Astral Cockroach

I have even better ways to interrogate prisoners.

Iron Blade Mountain Master retracted its wing veins and asked, "What ways?"

Ban Bu said, "The pain of flesh and blood."

Iron Blade Mountain Master asked, "How to do it?"

Ban Bu said, "The soft tissues connecting the scales are relatively fragile. Coincidentally, the blood thorns on the mountain have grown. Take some thorns and stick them in one by one. I've tried it. The blood thorns come with a complex toxin that not only inhibits blood clotting but also has a neurotoxin that stimulates pain nerves. It's very painful, even more painful than burning with fire, and it won't cause death."

"A neurotoxin that stimulates nerves?" Iron Blade Mountain Master didn't quite understand what nerves were, but it still nodded its antennae and agreed, "Good idea. If it refuses to speak, just torture it with thorns."

"That's right, let it wish it were dead but be unable to die," Ban Bu said grimly. "Its tail is powerful, Iron Blade Mountain Master, you should first use your toes to cut it, severing the muscles in the tail so it will be completely paralyzed and unable to move."

"Okay!" Iron Blade Mountain Master responded and slowly approached the Rainbow Boa warrior.

"I'll go gather some thorns," Ban Bu flapped its wings and took off, landing on Li Bamboo Peak.

It found Big Head and briefly explained the situation.

Big Head immediately directed the worker ants, and they came out in full force, quickly collecting most of a snakeskin bag full of thorns.

Ban Bu carried the bag back down the mountain.

At this time, Iron Blade Mountain Master had already severed several muscles in the tail and abdomen of the Rainbow Boa warrior, completely depriving it of its ability to resist. It lay flat on the ground, unable to move at all.

Without saying a word, Ban Bu began to act, inserting the thorns one by one into the muscles along the gaps connecting the scales. The muscles twitched, and the scales trembled violently.

Hiss… hiss… hiss…

The Rainbow Boa warrior could only move its mouth and tongue. After a dozen thorns, it was in so much pain that its tongue flicked rapidly, hissing, its jaws opening and closing. Its will was also firm. Knowing that it was going to die, it stubbornly endured without begging for mercy.

Ignoring it, Ban Bu continued to stick in thorns until half of the snakeskin bag of thorns was used up.

Cliff Cypress couldn't bear to watch any longer and asked Big Bear, "Are you called Big Bear?"

Big Bear timidly replied, "Yes."

Cliff Cypress said, "Don't be afraid. You told Ban Bu about the Rainbow Boa attack in advance, preventing a disaster and saving Wind Chime's life. We won't kill you."

Big Bear was happy, and its large head nodded vigorously, asking, "Can I live with Ban Bu on Li Bamboo Peak in the future?"

Cliff Cypress didn't answer but instead asked, "Big Bear, have you noticed which direction these Rainbow Boa warriors came from?"

Big Bear pointed in a direction and said, "That way. There's a big river, and they always come upstream along the river."

"Jin River! The swamp?" Cliff Cypress thought for a moment and said, "Ban Bu, if this Rainbow Boa warrior refuses to speak, then forget it. Let's mobilize the Iron Blade Mountain warriors and search along the river in detail."

Iron Blade Mountain Master agreed, "If it refuses to speak, then forget it. Just let me burn it to death. Cliff Cypress, Yun Tao, and Wind Chime have all suffered serious injuries and need timely treatment."

Ban Bu said, "The traveling merchants of the Illusionary Flame Spider tribe, Princess Huang Jing, once reminded me that there were several groups of Rainbow Boa warriors' auras at the intersection of Jin Ping Mountain and Water Banyan Mountain. That place is rarely visited by insects, making it the most likely place. We can focus our search there."

Iron Blade Mountain Master said, "If that's the case, then just kill it."

Ban Bu said hatefully, "How can I easily kill it when it dared to attack my territory and seriously injure Cliff Cypress, Yun Tao, and Wind Chime. I want to slowly torture it, making it wish it were dead."

After speaking, it sped up.

Soon, half of the bag of thorns was used up.

"Will you talk or not?" Ban Bu demanded.

The Rainbow Boa warrior remained silent and didn't answer.

Big Head directed the ant colony and brought another half bag of thorns.

"Ah!" Big Head saw Big Bear and exclaimed, "Big Bear! You're injured!"

Big Bear cheered and shouted, "Big Head, you've grown up!"

"Big Head, Big Bear, stop reminiscing about the old days and give me the bag," Ban Bu urged, running its antennae over the Rainbow Boa warrior's scales and saying, "Big Head, you direct the worker ants to go forward and try to cut along the seams, peeling off the scales to see."

"Oh! Ban Bu, I just…" Big Head was excited and wanted to say something, but it secretly glanced around and stopped in time. It shook its antennae and directed the ant colony to act.

Four soldier ants handed the snakeskin bag filled with thorns to Ban Bu, then climbed onto the Rainbow Boa warrior's body and began to use their mandibles to tear at the soft tissue along the seams connecting the scales.

"Big Head, what did you want to say?" Ban Bu reminded. "The Rainbow Boa warrior is so big, a few soldier ants aren't enough. Move all the soldier ants from the mountain down here."

"No, nothing…" Big Head stammered. "Ban Bu, Big Bear, I'm going to mobilize troops…"

"What are you going to do?!"

The Rainbow Boa warrior roared in terror.

Ban Bu said indifferently, "Peel off all the scales on your body and fill them with blood thorns. Pythons are very resistant to hunger, right? Later, I will also clear the surrounding trees. You will slowly dehydrate and die under the scorching sun and the stinging thorns."

"I really want to see how long you can last. The longer you last, the more pain you will endure, and the more miserable your death will be."

Wind Chime reminded, "Ban Bu, it's almost autumn, which is the rainy season. There will be less sun, and it won't be so intense."

Ban Bu sneered, "The rainy season is even better. The rainwater will wash over it, and its muscles will rot little by little…"

"I'll talk!" The Rainbow Boa warrior finally couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "If I tell you the location of the God-given Seed, will you let me go?"

Iron Blade Mountain Master said ambiguously, "We can consider it."

"You still want to live?" Ban Bu said grimly, "In your current situation, a quick death is a luxury. Ants eat carrion. In the rainy season, if your flesh rots a little, I'll let the ant colony gnaw off a little. Warriors have strong physiques. I estimate that you won't die for a month or two."

The Rainbow Boa warrior had long understood that this small black cockroach who ambushed it was the most vicious one. Being gnawed by the ant colony bit by bit was terrifying just to think about, and it hurriedly shouted, "I'll tell you the location, kill me, just kill me."

Ban Bu said, "Speak. You better explain the location clearly."

The Rainbow Boa warrior said, "The big river and the cliff. It's rooted in the river water, and the vines grow on the cliff. There are many, many vines, and every year they condense many, many Origin Power Fruits…"

Ban Bu asked, "A cliff by the river? Vine plants?"

The Rainbow Boa warrior replied, "Yes."

Ban Bu shook its antennae and pointed, asking, "That direction?"

The Rainbow Boa warrior replied, "Yes."

Iron Blade Mountain Master stepped forward, preparing to fulfill its promise and kill the Rainbow Boa warrior.

Ban Bu stopped it and said, "Iron Blade Mountain Master, don't rush. It's not too late to kill it after we find the God-given Seed."

Iron Blade Mountain Master nodded its antennae, spread its wing veins, and said, "Ban Bu, you come with me to find it. Cliff Cypress, you are injured, so stay here first."

Ban Bu flapped its wings and jumped onto Iron Blade Mountain Master's carapace, instructing, "Big Head, continue. Direct the soldier ants to peel off all the scales."

"Ah?" Big Head stammered, "Ban Bu, it, but, it has already said…"

Ban Bu said, "It's not too late to kill it after confirming it's not lying. Dry the peeled scales and collect them. They will definitely be useful in the future."