"I only just broke through to Soul Emperor, and my soul power level has already reached sixty-five!"
If word of this speed got out, it would be enough to shock the entire Soul Master World.
An ordinary Soul Master needed at least several years of grueling cultivation to advance from the early Soul Emperor stage to level sixty-five. Those with poorer talent might even need over a decade.
Yet he had done it in a single night!
"Still, even though I'm only level sixty-five, with the means at my disposal, I have nothing to fear even against a Soul Saint!"
Dai Mobai closed his hand, and the last trace of blood-red light faded from his palm.
His confidence was not blind.
The eerie properties of Blood Demon Flame, the spiritual power granted by the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, his formidable physique after Moonlight Tempering, and the quality of his martial soul itself-his overall combat strength was far beyond what his soul power level could measure!
"Your Highness!"
At that same moment, Li Yue and the East Palace guards all appeared in the courtyard.
They were extraordinarily fast. Only a few breaths had passed between sensing that explosive surge of energy and assembling at the scene.
Li Yue charged at the front, raindrops still clinging to her fitted black clothes. Her right hand had already drawn the short blade at her waist, and her lightning-sharp gaze swept the courtyard.
Then she froze.
The guards behind her froze as well.
In the middle of the courtyard, the spot where a rockery over ten meters tall had once stood was now completely empty.
All that remained was a shallow depression and cracked earth. Everything within a radius of a hundred feet had been swept clean, as though someone had painstakingly scraped it