I Could Tell at a Glance You Were One of the Soul Hall

Whoosh!

Under the pitch-black night sky, a figure wrapped in gray light darted swiftly through the air.

"Once I refine these Soul Essences into Soul Gold Beads, I'll be able to use them to launch a talent strike... Its power will be enough to rival the peak of the Saint Domain."

Elmer's divine sense swept over the golden crystal balls in his Spatial Ring, and a trace of greed flickered in his eyes.

"When the time comes, I'd better not find out who destroyed my base. Otherwise..." A cold glint flashed in Elmer's eyes.

As he passed a small hill,

a sudden whoosh cut through the air, accompanied by the sound of flames burning.

Crackle, crackle~~

Following the rushing sound, an orange-red figure suddenly descended. Wherever the red light passed, the terrifying heat warped the surrounding space.

The dreadful aura contained in the red light made Elmer's pupils contract. Without hesitation, he retreated. "Damn it! Who are you?"

"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"

Xiao Yan gripped the Heavy Ruler, surrounded by endless flames. He looked like a war god in the midst of a blaze, his presence utterly terrifying.

"Who is this man? When did I ever make an enemy of him?"

Staring at the unfamiliar Xiao Yan before him, Elmer was baffled.

When Saint Domain experts fought, it often took only an instant to decide the outcome. The moment Xiao Yan rushed in to ambush him, Elmer—a Saint Domain expert of the Death Element—sensed something was wrong and immediately fled far away.

Pale, ashen soul mist swirled around Elmer.

As Xiao Yan pursued him, Elmer furrowed his brow, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

"Who exactly are you?"

As he spoke, endless gray-white mist surged toward Xiao Yan.

"The one who's going to kill you."

Facing the oncoming gray-white mist, Xiao Yan's expression didn't change. He simply circulated the Fate Law within himself, quietly adding another layer of defense around his soul.

The gray-white mist passed straight through the protective Dou Qi surrounding Xiao Yan's body, merging into him and attacking his sea of consciousness.

"Not a weak Soul Attack, but it can't compare to my true self. Elmer really isn't at the peak of the Saint Domain."

The moment the gray mist touched the defensive barrier formed by Xiao Yan's Fate Law, it melted away like fresh snow under the sun.

Of the Four Laws, the Fate Law was second only to the Death Element in its mastery of the soul.

As soon as Elmer produced the gray-white mist, Xiao Yan had sensed that his Soul Attack wasn't very strong. At the very least, it couldn't compare to his true self using the Fate Law. Elmer couldn't possibly be a Saint Domain expert at the peak.

"Run!" When Elmer saw that his attack had no effect, his pupils contracted, and he quickly fled.

"You're pretty fast, but... how dare you think you can outrun a Saint Domain expert of the Fire Element?" Xiao Yan accelerated and swiftly chased after Elmer.

The distance between them steadily narrowed. Elmer was about to enter Xiao Yan's attack range once more.

Suddenly, Elmer stopped and whipped around.

"You forced me to do this!"

Elmer roared and opened his third eye.

"Turn the tide of battle, Eye of Origin!"

Endless golden light gathered in Elmer's eye. An unsettling aura spread through the air as space began to twist.

Then a beam of gray light shot from Elmer's eye.

Bang!

The gray light appeared without warning and moved at incredible speed. Even Xiao Yan couldn't react in time; in the blink of an eye, it had entered his body.

Sizzle~~

In Xiao Yan's sea of consciousness, the gray light collided again and again with the white barrier surrounding his soul, making a sound like water and fire clashing.

"As expected... you can't underestimate any special race."

The gray light Elmer unleashed with his innate ability was already incredibly close to his true self's Soul Attack in strength.

With this move alone, Elmer had already surpassed second-tier Saint Domain experts like Abraham.

"Too bad... you ran into me. An attack like this can't threaten me!" Xiao Yan used the Fate Law to dispel the gray light Elmer had unleashed.

After launching his talent strike, Elmer looked weak, his face ashen and pale as he fell into a weakened state.

Seeing that Xiao Yan was completely unharmed after taking his talent strike, Elmer's eyes filled with despair. "Who exactly are you? When did I ever offend you?"

Fuming inwardly, Elmer drew a magic staff to block Xiao Yan's incoming strike.

Clang!

The magic staff collided with the Heavy Ruler. Terrifying shock waves burst outward from the point of impact, instantly destroying everything around them.

"Rumble!~"

Every tree and boulder in their path was hurled into the air and disappeared from sight. The hill was flattened, leaving hundreds of meters of ground exposed.

Crack~~

A city lay dozens of miles from where Xiao Yan and Elmer fought.

The city, which had been quiet, suddenly erupted into chaos as cries of panic rang out.

"What happened?" the city lord roared, ordering his soldiers into the streets to keep order.

Just moments ago, the ground had shaken. Countless buildings had suddenly collapsed amid a barrage of violent explosions. The residents didn't dare stay in their homes and hurried into the streets and other open spaces.

"My lord, the ground suddenly shook. Many buildings collapsed, and many residents were injured. Some were struck on the head and killed," someone reported to the city lord.

"Could it have been an earthquake?" the captain of the guards guessed.

"No... it wasn't." The city lord, an Eighth-level Warrior, sensed something and looked in the direction of Xiao Yan and Elmer.

There... the layers of the pitch-black night sky were sharply divided, stacked one upon another.

In the night sky, an orange-red point of light flashed repeatedly, seemingly chasing something.

"Someone's flying in the sky! It's a Saint Domain expert!" a soldier cried out.

"Two Saint Domain experts are fighting!" With the sharper eyes of an Eighth-level Warrior, the city lord could just make out the orange-red light chasing a gray figure. But they were hard to see against the night sky; only a handful of Advanced Warriors and mages could spot them.

Crack~~

After blocking three of Xiao Yan's strikes, the magic staff in Elmer's hand broke.

Driven to the brink, Elmer's expression turned frantic as he asked the question he'd already asked three times.

"Who exactly are you? We have no grudge between us. Why won't you leave me alone?"

Xiao Yan stared at Elmer impassively. Seeing that Elmer had no other moves left, he understood that the talent strike he'd used earlier was probably his only trump card.

In that case, Xiao Yan decided not to hold back, keeping seven parts of his strength in reserve and using only three to guard against the unexpected. Instead, he would strike with all his might and kill Elmer.

Crackle~~

His Silver Talent activated, doubling his combat strength.

Xiao Yan's strike doubled in power once more and instantly aimed for Elmer's head.

"Who exactly are you!!!"

"I'm Xiao Yan. I specialize in killing people from the Soul Hall. You're dressed in black, and your whole body reeks of ill omen. I could tell at a glance you were one of the Soul Hall!"

"Soul Hall, my ass..."

As he died, Elmer stared fixedly at Xiao Yan, his eyes full of unwillingness.

Xiao Yan took Elmer's Spatial Ring.

"People from the Soul Hall really are stubborn. He was still mouthing off right up to the moment he died."