(Thank you very much to 'Kaede no Chōrei,' 'Lei Xiang,' and 'Shao Feng Ye' for their rewards!)
Marcus of the Saito Family, once the second greatest family of the Ai Lu Empire, had absorbed a strange Black Light. Although he had used its power to advance into a Rank Nine powerhouse, his appearance had completely transformed into an inhuman monster. In the end, he had died without even leaving behind an intact corpse.
The Black Light that had separated from Marcus's dead body and escaped later came to the Saito Family's base, possessing the Saito Family's second young master, Bing Mian. In the end, Wu Yan, who had rushed to the Saito Family's base, destroyed both him and the Black Light together.
Not only that, but later on, many more of those strange Black Lights appeared and wreaked havoc within the Giant Beast Forest. Many people at the Giant Beast Forest Encampment died, and many magical beasts were caught up in it as well, ultimately dying with resentment.
Because of this, Wu Yan had specifically sent Ikaros and Astrea into the Giant Beast Forest to investigate. In the end, they had even released Natsuoto and wiped out all the densely packed Black Lights causing trouble in the Giant Beast Forest in one fell swoop.
How could Wu Yan possibly not recognize the Black Light that could increase the possessed person's strength while also turning them into a monster?...
Purple was the same.
Don't forget that, in order to track down this Black Light, Purple had personally made a trip to the Giant Beast Forest. She had later encountered five Demigod Rank powerhouses from the Sparlier World, so of course she recognized the Black Light.
"I thought you had forgotten about this..." Seeing the sudden change in Wu Yan and Purple's