The next instant, the Origin Token blazed with light, and a few flickers of flame emerged. It seemed the fire dragon was trying to break free, but the token's restrictions held it fast.
"If I'd known it was this simple, why did I go to all that trouble?" Xu Yi murmured.
Just then, a voice rang out. "An Origin Token is no ordinary thing. No wonder it's a treasure passed down by the Witch Ancestor."
Xu Yi's skin crawled. He turned and saw a cloaked figure standing outside the hall.
At a glance, Xu Yi recognized the figure as the one he had fought outside Starry Sky Island that day.
Ever since their battle, he had kept his guard up. At the slightest hint that something was amiss, or the tiniest sign of danger, he would strike, leaving the cloaked figure no chance to spy on him.
Yet when he actually decided to carry out this defensive plan, that feeling never returned. Even Huang Mei, vigilant as ever, reported that he no longer felt watched.
Xu Yi guessed that after being discovered last time, the cloaked figure had stopped following him.
He had never imagined the cloaked figure would still have followed him here at such a critical moment.
What shocked him even more was that the cloaked figure had immediately recognized the origin of the Sui clan's Origin Token in his hand.
"Who are you, exactly? What grudge or grievance do you have with me, Sui? Why pursue me so relentlessly?"
Xu Yi asked in a low voice, knowing a great battle was inevitable.
The cloaked figure suddenly threw back his hood, revealing a cold, weathered, square face. His grizzled hair hung loose behind his head, and a sharp gleam shone in his clear eyes.
The cloaked figure clapped