Stealing information.

"Knees."

Just as Guo Shui Kang was about to move forward, Yao Jun raised his right hand and pointed at Guo Shui Kang's knees, spitting out that single word. Guo Shui Kang reflexively stopped in bewilderment.

"What..."

Just as he was about to say something, a gray blur flashed out from the forest next to him. The blur reached him almost immediately, sweeping past his legs, bringing with it a burning pain.

Right after the blur swept past his legs, Guo Shui Kang found that his legs could no longer support him. His legs gave out underneath him and he fell forward, his face hitting the ground and knocking loose a few teeth.

Guo Shui Kang grit his teeth to resist the pain and twisted his head to look at his legs. When his eyes fell on his knees, his entire face turned pale. There was a large gash on each of his knees, each gash almost cutting off his leg, leaving behind only a small strip of flesh that kept his shin connected to his thigh.

Not far from his side he saw that there was now a grey wolf, its eyes a magnificent azure, like the color of the morning sky. The wolf looked at him with a despising gaze, blood still dripping from its claws.

Guo Luo was slightly pale as she looked at the scene, but she did not say anything. Looking at Yao Jun's emotionless face, she knew that he was truly furious right now, if she were to say anything, would that not be her denying his emotions?"

Yao Jun ignored the shocked gazes of the people from the Yang clan and moved forward, stopping when he stood right in front of Guo Shui Kang's body. He looked down at Guo Shui Kang with emotionless eyes, like he was looking at an ant crawling at his feet.

"Now wait just a little..."

Guo Shui Kang realized that the situation wasn't too good, so he squeezed out a faint smile and was just about to speak up when Yao Jun's cold voice rang out once more.

"Shoulder."

After Yao Jun spat out that one word, he raised his right leg and stomped down with all his might, right on Guo Shui Kang's left shoulder. His feet were still clad in the armor that Sirius had given him, the gray boots, so when his foot made contact with Guo Shui Kang's, a sickening crunching sound spread in the clearing.

Yao Jun did not stop after stepping on the first shoulder. Ignoring Guo Shui Kang's shrill scream, he raised his left foot and stomped down on his right shoulder, producing the same sickening crunch.

After he completely crushed both of his shoulders, Yao Jun bent forward and grabbed the remains of Guo Shui Kang's shoulders and forced his body to sit up. Guo Shui Kang realized that Yao Jun wanted something, seeing a chance at surviving, he grit his teeth and stifled his screams.

Yao Jun locked eyes with Guo Shui Kang and his eyes lit up with a grey light. After the grey light flashed in Yao Jun's eyes, Guo Shui Kang's eyes dimmed down, his entire body suddenly looking stiff and lifeless.

"How did you know who I and Guo Luo were?"

Yao Jun looked at the lifeless Guo Shui Kang as he spoke. The torment he inflicted on Guo Shui Kang was of course not simply because he was angry, his anger was only most of the reason. The other reason was that Guo Shui Kang was too strong for Yao Jun's mental energy to control him, so he would need to weaken him first. A quick sneak attack from Sirius would give him the chance to weaken him enough.

"The Guo clan has spread images of you and Guo Luo to every clan member, giving the order that you are to be killed on sight for escaping from the Guo clan."

Guo Shui Kang's voice was stiff and monotone as he responded, his eyes dim and unfocused. The fact that someone escaped from their hands was considered a stain on the name of the Guo clan, so they needed to kill them to wipe away this stain.

"I see. Are there people of the Guo clan hunting us currently."

If they were currently being hunted by the Guo clan, they would have to be much more careful in the future. They would have to wear disguises at all times, maybe even go as far as using Guo Luo's power to slightly alter their appearance at all times.

"The Guo clan has not sent out large parties to hunt you, as we are currently working on finding a way to deal with the Yang and the Yun clan."

The Guo clan was currently dealing with the Yun clan, and were also threatened by the Yang clan, how could they possibly spare people to search for two weak individuals.

"Tell me, are Guo Jiahao and Guo Zhe still at Soaring Cloud City?"

Yao Jun wanted to kill Guo Zhe for the torture he had endured, and he needed Guo Jiahao alive to find out where he had taken his interspatial ring. If they were still in Soaring Cloud City, it would be easy to find them when he was strong enough.

"Guo Jiahao and Guo Zhe are still in Soaring Cloud City, as they are in charge of the Guo clan on this continent, they are forbidden to leave without special permission."

Guo Jiahao had a rather special position in the Guo clan, so his freedom was both quite loose as well as quite restrained. He could travel around on the Guanyu continent as he pleased, but he was not allowed to leave it without special permission. Guo Zhe was his personal subordinate, so he would have to follow Guo Jiahao wherever he was.

"What about Guo Luoyang and Guo Shuren, are they still in Soaring Cloud City?"

Hearing that they were both still in Soaring Cloud City, Yao Jun heaved a slight sigh of relief, before he asked about two other people. These two people were Guo Luo's parents, the only people in the Guo clan that treated her well. If anything had happened to them because of him, Yao Jun had no idea how he would make amends to Guo Luo.

"Guo Luoyang and Guo Shuren were both originally considered as collaborators in your escape, but as there was no evidence to fully support this claim, they were given back their freedom."

Guo Shui Kang sat there in silence for a short moment, searching through all his memories for the correct information, before he gave his answer. Hearing his answer, both Yao Jun and Guo Luo heaved a sigh of relief. As long as they were fine, Yao Jun and Guo Luo could come and pick them up when they became strong enough.

"What about you? Why are you here on this continent?"

Yao Jun had gotten the answer to all his questions, and since the answers were all in his favor, he was rather relaxed as he asked another question. If Guo Shui Kang was here for something special or valuable, Yao Jun would not mind making a detour to acquire it. Of course, that was only if it was useful to him and it wasn't too dangerous to acquire it.

"I came to this continent to delve into this Zhenya valley to look for a poisonous mushroom called Puppet Ganoderma. I would be able to cultivate it using my power, creating a puppet army that only listened to my orders."

Yao Jun had heard about this Puppet Ganoderma before. If one dried this mushroom and mixed it with their blood, they could feed the mixture to someone else, often by sneaking it into their food or drink and make them become an obedient slave. A very cruel fate.

"Really, I have no idea how people can manage to raise scum like you."

Yao Jun couldn't help but shake his head as he muttered to himself. How did one even end up growing up like this, wanting to pleasure themselves with every beautiful woman they saw, or dreaming of creating their own puppet army.

Guo Luo's eyes flashed with a grey light and the control he had over Guo Shui Kang vanished. Realizing what had just happened, Guo Shui Kang couldn't help but feel a cold sweat go down his back. Yao Jun didn't even need him to willingly answer the questions, he could just force him to obey.

"Just so you know, Guo Luo is mine. And I will never let anyone else lay a hand on what is mine."

Yao Jun had a faint smile as he spoke to Guo Shui Kang, but that smile only sent a shiver down his back. He was just about to say something when Yao Jun's eyes flashed with grey light again, his mental energy digging into Guo Shui Kang's mind.

Guo Shui Kang wanted to scream as the mental energy dug into his mind. There was a mixture of pain and horrifying images that was running rampant in his head, almost tearing his mind apart. But Yao Jun had already prepared, sending an order into Guo Shui Kang's mind to keep his mouth shut. He was certain that if Guo Luo heard his screams, she would be more than just a little sickened, so he would obviously silence him first.

The grey light kept glowing in Yao Jun's eyes for around a minute before it started subsiding. When the grey light subsided and he let go of Guo Shui Kang, Guo Shui Kang's body fell backward. There was a trail of blood running down from Yao Jun's nostrils, but he looked much better than Guo Shui Kang.

Guo Shui Kang's face was white as a sheet of paper like he had seen the most horrifying thing he could imagine. Both of his eyes were completely white, his pupils had simply vanished. Blood flowed out from his seven orifices, his entire body without signs of life.

After finishing with Guo Shui Kang, Yao Jun wiped the blood away from his nose and turned towards the people from the Yang clan. The two men couldn't help but shiver slightly when they faced him, but Yang Yuhuan was completely calm. The two men did not know who he was, but she knew that he was a friend of Yun Yantian, so there was no chance of him harming them.