The Strongest Curse Master: Start by refining the Seven Arrows Book

#217 - Chapter 217 The Confrontation between the Criminals and Hong Yi

The criminal inside the sphere quickly recalled Hong Yi's words.

The criminal remembered that after Hong Yi mentioned the death of some criminals, he asked if they knew the reason.

This meant Hong Yi was asking all the criminals at once, not just him individually.

Now that Hong Yi suddenly brought up this question, it was likely that other criminals had said something, making it difficult for Hong Yi to judge the truth.

What would the other criminals say?

Definitely something beneficial to the criminals!

What was the most important benefit the criminals wanted right now?

The answer was definitely to escape this prison and gain freedom!

How could they get Hong Yi to release them?

The answer was to give Hong Yi benefits or help him reduce losses.

Hong Yi needed to obtain a lot of benefits from the criminals, and if the criminals died, the benefits Hong Yi received would definitely decrease.

Therefore, to escape, they had to make a big deal out of the dead criminals, exaggerating the death issue and extending it to every criminal.

However, each criminal had a long lifespan, and without being attacked, it would be difficult for them to die on the same day.

To exaggerate the death issue, they had to blame it on the Black Prison Master.

In that case, the uncertain information for Hong Yi should be that the criminals would be killed by the Black Prison Master after being imprisoned for a period of time!

The Black Prison Master had died long ago, so the means of killing must have been left long before, such as poison, tools, and formations!

The toxicity of poison would diminish over time, making it suitable for short-term use but not for long-term imprisonment of criminals.

Tools were precious and easily damaged, so they were also unsuitable for long-term use.

Only formations could be preserved for a long time to trap the criminals in the spherical dungeon, so many formations must have been set up.

However, the criminal was worried that the other criminals wouldn't consider this, and it would be troublesome if they let it slip.

To be safe, he couldn't speak too definitively.

Thinking of this, the criminal said with a smug look, "I wasn't familiar with the Black Prison Master. I was captured by him shortly after meeting him.

I remember he once asked me for an item, promising to let me go if I gave it to him. I didn't believe him and even ridiculed him several times.

He became angry and threatened to kill me if I didn't give him resources, telling me to think it over carefully.

At first, I was scared, wondering if I should give him the resources and gamble on him letting me leave, but what happened? Hehe, he died early, and I'm still alive!"

Hong Yi frowned upon hearing this.

Judging from the criminal's answer, the Black Prison Master might indeed have set up a self-destruction formation to threaten the criminals for resources.

However, this criminal spoke too vaguely.

In addition, Hong Yi was also worried that he was being biased and misled by the information about the self-destruction formation.

Therefore, Hong Yi didn't rush to make a decision but continued to question the other criminals.

Hong Yi kept asking, and the answers he received were of two types: either they didn't know the Black Prison Master who captured them, or the Black Prison Master had said things about killing the criminals.

Hong Yi kept summarizing and thinking, and the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

Just as Hong Yi was about to touch the answer, another criminal died in the spherical prison without any warning or trace!

Hong Yi's thoughts were instantly interrupted.

Hong Yi adjusted his state and continued to ask, but every time he had an idea, his thoughts would be interrupted by the death of a criminal.

After being interrupted several times, Hong Yi patted his forehead, took out some of the spheres, and said:

"Many criminals have died inexplicably just now. They all have one thing in common: they all have fourth-order strength.

You also have fourth-order strength, and you might be the next to die. I hope you can show some sincerity, and I can release you and let you regain your freedom."

The criminals were very calm upon hearing this.

The criminals had long wanted to get out, but Hong Yi had been thinking about maximizing his benefits and hadn't immediately demanded them.

In addition, the criminals were also worried that if they actively revealed the location of hidden resources, they would be kept imprisoned, so they hadn't said anything.

Now, they didn't believe Hong Yi's words. They wouldn't say anything unless they were truly freed.

Hong Yi was annoyed when he saw that these criminals didn't say a word.

Right now, Hong Yi hadn't encountered any trouble, so releasing the criminals directly would be too much of a loss.

However, if he didn't release the criminals now and they died, he wouldn't get anything, which would be an even greater loss.

Hong Yi now only hoped that these criminals would reveal some of the locations of their hidden resources.

As long as the criminals were willing to reveal some resources, there would be a basis for mutual trust, and Hong Yi could release them. Other resources could be discussed slowly in the future.

Unfortunately, the two sides had been fighting for too long, and there was no trust left.

At this moment, another criminal died, and Hong Yi became even more annoyed.

Hong Yi took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then pondered for a moment before saying:

"It's okay if you don't say anything. You all carry a lot of resources with you. When you die, I'll directly search your corpses."

Some criminals who didn't have valuable resources on them didn't change their emotions at all upon hearing this and were very calm.

The criminals had been verbally sparring with Hong Yi for a long time and could judge that Hong Yi wasn't lying about the issue of criminals dying.

Now Hong Yi must want to prevent the expansion of losses and will definitely release the criminals. Now they just need to wait for Hong Yi to not be able to bear it any longer.

As for those criminals who carried valuable resources, they were outwardly calm but inwardly anxious.

These criminals who carried treasures had never had the qualifications to negotiate with Hong Yi.

As long as Hong Yi was ruthless and killed people, all the resources would be Hong Yi's.

In order to live, the criminals who carried treasures would all pretend to hide the treasures outside, using non-existent benefits to prevent Hong Yi from killing them.

This disguise had always been very effective.

However, in the face of this matter that threatened their lives, the criminals were a little unable to hold back.

All disguises were helpless and powerless in the face of the reality that must be accepted.

After a moment, a criminal who carried treasures lowered his head, covering his eyes that were rolling around because he was thinking of lies, and said:

"Southeast of the Emperor Plane, in the deep mountains east of Dragon Sea Academy, there is a batch of resources buried.

However, I can't be sure if these resources are still there. After I get out, I will give you other resources."

In fact, there were no resources in this place, just to test Hong Yi.

If Hong Yi really wanted to release people, he would release them regardless of whether there were resources or not.

If Hong Yi didn't want to release people, these disguises could also mislead Hong Yi, making Hong Yi feel that the criminals were still hiding other resources and might continue to live.

In short, no matter what, they couldn't expose the resources on their bodies. If they were exposed, they would definitely die!

And Hong Yi, seeing the criminal answer, smashed the sphere on the ground without hesitation, releasing the criminal!