It was late at night. Su Xiao sat before the wide-open window, enjoying the night breeze stirring the gauze curtains.
Today was the second day of the Arcane Festival. Before midnight, the "Void Great Library" had rarely opened to the public, but Su Xiao had not gone. The auction and the subsequent maneuvering had confirmed one thing to him: the four leaders had begun to suspect him.
Su Xiao had long prepared for such a situation. Unfortunately, his planned countermeasure had failed to take effect at the crucial moment.
Before coming to the Arcane Eternal Star, Su Xiao had visited the Ashgray Bunker and arranged for an assassin there to kill him.
By rights, the other party should have made their move today. Yet it was almost eleven at night, and there was still no movement. That could only mean that the assassin from the Ashgray Bunker had already been dealt with by the spellcasters.
This showed just how brilliant the Arcane Eternal Star's defensive measures were. Su Xiao had anticipated this, which was why he had cultivated the alias Holy Flame to deal with such security.
Su Xiao's original thought had been that since he could not sneak in, he would let the Arcane Eternal Star invite him in. As it turned out, that idea had been absolutely correct.
Come to think of it, when he had first created the alias Holy Flame, it had not been to deal with the Arcane Eternal Star. It had merely been a false identity he used in native worlds. Back then, using the Holy Flame alias only meant changing his clothes and concealing his aura. It was nothing like the flawless title-based disguise he had now.
Su Xiao activated his Reincarnation Brand and inspected the items in his storage space. A wooden