The newcomer's face was hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to see clearly. He idly toyed with a peculiar dagger in his hand, one fashioned from a human arm bone. It carried a hint of scarlet and coldness, and the aura it emitted sent a chill rising from the depths of the three people's hearts.
Although they could not immediately determine who the newcomer was, the black cloak patterned with red clouds already revealed a great deal. Combined with his ability to conceal himself in the darkness and silently infiltrate the core area of [Hell], even nearly taking the life of Mars, a top assassin of the Assassin Alliance, with a single strike, his identity was obvious.
"You... Northern Dipper!"
When Mars saw the figure, her expression was filled with shock, but she also breathed a sigh of relief.
In that situation just now, if this had truly been an assassin targeting her, Mars would already have been dead.
"Have you all been well?" Meng Jingxian asked with a light chuckle. His face, previously hidden in the shadows, was finally revealed.
The muscles in Liu Yong's face twitched as he said, "With an entrance like that, I nearly attacked you."
"If he hadn't taken the initiative to strike, I'm afraid even you wouldn't have detected him," Hun Shang told Liu Yong gravely.
As the current sect master of the Soul Refining Sect, Hun Shang possessed only Great Ascension-stage cultivation, but the strength of his soul had already reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage. This was one reason why the Soul Refining Sect, despite being only a second-tier cultivation force, inspired fear in so many people across the Central River Continent. Besides their strange soul attacks, another reason was Hun Shang's Tribulation Transcendence-stage soul, an existence capable of threatening even Tribulation