The Holy Angel Appears, Undercurrents Stir in the Black Market
The light behind the stone pillar was very dim.
Using the shadows to conceal his figure, Dai Huabin quietly activated the Eye of Life within his sea of consciousness.
Beneath the coarse cloth mask and the suppressed fluctuations of Soul Power, the Martial Soul Origin within the girl's body was clearly revealed.
It was a sacred light that was extremely pure and without any impurities.
Holy Attribute!
Dai Huabin confirmed the other party's identity; it was indeed Ye Guyi.
At this moment, the Angel Holy Sword inside his Storage Soul Tool trembled once more.
At this moment, the sacred aura of the same origin resonated faintly.
A faint golden-white halo pierced through the surface of the Soul Tool, swept across Dai Huabin's palm, and gently brushed against the side of the stone pillar.
Ye Guyi, who was intently observing her surroundings, suddenly froze.
She has an innate and extremely high sensitivity to divine energy.
In that instant, she clearly caught the pure holy light that swept across Dai Huabin.
That was the primordial fluctuation belonging to the orthodox and Holy Attribute.
In the entire Ming Capital, a city intertwined with Soul Guidance Technology and dark forces, she had never seen another Soul Master with a legitimate sacred Martial Soul, except for herself.
Ye Guyi's right hand, which was hanging in his sleeve, tensed instantly, and his fingertips gripped a bright short blade made of fine steel.
She quickly turned her head and her gaze fell on Dai Huabin, who was three meters away.
The newcomer was dressed in a gray cloth travel robe, with the hood pulled low, his face hidden in the shadows.
Judging from the fluctuations in Soul Power on the surface, the opponent is just an ordinary two-ring Soul Grandmaster or a three-ring Soul Elder.
But that fleeting divine aura was so profound that even her Angel Martial Soul trembled slightly.
This is by no means the foundation that an ordinary traveling Soul Master should have.
Ye Guyi pressed her entire body against the stone wall, her back muscles completely taut.
In Ming Capital, a place where Evil Soul Master roam freely in the shadows, any accidental contact could mean a deadly trap.
Dai Huabin noticed the girl's extreme wariness.
He didn't take another step forward, nor did he show any hostility; he simply stood quietly in place.
He knew that during this period, Ye Guyi had been walking alone on the edge of darkness, hunting Evil Soul Master with her meager strength, and was extremely wary.
If we push too hard, the other party might immediately draw their sword.
The two men, separated by a mere three meters, found themselves in a silent standoff in a noisy corner of the stands.
On the Obsidian Arena below, the second betting match officially began.
The ear-piercing roar of the Soul Cannon echoed through the hall, accompanied by the deafening crash of metal armor shattering.
Thousands of gamblers in the stands erupted in deafening cheers and curses.
The cacophony of noise and energy fluctuations perfectly masked the faint clash of auras behind the stone pillar.
Ye Guyi did not utter a question.
In places like the Underground Black Market, shouting will only attract the black market guards and even more dangerous guys.
She slowly turned her gaze back to the arena below, pretending to continue watching the match.
But her peripheral vision remained fixed on Dai Huabin's every tiny movement.
Dai Huabin followed her gaze.
He soon realized that Ye Guyi wasn't watching the fight on the stage at all.
Her gaze was slowly drifting around the perimeter of a VIP box on the southwest side of the stands.
Three men wearing black cloaks stood there.
The Soul Power fluctuations emanating from those three individuals were extremely dim, faintly emitting the stench of corpses and rotting blood.
Those were the Holy Spirit Cult's informants lurking on the outskirts of the black market.
Dai Huabin understood.
Ye Guyi infiltrated this chaotic black market not to win gambling money, but to gather information on the activities and physical characteristics of these Evil Soul Masters.
She wanted to find an opportunity to hunt from outside the arena.
As Dai Huabin was pondering this, the situation below the stands suddenly changed.
The three black-robed Evil Soul Master seemed to have sensed something.
They deal with all sorts of dark auras year-round, and are particularly sensitive to Soul Master who are full of vitality and have a clean aura.
Although Ye Guyi tried her best to hide it, her natural radiance still stood out somewhat in the filthy underground hall.
The two men in black robes whispered a few words to each other.
Then, the three of them started walking, slowly encircling the stone pillar where Ye Guyi was located along the dark passageway at the edge of the stands.
Their hands were tucked inside their black robes, and a faint blackish-gray aura emanated from their fingertips.
Clearly, they planned to intercept the lone masked girl after the match and take her back to the shadows for interrogation.
Ye Guyi gripped the short blade tightly with her hands, her nails almost digging into her palms.
She sensed the approaching danger.
If she were surrounded by three high-level Evil Soul Master, she would have no chance of escaping in this narrow passage.
Dai Huabin stood still, his expression calm.
The level 67 Ultimate Ice Soul Core within his body spun slightly.
A thin, completely concealed aura of extreme cold silently spread through the cracks in the bluestone slabs of the ground.
The chilling aura struck the ankles of the three Evil Soul Master without making a sound.
The three men in black robes who were moving forward suddenly trembled.
An indescribable, icy pressure surged through their meridians and rushed to the top of their heads.
The feeling was like being stared at by an ancient, Ferocious Beast slumbering at the bottom of a bottomless icy abyss; a tingling sensation ran down my entire spine.
If they take just half a step forward, their blood and Martial Soul will be instantly frozen and shattered.
A strong sense of impending death brought the three Evil Soul Masters to an abrupt halt.
The leader of the black-robed men was sweating profusely. He glanced around at the crowd with suspicion, unable to find the source of the oppressive aura.
"Let's go, there's a master here."
The man in black gave a low shout, and the three of them dared not linger any longer. They quickly turned around and disappeared into the crowd, retreating back into the shadows of the private room.
Ye Guyi, standing beside the stone pillar, was stunned.
She keenly sensed the extremely unusual fear and retreat the Evil Soul Master had shown just now.
In that brief moment, she also felt the fleeting, intensely cold pressure in the surrounding air.
She turned her head again and looked at Dai Huabin in the shadows.
A huge wave of emotion surged within the girl's heart.
At that moment, she was absolutely certain that it was this mysterious young man in front of her who had secretly helped her out of that predicament.
Ye Guyi turned slightly to the side, loosening the grip on the short blade in her palm.
She channeled her Soul Power, and a faint golden holy light emanated from her fingertips, as if she were asking Dai Huabin a question or probing him.
Dai Huabin understood what she meant.
Amidst the cacophony of shouts, Dai Huabin stood in the shadows, giving her a very slight, gentle nod.
There were no words spoken, no unnecessary movements.
But this simple gesture conveyed a clear message of goodwill.
Ye Guyi's tense shoulders finally began to relax.
In the depths of Ming Capital, a place teeming with sin and evil, she encountered her own kind for the first time, and one whose power was unfathomable.
Just then, the situation on the arena below changed drastically.
With a piercing scream, a legitimate Soul Engineer had his chest torn open by his opponent's vicious blood claws, and a cloud of blood mist sprayed out inside the protective shield.
A strong sense of malevolence instantly filled the hall.
A fierce rage suddenly ignited deep within Ye Guyi's previously calm eyes.