"Six months ago, my sister and I were attacked by a Legend. If Senior Gu Yu hadn't stepped in just in time..."
Chen Xi's voice broke with tears as she clenched her fists on her thighs.
"That's not what I meant. I just..."
Seeing that Chen Xi didn't look the slightest bit hurt, even the experienced Iseriel couldn't help growing flustered.
With Chen Xi pinning that accusation on her, anyone with even a shred of conscience would feel ashamed, no matter how thick-skinned they were.
Could it be that she really had wronged them?
But...
Iseriel sensed the Angel Heart inside her reacting violently.
It was a secret that belonged to her alone—five years ago, in an accident, she had signed a Contract with the weakened Tier 6 Legend, "Angel Gabriel."
Gabriel's only condition was that Iseriel purge every evil thing within her sight.
Since Iseriel herself was only a Fourth Rank Transcendent, she could only bear some of Gabriel's power for the time being. Once her Rank improved, she would inherit all of Gabriel's strength.
The Angel Heart was among those powers.
The more violently the Angel Heart beat, the more extraordinary the person it sensed.
Although Chen Xi and Lin Yue were exceptionally talented, even by the standards of the entire empire, their performance clearly didn't match the intensity of its reaction.
Iseriel had met Divine Envoys with similar talents who had reached the Second Rank peak within six months.
But their heartbeats had never sounded like a rumbling earthquake, as hers did now.
As Iseriel hesitated over whether to awaken Gabriel's soul, a ethereal voice suddenly sounded in the depths of her mind.
With it came the ticking of a clock.
The next moment, Iseriel's soul left her body.
Time seemed to freeze. She looked ahead and