At first glance, even though the image in the Imprint Pearl was extremely shaky and focused on anything but the middle-aged man whose appearance Xu Yi had changed, Ghost Master recognized him from a glimpse out of the corner of the man's eye.
There was no other reason. Xu Yi had left such a deep impression on him—deep enough to rank among the top three in his long life.
To put it in common parlance, even if Xu Yi and a whole group of people all turned to ashes, Ghost Master could still pick out which pile belonged to Xu.
The moment he spotted Xu Yi, Ghost Master was shocked. He had never expected Xu Yi to be so bold. Even after forming a Vengeful Embryo and losing his martial strength, he still dared to get mixed up in a dispute of this level. He was practically asking for death.
Who could have guessed that as the image continued, Xu Yi would shock him more and more? The person who had activated the Imprint Pearl seemed to have encountered something terrifying. His emotions had surged wildly, making the image unstable. It showed less than half a tea's time before turning into an endless sea of water and finally cutting off.
Ghost Master could not tell from the image who had ended up with the Boundary Tablet, but he had clearly fixed his sights on Xu Yi.
He was certain that, given Xu Yi's cunning and treachery, if anyone had survived the scene, it would definitely be him.
As fate would have it, Ghost Master had just achieved a minor mastery of the art of an external incarnation at that very moment, and no longer had to worry about entering the city.
He immediately slipped into the Divine Capital and launched