His entire body was covered in black scales, with jet-black spikes protruding from his knees and elbows. The row of spikes on his back stood upright in a straight line, especially the dark golden pupils that Lin Lei had transformed into. These icy dark golden pupils stared fixedly at Patterson, causing Patterson's heart to tremble.

  "Who are you? Who are you?" Paderson's terrified face turned pale, stuttering for a moment before blurting out these words.

  What is this monster in front of me?

  "Who am I?" Lin Laison's cold gaze stared at Paderson.

  "Crack, crack~~" The sound of bones trembling continuously came from all over Paderson's body. Lin Lei's tail, which was as hard as steel, tightly bound Paderson with a powerful knot. No matter how hard Paderson struggled with his arms, he couldn't move.

  Pain radiates from both arms to the whole body.

  "Are you from another dimension?" Patterson's eyes were filled with terror, and Lin Lei's current appearance made him think that only a being from another dimension could have such an appearance. "Lin Lei, please spare my life, I won't reveal your secret, I promise."

  Paderson was stared at by Lin Lei's dark golden eyes and had completely panicked.

  "Spare your life?" Lin Lei's face floated with a hint of icy smile, "That's not impossible either. I want to ask you, about twelve or thirteen years ago, didn't you send someone to capture a woman?

  Paderson was taken aback.

  He immediately racked his brains to recall the events of twelve or thirteen years ago, but twelve or thirteen years ago was really too far away. Most importantly... "Lin Lei, no, Lord Lin Lei. I, I don't remember." Patterson said in a panic, "That was a long time ago, and besides, I often had women I liked taken to my estate. I don't recall which one you're talking about."

  Lin Lei's heart rose with an unstoppable murderous intent.

  This Patterson is actually often grabbing women.

  Paderson couldn't see any change in Lin Lei's heart from his expression at all, the completely dragonized Lin Lei made him look icy and ruthless, terrifying and gloomy.

  "A woman who had just given birth to a child, and had just gone to the Temple of Light to pray, returned to the hotel." Lin Lei still looked at Patterson with an icy gaze, her voice without any fluctuation.

  Paderson heard Lin Lei say this, and he was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Lei in shock.

  "Remember?" Lin Lei said indifferently.

  Paderson naturally remembered, he had only caught a glimpse of the woman who had just given birth to a child a few years ago. The memory was deeply etched in his mind. Especially that one time twelve or thirteen years ago, the person who entrusted him with this matter was very strict about keeping it a secret.

  "I really can't remember," Paderson said in terror. "Lord Lin Lei, please spare me, I really don't know, you must be mistaken."

  Lin Lei's dark golden pupils flashed with a fierce glint.

  "You're looking for death." Lin Lei's voice grew even colder.

  "Ah~~" Paderson let out a painful cry, Lin Lei's powerful tail tightened its grip on him even more, the increasingly terrifying force made Paderson's entire skeleton creak and groan, "Creak creak~~" The sound sent shivers down one's spine.

  Karin Lei still stared at Patterson with a cold expression.

  "Crack!"

  "Ah!"

  A crisp cracking sound of bones breaking echoed, and Patterson also let out a painful scream. His left arm bone was actually crushed and broken open.

  "Not bad." Lin Lei's mouth corners slightly curved up, as if he was smiling.

  But Patterson didn't think that was a smile, and now Lin Lei's 'dragon-like' appearance only made Patterson's heart increasingly terrified.

  "You actually know the distinction between light and heavy, using most of your Dou Qi to protect the five internal organs. Only a small amount is used to protect your arms. That's right, losing an arm won't be fatal, but if your internal organs rupture, you might lose your life." Lin Lei's voice was calm.

  Paderson felt his throat go dry.

  He never thought that Lin Lei would have such a terrifying moment.

  "Do you remember now?" Lin Lei said again.

  Paderson really wanted to answer, but as soon as he remembered the punishment for saying this result, his heart trembled involuntarily. He looked even more pitiful and cried out in pain: "Lord Lin Lei, I beg of you, don't torture me anymore. I really don't know, even if you kill me, I still won't know."

  Paderson firmly believed that it had been over twelve years since then, how old was Lin Lei now?

  Lin Lei probably only had a few scattered pieces of information, definitely not 100% reliable, but as long as he stuck to his story, the other side might still believe him.

  "Lord Lin Lei, if I had known, I would have said it earlier. Why would I suffer in vain? Lord Lin Lei, please investigate the truth of the matter." Patterson's eyes were filled with tears, showing such sincerity. If Lin Lei didn't have his father's letter, he might have really hesitated.

  Lin Lei looked at Patterson, the corners of his mouth rising even higher.

  Paderson felt a chill run down his spine.

  "Very good, extremely good." Lin Lei's dragon tail was still tied to Patterson. Suddenly, the dragon tail exerted force and slammed Patterson heavily onto the marble floor. Fortunately, Lin Lei made Patterson fall "head up and feet down".

  The power of Lin Lei's dragon tail bursts forth!

  Two thighs heavily collided with each other on the marble floor.

  Pong!

  The sound of bones shattering at high speed was accompanied by Patterson's mournful screams. On the left knee, a white bone pierced through the muscle and broke through the pants, protruding from the thigh surface. The right leg went limp on the ground, especially the ankle, which was completely stained with blood.

  "Ah, ah, ah~~~" Paderson kept yelling miserably.

  This pain almost took his life, but fortunately, his five organs and six viscera were protected by the fighting energy. At least he preserved his life.

  "Damn it, damn it." Patterson cursed in his heart, he was very clear that Lin Lei's power was too great, and with his seventh-level warrior strength, he could not keep his whole body intact. He could only barely protect his five internal organs from being damaged.

  Paderson didn't want to die.

  Did your leg break?

  It's nothing, as long as there is enough money, the ninth-level demon of the Holy See can cast 'Song of Life', and as long as it doesn't die on the spot, any injury can be recovered!

  "Do you remember? Did you catch that woman?" Lin Lei's voice was still very calm, without the slightest fluctuation.

  But Paderson was increasingly fearful in his heart.

  "I remember, I remember." Paderson's forehead was sweating bullets, it hurt, he was scared.

  Paderson was clear that he and Lin Lei were in a secret room inside a secret small building, the room was sealed. Even if there was a loud noise inside, it would be hard to hear outside unless someone was stuck to the stone door. But who would stick to the stone door of this secret small building?

  No matter how loudly he shouts, no one will know.

  "Wouldn't it be better to get it over with earlier?" Lin Lei's dark golden eyes gazed calmly at Patterson. "Speak, tell me everything that happened back then."

  Paderson hastily nodded: "Lin Lei, that year I saw the woman was really beautiful, and for a moment I was infatuated and sent someone to abduct her back. I wanted to make this woman sleep with me, but she was too stubborn and actually killed herself by crashing into the wall."

  Paderson looked at Lin Lei with a nervous expression.

  In Paderson's view, there are few people in this world who know the whereabouts of that woman, and Lin Lei should be one of them.

  "You're still lying!!!"

  Lin Lei finally got angry, and the dark golden pupils gradually turned red. Lin Lei controlled the dragon tail to tie up Patterson, moving him all the way to his own face. Lin Lei almost stuck to Patterson's face, looking at him coldly.

  As he gazed closely at Lin Lei, looking at the black scales that appeared all over his body, and the sharp thorns on his forehead, Patterson's heart grew increasingly fearful.

  "I didn't lie, I didn't lie!!" Paderson said hastily.

  Lin Lei's right hand, now transformed into a dragon claw, slapped Paderson's face.

  "Slap!" Five pieces of flesh were instantly scraped off Paderson's left cheek, and blood gushed out continuously. Fortunately, Lin Lei didn't want his life, otherwise this slap would have been enough to smash his head into a pulp.

  "Uggghhh... Uuuuhhhh..." Patterson's voice was pained.

  Lin Lei gave Paderson a cold look: "Paderson, listen to me. I already know a lot about what's going on, so don't try to deceive me. Otherwise, the suffering you'll endure will be far more than this. I can tell you that the woman you captured initially is my mother!"

  "Mother?" Paderson was stunned, even his pain forgotten.

  "I'm very clear about what happened to my mother at the time, and I've been investigating. So you'd better tell me everything about my mother, otherwise... you'll definitely die." Lin Lei's voice grew colder.

  In fact, whether Paderson speaks or not, Paderson must die anyway.

  Because his own father was the one Patterson had killed. Patterson didn't know that the person he had sent to be killed a few months ago was Lin Lei's father. If he knew... perhaps Patterson's reaction would have been different.

  "Tell me, who did you give my mother to?" Lin Lei stared at Patterson.

  "Do you know?" Paderson's face turned pale.

  Lin Lei actually knew he had given that woman to another man?

  "Tell me his name, don't try to deceive me. If I find out you're deceiving me, I'll make your life worse than death." Lin Lei's voice remained calm and flat.

  Paderson hesitated for a moment.

  "I'm telling you, it's no use, you can't kill him," Paderson said in a low tone.

  "Can't kill him?" Lin Lei looked at Patterson coldly. "Patterson, listen to me, you only need to tell me his identity, as for whether I can kill him or not, that's none of your business. How much do you know about my true strength?"

  Paderson heard this and secretly agreed in his heart.

  The 'Lin Lei' in front of him was too terrifying, the strength that was originally shown in the bright place made people think he was an absolute genius. But now it seems that Lin Lei's strength is much stronger than a seventh-level warrior. He had no power to fight back in front of Lin Lei.

  Paderson's mind was racing with intense thoughts.

  Lin Lei didn't urge him on, but instead stared at Patterson with that pair of dark golden pupils.

  Paderson thought for a long time, finally gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Lei: "Lin Lei, I'll tell you his identity, but you must promise me that you absolutely cannot let anyone else know that it was me who told you! And also, you absolutely cannot kill me."

  Lin Lei's face remained indifferent: "Alright, I promise not to let others know that you told me, and I also promise, I won't kill you."

  Paderson finally let out a sigh of relief.

  "It was about twelve years ago, when one of the princes of our kingdom of Finlay went to the Temple of Light, and in the Temple of Light, we saw your mother. Later, I sent someone to capture your mother." Paderson said immediately, "Actually, it wasn't my intention, I just followed someone else's orders."

  "Who?" Lin Lei asked immediately.

  Paderson glanced at Lin Lei and slowly said: "That is my elder brother, His Majesty Clyde, the current King of Fenley Kingdom."

  "Kuai De?" Lin Lei was taken aback.

  Is that Clyde, the pride of the Kingdom of Finlay, known as the Golden Lion? The 9th rank strongman Clyde?

  "Yes, it's Clyde," Paderson said positively. "However, I know that Clyde holds your mother in high esteem, and he also told me that under no circumstances should this message be leaked out, otherwise he would kill me regardless of our brotherly relationship."

  Lin Lei looked at Patterson.

  "What he said must be true." Dillin Kowert's voice echoed in Lin Lei's mind, "I can feel the fluctuations of his soul power."

  Lin Lei was determined in his heart.

  "Lin Lei, can you spare my life now? I promise, I absolutely won't leak a single word about today's events." Paderson's eyes were filled with hope.

  "Alright, I'll keep my promise." Lin Lei's dragon tail suddenly loosened.

  Paderson fell to the ground, a look of wild joy flashed across Paderson's face, and his eyes were filled with gratitude as he looked at Lin Lei.

  Just then, a black shadow flashed by.

  "Crack."

  Shadow mouse 'Bibi' was biting Patterson's neck, and Patterson looked at Bibi in terror. He had just escaped with his life, but in an instant he felt the call of the underworld closer than ever before. Patterson recognized that this shadow mouse was the little mouse that often sat on Lin Lei's shoulder.

  Paderson looked at Lin Lei incredulously.

  "I said I wouldn't kill you, but I didn't say my demon beast won't kill you." Lin Lei gazed coldly at Patterson, whose throat was still bleeding profusely. "By the way, let me tell you something - a few months ago, someone snuck into your dukedom, and later you sent people to hunt him down. That person... was my father!"

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