Feng Wei, and he planned to have them work for him in the secret territory.
"There is another person. He and Cai Hong had known Feng Wei before and had a close relationship. They betrayed their master voluntarily, not because they were forced."
The Soul-Stealing Pearl is extremely vicious.
Besides devouring the souls of living beings and subjecting them to hellish torment, the Soul-Absorbing Pearl's main soul can also devour the memories of these souls.
Since Shan Yu obtained Feng Wei's memories, he naturally understood that Cai Hong and the other person had betrayed him.
"Here you go."
Upon hearing this, Lu Tao nodded indifferently, allowing Shan Yu to devour this person as well.
"No……"
The man was terrified upon hearing this.
Unfortunately, the difference in strength was too great, and he was unable to resist at all. In the blink of an eye, his consciousness was absorbed by the Soul-Seizing Pearl.
"Remember to copy down all the cultivation techniques, formations, and pill formulas from their memories."
Lu Tao gave a reminder.
Since the Soul-Absorbing Pearl has the ability to devour memories, he will naturally make good use of it.
"Yes, Master!" Shan Yu replied.
Lu Tao put away the three people's storage rings and carefully stored away the Soul-Capturing Pearl.
The Sky Eye scanned the surroundings but found nothing of value.
With so many innate realm cultivators dying on the island, Lu Tao wanted to see if any storage rings remained, but unfortunately, there were none.
——
"How about it?"
Lu Tao quickly returned to He Yuanshuang's side.
He Yuanshuang shook her head and said, "Brother Lu, the altar was almost completely destroyed. We only found some small fragments."
He Yuanshuang handed a storage ring to Lu Tao, which contained many fragments of the divine platform, but the largest of them was only the size of a plate.
This shows just how powerful the self-destruction of the secret realm was.
"Brother Lu, we've also found some fragments."
Han Yi, Gao Yang, Mu Yihan, and others also handed over the fragments of the altar they found to Lu Tao.
Seeing this, the others also handed it over.
It wasn't that they didn't want to leave behind the fragments; it was just that they had already tried to use the fragments to comprehend the cultivation technique, but unfortunately, the effect was limited.
Even the largest fragment of the divine platform could not allow them to easily comprehend a low-grade Yellow Rank cultivation technique.
Not to mention sudden enlightenment.
Thank you all!
Lu Tao collected the fragments and turned his gaze to the broken bead...
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