The passerby's urge to complain was forcibly suppressed in the pressing situation of facing the Zodiac Monkey's chase at any moment.

A blade slipped from his sleeve and was clenched in his hand.

He pressed the cold blade firmly to the Puppet Ghost's face and said viciously, "Now that you're awake, tell me what your Awakened Ability is?"

Judging from the fact that almost all fourteen white glass beads on his bracelet had turned black, it seemed that he might be the only one still alive among the companions who participated in this action.

Given the severe price paid, the passerby was desperate to know Luo Fei's Awakened Ability right now, so he could judge the value of the action.

Those ten or so companions couldn't have died in vain!

"I can go without eating for three days straight!" Puppet Ghost said with a serious face.

Swish——

As soon as she finished speaking, the blade grazed her cheek.

A glaring crimson flowed down her delicate skin, as he mercilessly tore a nearly finger-length gash on her face.

"I advise you not to joke about things that could cost you your life, or I can ask another way—what's the reason for the split between the Zodiac Monkey and the government?"

Speak up, the passerby pressed the dagger against Puppet Ghost's neck.

If the next words weren't the correct answer, it seemed like he would take her life with a stab.

Puppet Ghost immediately showed a pitiful expression and said, "I'm telling the truth... Back at Wu Yeli's factory, they often didn't feed me for days on end..."

At this moment, deep inside, Puppet Ghost was laughing because he realized what the passerby wanted to do.

There's nowhere for him to run!

Maybe his escape tools ran out, or he might not have a safe house to hide in.

Regardless, according to Puppet Ghost's speculation, the guy could only take him back to his lair.

Initially, pretending to be awake was to realize that the passerby had stayed hidden at the current location for too long.

Within an hour after communicating with Wu Liang in the Ghost Compendium, the guy sat here like a meditating monk, lost in thought.

Although waking him seemed like he was startled, the passerby was actually contemplating whether to wake Puppet Ghost for questions.

After all, taking the target back to the lair cluelessly made him worry something might go wrong.

Now, realizing he had suffered ten or so companions to bring back someone who was joking around with a cheeky smile, his anger boiled from within.

"I said, don't make jokes like this that cost lives!" the passerby coldly stated.

The next second, the dagger stabbed straight into "Luo Fei's" throat.

Strangely, instead of the expected blood burst, a bizarre chilling air flowed into Puppet Ghost's brain through the dagger.

Like scanning territory, it wandered all over his brain before settling at the temple, lurking.

After about five minutes, looking at "Luo Fei" with big eyes as though clueless about what had happened, even curiously wanting to play with the dagger in his throat.

Only then did the passerby sigh and lament, "Damn it, turns out I brought back an idiot! What did the Zodiac Monkey see in her?"

With that, he took out a key and opened a secret door hidden in the shadow of the wall nearby.

That dagger was actually a Supernatural Object called—Lie Blade.

Its effect was making the injured person speak only the truth for five minutes and forcibly answer all questions posed by the user.

Inserting the dagger into the target's fatal position, the blade would integrate into their brain to check if the previous words were genuine.

If genuine, the blade would remain in their brain to check subsequent words;

If not, the dagger would materialize and thoroughly destroy the brain.

The reason the passerby dared use the Lie Blade to threaten Black Swan quietly was that he had another Supernatural Object capable of transferring the damage.

He could help her transfer the damage at worst.

After all, he not only wanted to inquire about her Awakened Ability, but also to probe if the Zodiac Monkey had hidden any tracking or eavesdropping device on her.

If there was, when Black Swan seemed to be stabbed dead by him, the Zodiac Monkey should appear to rescue her.

After this trial, there's now good news and bad news.

The good news is that the Zodiac Monkey indeed didn't catch up, allowing him to safely take Black Swan back to the Promised Land for research.

The bad news is, this girl seems to have had her brain scrambled, with a hint of craziness about her.

Trying to extract what Awakened Ability she possesses from an idiot's mouth wasn't going to be easy!

"Damn it! Stop messing with the dagger on your neck! Pull it out and throw it away! Get over here!" the passerby cursed profanely.

The Lie Blade was a one-off Supernatural Object; once used, it couldn't be retrieved, so throwing away the blade didn't bother him.

Puppet Ghost lowered her head to reveal a bright smile and slowly pulled the dagger from her neck.

The momentary flow of blood from the wound strangely halted, ensuring the whole extraction didn't show any oddity to the passerby.

Didn't the Lie Blade work?

Though initially, its skin-tearing to force Puppet Ghost to tell the truth was suppressed by her City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost power.

But the effect of the blade transforming into chilling air entering her brain to detect lies actually succeeded.

The chilling air in Puppet Ghost's temple ultimately materialized into a blade!

Unfortunately—it wasn't human.

As a genuine City-annihilating Fierce Ghost, not just a blade churning her brain, even having her head chopped off won't hinder her free movement.

As long as the injured part isn't the Fierce Ghost's body, any wound is meaningless.

So, now Puppet Ghost seemed unfazed, being pushed by the passerby towards the secret door, while still churning a real blade in her brain!

"Walk properly! Why are you scratching your head?" the passerby urged her forward like escorting a prisoner back to jail.

He noticed the girl kept scratching her head since they entered, wondering what ailment she was about to commit.

"Hehehe... My head itches... feels like I'm growing a brain," Puppet Ghost said, showing a silly grin with Luo Fei's face.

Then she cast her gaze into the secret door.

Is this the Promised Land's headquarters?

Will the Pioneer be inside?

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