"I know you were sent here on a mission. All I want now is to ask you a few questions!" Xiao Yao continued speaking. "You can choose to answer, or choose not to. But refusing to answer will have consequences far worse than death. You will be turned into a living stick. Of course, I can still extract the information I need from your brain!"
Even if he kept silent, Xiao Yao had ways to obtain the necessary information from his mind.
This man was shocked by the cruelty and ruthlessness of such a young woman as revealed through her calm words. It wasn't a threat of life or death, but one of suffering worse than death itself. To be alive but endure agony far worse than the Eighteenth Level of Hell.
In an instant, his heart was filled with terror. Death wasn't frightening, but being denied death was.