I Can Tell at a Glance That You Are From the Soul Hall

Whoosh!

In the pitch-black night, a figure shrouded in gray light darted rapidly through the air.

"Once I refine these soul essences into Soul Gold Beads, I can use them to... launch a talent strike with power comparable to the limit of the Saint Domain."

Elmer swept his divine sense over the golden crystal spheres inside his spatial ring, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

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

While passing over a small hill.

A sound of air being torn apart suddenly rang out, accompanied by the roaring of flames.

Crackling sounds filled the air~~

Following the sound, an orange-red figure descended abruptly. Wherever the red light passed, the terrifying high temperature caused the surrounding space to distort.

The dreadful aura contained within the red light made Elmer's pupils shrink, and he retreated backward without hesitation. "Damn it! Who is it?"

"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"

Xiao Yan held his heavy ruler, surrounded by endless flames; he looked like a god of war amidst the fire, his momentum incredibly terrifying.

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

Looking at the unfamiliar Xiao Yan before him, Elmer felt bewildered.

Battles between Saint Domain experts are often decided in an instant. The moment Xiao Yan charged in to ambush him, Elmer, a death-attribute Saint Domain expert, sensed that something was wrong and instantly fled far away.

Pale, ashen soul mist coiled around Elmer.

Facing the pursuing Xiao Yan, Elmer frowned, a fierce look flashing in his eyes.

"Who exactly are you?"

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

"The one who will kill you."

Facing the incoming gray-white mist, Xiao Yan's expression remained unchanged; he simply circulated the Fate Law within his body, adding a layer of defensive measures to his soul.

The gray-white mist passed directly through the protective shield formed by Xiao Yan's battle qi, merged into his body, and attacked his sea of consciousness.

"The soul attack isn't weak, but it doesn't compare to my true self. This Elmer is definitely not at the limit of the Saint Domain."

The moment the gray mist touched the defensive measure Xiao Yan had formed using the Fate Law, it dissolved instantly, like fresh snow meeting the sun.

Among the Four Laws, aside from the death attribute, the one most proficient in soul manipulation is the Fate Law.

As soon as Elmer unleashed the gray-white mist, Xiao Yan had realized that Elmer's soul attack was not powerful—at least not comparable to his true self using the Fate Law—and he could not possibly be a death-attribute Saint Domain limit expert.

"Run!" Seeing that his attack had no effect at all, Elmer's pupils constricted, and he quickly fled backward.

"Your speed isn't bad, but unfortunately... how dare you compete in speed with me, a fire-attribute Saint Domain expert?" Xiao Yan increased his speed, rapidly chasing after Elmer.

The distance between the two closed steadily, and it looked as if Elmer was about to enter Xiao Yan's attack range again.

Elmer suddenly stopped and turned back abruptly.

"You forced my hand!"

Elmer roared and opened his third eye.

"Reverse the situation, Eye of Origin!!"

Endless golden light gathered in Elmer's eye, an unsettling aura spread through the air, and space began to distort.

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

Bang!

The suddenly appearing gray light was extremely fast; even Xiao Yan could not react in time, and it vanished into his body in the blink of an eye.

Sizzle~~

Inside his sea of consciousness, the gray light collided continuously with the white barrier enveloping Xiao Yan's soul, emitting the sound of water and fire clashing.

"As expected... one cannot underestimate any special race."

The gray light Elmer launched using his talent was, in terms of soul attack intensity, incredibly close to that of his true self.

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

"Unfortunately... you ran into me. A soul attack like this cannot threaten me!" Xiao Yan mobilized the Fate Law to neutralize the gray light Elmer had unleashed.

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

Seeing Xiao Yan completely unharmed after taking his talent strike, a sense of despair welled up in Elmer's eyes. "Who exactly are you? When did I provoke you?"

Elmer felt indignant. Watching Xiao Yan swing his ruler toward him, he pulled out a magic staff to block.

Clang!

The magic staff collided with the heavy ruler, and a terrifying shockwave centered on the point of impact blew out in all directions, instantly destroying everything in the vicinity.

"Rumble!~"

All trees and boulders along the path were swept into the air, vanishing without a trace, while small hills were razed to the ground, leaving hundreds of meters of earth exposed.

Crack—

Dozens of miles away from the battlefield between Xiao Yan and Elmer, a city stood.

Within the city, the previously quiet streets suddenly erupted into chaos, with cries of terror ringing out incessantly.

"What is happening?" the city lord roared, ordering soldiers to take to the streets to maintain order.

Just moments ago, the ground had trembled, countless buildings had suddenly shattered, and violent explosions had echoed continuously; the residents, not daring to stay in their homes, had fled to the streets and other open areas.

"My lord, the ground suddenly shook, causing many buildings to collapse. Many residents have been injured, and some have even been struck in the head and died," someone reported to the city lord.

"Could it be an earthquake?" the captain of the guard speculated.

"No... it is not." As an eighth-rank warrior, the city lord felt a premonition and looked toward the direction where Xiao Yan and Elmer were located.

There... the pitch-black night sky was being torn apart layer by layer, the darkness folding in on itself.

In the night sky, orange-red sparks flickered constantly, seemingly chasing something.

"Someone is flying in the sky! It's a Saint Domain!" a soldier exclaimed.

"It's two Saint Domain experts fighting!" The city lord, possessing the keener eyesight of an eighth-rank warrior, could vaguely discern that the orange-red sparks seemed to be pursuing a gray figure, though it was barely visible in the night, detectable only to a very few high-level warriors and mages.

Crack—

Having taken three of Xiao Yan's strikes, the magic staff in Elmer's hand shattered.

Driven to a desperate corner, Elmer's expression turned frantic as he asked the question he had already posed three times.

"Who exactly are you? I have no grudge against you, so why must you fixate on me?"

Xiao Yan watched Elmer with a cold, indifferent gaze. After realizing Elmer had no other tricks up his sleeve, he understood that Elmer's only trump card was likely the innate ability he had used earlier.

Since that was the case, Xiao Yan no longer intended to hold back thirty percent of his strength to guard against accidents; he decided to strike with full force and execute Elmer.

Crackle—

The silver talent activated, doubling his combat power.

Xiao Yan's strike doubled in might once more, instantly closing in on Elmer's head.

"Who the hell are you!!!"

"I am Xiao Yan, and I specialize in killing those from the Soul Hall. Black clothes, black robes, and an ominous aura—I could tell at a glance that you are from the Soul Hall."

"I'll soul your mothe—"

Before dying, Elmer stared fixedly at Xiao Yan, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

Xiao Yan collected Elmer's spatial ring.

"Those from the Soul Hall truly have stiff bones; even at the moment of death, they are still so stubborn."